Track Week 2 Three Things

The second week of high school track and field in Southwest Florida featured three meets.  Friday saw about ten teams compete at the Bishop Verot Invitational while on Saturday there were two meets both in Collier County at Naples High and the Community School of Naples with a smattering of Lee County schools in attendance.  The Naples Invite is largely relays and none of the team relay times stood out.  The best racing took place at the Verot meet.

1.  Bishop Verot junior Julia Reitz scored three victories winning the 800 and 1,600 and running a leg on the Vikings' winning 4x800 team.  The Verot relay team came super close to being the first area team to dip under 10 minutes in the 4x800.  And Reitz had her hands full in the 1,600 holding off teammate Mackenzie DeLisle running 5:26.41.

2.  Fort Myers senior Colsen Palmer scored a big PR in the 1,600 a 4:33.25 winning by a wide margin. Palmer pressed the pace from the gun and appears to be well past a nagging back injury.  It will be interesting to see if he gets a chance to tangle with Kolton Pickard at the Edison Relays this Friday.

3.  We have a little love for an up and coming field star, Fort Myers freshman Julia Lemmon.  Following in the steps of big brother Jacob who set the discus on fire three years ago, Julia bombed the disc 121 feet four inches.  That's a big throw for a freshman.  It would have been good enough to take 4th in last year's state meet. Lemmon also took the shot throwing the iron ball over 32 feet.