Farragut BlueJackets win at FHSAA 1A Track and Field 2021 State Championship

The boys and girls teams exceeded expectations by finishing higher than what they were seeded going into States and competed in the Florida High School Athletic Association State Championship on May 7th at the University of North Florida. Congratulations to the Girls Track Team, 1A STATE CHAMPIONS. Tytiana Wilson ’21 also won a State Championship in the 400-Meter Dash. Ronald White ’21, State Runner-Up in the 110-meter hurdles, and Maurice Leon ’21, 3rd place in the Discus.

Girls Track and Field

Heading into the final event of the State Championship, the girls team was placed third overall in total points scored. The 4×400 Relay consisted of Kelis Sims, Tytiana Wilson, Denia Averette, and Tekoyia Cheedy who finished 2nd, giving the Admiral Farragut Academy Girls Track Team enough points to win the 1A State Championship!

Here are the results from the FHSAA State Championship competition on Friday, May 7th, at the University of North Florida:

• 400 Meter Dash
  • Tytiana Wilson, 1st place STATE CHAMPION
• 4 X 100 Meter Relay
  • Elise Graham
  • Janaya Davis-Gainer
  • Tekoyia Cheedy
  • Denia Averette, 2nd place STATE RUNNER-UP
• 4 X 400 Meter Relay
  • Kelis Sims
  • Tytiana Wilson
  • Denia Averette
  • Tekoyia Cheedy, 2nd place STATE RUNNER-UP
• 100 Meter Dash
  • Janaya Davis-Gainer, 3rd place
  • Tytiana Wilson, 5th place
• 200 Meter Dash
  • Tytiana Wilson, 4th place
  • Janaya Davis-Gainer, 5th place
• 800 Meter Run
  • Julia Mularoni, 7th place
• 4 X 800 Meter Relay
  • Kelis Sims
  • Julia Mularoni
  • Elise Graham
  • Tekoyia Cheedy, 9th place

Boys Track and Field

Ronald White led the way for the Boys team, becoming the State Runner-up in the 110 M Hurdles, and Maurice Leon placed third in the Discus.

The Boys Track team also had a great showing at the  FHSAA 1A Track and Field States with these final results:

• 110 Meter Hurdles
  • Ronald White, 2nd place STATE RUNNER-UP
• Discus
  • Maurice Leon, 3rd place
• 300 Meter Hurdles
  • Ronald White, 7th place
• 4 X 100 Meter Relay
  • Ronald White
  • Jervon Hinton
  • Jacobi Cheedy
  • Usir McClellan, 8th place
• 400 Meter Dash
  • Jervon Hinton, 12th place
• 4 X 400 Meter Relay
  • Ronald White
  • Jervon Hinton
  • Johnie Chattman
  • Usir McClellan, 13th place

The girls also broke many new school records this season:

• Tytiana Wilson broke the school record this season in the 400 Meter Dash with a time of 56.45.
• Julia Mularoni broke several school records, the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:25.97, the 1600 Meter Run with a time of 5:41.32, and the 3200 Meter Run with 12:17.07.
• There was also a new record for the 3200 Meter Relay by Kelis Sims, Julia Mularoni, Elise Graham, and Tekoyia Cheedy with a time of 10:06.63.

Congratulations to all of our student-athletes on a great season!