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Charter School runners move on to county championship

A Pine Ridge Middle School runner keeps pace with Marco's Rosie Polling at about the 200 meter mark, then Poling pulled out, winning the 1600 by more than 100 yards at the Collier County Athletic Conference South meet on Saturday.

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A Pine Ridge Middle School runner keeps pace with Marco's Rosie Polling at about the 200 meter mark, then Poling pulled out, winning the 1600 by more than 100 yards at the Collier County Athletic Conference South meet on Saturday.

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  • Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Charter School's Patrick Michel flies threw the air, finishing third in the long jump Collier County Athletic Conference South meet to qualify for the county championship this Saturday.
  • Charter School's Trevor Dye follows through on a throw in the shot put competition at the Collier County Athletic Conference South meet. Dye did not qualify for the championship round in shot put, but did for the discus at Golden Gate High on Saturday.
  • Charter School coach Roger Raymond makes a point with Maddie Bonfitto before she went out and qualified in the 3200 meter run for the Collier County Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday at Golden Gate High.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Charter School's Josh Wagner won the 3200 and came in second in the 1600 to qualify for the Collier County Athletic Conference Track Championship on Saturday. He competed in the county's South Meet to qualify.
  • A Pine Ridge Middle School runner keeps pace with Marco's Rosie Polling at about the 200 meter mark, then Poling pulled out, winning the 1600 by more than 100 yards at the Collier County Athletic Conference South meet on Saturday.
  • Starter Chris Black gets ready to pull the starter gun trigger to start a 100 meter race at the Collier County Athletic Conference South meet on Saturday at Lely.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Charter School's Katie Cookson listens to her coach, Roger Raymond, as they wait for the start of the 4x100 race at the Collier County Athletic Conference South event, which qualified competitors for the county-wide championship on Saturday at Golden Gate High School. Cookson was part of the school's 4x400 relay team that qualified to advance. Raymond is holding a flag that indicates when the relay girls are ready.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Colin McMullen shows his determination after taking the handoff from Jonatan Kriqi in the 4x1000 race. It turned out to be his last race for the eighth grader at Charter School as the team missed qualifying by 22-hundredths of a second to advance to the Collier County Athletic Conference Track Championship on Saturday at Golden Gate High School.
  • Members of the Marco Island Charter Middle School track team take a break in their tent during the Collier County Athletic Conference South meet on Saturday.

The Marco Island Charter Middle School track teams are enthusiastic about their chances in the upcoming Collier County Athletic Conference Track Championship on Saturday, April 21, at Golden Gate High School.

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