Column: 10 Years and Running

Palatka’s track and field program started with Gonzalez in 2012 from bottom

  • Steven Gonzalez (right) congratulates Ka’Ven Berry on being named Daily News Boys Track Athlete of the Year in 2013, the same year Gonzalez was named Daily News Coach of the Spring for the first time. Berry is now Gonzalez's assistant coach at Jacksonville Mandarin High School. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Steven Gonzalez (right) congratulates Ka’Ven Berry on being named Daily News Boys Track Athlete of the Year in 2013, the same year Gonzalez was named Daily News Coach of the Spring for the first time. Berry is now Gonzalez's assistant coach at Jacksonville Mandarin High School. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • Palatka's Eron Carter, shown in 2016, was a three-time state champion in shot put and discus. (Daily News file photo)
    Palatka's Eron Carter, shown in 2016, was a three-time state champion in shot put and discus. (Daily News file photo)
Numerous successful programs have a “build from the ground up” story that tells of humble beginnings. They don’t get more humble than the one Steven Gonzalez tells of how he first started the…

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