The Florida High School Athletic Association reversed course and reinstated six high jumpers for Friday’s girls Class 3A state track and field championships that it had previously disqualified.
The six student-athletes, including Lake Minneola senior Alexis Doll, were notified late Thursday after FHSAA officials contacted their coaches to inform them of the organization’s decision to allow them to compete.
While coaches of the student-athletes involved were informed Thursday evening, the FHSAA did not release a statement clarifying its position.
“I m so happy the FHSAA did the right thing,” said Maurice Campbell, Lake Minneola track and field coach. “They should never have been disqualified in the first place. I appreciate (Ed Thompson, the FHSAA athletic director who oversees track and field) reconsidering and allowing the girls to compete.
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State University System of Fla. expects return to pre-COVID operations by next school year
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The State University System of Florida announced Wednesday that all 12 public universities expect to increase classroom occupancy to pre-COVID capacity by the 2021-22 academic year and return to pre-COVID operations.
They also said that they anticipate returning to full in-person participation in athletic and social activities on our campuses, including fan participation in stadiums and arenas.
The 12 public universities in the state that this applies to are as follows:
Florida A&M University Working in consultation with the Florida Board of Governors, USF and the other 11 State University System institutions are planning to transition to pre-COVID operations and pre-COVID classroom capacity beginning at the start of the Summer B session on June 28.
If you’ve ever looked at a flatfish like a flounder or sole and wondered why both its eyes are on one side of its head, new research has your answer.
“Flatfishes are some of the weirdest vertebrates on the planet, and they got weird very, very fast by changing multiple traits at once over a short period of time,” says Kory Evans, an assistant professor of biosciences at Rice University who specializes in studying the evolution of fish over long timescales.
Of all mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and fish, flatfish are easily the most asymmetric. Evans, the corresponding author of a study on flatfish evolution in the