AHSAA Class 1A State Outdoor Championship Preview: Cullman, May 1-2

The 1A field of the AHSAA 123A Outdoor Championship Meet runs May 1-2 at Cullman HS Stadium, with the 1A, 2A, and 3A divisions sharing the venue. Below is a preview of the top entries by event and a projected team score based on seed marks and times.

Projected Team Scoring

Boys

1. Winterboro - 158
2. Marion County - 97
3. Woodland - 38
4. Florala - 35
5. Faith Christian - 30

Winterboro enters as the heavy favorite on the boys side, with senior Carter Castleberry seeded first in the 100m, 200m, and 400m and the school carrying top-three seeds in nearly every track event. Kavarris Duncan projects to win both throws, and the Bulldogs lead the seeds in the 4x100, 4x800, long jump, and triple jump as well. Marion County is the top distance program - Carter Stephens is seeded first in the 1600 and 3200 and the Falcons hold three of the top eight 800 seeds. Woodland, Florala, and Faith Christian round out a deep gap behind the top two.

Girls

1. Winterboro - 129
2. Athens Bible - 93
3. Faith Christian - 64
4. Marengo - 49
5. Marion County - 49

Winterboro projects as the girls' team favorite as well, led by Zakhia Buchanan (top seed in the 100, 200, high jump) and Lyric Mcghee (top 400 seed). Athens Bible counters with Kaylie Key, the top seed in the 800, 1600, and 3200, plus a strong throws unit fronted by senior Meredith Romans, the defending state record holder in the discus.

Track Events

Girls 100 Meter Dash

Red Level senior Miracle Wright (12.66) enters with the top seed, narrowly ahead of Winterboro's Zakhia Buchanan(12.72) and Jacksonville's Mollie Mullinax (12.91). Marengo's De'Aysia Robinson (12.94), Athens Bible's KayLeigh Gaines (13.00), McIntosh's Zoe Miller (13.12), Coosa Christian's Jayleigh Dupree (13.14), and Donoho's Zainatu Sesay (13.16) complete the top eight.

Boys 100 Meter Dash

Carter Castleberry of Winterboro holds the field's fastest seed at 10.88. Pickens County's LaDerrick Stewart(11.35), Marion County's Ace Tankersley (11.41), and Notasulga's Theus Fountain (11.44) follow. Fayetteville's Presley Duke (11.45), Brantley's Carson Rutledge (11.47), Skyline's Cole Evans (11.52), and Elba's Reggie Gilbert(11.60) round out the top eight seeds.

Girls 200 Meter Dash

Zakhia Buchanan (Winterboro) tops the entries at 26.13. Miracle Wright (Red Level, 26.42), Jayleigh Dupree(Coosa Christian, 26.95), and De'Aysia Robinson (Marengo, 27.01) follow. Francis Marion's Ke'Lashia Shelton and McIntosh's Zoe Miller are tied at 27.17, with Elba's A'Marie Taylor (27.57) and Alabama Deaf's Aiyana Fanning(27.69) completing the eight.

Boys 200 Meter Dash

Carter Castleberry holds the fastest seed at 21.74, ahead of Presley Duke (Fayetteville, 22.63). Notasulga's Theus Fountain (23.44), Winterboro's Jamari Nicks (23.49), Marion County's Ace Tankersley (23.50), Brantley's Carson Rutledge (23.61), Gaylesville's Aydn Heinrich (23.61), and Faith Christian's Brooks Earl (23.70) make up the rest of the eight.

Girls 400 Meter Dash

Winterboro's Lyric Mcghee (59.13) is the only entrant under 1:00. Brantley's August Ford (1:01.30), Francis Marion's Ke'Lashia Shelton (1:02.11), Jacksonville's Mollie Mullinax (1:02.57), and Winterboro's Ta'Shianna Chatman(1:02.80) follow. Marengo's De'Aysia Robinson (1:03.45), Meek's Zarah Harden (1:04.57), and Athens Bible's Rachel Bradford (1:04.65) round out the top eight.

Boys 400 Meter Dash

Carter Castleberry (Winterboro, 49.31) is well clear of the field, with teammate Kevin Mckenzie (51.87) second. Pleasant Home's Chris Scott (52.13) and Alex Scott (52.91), Wadley's Damarious Spraddling (52.94), Gaylesville's Aydn Heinrich (53.08), Donoho's Ethan Crawford (53.24), and Alabama Deaf's Edson Rojas-Cavanzon (53.28) fill the remaining seeds.

Girls 800 Meter Run

Athens Bible's Kaylie Key (2:25.72) holds the top seed by more than five seconds. Winterboro's Alana Reynolds(2:31.50), Meek's Zarah Harden (2:36.21), Cullman Christian's Elisabeth DeCicco (2:37.30), Florala's Emery Wood(2:38.30), Victory Christian's Maddi Feemster (2:39.48), Marion County's Claire LeDuke (2:39.66), and Faith Christian's Anne Claire Mitchell (2:44.49) complete the top eight.

Boys 800 Meter Run

Alabama Deaf's Edson Rojas-Cavanzon (2:04.60) and Florala's Dalton Devenney (2:04.66) are within a tenth at the top of the seeds. Marion County's Carter Stephens (2:09.75), Coosa Christian's Jaidon Butler (2:11.45), Athens Bible's Casey Peete (2:12.18), Victory Christian's Briley Guinn (2:12.45), Faith Christian's Cameron Rogers(2:12.66), and Marion County's Reagan LeDuke (2:13.55) round out the top group.

Girls 1600 Meter Run

Kaylie Key (Athens Bible, 5:19.70) leads by 30 seconds. Winterboro's Alana Reynolds (5:50.01) and Marion County's Claire LeDuke (5:50.20) are close behind. Faith Christian's Anne Claire Mitchell (6:04.10), Cullman Christian's Elisabeth DeCicco (6:08.80), Victory Christian's Maddi Feemster (6:11.71), Marion County's Cooper Reese Williams (6:13.20), and Skyline's Bailey Golden (6:23.60) close out the top eight.

Boys 1600 Meter Run

Marion County's Carter Stephens (4:32.87) holds a sizeable lead over the field. Teammate Reagan LeDuke (4:54.71) is second, followed by St. Bernard's Parker Guthery (4:57.64), Athens Bible's Casey Peete (4:59.35), Florala's Dalton Devenney (4:59.40), Alabama Deaf's Edson Rojas-Cavanzon (5:03.54), Athens Bible's Eli Britnell (5:04.05), and Faith Christian's Cameron Rogers (5:05.13).

Girls 3200 Meter Run

Only five entrants. Kaylie Key (Athens Bible, 12:04.03), Alana Reynolds (Winterboro, 12:31.39), Claire LeDuke(Marion County, 12:57.10), Anne Claire Mitchell (Faith Christian, 13:18.58), and Myca Hunt (Jefferson Christian, 13:53.57) make up the field.

Boys 3200 Meter Run

Marion County leads with Carter Stephens (10:15.43) and Reagan LeDuke (10:36.19). St. Bernard's Parker Guthery(10:49.41), Phillips' Levi Nix (11:06.68), Marion County's Kiptyn Knight (11:07.82), Athens Bible's Eli Britnell(11:13.28), Faith Christian's Cameron Rogers (11:26.04), and Francis Marion's Jadarius Carlisle (11:41.16) round out the top eight.

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles

Jacksonville's Mollie Mullinax (14.61) is more than two seconds clear of the next seed. Billingsley's Zara Estrict(17.44), Marengo's Pamela Bouler (17.53), Florala's Malia Bass (18.11), Ragland's Jacille Peterson (18.14), Francis Marion's Tracianna Moore (18.14), Athens Bible's Heidi Weatherford (18.29), and Jacksonville's Sophie Williams(18.40) follow.

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles

Francis Marion's Michael Hopkins (15.28) is the lone seed under 16 seconds. Woodland's Tye Burge (16.52), Valley Head's Nick Gafford (17.12), Winterboro's Thomas Gooden (17.66), Winterboro's Tyler Pointer (18.75), Winterboro's khemani Robinson (18.81), Florala's KJ Jones (19.02), and Athens Bible's Liam Goodison (19.15) make up the top eight seeds.

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles

Winterboro's Ta'Shianna Chatman (47.25) and Jacksonville's Mollie Mullinax (47.50) sit at the top, with Brantley's August Ford (48.69) third. Billingsley's Alana Jones (50.85), Athens Bible's Heidi Weatherford (51.87), Macy Weatherford (52.88), Marengo's Pamela Bouler (52.99), and Francis Marion's Yasmine Murphy (53.00) complete the eight.

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles

Skyline's Kristian King (41.99) holds the top seed, followed by Winterboro's Tyler Pointer (42.94) and Valley Head's Nick Gafford (43.17). Pleasant Home's Alex Scott (43.93), Woodland's Noah Yates (44.57), J.F. Shields' Maurice Castophney (44.67), Winterboro's Thomas Gooden (44.75), and Skyline's Noah Yates are in the picture, with Woodland's Tye Burge (44.13) inserted at sixth on a re-sort.

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay

Winterboro (50.39) is the only team seeded under 51 seconds. Marengo (51.65), Elba (52.33), Athens Bible (52.52), Francis Marion (52.80), Billingsley and Donoho (both 53.07), and Faith Christian (53.51) round out the top eight seeds.

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay

Winterboro (44.47) leads the seeds. Linden and Maplesville are tied at 45.59, with Brantley (45.63), Francis Marion(45.65), Elba (45.69), Brilliant (46.63), and Florala (46.71) following.

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay

Winterboro (4:18.83) holds a 17-second lead at the top. Donoho (4:35.78), Alabama Deaf (4:35.82), Breakthrough(4:36.02), Marion County (4:36.84), Florala (4:39.90), Marengo (4:44.49), and Faith Christian (4:44.52) make up the rest.

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay

Florala (3:45.38) leads, ahead of Francis Marion (3:47.27), McKenzie (3:50.55), Woodland (3:51.10), Notasulga(3:55.23), Marion County (3:56.86), and J.F. Shields (3:57.21).

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay

Just seven teams entered. Winterboro (11:06.00) and Faith Christian (11:06.94) are within a second of each other at the top, followed by Marion County (11:16.71), Athens Bible (11:24.19), Breakthrough (12:24.48), Skyline(12:25.08), and Fayetteville (12:28.46).

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay

Winterboro (9:17.81) tops a deep field that includes Marion County (9:27.30), Francis Marion (9:35.40), Woodland(9:39.66), Florala (9:47.65), St. Bernard (9:59.26), Phillips (10:00.03), and Addison (10:01.50).

Field Events

Girls Long Jump

Jefferson Christian's Ariel Taunton (16-08.50) leads the seeds. Winterboro's Skyeler Green (16-02.00), Faith Christian's Kaylee Norton (15-11.50), Marengo's Pamela Bouler (15-09.50), Athens Bible's KayLeigh Gaines (15-08.00), Francis Marion's Ke'Lashia Shelton (15-08.00), Marengo's Kirsten Blanco (15-05.00), and Francis Marion's Tracianna Moore (15-04.50) round out the top eight.

Boys Long Jump

Faith Christian's Brooks Earl (21-07.00) and Winterboro's William Shephard (21-06.50) are within an inch at the top. Winterboro's Ja'Montae O'Neal (20-09.50), Athens Bible's Logan Goins (20-08.25), Coosa Christian's Grayson Malone (20-07.50), Red Level's Caston Black (20-05.50), Maplesville's Nehemiah McCary (20-03.50), and Skyline's Kristian King (19-11.00) follow.

Girls Triple Jump

Winterboro's Skyeler Green (34-07.00) and Alabama Deaf's Aiyana Fanning (34-03.50) lead. Francis Marion's Tracianna Moore (33-03.00), Winterboro's Katelyn Jones (33-02.00), Faith Christian's Annie Ricard (32-07.75), Marengo's Kirsten Blanco (32-03.50), Breakthrough's Amara Carr (30-11.50), and Vina's Olivia Crum (30-08.00) round out the top eight.

Boys Triple Jump

Winterboro's William Shephard (44-06.00) and Kevin Mckenzie (43-04.50) lead, with teammate Jamari Nicks (42-04.00) third. Donoho's Ethan Crawford (41-08.00), Wadley's Damarious Spraddling (41-06.00), Hackleburg's Cameron Ingram (40-11.75), Red Level's Lamarion Crittenden (40-04.00), and Addison's Skylar Cleghorn (39-02.00) complete the eight.

Girls High Jump

Winterboro's Zakhia Buchanan (5-00.00) is the only entrant at five feet. Three are tied at 4-10 - Ava Bartlett(Addison) and Ke'Lashia Shelton (Francis Marion). Annie Ricard (Faith Christian, 4-08) is alone in fourth, with seven athletes tied at 4-06: Addy Lee (Jacksonville), Katelee Blalock (Cullman Christian), Lily Robinson (Marion County), Rachel Bradford (Athens Bible), Leiliana Payne (Faith Christian), Antasia Moore (Francis Marion), and Isabella Hairel (Faith Christian).

Boys High Jump

Hackleburg's Cameron Ingram (6-04.00) holds the top seed. Teammate Timothy Stewart (6-02.00) is alone in second. Marion County's Ace Tankersley (6-00) and Winterboro's Carter Castleberry (6-00) are tied at third. Three more - Ja'Montae O'Neal (Winterboro), Philip Wilson (Marion County), and Noah Yates (Skyline) - clear 5-08.00, with Nick Gafford (Valley Head) at 5-06.

Girls Pole Vault

Only five entries. Kayson Cronan (Faith Christian), Amy Hubbard (Faith Christian), and Cali Sexon (Jacksonville) all share the top seed at 7-06.00. Collins Cole (Marion County) and Pressley Kelley (Pleasant Home) round out the field at 7-00.00.

Boys Pole Vault

Pleasant Home's Chris Scott (11-07.00) leads. Faith Christian's Brooks Earl (10-06.00) is second, followed by three at 10-00 - Faith Christian's Jack Tant, Marion County's Brently Dennis, and Marion County's Max Herdzik. Florala's Quincy Barbour (9-06.00) and three at 9-00 (Winterboro's Warren Duke and Skylar Mansfield, Skyline's Brylon Davis) close out the field.

Girls Shot Put

Athens Bible's Meredith Romans (31-10.50) leads, followed by Phillips' Natalee Ward (31-08.75). Woodland's Emma Hines (30-06.00), Elba's Nyasia McCullough (29-07.00), Athens Bible's Kalani Nicholson (29-06.00), Marion County's Jolie Kate Cox (29-03.25), Marengo's Kayla Moore Jones (28-10.00), and McIntosh's Karlee Smith (28-07.50) make up the rest of the eight.

Boys Shot Put

Winterboro's Kavarris Duncan (50-10.75) is more than four feet ahead of the field. McKenzie's Ethan Johnson (46-10.00), Woodland's Andrew Sanchez (42-01.50), Marion County's Sam Williams (41-11.25), Skyline's Noah West(40-11.00), Georgiana's Kaderius Williams (40-08.00), Meek's Aiden Benson (40-04.75), and Florala's LaShaad Smiley (40-04.00) follow.

Girls Discus

Athens Bible's Meredith Romans (125-10) leads as the defending state record holder. Phillips' Natalee Ward (104-02), Marengo's Kayla Moore Jones (97-07), Athens Bible's Kalani Nicholson (90-07), Fayetteville's Catie Brasher(89-07), Francis Marion's Stan'Qresha Jones (88-00), Athens Bible's Leara Green (87-00), and Woodland's Emma Hines (84-10) round out the top eight.

Boys Discus

Winterboro's Kavarris Duncan (166-02) leads by more than 20 feet. Red Level's Xavier Crain (144-05), Marion County's Sam Williams (135-02), Woodland's Andrew Sanchez (126-10), Hackleburg's Sawyer Johnson (122-07), Wadley's Desmond Thomas (119-04), Skyline's Noah West (116-11), and Georgiana's Kaderius Williams (116-04) follow.

Girls Javelin

Marion County's Cooper Reese Williams (122-00) holds the top seed, ahead of Covenant Christian's Lauren Thompson (117-06) and Phillips' Natalee Ward (107-06). Marion County's Adrian Randolph (103-00), Faith Christian's Annalie Daniel (101-02), Athens Bible's Meredith Romans (99-03), Victory Christian's Briahana Rowe(94-04), and Athens Bible's Taylor Goins (93-09) complete the top eight.

Boys Javelin

Athens Bible's Trevor Stewart (161-09) and Alabama Deaf's Lakendrick Agee (160-02) lead. Wadley's Damarious Spraddling (152-10), Woodland's Asa Burge (146-03), Winterboro's Warren Duke (142-10), Skyline's Noah Yates(142-08), Florala's Quincy Barbour (138-04.50), and Addison's Brodie Willingham (135-00) round out the top eight.

The 1A field events open Friday morning at 8:00 AM with the girls high jump and boys pole vault. Track action begins at 10:00 AM with the 4x100 prelims. Day two (Saturday) opens with the 3200 finals at 8:30 AM and closes with the 4x400 finals.