Diamond Spaulding

Week three is in the books. We highlight all the action in this week's edition of Sprint To The Finish.

Watch as the fastest girls 100m of the year goes down at the Jeff Wentworth Invitational. University of Texas signee Teahna Daniels clocks a US#1 11.60 against the St. Thomas Aquinas duo of Khalifa St. Fort (US#2 11.63) and Texas A&M signee Diamond Spaulding (US#4 11.69). Oak Ridge senior and University of Florida signee Sharrika Barnett was fourth in a US#9 time of 11.82.

St. Thomas Aquinas junior Alexa Cruz posted state leading times in the 1,600 and 3,200m at the Jeff Wentworth Invitational. WATCH all the races and interviews from the meet which included 40 national elite performances and don't forget to check out our featured photo album as well!

Kaylin Whitney's 11.10 and 22.49 at USA Juniors weren't just the fastest ever in Florida, but number one and two all-time by a high school athlete. Check out the top twenty-five marks in our database set by Florida athletes in the sprints and hurdles.

Looking over the names on this list should excite any sprint fan. Current UF Gator Shayla Sanders posted two US#1 times as a senior at Boyd Anderson when she ran 6.85 in the 55m dash and 23.89 for 200 meters in 2012. Check out the all-time bests in the sprint/hurdle events at the Jimmy Carnes Indoor Meet.

The news of Kaylin Whitney not returning to the East Ridge track team for her junior season is welcoming news to competitors from around the state. Whitney, who won the World Junior championship in the 200m, has the top time from 2014 with her 22.49 set at USA Juniors. Six other girls have run under 24 seconds including the St. Thomas trio of Spaulding, Sparling, at St. Fort. See the fifty fastest girls returning in the 200m dash.

The 2015 outdoor track and field season is only a month away. The Sunshine State boasts several of the top female sprinters in the country including Team USA members Kaylin Whitney and Teahna Daniels, as well as a trio of thoroughbreds from St. Thomas Aquinas in Krystal Sparling, Khalifa St. Fort, and Diamond Spaulding. See the top fifty returners in the girls 100m dash.

Krystal Sparling and Diamond Spaulding dazzled fans with their speed and were an opponent's worst nightmare. The St. Thomas Aquinas senior are arguably the most potent 1-2 punch in the country on one of the most dominant programs in the nation. As juniors, the pair were part of the Raider's national leading 4x200m relay, US#4 4x100m relay, and US#2 4x400m relay. Recently, the announced they will be headed out west, signing with Texas A&M.

National Signing Day has come early for runners in both cross country and track and field. The early signing period allows athletes to sign allows athletes to make their announcements starting today through next Wednesday, November 19th. For those who choose to wait it out, the final signing period will open on April 15, 2015 and close on August 1, 2015.  Many of the top stars around the country will have official signing ceremonies, while others may do so in the coming days. Who will be the college programs to line up an amazing class to make then national championship contenders over the next years? This week and during the final signing period that picture starts to become clearer. Send your signings announcements and signing ceremony photos to todd.grasley@flocasts.com and we will get them posted. You can also let us know via our Facebook Page or via Twitter @flrunners #signing.  

Three of Florida's top sprinters Teahna Daniels, Krystal Sparling, and Diamond Spaulding were recently invited to attend the Nike Elite Sprint Camp at Nike Headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The camp which is in it's first year, and runs in conjunction with the distance elite camp, consisted of fifteen of the fastest high schoolers in the country. The camp not only gave the athletes the opportunity to hone their craft, but also get advice from some of the top coaches and professional athletes in our sport. When they weren't on the track, they were competing in challenges, sightseeing, and getting to know their idols on a more personal level. See what Daniels and Spaulding had to say about their trip.

East Ridge sophomore Kaylin Whitney was the first name on the MileSplit All-American Girls 100m Dash Team and is first on the 200m list as well. Whitney described her 2014 campaign as a dream season. Her 200m time of 22.49 is a world junior best, world youth best, and US#2 all-time all conditions behind only Allyson Felix's 22.11 set in Mexico City in 2003. The mark ranks as the 8th fastest time by ANYONE in the world this year (not including wind-aided times). The following 8 individuals have been selected to the MileSplit All-American Team in the girls 200 meter dash from the 2014 outdoor season as they have been chosen by MileSplit as the 8 best national performers in their event from this past spring.

St. Thomas Aquinas sprinter Diamond Spaulding traveled the country this summer in hopes of getting the best competition possible. Spaulding, the 4A runner-up in the 200 and fifth place finisher in the 100 meter dash concluded her junior season at the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento, California.

A gallery of favorite images from the Great Southwest Classic by Alan Versaw  

Several of Florida's top athletes made the trip out west to New Mexico for the Great Southwest Classic. While the altitude bothered some, it didn't matter when they finished the weekend off with medals around their necks. See who went and how they fared plus our extensive on-site coverage lead by Colorado webmaster Alan Versaw.

Diamond Spaulding kept things out of reach in the Great Southwest 200 at 23.00. Photo by Alan Versaw.

The 4x200 meter relay isn't an event that is contested in Florida, but that didn't stop the ladies of St. Thomas Aquinas from proving they have the best quartet in the country. The Raiders won the Texas Relays with a new meet record mark of 1:33.47 and improved on that the following week at the Florida Relays with another meet record and US#1 time of 1:33.43. The third time proved no different as Khalifa St. Fort, Diamond Spaulding, Kendall Ellis, and Krystal Sparling set the Great Southwest Classic meet record in a time of 1:34.29.

It doesn't get much better than the much-anticipated showdown between Ashley Miller, Dior Hall, and Tiana Bonds in the 100 hurdles. Colorado Track XC file photos.

Kendal Williams has his golden ticket. The 3A state champion in the 100 and 200 meters and 2013 Dream 100 finalist is one of two Floridians to receive the prize joining Krystal Sparling of St. Thomas Aquinas. With the 38th Golden South Classic taking place on Saturday and the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City less than a month away, who else will make the trip to Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island? We breakdown the athletes that will be competing who should be a lock, those who are on the cusp, and those who with the combination of a win and the right times could be a dark horse!

The state series is over and we wanted to see how each classification would stack up against one another. These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We scored 25 deep for individuals and 25 deep for relays. For example, for individuals 1st place received 25 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 25th place. Note: these are hypothetical based on our team scoring feature. (Rankings as of 5/62014)  

Class 1A/2A receive a bye week this week while the state's largest classifications duke it out for regional supremacy and a ticket to the state finals on May 3rd.  We crunched the numbers to try and see how each regional meet would play out. Check out our virtual meets that we ran two ways. The first scores the meet using the four district results that make up the regional, and the top four qualifiers in each event and their respective marks. The second virtual meet takes all teams in the regional and scores the meet based on season bests.  See how you stack up against the competition and get prepared for some great performances and complete coverage including photos, race videos, interviews, and a complete recap of all the regional action!

National records, meet records, and US#1 performances. It was all just a day at the races for Sunshine State standouts competing at the 2014 Texas Relays. MileSplit was on-site with photos, video interviews, and complete results!