By DAN HOEHNE
daniel.hoehne@newssun.com
LAKE PLACID - The 2013 Track and Field season got underway Thursday with the inaugural meet at Lake Placid High School.
But it was the Lady Blue Streaks and Moore Haven Terrier boys that won their respective sides of the four-team competition.
The Sebring ladies topped the field with a 103.83 total, while the Moore Haven boys accumulated 91.50 points.
The Lady Terriers were second at 58.83, Lake Placid third with 34 and Avon Park fourth in the girls side of the meet with 33.33.
Sebring's boys were second with 83.50, the Green Dragons third at 36.50 and the Red Devils fourth with 30.50.
The Lady Streaks got it started with a win in the 4X800-meter relay, as Katherine Stoll, Hannah Kimber Harris, Cassandra Marentes and Hannah Schroeder came in with a time of 12.25:75.
The Lady Devils took second in the event with Brittany Egan, Kelsa Knowles, Brandi Best and Aline Yline crossing the line in a time of 14:07.81.
Sebring got a leg up in the field events, specifically the jumps, with Shalontay Rose winning the triple jump (31-feet, 1-inch), Erika Cord winning the high jump (5-feet-even), with Cord also taking second in the triple and Rose second in the high.
Destiny McCartney was in fine hurdling form, also getting a leg up, and won both the 100- and 300-meter heats with times of 17.31 and 52.51, respectively.
Recent Florida Gator signee Taylor Tubbs got dual wins for Sebring as well, cruising to first-place finishes in the 800-meter run (2:23.80) as well as the mile (5:20.25).
Also scoring some points for the Lady Streaks were Angela Dennard, who took second in the discus with a toss of 63-feet, 3-inches, while teammate Denise Constant was third at 60-feet, 10-inches.
Constant also took second in the shot put, 26-feet, 8-inches, with Alexxis Harris taking third with a distance of 24-feet, 3-inches.
For the Lady Dragons, Shaquavia Gayle won the 400-meter dash in 1:07.07, took second in the long jump at 13-feet, 11-inches and Quiahja Williams was second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.92.
Lake Placid got another second in the 4X100 relay, with Dawn Barrett, Shonkeria Robinson, Shelby Dillon and Williams finishing in 58.87, and yet another when Alex Coyne was runner-up in the mile at 6:29.21
For Avon Park, Lashady Love took third in both the triple jump and 100-meter dash, Angelina Ligon was third in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdles.
Like the girls, the Sebring boys got things rolling with a win in the 4X800 relay, with Eric Foster, Elias Salgado, Damian Foster and Nathaniel Acosta crossing the line in a time of 9:12.31.
Lake Placid's Jorge Gomez, Evan Holden, Brandon Skeens and Dalton Shelton were second in the event at 9:31.30.
Shelton would pick up a win for the Dragons in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:32.68, with Sebring's Wesley Koning a close second at 10:33.72.
In the tosses, the Red Devils got a win from Masco Louis in the discus, 108-feet, 4-inches, with teammate Vassell Vinroy second at 107-feet, 8-inches and Sebring's Gary Demarest third at 104-feet, 9-inches.
Green Dragon Dennis Johnson won the shot put at 38-feet, 11-inches, Demarest took second with a toss of 36-feet, 6-inches and Vinroy was third at 34-feet, 4-inches.
Blue Streak Jordyn Blount won both the high and long jumps, at 5-feet, 10-inches and 20-feet, 7-inches, respectively.
Vinroy took third in the long jump at 19-feet, 8-inches and Sebring's Jarvis Bridges was second in the high jump at 5-feet, 8-inches.
Avon Park's Steven Roberts earned a second in the triple jump at 38-feet and was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at 17.38.
Lake Placid's Keplet Charite was third in that hurdle event at 17.21 and won the 400-meter dash in 52.18.
Sebring's Carl Dassinger was third in the 400 in 53.74.
The Streaks also got a 1,600-meter win from Tim Koning in 5:10.43 and a 200-meter win from Brian Dixon at 22.80.
Red Devil Logan Lashley was third in the 1,600 at 5:14.20.
All in all, a decent start to the spring season, with some familiar names rising to the top and a host of newcomers making their own way up.
The three county teams will be in action with the Red Devils hosting a meet on Thursday, Feb. 28, while the Streaks host their own meet on Tuesday, March 5.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 - www.newssun.com/SUN-2-24-13-Track