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Plasier, Tolbert win gold; Niceville girls finish 2nd at state T&F
TL;DR
Plasier and Tolbert secured gold medals at the state track and field championships, while the Niceville girls' team finished in second place.
Key points
- Plasier won a gold medal
- Tolbert won a gold medal
- Niceville girls finished second
- Niceville men's team won state championship
- Both teams competed in 3A state championships
The Niceville men's track and field team poses with their 3A state championship hardware.
The Niceville women's track and field team poses with their 3A state runner-up hardware.
Niceville's four shot put state medalists pose after contributing to 28 points toward Niceville's state title, an FHSAA record in a single event.
Shelby Plasier, pictured here with coach Emily Webb, defended her javelin 3A state title.
Charlie Perkins poses with throws coach Emily Webb after winning state in the shot put and finishing second in the discus.
Saylor Tolbert earned three medals in the 3A state meet, including a state title in the 400m hurdles.
Kimah Allen poses with throws coach Emily Webb after two third-place finishes in the shot put and the discus.
The Niceville male throwers pose after leading the team to a state title.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
The Niceville men's track and field team poses with their 3A state championship hardware.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
The Niceville men's track and field team poses with their 3A state championship hardware.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
The Niceville women's track and field team poses with their 3A state runner-up hardware.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
Niceville's four shot put state medalists pose after contributing to 28 points toward Niceville's state title, an FHSAA record in a single event.
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Plasier, Tolbert win gold; Niceville girls finish 2nd at state T&F
Shelby Plasier, pictured here with coach Emily Webb, defended her javelin 3A state title.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
Charlie Perkins poses with throws coach Emily Webb after winning state in the shot put and finishing second in the discus.
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Plasier, Tolbert win gold; Niceville girls finish 2nd at state T&F
Saylor Tolbert earned three medals in the 3A state meet, including a state title in the 400m hurdles.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
Kimah Allen poses with throws coach Emily Webb after two third-place finishes in the shot put and the discus.
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Niceville track & field wins men's state title, women runner-up
The Niceville male throwers pose after leading the team to a state title.
JACKSONVILLE — Shelby Plasier defended her javelin state title, Saylor Tolbert obliterated the 400-meter hurdles field and the Niceville girls' track and field team celebrated 11 individual medalist efforts and three podium trips by the relays to finish runner-up to Dillard (69-64) in the 3A state meet at UNF's Hodges Stadium.
Paired with Abigail Gunter's sweep of her four events in the Para State Championships, it was a good day to be an Eagle.
Plasier threw 44.27m at state last year as a sophomore to claim gold. This year she kept breaking her own school record, so it was only fitting she did the same at state with a throw of 45.23m to win easily over runner-up Bailey Madsen of Satellite (42.52m).
Shelby Plasier, pictured here with coach Emily Webb, defended her javelin 3A state title.
"She was just super locked in," Niceville throws coach Emily Webb said. "She was very consistent. This whole week she was amazing. She basically threw at her PR her second throw and re-broke her school record on her third row. It was awesome."
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From the young woman herself, nothing was specifically special about the throw. But mentally, like state champions do, she dialed it in with her parents, Eric and Carrie, looking on.
"I was getting ready to throw and I was like, 'I'm going to do it. This is the one that'll PR and win it all," she said.
Plasier, who picked up the javelin for the first time the summer before her freshman year, had no specific number in mind. Her goal only was to "keep going up, keep PR'ing and keep working on my skill and techniqe, and the numbers would show that progresson."
Mission accomplished.
Webb said her athleticism is off the charts: "She's built different,"
Asked about her relationship with coach Webb, Plasier said "She's just amazing. She's so much more than a coach. She's a mentor, she's a best friend, she's another mother. She's always there for us. We can tell her anything , and that's just how it is for everyone else. If something's bothering me, I let her know and she figurues out how to help."
"Shelby, along with all the other throwers, we spend so much time with each other outside during the season. My goal for them all, all I want them to do is learn life lessons on and off the field," Webb said. "It's not just about throwing and technical stuff, it's about being the best version of themselves. And they have to trust me, because I'll fight for them. And I have to trust them. We all have this mutual respect for each other, and if we don't have that none of this is possible."
Her teammate, Lily Dennison, was slated to come in seventh in the javelin but threw a PR 38.48m to finish fourth and score five points for the Eagles.
Tolbert, a fourth-place finisher from a year ago, was the lone hurdler in the 400m field to break the minute barrier. Her 59.82 finish easily bested Miami Northwestern's Lamayah Howard (1:02.48) to earn 10 points for the team. She added another four points for the team by finishing fifth in the 100m hurdles in 14.33 seconds.
Saylor Tolbert earned three medals in the 3A state meet, including a state title in the 400m hurdles.
Kimah Allen contributed 12 points herself with a pair of third-place finishes in the discus and shot put, throwing 44.52m in former and 13.91m in the latter.
Katelyn LaGrosse and Loxley Sheldon also shined in the pole vault with a pair of fourth- and fifth-place finishes, both clearing 3.30m to collect a collective nine points. Staying on the field, Gracie Dennison, finished seventh in triple jump with a leap of 11.53m.
In the relays, Niceville finished just .09 seconds back of state champ Miami Norland in the 4x100m with a 47.22, third-place finish, fifth in the 4x800m with a 9:26.14 finish and seventh in the 4x400m in 3:55.37.
The Niceville boys' track and field team used last year's runner-up finish as motivation to win its fifth title in six years this past weekend. Webb believes her girls can do the same.
"The girls got a taste of what this feels like and they'll channel it next year, 100 percent," Webb said. "But damn did they fight like crazy to get here and it was pretty awesome to watch. I speak for everyone when I say how proud we are of every athlete we have."
This article originally appeared on Northwest Florida Daily News: Niceville track and field excels at FHSAA state meet
Q&A
Who won gold medals at the state track and field championships?
Plasier and Tolbert won gold medals at the state track and field championships.
What place did the Niceville girls' track and field team finish at the state championships?
The Niceville girls' track and field team finished in second place at the state championships.
Which teams competed in the 3A state track and field championships?
The Niceville men's and women's track and field teams competed in the 3A state track and field championships.
What awards did the Niceville men's track and field team receive?
The Niceville men's track and field team received the 3A state championship hardware.
