Track and Field
If interested, please contact Coach Coop (Boys Coach) at wilson.ashton@brevardschools.org or Coach Kevin at runcoachkevin@gmail.com
State Championship top 10 finishes: 1980 (9th/Girls)
Cape Coast Conference Champions: 1973 (Boys)
Thank you CLASS of 2024!!!
Boys and Girls highlights from the Satellite Invite on 3/1:
1st Place Finishers - Ember Michaels (triple jump), Perisa Williams (pole vault)
2nd Place Finishers- Lilly McCoshum (discus), Maddison Lusk (400m hurdles)
3rd Place Finisher: - Brooke Yates (1600m)
4th Place Finisher: Mackenzie Howell (100m hurdles)
5th Place Finishers- Brooke Yates (800m), Alana Bagwell/Madelyn Motty/Valeria Irizarry/Ember Michaels (4 x 400m relay), Kaden Koby (shot put)
Boys and Girls highlights from the Astronaut Developmental Meet on 3/8:
1st Place - Ember Michaels (Triple Jump), Maddison Lusk (400m Hurdles), Perisa Williams (Pole Vault), Girls 4x400m Relay team (Kennedi Lewis, Valeria Irizarry, Alana Bagwell, Ember Michaels)
2nd Place - Brooke Yates (3200m). Girls 4x100m Relay team (Madelyn Motty, Mackenzie Howell, Elizabeth Garver, Alana Bagwell), Julian Tortolo (110m Hurdles)
3rd Place - Mackenzie Howell (100m Hurdles), Lilly McCoshum (Discus), Julian Tortolo (400m Hurdles), Kaden Koby (Shot Put)
4th Place - Kameron Matanis (100m Hurdles), Roman Mingo (110m Hurdles)
5th Place - Alana Bagwell (100m), Ember Michaels (200m), Kennedi Lewis (400m), Quin Crabtree (3200m), Lilly McCoshum (Shot Put), Shaun Hartman Jr (110m Hurdles), Roman Mingo (400m Hurdles), Boys 4x400 Relay team (DeMichah Rumph, Jaivon Villamil, Kalel Irizarry, Femi Howard)
Boys and Girls highlights from the Merritt Island Relays Meet on 3/14:
1st Place - Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Mackenzie Howell, Ember Michaels, Kameron Matanis, Maddison Lusk)
2nd Place - Girls 4x1600 m Relay (Brooke Yates [1st place overall], Quin Crabtree, Riley Rosenberg, Alexandra Street), Girls 4x400m Relay (Kennedi Lewis, Valeria Irizarry, Alana Bagwell, Ember Michaels), Girls Sprint Medley Relay (Madelyn Motty, Maddison Lusk, Alana Bagwell, Ember Michaels), Ember Michaels (Triple Jump), Boys Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Julian Tortolo, Roman Mingo, Shaun Hartman Jr, Zachary Olson)
4th Place - Girls 4x100m Relay (Madelyn Motty, Kaci Underwood, Maddison Lusk, Alana Bagwell), Girls 4x200m Relay (Kameron Matanis, Valeria Irizarry, Mackenzie Howell, Kennedi Lewis), Arianna Ayliffe (Triple Jump), Lilly McCoshum (Discus), Boys 4x400m Relay (DeMichah Rumph, Zachary Olson, Kalel Irizarry, Femi Howard), Boys Sprint Medley Relay (Tobijah Semper, Fabricio Brevilus, Devonte Peterson, Noah McMinis), Boys 4x1600m Relay (Donovan Timmons, Matthew Moore, Robert Elliott, Joel Freeland), Kaden Koby (Shot Put)
5th Place - Lilly McCoshum (Shot Put)
Boys and Girls highlights from the District Meet on 4/29
Regional Qualifiers (Top 4)
1st - Perisa Williams (pole vault)
3rd - Brooke Yates (3200m), Girls 4x400 - Kennedi Lewis, Alana Bagwell, Kaci Underwood, Ember Michaels
4th - Mackenzie Howell (100m hurdles), Girls 4x800 - Quin Crabtree, Riley Rosenberg, Allie Street, Kennedi Lewis
5th Place (did not qualify for Regionals)
Ember Michaels (triple jump)
Maddy Lusk (400m hurdles)
Boys 4x400 - Julian Tortolo, Kalel Irizarry, Tobijah Semper, Zachary Olson
Varsity Schedule
Date Opponents Location
2/23 Viera invitational Viera Results Incomplete due to weather
3/1 Satellite invitational Satellite Results Boys 13th/Girls 5th
1st place finishers: Ember Michaels (Triple Jump) and Perisa Williams (Pole Vault),3/8 Astronaut developmental meet Astronaut Results
1st place finishers: Maddison Lusk (400 Hurdles), Girls 4X400, Persia Williams (Pole Vault), and Ember Michaels (Triple Jump)3/14 Merritt Island Relays Merritt Island Results Boys 7th/Girls 2nd
1st place finishers: Brook Yates (1600), Girls Shuttle Relay (Ember Michaels, Kameron Matanis, Mackenzie Howell, and Maddison Lusk)4/15 Mini Meet Merritt Island
4/19 CCC Championship Astronaut l Results Boys 16th/Girls 8th
1st place: Persia Williams (Pole Vault)4/29 District Satellite Results Boys 10th/Girls 5th
5/8 Region 3A-4 Miramar TBA
5/17 3A State Meet UNF-Jacksonville TBA
Boys Roster
Acosta, Dustin
Adams, Alain
Becker, Shawn
Blackmon, Dejuan
Blackwell, Natavious
Brevilus, Fabricio
Chmielewski, Cayden
Cowling, Derek
Elliott, Robert
Freeland, Joel
Glaser, Wesley
Hartman Jr., Shaun
Hernandez, Alex
Howard, Femi
Irizarry, Kalel
Johnson, Solomon
Koby, Kaden
Latham, Curtis
Martinez, Chelo
McMinis, Noah
Merola, Christian
Mingo, Roman
Moore, Matthew
Olson, Zachary
Ortiz, Kenneth
Peterson, DeVonte
Potts, Brendan
Ruiz, Brandon
Rumph, DeMichah
Schafer, Alex
Semper, Tobijah
Shields, Devin
Sonnenberg, Joseph
Thomas, DeShaun
Timmons, Donovan
Tortolo, Julian
Turner, Tucker
Verpaele, Kevin
Villamil, Jaivon
Girls Roster
Astuto, Alyssa
Ayliffe, Arianna
Bagwell, Alana
Bellay, Lola
Carver, Hailie
Crabtree, Quin
Garver, Elizabeth
Giel, Ava
Howell, Mackenzie
Husain, Jasmine
Irizarry, Valeria
Koskela, Sara
Lewis, Kennedi
Lusk, Maddison
Matanis, Kameron
McCoshum, Lilly
Michaels, Ember
Motty, Madelyn
Pease, Brieana
Rosenberg, Riley
Street, Alexandra
Tanner, Johnasia
Underwood, Kaci
Williams, Perisa
Yates, Brooke
Zapata, Gianna
Meet the coaches
Coach Coop (Boys Track and Field)
Coach Coop graduated from Merritt Island High School in 2017. He attended Columbia University and earned his bachelor's degree in political science while playing football for the Lions. Coach Coop has been teaching at Merritt Island High School since 2022, while also coaching varsity football as a defensive assistant. Coach Coop is an avid outdoorsman, and enjoys spending his free time fishing, hunting, surfing, and spending time with friends and family. Coach Coop's mission is to be a positive influence in the lives of student-athletes and to help teach them the soft skills necessary to be successful not only in athletics and in the classroom, but to be successful in life. His goal is to help every student athlete who desires to compete at the college level to receive an opportunity to do so. He has been coaching at MIHS since April 2022.
Coach Kevin (Girls Track and Field)
Once a Mustang, always a Mustang. Coach Kevin is proud to return to MIHS where he ran Cross Country and Track & Field. After graduating from MIHS in 2006, he earned a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Central Florida, and he now works for Leidos supporting NASA. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, running, and traveling. Coach Kevin’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of his athletes by giving them the opportunity to reach their potential on and off the field. He has been coaching at MIHS since January 2019.