- April 15, 2024
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Mainland's Kiera Williams (2nd from right) runs in the final heat of the 100-meter dash at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland Buccaneer Zay Mincey placed second in the high jump at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland Buccaneer Samantha Lecas competes in the long jump at the East Coast Classic track meet at Flagler Palm Coast High School. Photo by Michele Meyers
Pole vaulters wait in line to warm up at the East Coast Classic at Flagler Palm Coast High School. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Kiera Williams runs in final leg of the 4x400 relay at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland Buccaneers Jeremiah Davis, Nick Antoine, Abbas Kareem and Alexa Wilson pose at the East Coast Classic meet. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Ramon McCollough waits to throw the discus at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Ramon McCollough throws the discus at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Jonathan Williams and Flagler's Jadon Hampton battle it out in the 100-meter dash at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Jordan Porter and Robert Durden finish first and second in heat 11 of the 100-meter dash at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Jordan Porter and Robert Durden finished first and second in heat 11 of the 100-meter dash at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneers Malcolm Curry and Ramon McCullough take a break between events at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Devin Franklin passes the baton to Jordan Porter in the 4x100 relay at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Treneir Washington places first in heat 6 of the 200 meters against FPC's Gabriel Costa. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneer Nathaniel Davis places seventh in the 100 and 14th in the 200 at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Buccaneer Jonathan Williams (right) finishes second and Emmanuel Yisrael (left) finishes fifth overall in the 110-meter hurdles at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland Buccaneer Nick Antoine placed third in the high jump at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Camryn Campbell takes off in prep for the baton pass from Alexa Wilson in the 4x100 relay. Photo by Michele Meyers
Freshman Marin Hawryluk placed first in heat 1 of the 1,600 at the East Coast Classic. Hawryluk placed 16th overall in the event. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland's Logan Camara passes the baton to Ezaiah Shine in the 4x400 relay at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mainland Buccaneer Nick Antoine placed third in the high jump at the East Coast Classic. Photo by Michele Meyers
Kiera Williams just started her freshman track season at Mainland High, and she already has lofty goals.
By the time she graduates, she wants to break Cydney Wright’s school records in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Last year, Wright won the Class 3A state championship in the 200 and placed third in the 100.
Head coach Terrance Anthony doesn't doubt Williams’ chances.
“She’s going to be a beast,” he said.
She has a long way to go, however. Williams set personal records in both events at the East Coast Classic on Feb. 25 at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
She finished 15th out of 64 competitors in the 200 with a time of 27.78 and 16th out of 57 competitors in the 100 with a time of 13.34. She also helped Mainland finish seventh overall in the 4x100 relay and sixth in the 4x400 relay, running the anchor leg in both events.
Williams would still need to shave more than four seconds off her 200 time and about 1.5 seconds off her 100 time just to be in the neighborhood of Wright’s marks.
But she certainly has the work ethic, Anthony said. Williams is a four-sport athlete at Mainland. She was a member of the swim and soccer teams in the fall and winter season and will also play flag football this season. She also participates in dance three days a week at the Nova Center.
Next year, she might trade swimming for golf, she said.
“I like being busy. I’m never home,” Williams said. “Dance keeps my body in shape. Otherwise, I’d be sore like a grandma. I wouldn’t be able to get out of bed.”
Mainland’s boys team finished fifth and the girls team 14th at the East Coast Classic.
The Bucs' best results were in the jumping events. Sophomore Zavier Mincey placed second in the boys high jump (6 feet, 1.5 inches) and third in the long jump (20-9.75). Senior Nick Antoine was right behind Mincey in the high jump, finishing third (5-11.5).
“Dance keeps my body in shape. Otherwise, I’d be sore like a grandma. I wouldn’t be able to get out of bed.”
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“It’s not my PR, but I just got back into track from basketball, so I’m content with this one.” Antoine said. “Zavier and I have been working a lot together in the high jump.”
Two other Bucs placed in the long jump. Jordan Porter was sixth, while Nathaniel Davis was seventh.
Jonathan Williams was second in the 110 hurdles (15.25 seconds), while Emmanuel Yisrael placed fifth. Davis placed seventh in the 100 meters.
Avari Walker had the best finish for the girls, placing fifth in shot put. Cassidy Campbell was sixth in high jump, while Camryn Campbell was seventh in long jump.
“We have a very young team, full of freshmen and sophomores,” Anthony said. “This was only our second meet, so with the effort I’ve seen, I’m very happy.”
