Foundation’s CJ Bronaugh, Olympia’s Omaria Gordon bring home state titles

Bronaugh won the 100, 200-meter dashes and led Foundation’s 4x100-meter relay team to a second-place finish. Olympia’s Omaria Gordon won the long jump competition.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 11:55 p.m. May 22, 2024

Sports
High Schools

At the FHSAA state championship track and field meets, Foundation Academy sophomore CJ Bronaugh stood out above the pack from the West Orange and Southwest Orange County area.

Bronaugh won two Class 1A state titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and led the Lions’ 4x100-meter relay team — along with JT Bronaugh, Daniel Jean and Zephy Rogers — to a second-place finish.

Ocoee High’s Diego De Pina was the only other boys athlete from the area who finished on the podium places throughout the four classifications, earning a silver medal in the Class 4A shot put competition.

On the girls side, Olympia High’s Omaria Gordon was another shining star representing the area in the Class 4A meet. She won the state championship in the long jump and finished fourth in both the triple jump and 400-meter hurdles.

Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.