Led by a talented group of seniors and dual-sport athletes, the Raiders keep winning.
Plant City’s track team has jumped out to a stellar start of the , not losing a meet since their first meet of the year.
“This is the most depth we’ve had since I’ve been here,” track and field coach Drew Martucci said. “And talent-wise, it definitely ranks up there at the top.”
With 14 seniors between both the men’s and women’s teams, Plant City headed into this week looking for a strong performance at the Western Conference meet on Wednesday. Romello Jones, Jae Sawyer and Jovani Torres are all multi-sport athletes and seniors that Martucci highlighted as names to watch for as the the district meet draws closer on April 23, but noted the great talent all throughout both the men’s and women’s rosters.
Among the top performances throughout the district this season, Jones holds the second-best mark in the 100 Meters, Sawyer and Jones hold the second- and third-best marks in the 200 Meters, Jaylen Smith and Ian Jolly hold the third- and fourth-best marks in the Long Jump, Jaylen Gadson holds the third-best mark in the Triple Jump, Rhet Conyers holds the second-best mark in Shot Put, teammates Torres, Javan Futch and Judson Smith hold the first-, second- and fourth-best marks in Discus and Kaden Mizell and Conyers hold the second- and fourth-best marks in Javelin.
As a team, Plant City’s men hold the top mark in the 4×100 Relay.
For the women, Kiana Kropp holds the third-best mark in the 800 Meters and the fourth-best mark in the 1600 Meters, Makenzie Holmes holds the fourth-best mark in the Long Jump and Madelyn Schmalenberger and Alyssa Stahl hold the first- and third- best marks in Discus and the second- and third-best marks in Javelin, respectively.
As a team, Plant City’s women hold the third-best mark in the 4×800 Relay.
While Plant City’s Western Conference meet was held prior to publishing, it took place after the Plant City Observer had gone to press on Wednesday.
