Tower Summer 2022
Montverde Academy's digital magazine The Tower, for alumni, family and friends.
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BOYS TRACK AND FIELD<br />
The boys track and field team was the best in the state of<br />
Florida in <strong>2022</strong>. They won five invitationals, including the<br />
Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) state<br />
championship meet on May 12. Not only did the Eagles<br />
win, but the team won by a convincing margin, 24 points<br />
over the second-place team.<br />
In addition to winning the state’s top honor, the Eagles<br />
took first place in their FHSAA regional (5/5) and district<br />
(4/25) championship meets. During the course of the<br />
season, MVA also earned first place in the Citrus League<br />
championship (2/25), Mount Dora Christian Academy<br />
Invitational (3/29) and IMG Academy Invitational (4/9).<br />
The Eagles were led by Micah Larry who excelled as<br />
the season went on. He finished no worse than second<br />
in every event at each invitational, after the first meet<br />
of the season. He won 11 events overall in five different<br />
meets. Zyaire Nuriddin also had an all-American caliber<br />
season, winning 15 events total. He led the state of<br />
Florida with the fastest times on record this season in the<br />
100-meter dash and 400-meter dash. He blazed the way<br />
to victory in the 100-meter dash in 10.24 seconds at the<br />
district championship meet and ran the 400-meter dash<br />
in 45.78 seconds en route to victory at the Florida Relays<br />
on April 2. Alex Georgiev also had a fantastic season,<br />
winning eight pole vaulting events. He had the secondhighest<br />
height of the season in the state of Florida when<br />
he won the event at the Mount Dora Christian Academy<br />
Invitational with a height of 4.84 meters.<br />
Alex Georgiev<br />
Zyaire Nuriddin<br />
Michelle Smith<br />
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD<br />
The girls track and field team was solid in <strong>2022</strong>, winning<br />
three invitationals, including the Florida High School<br />
Athletic Association (FHSAA) regional championship meet<br />
on May 5, the district championship meets on April 25 and<br />
the Florida State Relays on March 26. The Eagles also<br />
had solid second place finishes in the state championship<br />
meet on May 12, the Mount Dora Christian Academy<br />
Invitational on March 29, the Bolles Bulldog Classic on<br />
March 4 and the Citrus League championship on<br />
February 25.<br />
The Eagles were led by the duo of Micayah Holland and<br />
Michelle Smith. Holland won all eight 100-meter dash<br />
events she was entered in. She ran the fastest 100-meter<br />
dash in the state of Florida this year when winning it at the<br />
state championship meet in a time of 11.26 seconds. She<br />
also ran the fastest time in the state in the 200-meter dash<br />
when she won it at the state championship meet in 23.13<br />
seconds. Smith meanwhile earned a team-high 17 total<br />
wins, including the fastest 300-meter hurdles in a time of<br />
41.56 at the state championship meet.<br />
Micayah Holland<br />
THE TOWER | SUMMER <strong>2022</strong> 37
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