- April 17, 2024
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E'Zaiah Shine (center) and Devin Franklin (right) run the 200 meter dash at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Marin Hawryluk passes the baton to Kiera Williams for the last leg of the girls 4x400 relay at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Drayden Wood passes the baton to Seth Sawyer for the last leg of the boys 4x400 relay at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneer Kaden Golder (second from right) competes in the 800 meter run at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneer Adam Minarchik competes in the 800 meter run at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneer Cole Bowman (second from right) competes in the 800 meter run at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Brianna Mitchell (second from right) starts her 3000 meter run in the pack at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Jalia Walker (right) powers through the 200 meter dash. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Jalia Walker goofs around with her opponents at the finish line after running the 200 meter dash. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneer Samantha Lecas battles for position in the 200 meter dash at the SCHS George Janan invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Nathaniel Davis (second from right) places 5th and Jordan Porter (right) place 8th in the 200 meter dash at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
E'Zaiah Shine (right) places 7th and Devin Franklin 10th in the 200 meter dash at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Yashaiya Yisreal runs the lead leg to help the Mainland girls place 5th in the girls 4x400 relay at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Taliyah Nixon helps the Mainland girls place 5th in the girls 4x400 relay at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Marin Hawryluk helps the Mainland girls place 5th in the girls 4x400 relay at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Loggan Camara leads the 4x400 meter relay at the SCHS George Janan Invitational. Photo by Michele Meyers
Logan Camara passes the baton to E'Zaiah Shine in the 4x400 meter relay. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seth Sawyer catches his breath after running the anchor leg of Mainland's 4x400 meter relay helping the team place fourth in the event. Photo by Michele Meyers
Lightning delayed the Spruce Creek High School George Janan Invitational track and field meet on March 12, but it did not stop the Mainland boys from scoring 97 points for a second-place finish.
Mainland’s team is loaded with three- and four-sport athletes, including Nick Antoine who was captain of the basketball team and a wide receiver for the football team.
His vertical leaping ability has led him to excel in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. This meet was no exception. He placed first in the high jump (1.82 meters) and second in the long jump (6.37 meters) for a total of 18 points. Fellow football player, Isaiah Morrison, brought home a second in the discus (38.97 meters) and fourth in the shot put (12.70 meters) for a total of 13 points.
Jonathan Williams took first place in the 110-meter hurdles (15.87) and Emmanuel Yisrael placed fourth in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles.
One of the upsets of the day, besides the weather, was the Mainland B team’s third-place finish over the A team’s fourth place in the 4x100 relay. Kalyb Evans, Cameron Boatright, E’Zaiah Shine and Treneir Washington finished in 43.20 seconds to prevail over Robert Durden, Nathaniel Davis, Devin Franklin and Jordan Porter at 45.14.
New to the team is Bahamian transplant Seth Sawyer, who moved to the Daytona Beach area in February. He placed fourth in the 400 meters in 54.05 seconds, fourth in the 4x400 relay and fifth in the 4x800 relay. His main event is the 800 meters, in which he has run a personal record of 2:06. His goal is to beat his PR and qualify for the state championships in May.
“I love it here,” he said. “Mainland is like one big family. Everybody is friendly. Coach is nice and always encourages me.”
Freshman Kiera Williams competed in four events and led the Mainland girls to a 10-place finish. Williams placed seventh in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, fifth in the 400-meter run and fifth with her teammates in the 4x400 relay. Senior Avari Walker took third place in shot put with a 9.13 meter throw.
