Prep track and field: CSN trio lead Collier County athletes into FHSAA state finals

Community School of Naples’ Kane Aldrich, Alex Murphey and Loren Brown highlight a large number of Collier County athletes who will be competing in the FHSAA track and field state finals on Friday and Saturday.

The finals of all four classifications will take place at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Aldrich leads the Seahawks’ trio into the Class 1A meet, making his third consecutive appearance at state.

Aldrich is the No. 1 ranked pole vaulter in Class 1A, with a vault of 4.57 meters, and will have the chance to win his third consecutive state crown.

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“I’m excited to go back and be able to finish my senior season on the right note,” Aldrich said. “Hopefully I just do everything right.”

The Wake Forest commit knows he still has some tough competition to face in his final meet before having the opportunity to cap off his senior season with a three-peat.

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“Part of track and field is having the meets because anybody can do anything on any day,” Aldrich said. “I’m just going to go out there, jump as high as I can jump, and wherever that gets me I can be happy with it.”

Aldrich will be alongside Murphey, who is also a Wake Forest commit, Michael Chen and Alejandro Landron in the 4x100-meter relay.

In last year’s state meet, the Seahawks 4x100 relay team finished fourth.

Murphey will also compete in the 100 and 200 dashes, where he's seeded fifth and sixth, respectively.

While Aldrich and Murphey head into the state meet with experience under their belts, Brown will be competing in her first one.

“I’m nervous and excited,” Brown said. “I’m nervous because it’s a new thing, but excited because I get to experience. I’m going to try my hardest and I think I’ll have a lot of fun.”

The freshman goes into states as the top No.1 seed in the 300 hurdles and the No.2 seed in the 200 hurdles.

Brown comes into the state tournament with some momentum after setting a school record during the regional meet with a 45.31 finish in the 300-meter hurdles.

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Barron Collier hurdler Tyler Mansfield hopes to add on to his strong senior campaign during his first-ever state meet.

Mansfield will compete in the 110 and 300 hurdles and the 4x100 and 4x400 relays after winning district titles in the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, and the 4x400.

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Mansfield goes into the state meet seeded fifth in the 110 hurdles, 10th in the 300 hurdles, 19th in the 4x100 and 16th in the 4x400.

“Mainly the big idea is making it out of prelims in all four events,” Mansfield said. “I want to make it to the finals and give it all I’ve got in each event.”

Mansfield is joined in the 3A meet by Golden Gate junior Jouvensly Bazile. Bazile is one of two Collier County athletes that will be competing in three individual events at the state meet.

Bazile will be in the long jump, 100 and 200, and is seeded 12th, 12th and 11th in each event, respectively.

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First Baptist junior Nick Tompkins is the other individual who will compete in three individual events at the state meet.

Tompkins goes into the Class 1A meet seeded fourth in the 200 dash, fourth in the high jump and 13th in the long jump.

Florida High School Track and Field State Championships

At University of North Florida, Jacksonville

Friday-Saturday

Local qualifiers

(Seed in parentheses)

Boys

CLASS 1A

Long jump – Ray Pierre, First Baptist (5th seed); Nick Tompkins, First Baptist (13)

High jump – Nick Tompkins, First Baptist (4)

Triple jump – Ray Pierre, First Baptist (2)

Pole vault – Kane Aldrich (1)

100 – Alex Murphey, Community School (5); Michael Chen (19)

200 – Nick Tompkins, First Baptist (4); Alex Murphey, Community School (6); John Paul Raiger, St. John Neumann (9)

800 – Peter Charles, Seacrest (9)

1,600 – Dan O’Dell, First Baptist (17)

300 hurdles – Ryan Kohlhagen, St. John Neumann (20);

4x100 relay – Community School (Alex Murphey, Michael Chen, Alejandro Landron, Kane Aldrich; 3); First Baptist (Ray Pierre, Jorge Santos, Thomas Casey, Nick Tompkins; 4)

4x400 relay – First Baptist (Jorge Santos, Sullivan Follin, Noah Haskins, Matthew Powers; 18); St. John Neumann (John Paul Raiger, Ryan Kohlhagen, Vito DiMercurio, Alex Myrin; 11)

4x800 relay – First Baptist (Sullivan Follin, Noah Haskins, Matthew Powers, Dan O’Dell; 4); St. John Neumann (Ryan Kohlhagen, Joe Donohue, Tim Birmingham, Andrew Mitchell, 24)

Discus – Chris Kimble, St. John Neumann (8); Rolphendy Tanis, Marco Island Academy (22)

Shot put – Chris Kimble, St. John Neumann (10)

CLASS 2A

Long jump – Nelson Charelus, Lely (23)

Triple jump – Sergio Morancy, Lely (11)

400 – Elijiah Wright, Lely (6); Stanley Soverian, Immokalee (17)

800 – Mackenson Yrelus, Immokalee (2)

300 hurdles – Jhaman Myrthil, Immokalee (19)

4x400 relay – Immokalee (Stanley Soverian, Jhaman Myrthil, Mackenson Yrelus, Lashawn Martin; 6)

4x800 relay – Immokalee (Stanley Soverian, Mackenson Yrelus, Ellerman Mateo, Pedro Mateo; 4); Lely (Santiago Velasquez, Quentin Warren, Anthony Alvarez, Jude St. Cyr; 19)

CLASS 3A

High jump – Benny Laguerre, Naples (11)

Long jump – Jouvensly Bazile, Golden Gate (12); Wooby Theork, Naples (18); Voshon Siriac, Palmetto Ridge (20)

Pole vault – Kayden Cecil, Gulf Coast (4); Noah Dowdy, Estero (19)

100 – Jouvensly Bazile, Golden Gate (12)

200 – Jouvensly Bazile, Golden Gate (11); Iveson Accuis, Barron Collier (19)

400 – Marvens Merisier, South Fort Myers (14); Ralph Thermidor, Golden Gate (19)

800 – Hugh Brittenham, Estero (2); Marc Brunner, Barron Collier (13); Saindeley Dorsainvil, Palmetto Ridge (14)

1,600 – Hugh Brittenham, Estero (3); Dylan Clark, Naples (22)

110 hurdles – Tyler Mansfield, Barron Collier (5); Taejon Wright, Barron Collier (14)

300 hurdles – Tyler Mansfield, Barron Collier (10); Sammy Faustin, Naples (16); Ismael Adam, Gulf Coast (17); Jayden Rolle, Barron Collier (23)

4x100 relay – Naples (Benny Laguerre, Wooby Theork, Chez Mellusi, Jordan Persad-Tirone; 6); Barron Collier (Iveson Accuis, Yovani Nunez, Andrew Powell, Tyler Mansfied; 19)

4x400 relay – Barron Collier (Jose Cosme, Juan Cosme, Marc Brunner, Tyler Mansfied; 16); Golden Gate (Jouvensly Bazile, Ralph  Thermidor, Dante Harris, Anthony Robinson; 18)

4x800 relay – Barron Collier (Jose Cosme, Juan Cosme, Marc Brunner, Tristan Bashaw; 9); Naples (Brady Gibson, Dylan Clark, Jake Kampf, Colin Williams; 19)

Discus – Jett Su, Naples (10)

Shot put – Jett Su, Naples (3); Armanda Sala, Barron Collier (15);

Girls

CLASS 1A

High jump – Rose Pierre, First Baptist (2); Channel Whooley, St. John Neumann (13); Bianca Jean-Felix, St. John Neumann (16)

Long jump – Melaya Melancon, First Baptist (10); Grace Dean, First Baptist (16)

Triple jump – Grace Dean, First Baptist (11)

200 – Brooke Rice, St. John Neumann (9)

1,600 – Katelyn Beam, First Baptist (8)

100 hurdles – Loren Brown, Community School (2); Sydney Beam, First Baptist (13)

300 hurdles – Loren Brown, Community School (1); Sydney Beam, First Baptist (8); Hannah Casey, First Baptist (13)

4x100 relay – First Baptist (Melaya Melancon, Amanda Lines, Gena Munn, Nicole Smith; 4); St. John Neumann (Chanel Whooley, Bianca Jean-Felix, Brooke Rice, Natalia Bergstrom; 6)

4x400 relay – First Baptist (Rose Pierre, Amanda Lines, Katelyn Beam, Emilie Josephson; 11); St. John Neumann (Bianca Jean-Felix, Brooke Rice, Melanie Aristizabal, Ashey De Armas; 14)

4x800 relay – First Baptist (Amanda Lines, Katelyn Beam, Emilie Josephson, Alexis Baker; 14)

Discus – Paige Scullin, First Baptist (15)

Shot put – Alexa Moulzolf, First Baptist (21)

CLASS 2A

1,600 – Ryenn Hart, Lely (23)

3,200 – Ryenn Hart, Lely (16)

4x800 relay – Lely (Ryenn Hart, Sarah Nemeth, Alexandra Ditheridge, Sara Leaman; 23)

Triple jump – Mica Auguste, Lely (17)

Pole vault – Emily Hamilton, Lely (18)

Shot put – Tia Fenton, Lely (24)

CLASS 3A

High jump – Autumn Mogelvang, Naples (9); Sofia Laccetti, Barron Collier (22)

Triple jump – Eyiana Francois, Gulf Coast (18)

Pole vault – Violet Walton, Palmetto Ridge (18)

100 – Te’era Stewart, South Fort Myers (20)

400 – Merlica Faustin, Naples (13); Myke’lah McMiller, South Fort Myers (18); Sydney Eugene, Gulf Coast (20)

800 – Paula Gomes, Gulf Coast (22)

1,600 – Jillian Dempsey, Naples (13); Alayna Goll, Estero (16)

3,200 – Alayna Goll, Estero (22)

300 hurdles – Francesca Goduti, Barron Collier (20)

4x100 relay – South Fort Myers (Myke’lah McMiller, Te’era Stewart, Armonee Brown, Khari Mitchell; 9); Palmetto Ridge (Laurah Jean, Gabriella Gause, Roina Simon, Marie Philemont; 23)

4x400 relay – Naples (Merlica Faustin, Olivia Ponton, Zoe Dantonio, Julia Marceau; 15); Gulf Coast (Sydney Eugene, Chloe White, Paula Gomes, Angelica Anastasio; 21); Barron Collier (Francesca Goduti, Joan Khalenya, Aaliyah Seaborn, Andie Gonzalez; 24)

4x800 relay – Naples (Merlica Faustin, Zoe Dantonio, Julia Marceau, Jillian Dempsey; 3); Estero (Alayna Goll, Sofia Collins, Madison Hood, Angela Burun; 14); Gulf Coast (Chloe White, Paula Gomes, Erike Sodeika, Aleah Sadaty; 20)

Discus – Elizabeth Sculles, Palmetto Ridge (2); Emily Weeks, Barron Collier (15)