Newton HS, had a great run in 2016, even with All-American, Elija Godwin powering their efforts, the Rams lost some key cogs, and it's inevitable a new 7A State team champion will arise, along with Individual Champs. Leave no doubt, this class has so many talented athletes, its impossible for us to list all the athletes who may contend for Individual titles. On paper, the Virtual meet below, is based on Sectional performances only. But, with this much talent, almost everyone had to go 98-100% just to Q', especially in the Sprints, Jumps and Relays. Based on how no distance heavy squads are listed in the top 5, no amount of gamesmanship is going to benefit any of those schools in making a serious run at a Podium spot.
Westlake and Parkview have been building their programs for years, and after having disappointing outings in Jefferson in 2016, are ready to dance on the big stage and find out who's the man. Both squads are similar, being stout in the sprints, relays and jumps. Westlake has a definite advantage in the hurdles, but Parkview can score in the distance events. One miscue by either school could change the fate for the State title. Westlake's top athletes are: Cameron Murray (triple threat), Rashaad Pollard and Torique King. Parkview is led by Amir Harris, Justin Long, Christian Corsello and Brian Hauch. Let's not toss South Gwinnett out of the mix. The Comets have speed to burn and hurdles power from 2 great athletes, in Antuane Dennard and Terell Smith. The final team Podium spot is wfo, with contenders being: Lakeside DeKalb, East Coweta, Milton, Shiloh, Marietta and Newton.
The distance events held at Sectionals were chaotic at Mill Creek and predictable at McEachern. Go to the Outdoor Season Best Rankings, to get a better grip on what can actually occur on raceday. I believe, Sam Bowers of Milton is the favorite to double in the 1600/3200. Ryne Bevan of North Paulding, looks too strong in the 800m down the homestretch. Dax Willette of Rockdale County missed out Q' in that frantic 1600 at Mill Creek, but it may pay off for him in the 3200m race.
Top Athletes to Watch:
Elija Godwin of Newton- 100, 200, TJ, Relays
Brian Herron of Lakeside DeKalb- 400, 200, Relays
Antuane Dennard of South Gwinnett- 110h, 300h, HJ, Relays
Cameron Murray of Westlake- 100, 200, LJ, Relays
Julian McDuffie of Shiloh- 300h, 400, TJ, Relays
Terell Smith of South Gwinnett- 100, 200, Relays
Rashaad Pollard of Westlake- 100, 200, Relays
Amir Harris of Parkview- 200, 400, LJ, Relays (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Justin Long of Parkview (r)- 400, 200, Relays (photo by Daniel McCauley)
Ryne Bevan of North Paulding- 800, 1600
Sam Bowers of Milton- 1600, 3200
Michael Malkowski of Milton- 1600
Hayden Tullos of Marietta- 3200, 1600
Dax Willette of Rockdale- 3200
Nicholas Yanek #2 of Milton- 3200
Kaleb Wolfenden of Lowndes- 800, 1600
Torique King of Westlake- LJ
Matthew Haller of North Gwinnett- HJ
Brian Hauch of Parkview- PV
Jack Haller of West Forsyth- PV
Daniel Surman of Archer- PV
Team Scores
100 Meter Dash
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Terell Smith | 2018 | South Gwinnett | 10.66 | 10 | |
2 | Elijah Miller | 2017 | Collins Hill High School | 10.68 | 8 | |
3 | Rashaad Pollard | 2017 | Westlake | 10.72 | 6 | |
4 | Demarius Smith | 2017 | Parkview High School | 10.74 | 4.5 | |
4 | Kibren Moore | 2019 | Pebblebrook High School | 10.74 | 4.5 | |
6 | Terry Newell | 2017 | Brookwood | 10.88 | 3 | |
7 | Montrell Washington | 2017 | Cherokee | 10.89 | 2 | |
8 | Daniel Robinson | 2018 | Archer HS | 10.90 | 1 | |
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200 Meter Dash
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Elija Godwin | 2018 | Newton | 21.46 | 10 | |
2 | Amir Harris | 2017 | Parkview High School | 21.47 | 8 | |
3 | Kibren Moore | 2019 | Pebblebrook High School | 21.57 | 6 | |
4 | Brian Herron | 2019 | Lakeside HS, DeKalb | 21.58 | 5 | |
5 | Rashaad Pollard | 2017 | Westlake | 21.63 | 4 | |
6 | Terell Smith | 2018 | South Gwinnett | 21.70 | 3 | |
7 | Justin Long | 2018 | Parkview High School | 21.82 | 2 | |
8 | Morgan Jamison | 2019 | Lowndes High School | 21.85 | 1 | |
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400 Meter Dash
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Brian Herron | 2019 | Lakeside HS, DeKalb | 46.15 | 10 | |
2 | Elija Godwin | 2018 | Newton | 46.54 | 8 | |
3 | Julian McDuffie | 2017 | Shiloh High School | 47.83 | 6 | |
4 | Justin Long | 2018 | Parkview High School | 47.98 | 5 | |
5 | Jared Hayes | 2017 | Mill Creek High School | 48.00 | 4 | |
6 | Garrett Shedrick | 2019 | Hillgrove | 48.26 | 3 | |
7 | Amir Harris | 2017 | Parkview High School | 48.27 | 2 | |
8 | Christian Whitehead | 2017 | Shiloh High School | 48.72 | 1 | |
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800 Meter Run
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Kaleb Wolfenden | 2017 | Lowndes High School | 1:55.75 | 9 | |
1 | Ryne Bevan | 2017 | North Paulding HS | 1:55.75 | 9 | |
3 | Michael Abudu | 2018 | McEachern High School | 1:55.92 | 6 | |
4 | Jordan Smith | 2017 | Central Gwinnett | 1:56.51 | 5 | |
5 | Lee Keil | 2018 | Lambert HS | 1:56.52 | 4 | |
6 | Lamar Weeden | 2017 | East Coweta | 1:56.85 | 3 | |
7 | Kyle Harkabus | 2020 | East Coweta | 1:57.35 | 2 | |
8 | Montgomery Tavares | 2017 | Hillgrove | 1:57.41 | 1 | |
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1,600 Meter Run
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Kyle Harkabus | 2020 | East Coweta | 4:23.20 | 10 | |
2 | Sam Bowers | 2018 | Milton High School | 4:23.60 | 8 | |
3 | Michael Malkowski | 2018 | Milton High School | 4:23.75 | 6 | |
4 | Kaleb Wolfenden | 2017 | Lowndes High School | 4:25.42 | 5 | |
5 | Tyler Fox | 2018 | Lambert HS | 4:25.99 | 4 | |
6 | Hayden Tullos | 2017 | Marietta High School | 4:26.13 | 3 | |
7 | Christian Corsello | 2018 | Parkview High School | 4:26.49 | 2 | |
8 | Jordan Smith | 2017 | Central Gwinnett | 4:26.50 | 1 | |
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3,200 Meter Run
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Dax Willette | 2017 | Rockdale Co. | 9:20.29 | 10 | |
2 | Hayden Tullos | 2017 | Marietta High School | 9:33.99 | 8 | |
3 | Nicholas Yanek | 2018 | Milton High School | 9:38.53 | 6 | |
4 | Merrick Rizzo | 2017 | Collins Hill High School | 9:39.32 | 5 | |
5 | James Cragin | 2018 | Archer HS | 9:39.58 | 4 | |
6 | Christian Corsello | 2018 | Parkview High School | 9:39.65 | 3 | |
7 | Patrick Smith | 2017 | Brookwood | 9:40.54 | 2 | |
8 | Gruem Tesfamariam | 2017 | Brookwood | 9:40.71 | 1 | |
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110 Meter Hurdles
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Antuane Dennard | 2017 | South Gwinnett | 13.98 | 10 | |
2 | Cameron Murray | 2018 | Westlake | 14.07 | 8 | |
3 | Julian Martin-Rogers | 2018 | Mill Creek High School | 14.28 | 6 | |
4 | Amir Davis | 2017 | McEachern High School | 14.52 | 5 | |
5 | Alex Gibbs-Poe | 2018 | Lambert HS | 14.76 | 3.5 | |
5 | Myles Marshall | 2019 | Lassiter High School | 14.76 | 3.5 | |
7 | Chase Murray | 2018 | Shiloh High School | 14.81 | 2 | |
8 | Thomas Harrison | 2018 | Collins Hill High School | 14.84 | 1 | |
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300 Meter Hurdles
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Antuane Dennard | 2017 | South Gwinnett | 37.08 | 10 | |
2 | Cameron Murray | 2018 | Westlake | 37.80 | 8 | |
3 | Devontavius McClendon | 2017 | North Paulding HS | 38.41 | 6 | |
4 | Decovin Norwood | 2018 | Pebblebrook High School | 38.44 | 5 | |
5 | Jeffrey Young | 2017 | McEachern High School | 38.47 | 4 | |
6 | Josh Bell | 2017 | Roswell High School | 39.17 | 3 | |
7 | Chris Williams | 2017 | Hillgrove | 39.21 | 2 | |
8 | Khari Johnson | 2017 | Lassiter High School | 39.24 | 1 | |
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4x100 Meter Relay
PLACE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |||
1 | Westlake | 40.72 | 10 | |||
2 | Parkview High School | 41.12 | 8 | |||
3 | South Gwinnett | 41.62 | 6 | |||
4 | Hillgrove | 41.69 | 5 | |||
5 | Campbell High School | 41.77 | 4 | |||
6 | Lassiter High School | 41.78 | 3 | |||
7 | McEachern High School | 41.81 | 2 | |||
8 | Archer HS | 41.99 | 1 | |||
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4x400 Meter Relay
PLACE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |||
1 | Shiloh High School | 3:18.06 | 10 | |||
2 | Hillgrove | 3:18.19 | 8 | |||
3 | Westlake | 3:18.62 | 6 | |||
4 | North Paulding HS | 3:19.04 | 5 | |||
5 | McEachern High School | 3:19.23 | 4 | |||
6 | Parkview High School | 3:19.95 | 3 | |||
7 | Newton | 3:20.12 | 2 | |||
8 | Rockdale Co. | 3:21.70 | 1 | |||
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Long Jump
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
1 | Cameron Murray | 2018 | Westlake | 24-4.75 | 10 | |
2 | Amir Harris | 2017 | Parkview High School | 22-11 | 8 | |
3 | Rj Goss | 2018 | Camden County | 22-5.5 | 6 | |
4 | Jalen Kidd | 2017 | Lambert HS | 22-2 | 5 | |
5 | Davis Smith | 2018 | Milton High School | 22-0.5 | 4 | |
6 | Bryson Trigg | 2019 | North Forsyth | 21-9.5 | 3 | |
7 | Jovan Rembert | 2018 | East Coweta | 21-8 | 1.5 | |
7 | Noah Ware | 2017 | Marietta High School | 21-8 | 1.5 | |
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Triple Jump
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
1 | Torique King | 2017 | Westlake | 47-1 | 10 | |
2 | Julian McDuffie | 2017 | Shiloh High School | 46-10 | 8 | |
3 | Kai Shearer | 2017 | Marietta High School | 45-10.5 | 6 | |
4 | Elija Godwin | 2018 | Newton | 45-6.5 | 5 | |
5 | Rj Goss | 2018 | Camden County | 45-4.5 | 4 | |
6 | Christian Swann | 2017 | Pebblebrook High School | 45-0.25 | 3 | |
7 | Joshua Downs | 2020 | North Gwinnett | 44-4.5 | 2 | |
8 | cj sullivan | 2017 | Camden County | 44-1 | 1 | |
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High Jump
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
1 | Matthew Haller | 2017 | North Gwinnett | 6-8 | 10 | |
2 | Antuane Dennard | 2017 | South Gwinnett | 6-6 | 7 | |
2 | Sundi Washington | 2020 | Rockdale Co. | 6-6 | 7 | |
4 | Brayden Carey | 2019 | East Coweta | 6-4 | 4 | |
4 | Jakobi Widener | 2017 | Norcross High School | 6-4 | 4 | |
4 | Skyler Lester | 2017 | Marietta High School | 6-4 | 4 | |
7 | Alex Petz | 2017 | Woodstock High School | 6-2 | 0.5 | |
7 | Andrew Ramsammy | 2017 | Mill Creek High School | 6-2 | 0.5 | |
7 | Brandon Harvey | 2018 | Parkview High School | 6-2 | 0.5 | |
7 | Kafele Adisa | 2017 | Mill Creek High School | 6-2 | 0.5 | |
7 | Rashan Alkins | 2019 | North Cobb High School | 6-2 | 0.5 | |
7 | Trisstan Weddington | 2019 | North Gwinnett | 6-2 | 0.5 | |
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Pole Vault
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
1 | Brian Hauch | 2019 | Parkview High School | 15-4.25 | 10 | |
2 | Jack Haller | 2018 | West Forsyth High School | 15-0 | 8 | |
3 | Tyler Schwartz | 2017 | Walton High School | 14-6 | 6 | |
4 | Simeon Lipsey | 2017 | Archer HS | 13-0 | 5 | |
5 | Adam Keller | 2018 | Mountain View HS | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
5 | Chris Clark | 2018 | Lassiter High School | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
5 | Daniel Surman | 2017 | Archer HS | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
5 | Hunter Cagle | 2019 | Forsyth Central | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
5 | Ian Woody | 2018 | Walton High School | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
5 | John Patterson | 2018 | Lowndes High School | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
5 | Logan Venable | 2018 | Woodstock High School | 12-6 | 1.429 | |
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Shot Put
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
1 | Nate Wonsley | 2018 | Roswell High School | 54-7 | 10 | |
2 | Abiodun David | 2017 | Lowndes High School | 52-7.5 | 8 | |
3 | Joshua Render | 2018 | East Coweta | 52-5 | 6 | |
4 | Matthew Smith | 2017 | Walton High School | 50-10 | 5 | |
5 | Ridvan Kazimov | 2019 | South Forsyth High School | 50-1.5 | 4 | |
6 | Nick Kennedy | 2017 | Camden County | 49-10.5 | 3 | |
7 | Charles Jordan | 2019 | Parkview High School | 49-8 | 2 | |
8 | Darrell Abram | 2017 | Hillgrove | 49-4.5 | 1 | |
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Discus
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
1 | Sam Wright | 2017 | Archer HS | 153-6 | 10 | |
2 | Jack Griffith | 2018 | Mill Creek High School | 145-11 | 8 | |
3 | Ethan Brown | 2018 | East Coweta | 140-11 | 6 | |
4 | Jonathan Postell | 2017 | Collins Hill High School | 140-10 | 5 | |
5 | Mark Haynes | 2018 | Meadowcreek HS | 138-9 | 4 | |
6 | Robert Baker | 2018 | Marietta High School | 137-5 | 3 | |
7 | Darwin Lisbey | 2018 | Collins Hill High School | 136-7 | 2 | |
8 | Aston Beavers | 2019 | Westlake | 136-0 | 1 | |
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200 Meter Wheelchair Race
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Robert Berry | 2017 | Dacula | 31.73 | 10 | |
2 | Chance Boyd | 2017 | Lakeside HS, DeKalb | 41.86 | 8 |
800 Meter Wheelchair Race
PLACE | ATHLETE | GRADE | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | |
1 | Robert Berry | 2017 | Dacula | 2:03.24 | 10 | |
2 | Chance Boyd | 2017 | Lakeside HS, DeKalb | 3:06.15 | 8 |