Marathon senior Justice Lee Isom becomes Monroe County's most decorated track athlete

Justice Lee Isom spent four years turning Marathon High School’s throwing circle into a county benchmark, and the senior finished another district meet by winning javelin, shot put and discus again, lifting her total to 100 district points and making her Monroe County’s most decorated track athlete in recorded history.

That rise did not happen all at once. As a freshman at the April 2024 district meet, Isom won javelin and shot put and placed second in discus. By her sophomore season, she had added two district titles and a silver medal. As a junior, she swept all three events. This spring, she repeated the feat, defending all three district crowns and giving Marathon a senior leader whose results have remained steady from one postseason to the next.

Isom’s senior form was on display even before districts. In Marathon’s April 3 meet at Calvary Christian School in Fort Lauderdale, she won shot put with a mark of 39 feet, 7.75 inches and added third-place finishes in both discus and javelin against a field that included 14 girls teams and 16 boys teams. Her TFRRS profile shows the same pattern of depth, including a 40-foot-9.75 shot put earlier in 2026 and a 115-foot-10 javelin best, proof that her medal count was built on marks that held up across the season.

The program has framed Isom as more than a scorer. Marathon athletic director Lance Martin said future student-athletes can learn from her success, work ethic and sacrifice. Throwing coach Helena Bursa described her as “built by discipline, driven by fire,” a fitting line for an athlete who became the standard for the Fins rather than simply another district winner.

Her state results underline how rare that standard is for a small Monroe County program. At Hodges Stadium, home of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FHSAA medals go to the top eight in each event. Isom earned second in shot put, third in discus and eighth in javelin at the 2025 state meet, then returned to defend her district sweep a year later. For Marathon, the next milestone is not just another medal run. It is the challenge of replacing a thrower who left the program with a record book that now runs through her.