The City of Florence welcomed teams and unattached athletes from South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida as they competed in the 2025 USATF Region 4 Junior Olympic Championships July 3-6! Athletes who placed in the top 25 in their USATF State Championship were eligible to compete in the USATF Region 4 Championship. On the final day of the championship, the track meet moved from a timed schedule to a rolling schedule while Tropical Storm Chantal blew her presence on athletes' times and marks. Meet results indicate that athletes had to run, jump, and throw in headwinds reaching up to -5.1 m/s!
Cynthia Bellinger, Head Coach, stated, "The wind took some people out, but a few were still able to set a PR [personal record], which is amazing." Athletes who placed in the top 8 in the Region 4 Championship have qualified to compete in the 2025 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships July 21-27 at Savannah State University.
If you wish to support their journey to the National Junior Olympics, check out their virtual fundraiser at https://poppinpopcornonline.com/store/ with Group ID DNLQIC. You may also make monetary donations via cash, check, CashApp $FlorenceTrackClub, and Venmo.
2025 Region Champions include: 9-10 Girls 4x100m Relay Team: Ameia Fore, Jai Lenard, Madison Brown, and Caytelyn Ford; 17-18 Men 4x100m Relay Team: Jeremiah Bryant, Victor Torres, Matthew Benjamin, and Michael Robinson; Deacon Cox (9-10) high jump, Elleree Hoyle (15-16) 3000m race walk, Decklin Shaw (13-14) 100m hurdles, Antonio Washington, II (9-10) 1500m race walk, and Khalil Wingate (8U) 100m dash.
Athletes who advanced to compete in the 2025 National Junior Olympics are listed below. You may find the schedule of events and spectator tickets at https://www.usatf.org/events/2025/2025-usatf-national-junior-olympic-track-field-cha.
Relay Teams
9-10 Girls 4x100m
1st place: Lenard, Fore, Brown, Ford
1:05.71
9-10 Boys 4x100m
2nd place: Ford, Dargan, Johnson, Bellinger
1:01.50 PR
11-12 Boys 4x400m
2nd place: Temple, Cade, Ye, Eruchalu
5:22.17
13-14 Boys 4x800m
2nd place: Oyekan, Cox, Duran, Cox
10:31.56
17-18 Men 4x100m
1st place: Bryant, Torres, Benjamin, Robinson
44.60
Individual (Top 8 finalists)
Nathan Bellinger, 9-10 Boys
2 4x100m relay
7 100m dash, 15.68
8 200m dash, 32.27
Nowlege Bostic, 15-16 Boys
7 Long jump, 4.57m
Zoe Brown, 11-12 Girls
8 Long jump, 3.60m PR
Deacon Cox, 11-12 Boys
1 High jump, 1.38m
Deante’ Dargan, 9-10 Boys
2 4x100m relay
8 400m dash, 1:21.41
Kenenna Eruchalu, 11-12 Boys
2 4x400m relay
4 High jump, 1.28m
Caytelyn Ford, 9-10 Girls
2 4x100m relay
6 100m dash, 16.56
8 Javelin throw, 8.41m
Josiahs Giles, 15-16 Boys
2 400m dash, 51.29
4 200m dash, 24.09
Londyn Goines, 8U
7 Javelin throw, 8.00m
Kensley Goodman, 8U Girls
5 Long jump, 2.66m PR
6 200m dash, 37.29
Jaden Greene, 15-16 Boys
5 200m dash 24.34
Danielle Hines, 13-14 Girls
3 100m hurdles, 19.11
Tahjean Hines, 8U Boys
8 400m dash, 1:37.63
Elijah Hitch, 15-16 Boys
7 Discus throw, 20.56m
7 Shot put, 7.86m
Elleree Hoyle, 15-16 Girls
1 3000m race walk, 25:32.82
Rinari Innis, 15-16 Boys
5 Long jump, 4.66m
Jai Lenard, 9-10 Girls
2 4x100m relay
7 Javelin throw, 12.92m PR
Kamren Matthews, 11-12 Girls
2 100m dash, 14.11
2 200m dash, 29.15
2 Long jump, 4.38m
Lyric McCoy, 8U Girls
3 100m dash, 18.06
3 200m dash, 35.91
Landon McDowell, 8U Boys
3 Shot put, 5.81m PR
5 200m dash, 35.86
Logan McDowell, 8U Boys
7 Shot put, 3.73m
Anna Migliore, 8U Girls
3 Long jump, 2.82m
James Migliore, 8U Boys
5 400m dash, 1:19.19 PR
Jason Myers, Jr., 9-10 Boys
4 Shot put, 6.91m
Hashem Oyekan, 17-18 Women
3 400m dash, 1:02.42
4 800m run, 2:30.44
Saylor Propst, 11-12 Girls
6 Javelin throw, 13.95m
Michael Robinson, 17-18 Men
1 4x100m relay
7 200m dash, 24.31
Kasey Rodgers, 15-16 Girls
8 400m dash, 1:11.96 PR
Adalynn Shaw, 11-12 Girls
8 Shot put, 4.98m
Decklin Shaw, 13-14 Boys
1 100m hurdles, 18.35 PR
3 200m hurdles, 30.62
Sebastian Simmons, 8U Boys
8 Javelin throw, 7.72m
Stirling Temple, 11-12 Boys
2 4x400m relay
5 80m hurdles, 17.05
Kevin Timmons, II, 15-16 Boys
3 High jump, 1.43m PR
Antonio Washington, II, 9-10 Boys
1 1500m race walk, 13:29.93
6 Shot put, 6.18m PR
8 Javelin throw, 21.91m PR
Jordan Windham, 17-18 Men
3 400m dash, 52.94
6 Triple jump, 11.62m
Khalil Wingate, 8U Boys
1 100m dash, 16.59
2 400m dash, 1:17.23 PR
3 200m dash, 33.64
