FHSAA state track and field has 8 Orlando area champions at UNF
JACKSONVILLE — Two elite triple jumpers, two Ocoee High standouts, two young distance prodigies, a pole vault winner with gymnastic experience, and a sprinter who set a national record before she hit high school — all among the best in Central Florida history — scored state titles to highlight Orlando area accomplishments on the final three days of the FHSAA state track and field finals at the University of North Florida. Kissimmee Gateway junior Maxwell Garcon became the sixth Orlando area boy to leap 50 feet in the triple jump in Friday’s Class 3A meet. He jumped from second to first place by bouncing out to 50 feet and three quarters of an inch on his fourth and final attempt.
That came a day after Montverde Academy junior Samuel Johnson, already in the exclusive 50 foot club, jumped 50-4¼ to take the 2A championship. Johnson, who leaped 50-9¾ to win at the Florida Relays, also won the long jump for the Eagles. The all-time triple jump record-holder is Seminole High graduate Andre Scott, who set a national record (since broken) of 53-7½ as a 2003 senior in Orlando’s discontinued Golden South Classic postseason meet.
Scott’s FHSAA meet record of 52-5½ still stands. He became an Auburn All-American and has been a college assistant coach for more than 20 years — now at Ole Miss. Here’s the all-time triple jump list: 53-7 Andre Scott, Seminole, 1993.
51-6 James Beckford, Boone, 1993. 51-2 Armani Wallace, Colonial, 2025. 50-9¾ Shane Lewis, Deltona, 2010.
50-9½ Samuel Johnson, Montverde, 2026. 50-3¾ Maxwell Garcon, Gateway, 2026. Ocoee senior Jaiden Manning, who gave up football after going out for track as a sophomore, won Saturday’s 4A boys 110-meter hurdles in 13.
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