Northwestern girls continue dominance, Columbus edges Bulls’ boys at GMAC track finals
The GMAC track and field championships once again offered the chance to see multiple teams and athletes from Miami-Dade County battle for supremacy a month before they vie for those coveted state championships.
One of the more competitive rivalries continues to be that between Columbus and Northwestern on the boys’ side.
The two squads went down to the wire again on Saturday at Traz Powell Stadium before the Explorers emerged with another county title with 168 points. The Bulls finished with 127 points to clinch the runner-up spot.
Northwestern’s girls’ continued to dominate, however, winning their fourth GMAC title in a row and 11th in the past 12 county meets with 231 points, which put them a comfortable distance ahead of runner-up Goleman’s 55 points.
The Bulls’ girls swept all three relays, starting with the 3,200-meter relay they won with a time of 9:48.22.
Junior Shakynah Tresvant led Northwestern with wins in the triple jump 11.50 meters and the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:02.79.
Sophomore sprinter Kimora Kinsey won the 100 meters with a time of 12.40 seconds and was part of the winning 400-meter and 1,600-meter relays. Northwestern had another champion in the field events when freshman Nyla Christian won the high jump with a mark of 5.97 meters.
Other standout performances included Goleman field athlete Lydia Kentis, a junior, who won both the discus and the javelin championships. Kentis’ winning throw in the discus was 45.42 meters and she threw 30.68 meters in the javelin.
Columbus secured three individual titles in the field events and won the 400-meter relay with a time of 41.36 seconds. Sophomores Shaddai Carter (triple jump) and Darriel Harper (long jump) each won gold and junior Amari Marti won the pole vault.
Northwestern made a big push led by its winning 1,600 and 3,200-meter relay teams. Seniors Marlin Cochran (100 meters) and Daniel Jean-Charles (800 meters) and junior Devin Jones (400 hurdles) each won individual titles.
Mourning’s Axel Fink and Hialeah-Miami Lakes’ Mekhi Gammons each were double winners on the boys’ side.
Gammons, a senior, repeated as a county champion in both the 200 meters in 21.37 seconds and the 400 meters, winning that in 47.25 seconds.
Fink, a junior, took home titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 meter races with times of 4:27.83 and 10:07.85 respectively.
Jackson’s Byron Holt also repeated as the GMAC champion in the 110-meter hurdles, running a time of 14.08 seconds.
RESULTS
Girls’ team scores: 1. Northwestern 231; 2. Goleman 55; 3. Braddock 54; 4. Carol City 52; 5. Homestead 37; 6. North Miami 36; 7. South Dade 32; 8. Norland 31; 9. Coral Gables 26; 10. Krop 24
Boys’ team scores: 1. Columbus 168; 2. Northwestern 127; 3. Norland 65; 4. Carol City 48.5; 5. Central 42; 6. Jackson and Goleman 40; 8. North Miami 31; 9. Mourning 28; 10. Coral Reef 23.
Boys’ individual winners - 3,200 relay: Northwestern 8:11.05; Pole vault: Amani Marti (Col) 3.36m; Javelin: Aaron Boffill (Gol) 45.84; Javelin ambulatory: Kamari Graham (Hom) 28.06m; Long jump: Darriel Harper (Col) 6.99m; Triple jump: Shaddai Carter (Col) 13.61m; High jump: Guylijah Theodule (NW) 1.82m; Shot put: Armondo Blount (Cen) 16.81m; Shot put ambulatory: Giovani Jones (CC) 9.90m; Discus: William Rothmiller (Cen) 45.88m; 110 hurdles: Byron Holt (Jac) 14.08; 100: Marlin Cochran (NW) 10.79; 100 ambulatory: Kamari Graham (Hom) 12.16; 1600: Axel Fink (ATM) 4:27.83; 400 relay: Columbus 41.36; 400: Mekhi Gammons (HML) 47.25; 400 ambulatory: Giovanni Jones (CC) 1:00.63; 400 hurdles: Devin Jones (NW) 55.19; 800: Daniel Jean-Charles (NW) 2:00.26; 800 ambulatory: Tavares Washington (CC) 2:29.72; 200: Mekhi Gammons (HML) 21.37; 200 ambulatory: Kamari Graham (Hom) 25.37; 3200: Axel Fink (ATM) 10:07.85; 1,600 relay: Northwestern 3:21.63.
Girls’ individual winners - 3,200 relay: Northwestern 9:48.22; Long jump: Nyla Christian (NW) 5.97m; Triple jump: Shakynah Tresvant (NW) 11.50m; High jump: Jolie Dormus-Bayer (MB) 1.62m; Pole vault: Isabella Romeo (Krop) 3.20m; Shot put: Kiara Moss (SM) 11.54m; Shot put ambulatory: Deja Williams (Pal) 5.81m; Discus: Lydia Kentis (Gol) 45.42m; Javelin: Lydia Kentis (Gol) 30.68m; Javelin ambulatory: Deja Williams (Pal) 15.86m; 100 hurdles: Sariyah Morales (NW) 14.72; 100: Kimora Kinsey (NW) 12.40; 100 ambulatory: Deja Williams (Pal) 15.81; 1600: Anabella Cardona (BR) 5:23.92; 400 relay: Northwestern 48.50; 400: Jaellene Burgess (CR) 56.46; 400 hurdles: Shakynah Tresvant (NW) 1:02.79; 800: Elicia Bryant (Hom) 2:22.51; 200: Brianna Wilson (Hom) 25.24; 200 ambulatory: Deja Williams (Pal) 34.77; 3200: Jada Garcia (Brad) 11:58.04; 1,600 relay: Northwestern 3:58.06.
