- September 7, 2024
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Trenton Alexander and Aidan Brown make up the Nuts and Bolts team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
A Pathways Elementary student carries the flag during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Weston Brengle and Declan Tran make up the Cool Runnings team for Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Milani Antolos and Ava Widick make up the Dalmatian Duo for Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rosie Perez and Addison Vigh make up the Mean Girlz for Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
A Pathways Elementary carries a flag during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ella Dyer and Parker MacMillan make up The Castaways make up for Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Kennedy Luj and Amelia Whitelaw make up the Faster Than Fast team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rachel Marshall and Kaylee Rancourt make up the Passionate Patriots at Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Frannie and Maggie Kral make up the Pokeblazer team at Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Levi Jones and Ethan Luke make up the Wild Childs team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Eva Murphy and Jane Alyce Wile were the Swift Swifties during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Sammy Bogdanowicz and Parker Thomas were the Florida Boys during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
MacKenzie Kempf and Sofia Scaber were the Flying Fillies during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
A Pathways Elementary student carries the Prisoner of War during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rylee Ballard and Aevah Sheppard make up the Long Live Cowgirls team at Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Dominic Amato and Ryle Georg make up the Ormond Athletics team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Isaac Marshall and Cannon Parsons were the Dos Bros at Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Mila Garcia and Maya Rice make up Shrek's Slaying Swamp team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Mia Esguerra and Payton Reitano make up the Barbie World team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Savannah Burhans and Ava Maser were the Duckie Duo during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Gus Hardy and Jaxson Marino were the Banana Bros during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Zachary Garcia and Ben Warburton were the Cookie Crew during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Trenton Alexander and Aidan Brown make up the Nuts and Bolts team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Christopher Johnson and Samuel Kisselhoff were the Beasts of the East during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Austin O'Malley and Micah Tan were the Cybernetics during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Lucy Dorr and Sophia Figueroa made up The Kraken team during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Kalease Heggins, a Seabreeze High School senior and prom queen, sings the national anthem during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ormond Beach Police Officers Danielle Henderson and Andy Rossi were the grand marshals during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Pathways Elementary teacher and Race Director Matt Coleman speaks during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ormond Beach Police Officer Andy Rossi waves the checkered flag during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Declan Tran pushes Weston Brengle, of the Cool Runnings Team, during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rosie Perez, of the Mea Girlz team, smiles during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Frannie Kral, of the Pokeblazer team, takes part in the drift race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Sammy Bogdanowicz, of the Florida Boys team, smiles during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Parker Thomas celebrates how far his and Sammy Bogdanowicz's derby car went during the drift race portion of Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
MacKenzie Kempf and Sofia Scaber share a laugh during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Aevah Sheppard runs to catch up with Rylee Ballard during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rylie Georg runs to Dominic Amato during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Maya Rice and Mila Garcia smile during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Payton Reitano runs to catch up with Mia Esguerra during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Zachary Garcia smiles during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Micah Tan takes part in the drift race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Lucy Dorr takes part in the drift race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Derby teams line up for the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Declan Tran pushes Weston Brengle during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ava Widdick pushes Milani Antolos during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rosie Perez pushes Addison Vigh during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Kennedy Luj and Amelia Whitelaw take part in the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Rachel Marshall and Kaylee Rancourt take part in the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
The Swift Swifties — Jane Alyce Wile and Eva Murphy — complete a final push toward the finish line during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Sofia Scaber ad MacKenzie Kempf gallop toward the finish line during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Aevah Sheppard and Rylee Ballard laugh on their way to the finish line during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
The Ormond Athletics team — Rylie Georg and Dominic Amato — round the corner for the final stretch during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Cannon Parsons and Isaac Marshall give it their all during the push race portion of Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
The Banana Bros — Jaxson Marino and Gus Hardy — take part in the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Zachary Garcia and Ben Warburton take part in the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Trenton Alexander and Aidan Brown take part in the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Austin O'Malley ad Micah Tan take part in the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Samuel Kisselhoff pushes Christoper Johnson during the last stretch of the push race during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Lucy Dorr pushes Sophia Figueroa during Pathways Elementary's 19th annual Derby on Friday, May 17. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
You always know when it's Derby Day at Pathways Elementary.
There's students holding signs, parents set up with their cameras and camping chairs along the pickup loop, and most importantly: fifth grade teams with their decorated derby cars and matching team outfits ready to give the race their all.
The school's 19th annual "Most Spectacular Awe Inspiring Derby" took place on Friday, May 17. A total of 23 teams participated in the event this year, which consists of a derby car parade, two drift races down a ramp and a push race.
Students competed in “future” cars, which are new to the derby, and “classic” cars, which have been in the derby in the past.
The race is organized annually by Pathways Elementary teacher Matt Coleman, who also acts as the race director. The grand marshals for this year's race were Ormond Beach Police Officers Danielle Henderson and Andy Rossi, of the department's Community Outreach division.
Seabreeze High School Senior Kalease Heggins sang the national anthem. She is her school's prom and homecoming queen and will be enlisting in the U.S. Army after graduation.
This year's derby winners were:
Drift Race (Classic)
Drift Race (Future)
Push Race (Classic)
Push Race (Future)
Creative/Original Design
Pathways Spirit
Team Spirit