- February 9, 2025
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Seabreeze's Tyler Lewis and FPC's Tyler Phok compete in the 800-meter run at the 12th annual Flagler Pinnacle Preseason Classic. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Logan Jacobelli wins the 200-meter run ahead of Matanzas' Jeffrey Powell (right). Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Arianna Slaughter (left) and Isabella Tarsitano (right) placed third and fourth, respectively in the 1,200 meters. The duo also placed third (Slaughter) and fifth (Tarsitanto) in the 600. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Drayden Brackett finished fifth in the 400 hurdles. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Earnest Fingers sprints down the runway for a pole vault. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Earnest Fingers plants his pole on the way to a vault. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze freshman Jaden Torres won the eighth heat in the 300-meter run. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Leilany Roas placed fourth in the 400 hurdles. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Pole vaulters wait for the competition to begin. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Tyler Lewis runs the 800 meters. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Palm Coast, Mainland, Matanzas and Seabreeze got a preview of their 2025 track and field programs at the 12th annual Flagler Pinnacle Preseason Classic on Friday, Feb. 7, at FPC.
The meet included three races — the 300, 600 and 1,200 meters — that are not regular-season events.
FPC saw standout performances across the board, including boys sprints which has not been a strength for the Bulldogs in recent years.
“The last year or two we were not as good in shorter sprints, but we’re developing some kids,” FPC coach David Halliday said. “They’re young and excited and we’re excited too.”
Sophomore Logan Jacobelli won the 200- and 300-meter dashes, while junior Jordan Haymon won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.31 seconds.
Jacobelli won the 300 with a time of 35.95 seconds and ran the 200 in 22.52 seconds, breaking his outdoor personal record by 1.5 seconds.
“He never ran faster than 23.9, and then last week he ran an indoor race in 23-flat,” Halliday said. “(A time of 22.5) for a 10th-grade kid in his first race is pretty darn good. If he can get under 22 seconds, with that time you’re going to the state championships and have a decent chance to score.”
Jacobelli said he’s worked hard since his freshman season.
“I put in as much work as I possibly could in the offseason, running and lifting,” he said.
Jimmie Robinson, the Bulldogs’ sprint coach who was one of the top sprinters in school history, pushed Jacobelli through his workouts.
“He wouldn’t let me stop. He wants me to be greater than him,” Jacobelli said.
Other FPC event winners in the 11-team meet were high jumper Ethan Gordon (5-feet-9.75 inches), pole vaulter Tanner Cauley Bennett (who equaled his PR at 13-feet-3.5), Ayden Peterson in the 600 (1:23.90) and Kenneth Robinson in the triple jump (39-feet-10.5).
Mainland’s boys won the 4x400 relay. Kajuan Curry, Khalil Wilmore, Drayden Wood and Bernard Berry finished in 3:26.95 to win by 4.6 seconds. Berry won the long jump (19-feet-8) and also placed third in the 100 and fourth in the 200.
Mainland’s Kiera Williams won the girls 200 in 26.62 seconds while her teammate, Gabrielle Lett was second in 26.72. Williams was third in the 300. Amiyah Watlington won the 100 hurdles for the Bucs in 16.00 seconds and finished second in the long jump (15-feet-6.25). The Bucs also placed second in the girls 4x100 and 4x400.
Matanzas’ Jeffrey Powell was second behind Jacobelli in the 200 with a time of 22.92 seconds. The Pirates’ Blaine Vogel was second in the 1,600 with a time of 4:38.54.
Seabreeze’s Tabitha Hick placed second in both the 100 hurdles (17.94) and the 400 hurdles (1:12.55).
FPC’s Jacob Stevenson placed second in boys javelin (152-feet-9), while teammate Gethin Pritchard placed second in shotput (46-feet-0).
