Ransom Everglades boys' and girls' track and field team members won 16 individual district titles – one of the best performances in school history – at the Florida High School Athletic Association 2A District 15 Championship at Tropical Park in Miami April 19. Latrice Nelson '25 captured four gold medals in the 200 meters, long jump, triple jump and girls' 4x400 relay, and David "Chuli" Serra '24 earned three in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200. Sophia Linfield '26 (1,600, 3,200) and Liam Malik '24 (discus, javelin) each won a pair of golds. The girls' team, which claimed 14 out of 15 top-three finishes in the running events, won its 16th team championship in the past 18 years under coach Mike Becker.
Other gold medalists included
Kennedy Hagen '24 (800)
Alexandria Leiser '25 (high jump),
Antonio Pedro de Macedo '24 (100),
Joaquin Merlo-Garzon '24 (pole vault) and
Marella Rebessi '24 (400). Find the full results
here, and see the top Raider finishes below:
Girls’ 200 meters1 Latrice Nelson ’25 (26.61)
2 Alexandra Leiser ’25 (26.71)
3 Marella Rebessi ’24 (26.81)
Girls’ 400
1 Marella Rebessi ’24 (59.74)
2 Alexandra Leiser ’25 (1:01.61)
Girls’ 800
1 Kennedy Hagen ’24 (2:30.16)
2 Mia Campbell ’24 (2:31.73)
3 Patricia Drulard ’24 (2:33.43)
Girls’ 1600
1 Sophia Linfield ’26 (5:24.71)
2 Julieta Salvat ’27 (5:35.53)
3 Patricia Drulard ’24 (5:40.72)
Girls’ 3200
1 Sophia Linfield ’26 (12:30.31)
2 Julieta Salvat ’27 (13:04.23)
3 Alexandra Russoniello ’26 (13:05.96)
Girls’ 100 hurdles
3 Haile Ferrentino ’25 (18.38)
Girls’ 400 hurdles
2 Haile Ferrentino ’25 (1:14.47)
Girls’ 4x400 relay
1 Ransom Everglades (4:07.60)
Girls’ High Jump
1 Alexandra Leiser ’25 (1.42)
Girls’ Pole Vault
2 Lucia Rose Dahn ’23 (2.10)
3 Alexandra Russoniello ’26 (2.10m)
Long Jump
1 Latrice Nelson ’25 (4.61)
3 Haile Ferrentino ’25 (4.30)
Girls’ Triple Jump
1 Latrice Nelson ’25 (9.34)
3 Karina Ly ’25 (8.55)
Boys’ 100 meters
1 Antonio Pedro de Macedo ’24 (11.06)
Boys’ 200
2 Antonio Pedro de Macedo ’24 (22.20)
Boys’ 400
2 Antonio Pedro de Macedo ’24 (50.00)
Boys’ 800
1 David Serra ’24 (1:56.60)
Boys’ 1600
1 David Serra (4:26.90)
3 George Wood-Leness ’24 (4:47.54)
Boys' 3200
1 David Serra (9:28.07)
Boys’ 4x800
3 Ransom Everglades (8:55.70)
Boys’ High Jump
3 Lucas Schleifer ’26 (1.57)
Boys’ Pole Vault
1 Joaquin Merlo-Garzon ’24 (3.60)
2 Jude Yeo ’24 (3.30)
3 Eric Whited ’25 (2.70)
Boys’ Discus
1 Liam Malik ’24 (43.15)
Boys’ Javelin
1 Liam Malik ’24 (35.41)
3 Alexander Fernandez-Andrew ’24 (30.70)