The Montverde Academy girls track and field team delivered an outstanding performance Friday evening at the Dr. Phillips Invitational, winning the team title against a strong field of 28 schools at West Orange High School. The Montverde Academy boys also competed well, finishing 13th out of 26 teams.

Event Champions Lead the Way

Montverde Academy's girls were powered by several first-place finishes across both track and field events.

DaQuana Howell sprinted to victory in the 200-meter dash, winning the event with a time of 24.81 seconds.

Adriana Rodriguez captured first place in the 400-meter dash, crossing the line in 54.76 seconds.

Jizelle Holland dominated the hurdles, winning both the 100-meter hurdles (14.77) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.18) to secure a pair of event titles.

In the field events, Julia Saelg claimed the pole vault title by clearing 3.66 meters.

The Eagles also took first place in the 4x800-meter relay, as Amaris Munya, Lyla McMillen, Alafair Scelfo, and Angelica Wolfe combined to win the event with a time of 9:48.63.

On the boys side, Samuel Johnson delivered Montverde Academy's lone event victory, winning the triple jump with a leap of 14.91 meters.

Additional Girls Results

The Eagles added several strong finishes across the meet:

100 Meter Dash

• Dasia Reed – 2nd place – 11.84

• Arima Turner – 3rd place – 12.29

• Adriana Rodriguez – 4th place – 12.34

400 Meter Dash

• Nakira Hudson – 2nd place – 55.75

• Amaris Munya – 4th place – 1:00.13

800 Meter Run

• Dhamariah Williams – 13th place – 2:34.37

• Alon Scelfo – 19th place – 2:38.07

1600 Meter Run

• Alafair Scelfo – 8th place – 5:23.33

• Federica Perez – 17th place – 5:46.62

• Nikita Verma – 45th place – 6:34.23

Pole Vault

• Kylee Brown – 2nd place – 3.35m

• Mia Rabon – 3rd place – 3.35m

Shot Put

• Gabriella Rabon – 43rd place – 6.16m

• Isabella Kissler – 49th place – 5.79m

Additional Boys Results

100 Meter Dash

• Parker Soplinski – 73rd place – 12.30

• Ghevin Olmstead – 80th place – 12.53

200 Meter Dash

• Parker Soplinski – 36th place – 24.82

• Ghevin Olmstead – 41st place – 25.08

400 Meter Dash

• Zydon Furbert – 9th place – 50.91

• Kamron Brown – 15th place – 51.73

• Vuk Putnik – 71st place – 59.76

800 Meter Run

• Will Moss – 4th place – 2:00.79

• Salvatore Scelfo – 7th place – 2:03.69

1600 Meter Run

• Nicolas Bueno Ardigo – 48th place – 5:13.29

4x800 Meter Relay

• Kamron Brown, Will Moss, Salvatore Scelfo, and Jose Didier – 4th place – 8:32.96

Pole Vault

• Raj Andrade – 8th place – 2.75m

• Grant Williams – 13th place – 2.45m