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Learning to fly: Sprinter Appel qualifies for state as triple-jumper
The biggest surprise that came out of the District 1-3A track meet two weeks ago may have been the emergence of Navarre High School triple-jump third-place finisher, Elijah Appel. The senior football star and sprinter came out of nowhere to become a medal winner and, last week, to become one of just two Raiders who qualified for the Class 3A state championship meet Friday, May 3, at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
Elijah Appel, middle and his two coaches Nick Benton, left and Johnny Robinson-Pettus right
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