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Dillard's Alexia Reid is the Broward Girls' Track and Field Athlete of the Year
Fort Lauderdale Dillard track and field standout Alexia Reid is very goal-oriented.
She is also very good at achieving those goals.
Before her senior season, she set specific marks she wanted to reach before finishing a stellar high school career.
A season, which had a few ups and downs, couldn't have ended better in her opinion.
'I didn't hit the exact times I wanted to in the hurdles, but I got better as the season went on,' Reid said. 'The season was just perfect. It started good and ended good.'
It's hard to argue with Reid's assessment.
Reid, one of the main architects of Dillard's rise to state powerhouse status in girls' track and field, finished her time with the Panthers as a state champion in both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles, as well as a key contributor on two of Broward County's best relays.
And so, Reid is the Miami Herald's Broward Girls' Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
Reid's efforts helped Dillard repeat as girls' team state champions in Class 3A, topping mighty Miami Northwestern for the second consecutive year after the Bulls had won a state-record 14 state titles in a row.
'It was a satisfying win, especially after we had so many (weather) delays the first day,' Reid said. 'We had to regroup and stay strong mentally and determined. It showed how together we were as a team and as a family.'
Reid ran on Dillard's 1,600-meter relay team, which posted a Broward-best time of 3:42.99, but finished a spot behind Northwestern's state meet-record time of 3:38.91. That was one of the Panthers' very few setbacks, though.
Reid contributed during the season on the Panthers' 400-relay squad, which won a state title.
Her biggest highlights came in the hurdles events. She ran a personal best 13.40 seconds earlier in the season and ran a winning time of 13.70 in the 100 hurdles at state. In the 400 hurdles, Reid broke a minute during the season, which was one of her main goals, and did it again at state to win that state title in 59.59 seconds.
Reid will now look to continue her development at the collegiate level when she runs the hurdles for UCF.
But Reid values having been part of the foundation, which built what could be a lasting legacy for girls' track and field competitors at Dillard.
'We have a lot of athletes that will keep it going. Being a part of that journey was amazing, seeing the growth of a lot of individual athletes. Even seeing how much I progressed and our team progressed was amazing,' Reid said.
