Lady Mustangs win regional crown

The Lakewood Ranch High girls track team scored 85.50 points to win the Class 3A-Region 3 meet April 23, at Charlotte High. 

The Lady Mustangs used their depth in all facets of the competition to breeze past regional runner-up Naples (59 points). 

Talia Falco cleared 5 feet, 6 inches to win the high jump and advance to next weekend’s Class 3A state meet. She also finished second in the triple jump (39-06). 

The top four finishers in each event earned a berth in the state meet, which will be held May 2, in Tallahassee. 

State qualifiers include: 

Lakewood Ranch

Sophia Falco (100-meter dash, 2nd; long jump 3rd) 

Olivia Ogles (pole vault, 2nd) 

Reide Ryans (100 hurdles, 2nd) 

Read Corley (3,200, 4th) 

John Rivera (800, 2nd)

Girls 4x100 relay (2nd)

Girls 4x400 relay (2nd)

Girls 4x800 relay (4th) 

Sarasota 

Julian Tyler (110 hurdles, 4th) 

Adam Bradtmueller (1,600, 3rd) 

Angelina Grebe (3,200, 2nd) 

Girls 4x800 relay (3rd)

Contact Jen Blanco at [email protected].