Congratulations to Lainee Mercer For Being Selected as the
2022 Female Runner of the Year
Cheyenne Thomas
Annabella Tomasic
Leilani Lychlyter
Lainee Mercer
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Cheyenne Thomas
Cheyenne Thomas has been on an absolute tear this season. After a slow early start, Thomas went on to break records at the Katie Caples Invitational, the FLRunners.com Invitational, and the FSU Invitational. Cheyenne broke the state meet record (Broken 30 minutes later) and broke the Middle School Nationals meet record. She successfully defended her public school state title and went on to win a national title. Her Red Sea Running and Tavares Middle School teams were also State Champions and National Champions.
3k Season Best – 10:22
4k Season Best – 14:11
Related:
Cheyenne Thomas Adds Another Record
Cheyenne Thomas – Athlete of the Week
Girls Public School State Preview
Annabella Tomasic
Annabella Tomasic is somewhat of a mystery. She was the 2021 private school state champion in a meet record of 10:26 and went on to win the AAU Cross Country National Championships. This year she has dominated the road circuit but has very little by way of results in cross country. When she does run cross country, she seems to win. After her FLYRA State Meet record of 10:26 fell to Cheyenne Thomas in the public school race, she answered back in the private school race winning in a time of 10:19. As a 6th grader, we expect to see a lot of her in the next few years.
3k Season Best – 10:19
Leilani Lychlyter
Leilani Lychlyter was the 2nd place finisher in the 2021 FLYRA Charter School State Championships with a time of 12:15.5. Lychlyter improved this year to a time of 11:53 and won the Charter School division. She also helped lead her Liza Jackson Preparatory School to a team state title.
3k Season Best – 11:53
Lainee Mercer
7th grader, Lainee Mercer, had a great year running for the Hillsborough Harriers. She had wins at the Jim Ryun Invitational, Florida Horse Park Invitational, Lecanto Invitational, St. Leo Abbey Invitational, and the FLYRA Cross Country Club State Championships. Mercer’s only losses this season came at the hands of fellow nominee Cheyenne Thomas.
3k Season Best – 10:50
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