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Ricky Quintana is a sports correspondent for Mainstreet Daily News. He has 27 years of experience covering cross country in North Central Florida for news outlets around the state and the country. He is a graduate of P.K. Yonge and earned degrees from the University of Florida and Nova Southeastern University.
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Buchholz sweeps Rob Ramirez City Swim Meet
Sep 24, 2022
Bobcats take boys, girls team titles for second straight year.
Millers top boys, girls cross country rankings
Sep 12, 2022
Buchholz’s Emerson Miller, Oak Hall’s Sydney Miller lead pack among area runners.
Bobcat Classic to draw over 530 runners
Sep 7, 2022
Annual high school meet will be held at SF College NW campus on Saturday.
Gainesville sprinter sets U20 world record
Aug 1, 2022
Tamari Davis runs 10.83-second 100-meter dash at Ed Murphey Classic on Saturday.
Gator Swim Club finishes fourth
Jul 25, 2022
Annual Florida Senior Summer Swimming Championships draws more than 600 swimmers to Gainesville.
Team USA wins record 33 medals
Jul 25, 2022
Several current and former UF athletes excelled at 2022 World Athletics Championships.
UF sends 17 to World Athletic Championships
Jul 11, 2022
First time track and field championships will be held in U.S.
Furlow medals at US Youth Rowing Championships
Jun 13, 2022
Eastside senior becomes first Gainesville Area Rowing medalist.
Buchholz girls bring home 4A state title
Nov 15, 2021
As with all state championships, there are both expected and some unexpected results. The triangulation of human performance on a given day is one of the […]
Buchholz, Oak Hall teams eye state titles
Nov 8, 2021
With a berth in the FHSAA state cross country finals hanging in the balance, many area athletes stepped up their game to advance to the state […]
Area runners advance through districts
Nov 1, 2021
The FHSAA state series got off with a bang last week as local teams geared up for the run to the state cross country championships in […]
Cross Country: Oak Hall’s Montini tops rankings
Oct 18, 2021
The FSU Pre-State Invitational proved to be a good mid-season test for area runners over the weekend. The weather did not cooperate, as temperatures and humidity […]
Cross country: Buchholz sweep fuels top rankings
Oct 11, 2021
Buchholz swept the team titles Saturday morning at the Bobcat Classic at Santa Fe College. It was the first time since 2019 that the course hosted […]
New World Fall Spectacular upsets cross country rankings
Oct 4, 2021
The New World Fall Spectacular course was built for fast times and it delivered on Saturday morning. Long straightaways and few turns led to fast times […]
Faster courses shake up cross country rankings
Sep 27, 2021
The P.K. Yonge girls took first place at the Trinity Catholic Celtic Invitational Saturday morning, leading a host of top area performances on a fast course. […]
Cross country: Buchholz solidifies top spots
Sep 20, 2021
Buchholz dominated area competition at the Alligator Lake Invitational at the Oaks Equestrian Center Saturday morning in Lake City—and solidified its hold on the top spots […]
Buchholz surges in cross country rankings
Sep 13, 2021
Local cross country teams Oak Hall, Keystone Heights, Eastside and Santa Fe took the Sept. 10-12 weekend off, but the active teams managed to shake up […]
Oak Hall shines in first cross country rankings
Sep 6, 2021
We’re off to the races! Buckle up for the next three months as we rank the top cross country runners in North Central Florida. Each week […]