Track and field season has entered the home stretch.
District competitions took place across Florida over the last week, and several local teams captured titles. Dozens advanced to next week's regional meets, the last proving ground before the state championships in Jacksonville.
With districts in the books, and regionals set for April 25-26, let's take a quick look back at some of the top results.
District 1-4A
Teams: Flagler Palm Coast
Thanks to a solid day on the track, Flagler Palm Coast's girls cruised to a team district title, winning by an 87-point margin over second-place Jacksonville Mandarin.
Summer Wells (58.04 seconds) and Courtney Gales (59.92) went 1-2 in the 400-meter dash, while Skye Green (16.50) and Jahlia McCaskell (16.51) did the same in the 100 hurdles. Namiah Simpson added gold in the 300 hurdles with a time of 47.06, and both the Bulldogs' 4x400 and 4x800 girls relay teams were victorious.
In the field, Nelson Paul scored a victory in the shot put, with a best attempt of 51 feet, 2.25 inches. Simone Gonzalez and Zoe Putney each posted 8 feet, 8.25 inches in the pole vault.
FPC placed second in the boys competition, highlighted by Shawn Gordon's win in the 800 (1:59.29). The junior also ran the opening leg for the winning 4x800 team.
District 2-4A
Teams: DeLand, Spruce Creek, University
In one of the toughest districts in Central Florida, Spruce Creek scored top-three showings in both the girls and boys competitions.
Nathan Farrell picked up a win in the 300 hurdles (39.14) and a second in the 110 hurdles (14.73). Vann Meadows rebounded after a dose of Five Star disappointment with a win in the discus (151-9). The Hawks also had a clean sweep in the pole vault, thanks to Kalee Thigpen (9-11.25) and Thomas Smith (12-4.75).
DeLand recorded four victories in the field. Senior Enrique Flores (6-4.75) shined in the high jump, freshman Jiya Hastings (17-10.75) captured her first long jump title and junior Amberleigh Sauer swept the throwing events (113-11 in discus, 35-8.5 in shot put).
District 6-3A
Teams: Deltona, Mainland, Matanzas, New Smyrna Beach, Pine Ridge, Seabreeze
Rolling momentum over from Five Star, Mainland swept the team titles as its girls narrowly edged Matanzas by 12 points.
Standouts for the Bucs included freshman sprinter Cydnie Wright, who swept the 100 (12.85) and 200 (26.39). Florida State football signee D'Marcus Adams won the 400 (49.43) and 110 hurdles (14.55). Steffan Mallory, who picked up an offer from Arkansas State this week, added victories in the triple jump (42-8.75) and the 200 (23.57).
Matanzas shined in the longer distance races, including a 1,600/3,200 sweep by Kelly Steffens (5:41.18 and 12:25.75, respectively). Jacob Miley easily won the 800 (1:57.24), and freshmen Maya Felton (31-10 in the triple jump) and JaDashia Catlin (1:01.76 in the 400) cemented spots at regionals for the first time.
Logan Horning took home golds in both the long-distance races for New Smyrna Beach. He was the only boy to break 10 minutes in the 3,200 on the day.
District 6-2A
Teams: Atlantic
Atlantic's boys celebrated one of the most successful showings in school history, capturing a district title with 125 points — 19 more than North Marion.
Senior jumper David Long pulled off a pair of wins, soaring 20 feet, 10.5 inches, in the long jump and 42 feet, 6 inches, in the triple jump.
Jason Axon proved to be the fastest man in the district with a time of 11.06 in the 100, and Maximus Campbell (22.70) bested the field in the 200.
The Sharks' 4x100 girls relay team also stood atop the podium. The quartet of Sha'Kawanza Brown, Tyjai Mack, Arshe Williams and Kahdia Jones recorded a time of 51.93.
District 9-1A
Teams: Father Lopez, Trinity Christian
Father Lopez's girls came up 15 points shy of Mount Dora Christian for the title, but produced a pair of individual winners and two champion relay teams (4x400 and 4x800).
Caroline Lydecker (32-9.75) took the triple jump title, while Zosia Yurkiewicz (2:26.01) won the 800 by nearly 4 seconds.
As for the boys, senior DJ McCathran shined in both hurdle events, winning the 300 (41.09) and taking second in the 110 (16.72).
Justin Hill turned in the best performance of the event for Trinity Christian, crossing the line second in the 400 (52.22). The junior shaved more than four-tenths off his preliminary time.