By Rick Pedone
Sports Editor

Osceola High’s Tynia Gaither became Osceola County’s all-time leader by winning her fifth and sixth Class 4A state track championships Saturday at Winter Park’s Showalter Field.

By winning the 100 meters (11.41, a personal record) and 200 meters (23.75) championships, Gaither surpassed former Osceola High discus and shot put champion Brett Williams, who won five state titles from 1996-98.

Gaither and her 4 x 100 relay teammates (Atarah Clark, Jodiann Crooks and Jameshia Gant) set a school record (46.12) but finished second to Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson (46.03) in a race pitting two of the nation’s fastest female high school relay teams.

Clark placed in both the 100 (6^th, 11.93, PR) and 200 (5^th, 24.97) sprints for Osceola.

Gant set a personal record by finishing 5^th (14.55) in the 100 meters hurdles for Osceola, which finished third overall with 39 points. South Florida powerhouse Miami Northwestern (112) ran away with the team championship. Boyd Anderson (44) was second.