Highlights of the FHSAA 2A State Championship

May 12, 2025

The 2A boys and girls championships got the 2025 FHSAA Outdoor State Finals off to a great start. Here are some of the highlights of the 2A finals that ended in an exciting boys 4x400m relay. It was a Cardinal Newman show on the boys' side!

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The 2A Boys' team title went to Cardinal Newman, who scored 53 points. West Florida came in second with 41, and Andrew Jackson came in third with 39 points.

Cardinal Newman

West Florida

Andrew Jackson

2A State Championship Highlights

Boys

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The Cardinal Newman boys set the stage for the chase of the team title by winning the 4x800m in 7:47.73.

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Zamarii Sanders was a double winner, winning the 100m and the 200m for Cardinal Newman with a 10.40 and a 20.97, winning his first 100m title and defending his 200m title. It was his first 100m title and his second 200m title.

WATCH The 2A Boys 100m Heat 2

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Jackson Miller of Cardinal Newman took the boys' 400m in a time of 47.27, leading three boys under 48.00. Kedrick Wright Jr. of Palatka and Jadrian Carmo of Bishop Verot ran 47.93 and 47.97.

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Junior Joe Licata of Cardinal Newman took the boys' 800m in 1:52.54 for Cardinal Newman, pulling away from junior David Probola of the Villages in the final 100m. Probola ran 1:53.02.

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In somewhat of a surprise, senior Gabriel Carr of Miami Sunset, set a big PR of 4:17.71 in winning the 1600m. His previous best time in the 1600 was 4:20.78. Liam Jordan of Berkeley Prep. was second in 4:17.79.

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WATCH The 2A Boys 110mH Heat 2

Arman Truitt of West Florida Tech took the 110mH in somewhat of an upset over Synard Young of Miami Edison in one of the closest races of the day. Truitt won in 13.89 with Young in second with a 13.93. Truitt was also a double winner, taking the long jump with a leap of 7.10m - 23'3.5".

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In one of the most exciting races of the day, Andrew Jackson took the 4x400m relay in 3:17.52. Cardinal Newman had a slight lead with around 20m to go, and the Andrew Jackson Anchor attempted to pass at first on the outside and then shifted to lane one as the Newman anchor had moved to lane 2. The Newman anchor and the Jackson anchor hit arms, and the Jackson anchor almost went off the track. The officials determined that the Newman anchor had interfered with the Jackson anchor, and the Newman boys were DQ'd.

WATCH The Last 400 of the 2A Boys 4x400 Relay Heat 2

Girls

The girls' team title was a battle going down to the 4x400m relay where the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart held on for the win scoring 65 points to runner-up Montverde Academy with 64.50. The 4x400m relay was won by the Montverde girls with the Carrollton girls second. Bolles was third with 39 points.

Carrollton

Montverde Academy

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Bolles

WATCH the 2A Girls 4x400m Relay heat 2

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E'tesia Forbes of Glades Central won the girls' 100m in 11.51. The freshman nipped the defending champion, Dasia Reed of Montverde, who ran 11.52. Reed came back and defended her 200m title with a time of 23.89.

WATCH The 2A Girls' 100m Heat 2

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FSU commit Margaret Bartlow of North Bay Haven dominated the 3200m, running a 10:21.41. She took the lead early and ran away from the field. Bartlow was second in the 1600m, in a star-packed field of 2A girls with a 4:56.21. Grace Aldrich of the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart was the winner in 4:52.98.

WATCH The Last 400m of the 2A Girls 3200m

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Senior Arianna Garcia of the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart was a double winner. She won the the 100mH in a time of 14.09 and the 400mH in a time of 58.97.

WATCH The 2A Girls 100mH

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Senior Alexa Schwartz of North Broward Prep took the javelin with a new FHSAA meet record throw of 47-04m - 154' 4", breaking the previous record of 44.90m - 147' 3" set in 2024 by Shorecrest's Sonoma Kasica.