Coming off the final turn in Monday's 400-meter dash semifinal, Tampa's Calvin Smith II realized he was sitting in fifth place, out of the money if he wanted to run in Thursday's Olympic Track and Field Trials final. ...more

July 1, 2008

Four years ago, Rose Richmond was a U.S. Olympic track and field trials rookie with little or no expectations of reaching the Athens Games in the women's long jump. ...more

June 30, 2008

CROSS COUNTRY Girls head coach steps down after guiding Lady Sharks to most successful season in brief history. ...more

June 18, 2008

Senior sprinter Walter Dix looks at Florida State's recent track success like this: when he arrived on campus in 2004, FSU had a track team. As he prepares to leave, the Seminoles are a track program. ...more

June 11, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The event may have been held on school grounds, but the types of definitions being critiqued during the competition hadn't the slightest to do with a contestants' intellectual prowess. ...more

June 4, 2008

One physical attribute in sports that simply cannot be taught is speed. It can be refined, however, and developmental techniques and strategies can be coached, but speed in the raw is something an athlete either has, or does not. Madison McNary, as many throughout the area, state and beyond already know, has just that. ...more

May 24, 2008

A group of faculty members at Lennard High School stepped out of the classroom and onto the basketball court for a good cause. ...more

May 21, 2008

Looks like it was a good idea to add track to the sports slate. John Mitchell, the Durant High junior who had to be persuaded to participate in the sport this season, stunned the field by winning the mile run at the Class 4A state track meet May 3 in Winter Park. ...more

May 10, 2008

WINTER PARK — Sebring senior Sam Robinson earned a top-10 finish on Friday during the Class 3A state finals at Winter Park High School. Robinson finished 10th in the boys 200-meter dash with a time of 22.40 seconds, narrowly missing out on the finals. Phillip St. Louis of St. Thomas Aquinas took the state title in 21.8 seconds. ...more

May 3, 2008

2A BOYS TRACK AND FIELD   HHS SENIOR PLACES SEVENTH IN 3,200 ...more

April 30, 2008