Class 1A Pole Vault Districts Narrows Field To 64

April 18, 2009 by admin
Filed under Meets

With the first week of the championship week completed for 1A, the field has been narrowed down to 64 as schools head off to regionals next week. Here is the rundown on how each district fared.

1A-District 1
District champions included Reachel Waas from Pensacola Christian at 7′ and Chris Carrigan from Jay at 13′. This was a solid district with a nice distribution of place finishers from different schools.

Rachel Waas Pensacola Christian 7′
Heather Anderson South Walton 6′6″
Christie McDonald Pensacola Christian 6′
Heather Wainright Soth Walton 6′

Chris Carrigan Jay 13′
D.J. Striegel South Walton 12′
Ian Towne South Walton 11′6″
Dakota Boughton Jay 11′6″

1A-District 2
District champions Kate Loyd and Bill Naylor both from Wewahitchka with heights of 6′6″ and 8′ respectively as Wewahitchka claimed all the advancing spots.

Kate Loyd Wewahitchka 6′6″

Bill Naylor Wewahitchka 8′
Dakota Ake Wewahitchka 8′
Jacob Taylor Wewahitchka 7′
Nick Malcom Wewahitchka 6′6″

1A-District 3

1A-District 4
District championss Tarina Wade and Time Clark from Branford with heights o 7′6″ and 9′ respectively as Branford swept all 8 qualifying spots. Way to go Branford!

Tarina Wade Branford 7′6″
Tanya Dicks Branford 7′
Shanteena Cruz 6′
Logan Boss Branford 5′6″

Tim Clark Branford 9′
Aaron Hardin Branford 8′
Henry Richardson Branford 8′
Anthony Armstrong Branford 6′

1A-District 5
District champions included Katrarina Stevens from University Christian 7′6″ and Townsend Bullard from University Christian 10′. Hard to believe there were only 3 pole vaulters in the entire district. Good for University Christian, bad for the sport of pole vaulting. Step it up district 5.

Katarina Stevens University Christian 7′6″
Brooke Johnson University Christian 5′

Townsend Bullard University Christian 10′

1A-District 6
District champions Kylee Skidmore from PK Yonge at 9′6″ and Josh Loyd from Cedar Key at 11′. A strong team performance by both PK Yonge and Cedar Key.

Kylee Skidmore PK Yonge 9′6″
Samantha Beckham Cedar Key 9′
Stephanie Denardo PK Yonge 8′6″
Shanna Breil PK Yonge 7′6″

Josh Loyd Cedar Key 11′
Joseph Bishop Cedar Key 9′
Kevin Carswell Cedar Key 8′
John Lowery Oak Hall 7′6″

1A-District 7
District Champions Lauren Koos from Mount Dora Bible at 9′ and Josh Bruns slso form Mount Dora Bible at 12′. Mount Dora Bible wrapped up 5 out the 8 places that advanced. Congrats to that program.

Lauren Koos Mount Dora Bible 9′
Paige Byrnes Lake Mary Prep 8′6″
Marissa Baker Mount Dora Bible 7′6″
Brianna Gasser Lake Mary Prep 7′

Josh Bruns Mount Dora Bible 12′
Devon Carter-Freeman Mount Dora Bible 10′6″
Minchul Kim Trinity Prep 10′
Blaine Ramsdell Mount Dora Bible 10′

1A-District 8
District champions Lindsey Enders and Corey Smith both from Holy Trinity with respective heights 10′6″ and 11′7″. Watch out 1A, the next female state champion may be coming out of this district.

Lindsey Enders Holy Trinity 10′6″
Ariana Barr First Academy 8′6″
Lauren Fair First Academy 8′
Sarah Delk Circle Christian 7′6″

Corey Smith Holy Trinity 11′7″
Conner Canatsey Circle Christian 10′6″
Tyler Walko Pine Castle Christian 9′6″
Paul Kuch Pine Castle Christian 9′

1A-District 9
Northside Christian swept the district champions with Molly Scott and Grant Rideout with heights of 8′ and 13′7″ respectively. Grant seems to be making a move towards that 1A title.

Molly Scott Nothside Christian 8′
Rachel Katz Tampa Prep 7′6″
Melissa Tomlin Northside Christian 7′
Jessica Artille Northside Christian 6′6

Grant Rideout Northside Christian 13′7″
Charles Baumann Tampa Prep 10′6″
Beaush Feaster Northside Christian 9′6″
Cliff Barker Northside Christian 9′6″

1A-District 10
Districts champions Linzie Merchant and Alexander Delfino both from Lakeland Christian with heights of 7′ and 11′6″ respectively. Looks like Lakeland Christian is continuing the tradition of the great Nick West.

Linzie Merchant Lakeland Christian 7′
Anieke Aspinwall Lakeland Christian 7′
Carrie Kirby Lakeland Christian 6′6″

Alexander Delfino Lakeland Christian 11′6″
Daniel Firmin Lakeland Christian 10′
Daniel Smith Lakeland Christian 10′
Mitchell Devore Lakeland Christian 8′

1A-District 11
District champions Casey Evans from Shorecrest Prep at 8′6″ and Donavan Erbe from Admiral Farragut at 11′. Don’t let the winning boys height fool you, Donavan made opening bar of 13′ at Florida Relays earlier this year. I’m giving Donavan the inside track to winning the state championship. Yes, Donavan attended a Pole Vault City camp last summer as well as a recent camp in Texas that his dad said was very helpful.

Casey Evans Shorecrest Prep 8′6″
Erin McClenathan Shorecrest Prep 7′
Rachel Kistemaker Keswick Christian 6′

Donavan Erbe Admiral Farragut 11′
Wyatt Krapf Shorecrest Prep 11′
Gem Runyan Admiral Farragut 11′
David Sotolongo Shorecrest Prep 11′

1A-District 12
Congratulations to district champions Erin Rectanus of Community School of Naples at 9′6″ and Zach Wittenberg from St. John Neuman at 10′6″. Congrats to Community School of Naples for advancing 6 of the 8 spots to regionals.

Erin Rectanus Community School of Naples 9′6″
Kelly Robinson Community School of Naples 9′
Manuela Burtscher Seacrest 8′
Valentina Grekos Community School of Naples 8′

Zach Wittenberg St. John Neuman 10′6″
Conor Timmoins Community School of Naples 10′
Hunter Smith Community School of Naples 10′
Mike Ross Community School of Naples 10′

1A-District 13
District champions include Jamie Fisher from Benjamin 7′ and Michael Edwards from Benjamin 12′. Apparently everyone is afraid to pole vault except the Benjamin School - Good for you Benjamin School - Keep Vaulting.

Jamie Fisher Benjamin School 7′
Jeanelle Ackerman Benjamin School 6′6″
Emily Fisher Benjamin School 6′6″

Michael Edwards Benjamin School 12′
John Thomas Benjamin School 7′

1A-District 14
District champions include Kamila Silva from South Florida Heat and Logan Vanhoutteghem from Coral Springs Christian at 14′4″. This district appears to have some serious contenders for the 1A state title.

Kamila Silva South Florida Heat 9′4″
Cassie Zero South Florida Heat 8′
Candice Drake South Florida Heat 7′6″
Andrea Ohania South Florida Heat 7′

Logan Vanhouttghem Coral Springs Christian 14′4″
Thomas Maguire South Florida Heat 12′
George Thompson South Florida Heat 10′
Johnny Lipham Coral Springs 9′6″

1A-District 15
District champions Ali Battista and Anthony Harel-Canada both from Westminster Academy with heights of 8′6″ and 12′6″ respectively. Westminster claimed 5 of the 8 advancing spots.

Ali Battista Westminster Academy 8′6″
Christina Irizarry Dade Christian 8′6″
Erica Kalomeris Westminster Academy 8′
Rebecca Urrutia Calvary 7′6″

Anthony Harel-Canada Wesminster Academy 12′6″
Hunter Oman Wesminster Academy 9′6″
Charles Adderley Wesminster Academy 9′
Asher Shashaty Calvary 8′6″

1A-District 16
District champions included Keilyn Gonzalez from Florida Christian at 8′ and Eric Westring from Westminster Christian at 10′. Looks like only 3 on each side were able to clear opening bar.