0513 Track boys at beach
Homewood distance runners spend time at the beach while in Gulf Shores for the state meet.
The Homewood High School Boys and Girls Track teams finished third in the state 5A Championships in Gulf Shores.
The finish completed the most successful year in the program's history with two runner-up trophies in girls cross country and indoor track and two state championships in boys cross country and indoor track.
The track teams both won Sectional Championships in Tuscaloosa before going on to compete in the state meet.
The track teams are coached by Tom Esslinger, Lars Porter, Rebecca Phillips, Josh Donaldson, and Michael Niezgoda.
The following students earned All-State honors in outdoor track by placing in the top three in their event:
- Maiyah Lee, Alexia Dugger-Maye, Alex Studdard, and Elyssa Griffin – second, 4 x 100-meter relay
- Mary Margaret Jackson, Ann Mosely Whitsett, Chandler Bledsoe, Caroline Lawrence – second, 4 x 800-meter relay
- Kiara Williams – second, long jump and triple jump; fourth, 100 meter
- Ann Mosely Whitsett – second, 400 meter; third, 800 meter
- Kelly Young – fourth, shot put; eighth, javelin
- Alexia Dugger-Maye – sixth, shot put
- Caroline Lawrence – sixth, high jump
- Mary Margaret Jackson – sixth, 800 meter; seventh, 1,600 meter
- Andy Smith – third, 3,200 meter; seventh, 1,600 meter
- Logan Sadler – third, 1,600 meter; fourth, 800 meter
- John Long – fourth, 110-meter hurdles; sixth, 300-meter hurdles
- Fulton Williams – sixth, 3,200 meter
- Darryl Houston – fifth, triple jump; eighth, high jump
- Justin Hardy – fifth, 100 meter
- Orlando Swann – eighth, 100 meter
- Tristan Lindsey, Andy Smith, Robby Tapscott, Logan Sadler – fourth, 4 x 800-meter relay
