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Girls on the Run Orlando
ended its 2016 fall season with a
run in the annual Track Shack Lake
Eola 5K. The season included 70
area schools and 225 volunteer
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Dr. Phillips High School
cheerleaders traveled to the
State Fairgrounds in Tampa
compiled by Lauren Salinero for the Universal Cheerleaders
Association Central Florida Regional
SOUTHWEST SPORTS
Girls on
the Run
Orlando
volunteer
coach Layla
West (front),
track head
coach for
Bridgewater
Middle
School, snaps
a selfie with
her team.
Dr. Phillips High School cheerleaders (front, l. to r.) Leah Humphreys, Morgan
McKnight, Laura Wallace, Ayanis Young, Maddi Forte, Tatyana Washington,
D’Kayla Cooper, (back, l. to r.) Bianca Tverberg, Jena Fite, Janeesa Clue, Natajah
Williams and Ella Morrow win the small varsity division at the Universal Cheerleaders
Association Central Florida Regional Competition.
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Southwest Middle School track head coach Keith West (front), volunteer coach for
Girls on the Run Orlando, embraces Pink Day during the school’s Spirit Week.
coaches, many of whom teach at
the schools that offer the program.
More than 1,000 girls in third
through eighth grades throughout
Central Florida participate in
GOTR annually.
Though all of the volunteer coaches
are appreciated and loved,
Bridgewater and Southwest middle
schools would like to recognize its
track head coaches, Layla West
and Keith West, respectively. The
two not only donate their time to
the program, but also plan to run
as SoleMates in the Disney Princess
Half Marathon to raise funds to
help bring Girls on the Run to more
schools in 2017.
Tranquilo Golf Club at Four Seasons
Resort Orlando hosted the second annual
Diamond Resorts Invitational,
benefiting Florida Hospital for
Children. Thirty professionals, including
Windermere residents John
Cook and Lee Janzen, competed
alongside 48 sports and entertainment
celebrities for separate purses totaling
$1.25 million. All three rounds were
nationally televised live on the Golf
Channel. Competitors played in threesomes,
consisting of one Champions
Tour professional and two celebrities.
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