JUPITER— Small schools racked up at the 2022Palm Beach County track and field championships, as King's topped the girls with 80 points while the Benjamin boys won with a lofty 107.5 points.
It was a historic win for not only the Bucs but the county as a whole.
"To be the first boys private school team to win the county championship is an honor, and I'm just glad I get to coach the great young men who achieved it," Benjamin coach Barrett Saunders said.
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Saunders said hechallenged his team to make history heading into Thursday's meet.
They did just that, finishing with 18 top 10 placements and four first-place medalists.
Junior Cole Grande, who came in second in both the 100M and 200M dashes, called it a "pretty crazy" meet and that the Bucs knew "it was a big deal for our team and school."
"I think we were proving a point that as a small private school, we do have what it takes to compete with bigger schools," Grande said of his 3A squad. "It's tough for a small school to compete at meets because we don't have half the amount of people on our team that the bigger schools have."
However, Grande finds quality to be greater than quantity for Benjamin's roster, shouting out such "elite players" as Micah Mays, "which most teams just don't have."
TheClass of 2023 prospect made waves on the football field in the fall and has continued to do so on the track this spring, coming in 10th in the 200M dash, second in the triple jump and nabbing first place in the high jump and 400M dash to ultimately win meet MVP.
"I didn't know there was an MVP in the first place," Mays said, adding that all he knew entering the meet was that he "had to compete."
"Everyone has worked hard and will continue to work into the Palm League championship and districts," Mays said.
"We have a long ways to go. This is just a step."
Boys final results
100M dash: 1) Justin Mosley, West Boca Raton– 10.89, 2) Cole Grande, Benjamin– 10.92, 3) Lopez Lumaine– Atlantic, 11.00, 4) Darrell Sweeting, Benjamin– 11.16
200M dash: 1) Justin Mosley, West Boca Raton– 22.06, 2) Cole Grande, Benjamin– 22.41, 3) Corey Bouie, Park Vista– 22.55
400M dash: 1) Micah Mays, Benjamin– 48.73, 2) Alex Thompson, Santaluces– 49.14, 3) Marcus Fuller, Boynton Beach– 49.47
800M run: 1) Ryan Douihech, West Boca Raton– 1:58.46, 2) Reese Gallagher, Dreyfoos– 1:59.16, 3) Thomas Ashley, Dreyfoos– 2:00.50
1600M run:1) Ryan Douihech, West Boca Raton– 4:25.87, 2) Colton Lawson, King's– 4:30.03, 3) Chipper Edwards, King's– 4:31.52
3200M run:1) Colton Lawson, King's– 9:44.62, 2) Sam Jaramillo, Spanish River– 9:57.10, 3) Justin Spleha, Spanish River– 10:14.09
110M hurdles:1) Rich Dieujuste, West Boca Raton– 14.91, 2) Jacob Cosby-Mosley, Benjamin– 16.22, 3) Kavion Hayes, Royal Palm Beach– 16.27
300M hurdles:1) Nicolas West, Spanish River– 38.05, 2) Ritch Dieujuste, West Boca Raton– 39.08, 3) Kavion Hayes, Royal Palm Beach– 41.39
4X100M relay:1) Wellington– 43.14, 2) Santaluces– 43.85, 3) West Boca Raton– 44.08
4X400M relay: 1) West Boca Raton – 3:24.35, 2) Spanish River – 3:24.58, 3) Boynton Beach– 3:24.82
4X800M relay: 1) Spanish River– 8:30.68, 2) King's Academy– 8:39.80, 3) Park Vista– 8:42.07
High jump:1) Micah Mays, Benjamin– 5-09.75, 2) Timothy White, Palm Beach Central– 5-07.75, 3) Axel Cazenave, Jupiter– 5-07.75, 8) Jacob Cosby-Mosley, Benjamin– 5-05.75
Long jump: 1) Joshua Adams, Spanish River– 22-04.25, 2) Sheridan McDonald, Palm Beach Central– 22-01.00, 3) Stone Bureau, Suncoast– 21-08.25, 4) Darrell Sweeting, Benjamin– 21-05.25
Triple jump: 1) Clayton Thevenin, Saint John Paul II– 43-11.25, 2) Micah Mays, Benjamin– 43-07.75, 3) Darrell Sweeting, Benjamin– 42-02.00, 6) Jacob Cosby-Mosley, Benjamin– 40-10.50, 7) Trakwon Harris, Benjamin– 40-10.25
Pole vault: 1) Robert Letsche, Benjamin– 12-03.50, 2) Ethan Schwartz, Spanish River– 12-03.50, 3) Malcom Benjamin, Dwyer– 11-03.75
Discus: 1) Jackson Hamilton, Benjamin– 134-04.00, 2) Charles Marchitello, American Heritage-Delray– 131-07.00, 3) Caleb Gregoire, Seminole Ridge– 123-07.00, 5) Calvin Bowens, Benjamin– 121-09.00
Javelin: 1) Timothy White, Palm Beach Central– 156-09.00, 2) Alex Rosenthal, Spanish River– 154-11.00, 3) Sean Rooney, Benjamin– 140-10.00, 6) Brady Quinn, Benjamin– 133-10.00
Shot put: 1) Brady Greene, Spanish River– 47-02.50, 2) Chris Di Leo, Somerset Academy-Canyons– 44-02.00, 3) Charles Marchitello, American Heritage-Delray– 43-05.25
Girls final results
100M dash:1) Jada Smith, Palm Beach Central– 12.11, 2) Lakesha Smith, Atlantic– 12.30, 3) Destiny St. Cyr, American Heritage-Delray– 12.37, 7) Promyse Benjamin, King's– 12.71
200M dash:1) Jada Smith, Palm Beach Central– 24.65, 2) Maisha Atkinson, FAU High– 24.91, 3) Quincy Penn, Royal Palm Beach– 25.21, 6) Promyse Benjamin, King's– 26.07
400M dash: 1) Maisha Atkinson, FAU High– 56.40, 2) Quincy Penn, Royal Palm Beach– 56.93, 3) Jordan Johnson, Pahokee– 58.57
800M run: 1) Mia Rodriguez, King's– 2:20.50, 2) Jessica Boyanich, King's– 2:24.58, 3) Ashley Silva, American Heritage-Delray– 2:26.09
1600M run: 1) Emma O'Day, Boca Raton– 5:12.00, 2) Mia Rodriguez, King's– 5:15.72, 3) Avery Fronrath, King's– 5:22.13
3200M run:1) Emma O'Day, Boca Raton– 5:12.00, 2) Avery Fronrath, King's– 5:22.13, 3) Zoe Pustilnik, Spanish River– 11:37.34
100M hurdles: 1) Thalia Waters, Atlantic– 14.90, 2) Chloe Young, Dwyer– 15.71, 3) Layla Perez, Pahokee– 15.72
300M hurdles: 1) Tamia Waters, Atlantic– 43.91, 2) Thalia Waters, Atlantic– 44.93, 3) Alexis Cooley, Dwyer– 45.88, 8) Lulu Obell, King's– 51.65
4X100M relay:1) American Heritage-Delray– 47.97, 2) Palm Beach Central– 48.26, 3) Palm Beach Gardens– 50.12
4X400M relay: 1) Pahokee– 4:03.87, 2) King's– 4:05.58, 3) Palm Beach Lakes– 4:10.14
4X800M relay: 1) King's– 9:57.54, 2) Benjamin– 9:58.53, 3) American Heritage-Delray– 10:12.59
High jump:1) Chloe Young, Dwyer– 5-01.75, 2) Aryanna Paulena, Leonard– 5-01.75, 3) Thalia Waters, Atlantic–5-01.75, 7) Tianna Demeritte, King's– 4-11.75
Long jump: 1) Destiny St. Cyr, American Heritage-Delray– 18-03.25, 2) Adina Jackson, Palm Beach Central– 17-05.50, 3) Jada Smith, Palm Beach Central– 17-02.25
Triple jump: 1)Adina Jackson, Palm Beach Central– 38-04.25,2) Destiny St. Cyr, American Heritage-Delray– 38-04.00, 3) Lakesha Smith, Atlantic– 38-01.25, 5) Noemi Storbeck, King's– 34-11.00
Pole vault: 1) Jenna Weinberg, Spanish River–7-10.50, 2) Macy Croteau, King's– 7-10.50, 3) Tracy Nguyen, Dwyer– 7-04.50
Discus: 1) Briana Moore, Leonard– 110-09.00, 2) Tonianna Dixon, Spanish River– 103-06.00, 3) Kiori Butler, Seminole Ridge– 89-03.00
Javelin: 1) Selena Calix, Palm Beach Gardens– 129-02.00, 2) Tracy Heard, Jupiter– 95-05.00, 3) Kori Haggard, Benjamin– 94-11.00, 7) Marin Zuchowski, King's– 79-04.00
Shot put: 1) Evelina Lehtola, Saint Andrew's– 37-10.75, 2)Selena Calix, Palm Beach Gardens– 37-04.50, 3) Kiori Butler, Seminole Ridge– 36-08.25
