ESPN RISE

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS

BRIAN ATKINSON
A two-time defending champ in the 3,200, Atkinson has also won the Class 4A state cross country meet for two consecutive years, garnering Gatorade State Cross Country Runner of Year honors in each.

CHRIS LICKFIELD
The Orlando Sentinel's reigning All-Volusia Track Athlete of the Year, Lickfield won an individual title in the discus and finished fourth in the shot put at the Class 4A state meet last season.

AMANI BRYANT
The state's best returning hurdler, Bryant captured the Class 3A state title in the 300 hurdles last spring, registering a blazing 43.27. She also excels in the long jump and in relay events.

OCTAVIOUS FREEMAN
Freeman put up some of the nation's fastest times last spring and won the 100 and 200 at the state meet. She was named Class 2A Girls' Track Athlete of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.

COACH'S TAKE

AN AREA COACH ON BRITTANY KOZIARA:
"She's talented and she's got incredible work ethic. To me she'd be the coach's dream - internally motivated. She's just going to do it because she knows it's going to make her better."