See which Pensacola area track and field athletes qualified for state

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The Pensacola area's best track and field athletes head to Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville this week to try to run, jump or throw their way to state titles.

The action starts Wednesday with the 1A meet, continues Thursday with the 2A meet and concludes for local competitors on Friday with the 3A meet. No Escambia or Santa Rosa County schools are in the 4A classification, which competes Saturday.

Athletes either had to finish in the top two at their respective regional meet or qualify as an at-large bid. 1A and 2A athletes will have to battle the heat, with high temperatures around 90 degrees expected both days. 3A athletes will have to battle the elements, with rain in the forecast on Friday.

Below is a complete list of area athletes competing at the FHSAA state championship, as well as where they're seeded in each event. All times and rankings are courtesy of FloridaTFFRS.

Class 3A​

Girls​

• 100 meters: Layanna Banks, jr., Tate (7th, 11.86); Danica Wright, so., Navarre (9th, 11.92)
• 1600 meters: Ashton Dahlem, jr., Gulf Breeze (12th, 5:16.16)
• 400-meter hurdles: Trinity Jordan, sr., Escambia (16th, 1:07.36)
• 4x100 relay: Tate (Nancy Clay, Niyana Wiggins, Camdyn Green, Layanna Banks, 13th, 48.50), Booker T. Washington (Anaya Walker, Rileigh Smith, Taylor Mitchell, Naryia Simpkins, 17th, 48.99)
• High jump: Brianna Beacham, sr., Booker T. Washington (2nd, 5-5.75); Mbayang Niass, so., Booker T. Washington (5th, 5-3.75); Addison Wand, jr., Tate (6th, 5-3.75)
• Pole vault: Daveigh Meredith, so., Tate (12th, 9-10)
• Triple jump: My'rea Brock, sr., Pine Forest (17th, 36-5); Orriyah Randall, so., Booker T. Washington (18th, 36-3)
• Discus: Za'Khiya Shaw-Rease, sr., Pine Forest (12th, 116-4)
• Javelin: Leighton Osborn, jr., Pace (3rd, 126-6)

Boys​

• 100 meters: Leslie McMillian, jr., Escambia (9th, 10.64); Zion Heard, jr., Pine Forest (17th, 10.81)
• 400 meters: Jayden Jones, so., Navarre (15th, 49.14); Noah Chin, sr., Navarre (17th, 49.21)
• 800 meters: Eric Dennard, sr., Escambia (6th, 1:56.04)
• 1600 meters: Brody Bruce, sr., Navarre (8th, 4:24.67)
• 110-meter hurdles: Anthony Gee, sr., Pine Forest (2nd, 13.88)
• 400-meter hurdles: Anthony Gee, sr., Pine Forest (4th, 54.65); Matthew Beam, sr., Gulf Breeze (17th, 56.84)
• 4x100 relay: Escambia (Charles Lyons, Alonzo Harris, Christopher Dunn, Leslie McMillian, 17th, 42.16)
• 4x400 relay: Navarre (Jayden Jones, Mason Cameron, Aiden Gargus, Noah Chin, 8th, 3:19.00), Escambia (Kaeo Wright, Alonzo Harris, Leslie McMillian, Eric Dennard, 14th, 3:22.44)
• High jump: Tylan Chambers, sr., Booker T. Washington (1st, 6-11.5); Tate Rodriguez, jr., Milton (3rd, 6-5.5); Sergio Robinson, sr., Milton (4th, 6-5.5); Daniel McDaniel, sr., Escambia (5th, 6-5.5)
• Pole vault: Paul Arthur, sr., Pace (2nd, 14-3.25)
• Long jump: Darian Blanks, sr., Pine Forest (16th, 21-10.75)
• Triple jump: Darian Blanks, sr., Pine Forest (3rd, 48-4); Tristen Pace, sr. Gulf Breeze (18th, 43-5.75)
• Shot put: Kade Rollins, sr., Gulf Breeze (8th, 50-8)
• Discus: Keegan Dickerson, sr., Pace (4th, 162-10)
• Javelin: Tate Jernigan, so., Pace (6th, 181-9); Alec Leach, jr., Pace (15th, 162-9)

Class 2A​

Girls​

• 100-meter hurdles: Synia Hughley, jr., Pensacola (6th, 15.09)
• 400-meter hurdles: Synia Hughley, jr., Pensacola (5th, 1:05.42); Knaviah Badilishamwalimu, sr., West Florida (13th, 1:07.63)
• 4x100 relay: Pensacola Catholic (Addison Manning, Savannah Broughton, Natalie Jackson, Jillian Lacour, 6th, 49.22)
• High jump: Savannah Broughton, so., Pensacola Catholic (13th, 4-11.75)
• Pole vault: Parker Brown, jr., West Florida (14th, 9-10)
• Long jump: Addison Manning, jr., Pensacola Catholic (17th, 17-1.5)
• Shot put: Amani Bartholomew, jr., West Florida (2nd, 38-6.75)
• Discus: Amani Bartholomew, jr., West Florida (13th, 103-5)
• Javelin: Amani Bartholomew, jr., West Florida (8th, 111-6); Aubree Baldwin, fr., Pensacola Catholic (15th, 101-0)

Boys​

• 100 meters: Dane Elliott, jr., West Florida (5th, 10.60)
• 200 meters: Dane Elliott, jr., West Florida (8th, 22.02)
• 1600 meters: Donovan Carmichael, so., West Florida (5th, 4:29.43); Frederick Gunther, fr., Pensacola Catholic (12th, 4:33.42)
• 3200 meters: Donovan Carmichael, so., West Florida (4th, 9:41.94)
• 4x100 relay: West Florida (Savon McLemore, Nicolas Savage, Christopher Truitt, Jaylen Phillips, 5th, 41.93)
• 4x400 relay: West Florida (Isaiah Simpson, Don Williams, Izaiya Rolle, Dane Elliott, 6th, 3:22.22)
• High jump: Khylen Eccles, jr., Pensacola (10th, 6-3.5)
• Pole vault: Cameron Kelley, so., West Florida (12th, 12-3.5); Dakari Burnette, fr., West Florida (15th, 11-9.75)
• Long jump: Jonathan Showers, sr., Pensacola Catholic (8th, 22-0.25); Khylen Eccles, jr., Pensacola (11th, 21-9.5)
• Triple jump: Khylen Eccles, jr., Pensacola (4th, 45-7); Myles Davis, sr., Pensacola Catholic (16th, 42-4)

Class 1A​

Girls​

• 400 meters: Ziyonna Carter, fr., Pensacola Christian (13th, 1:00.62)
• 1600 meters: Jaimee Tutton, sr., Pensacola Christian (4th, 5:10.68)
• 3200 meters: Jaimee Tutton, sr., Pensacola Christian (6th, 11:29.79)
• 4x400 relay: Pensacola Christian (Zahara Carter, Jayln Johnson, Ziyonna Carter, Rezaria Carter, 16th, 4:14.66)
• 4x800 relay: Pensacola Christian (Karissa Keyser, Jayln Johnson, Reagan Smith, Jaimee Tutton, 11th, 10:09.27)
• High jump: Summer Bowman, so., Central (11th, 4-9.75); Emma Posey, jr., Central (16th, 4-9.75)
• Pole vault: Elaina Shimmin, sr., Pensacola Christian (12th, 8-10.25); Oceana Griego, fr., Pensacola Christian (13th, 8-10.25); Jessica Hansen, sr., Pensacola Christian (16th, 8-4.25)
• Javelin: Callie Posey, sr., Central (14th, 107-1); Adriana Stephens, so., L.E.A.D. Academy (15th, 105-11)

Boys​

• 100 meters: Nathan Londrigan, jr., Pensacola Christian (8th, 10.88)
• 1600 meters: Isaiah Manderson, jr., Pensacola Christian (13th, 4:31.31)
• 3200 meters: Isaiah Manderson, jr., Pensacola Christian (10th, 9:56.10)
• 4x800 relay: Pensacola Christian (Carson Ohman, Moses Peterlevitz, Walter Goncalves, Jed Fears, 7th, 8:19.97)
• Pole vault: Josiah Miner, so., Pensacola Christian (7th, 12-3.5); Alex Smith, so., Pensacola Christian (8th, 12-3.5); Elijah Percival, fr., Pensacola Christian (13th, 11-9.75)
• Discus: James Allen, jr., Central (4th, 153-5); Jason Wenhold, sr., Pensacola Christian (12th, 139-7)
• Javelin: Tristan Randolph, sr., L.E.A.D. Academy (11th, 152-5); Carson Ellison, jr., Central (16th, 148-4)

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola area 2026 track and field state championship qualifiers

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