MIDDLEBURG – Middleburg High School athletics ended the spring seasons with a flurry as 11 Bronco athletes signed scholarships to continue playing next fall with track sprinter Marcus Floyd signing one of the top track scholarships out of Clay County.

Floyd, a top 100 meter sprinter (eighth in 2017 at 11.07 seconds), long jumper and triple jump (second in 2017 at 45’-11.75”) heads to NCAA track powerhouse Stanford University in California that boasts 13 national championship teams, 84 NCAA champions and 932 All-American athletes for indoor and outdoor track and cross country. Stanford also has 64 Olympic athletes on their storied walls with 19 Olympic medalists and nine Olympic gold medalists; including 2016 womens pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi.

In 2019, Floyd finished with a 10.81 100 meter best to rank 21st in Class 3A but was a DNF (did not finish, hamstring injury) in the district 4-3A championships; finished second in the district long jump at 21’-1.5”; and fouled out of the district triple jump. As a junior in 2018, Floyd was region 1-3A triple jump champion and third in the 100 meters. Floyd was a DNF in the region 200 final. Injuries curtailed Floyd’s state meet appearance.

Joining Floyd on the scholarship celebration was volleyball player Mallory Roney, who joins a legacy of Carrie Prewitt-coached athletes at Indian River State College including Erwin sisters Jenna and Maddie and freshman Jillian Bemis. Roney, a top multi-sport athlete for Middleburg, was also a top basketball player for the Broncos who made the district championship game and also earned a region playoff berth.

From the wrestling team, Storm Mercado topped off a district and region title with a strong state meet effort to earn a spot on the NAIA Brewton Parker College wrestling team in Georgia. Brewton Parker had their best wrestling season with a 15th place finish of 49 teams at the NAIA National Championships with two All-American wrestlers; a third placer and a sixth placer.

From baseball, Christian Powell and Clayton Simmons will join a slew of Clay County players at NAIA powerhouse Thomas University in Georgia. Thomas won their Sun Conference title in 2019, but lost in the opening round of the NAIA National Tournament. On the Thomas baseball roster are Jarrett Fowler and Tyler Keaton, both of Keystone Heights; Jacob Schmidt, of Oakleaf High, Holden Alexander, of Clay High and Maury Gonzales of Ridgeview plus players from Wakulla, Baker County, Santa Fe and Palatka.

From football, wideout Anthony Havens will play at Culver Stockton College in Canton, MI, where he joins former Fleming Island High running back Chauncey Garrison.

Also in football, Joseph Lied heads to Concordia University Wisconsin, a 7-3 team last year.

Also signing, Bronco cheerleader siblings Mallory and Madison Tomborg will head to Jacksonville University, hoop ace Layton Veon goes to Florida Gateway College in Lake City, and girls hoops ace Jamyah Harkins brings her fast feet to NAIA Warner University in Lake Wales.