The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT boys outdoor track & field all-state team features 26 athletes making an appearance on the team for at least the second time, led by East Burke’s Kenneth Byrd, who now has seven appearances. Christ School’s Dawson Reeves graduates with six.

The all-state team is based on either N.C. High School Athletic Association or N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association championship performance.

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Previous All-State Teams, Final Rankings

State championship coverage, other links

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The full teams are listed below, with athletes listed in order of their championship times or marks.

The top two times/marks are first team and the next-best two are second team.

In some events, there were ties across different classifications. In order to determine the teams, the first tiebreaker was podium placement (a 1A champ got the spot over a second-place 4A athlete in the same event), the second tiebreaker was best regional mark (if applicable — the NCISAA doesn’t have regionals), and the third tiebreaker was best regular-season mark. If the athletes were still tied, they were each given a spot on the all-state team. Two pole vaulters tied for the last spot on the third team, so both made the team.

Three athletes made this year’s team in three different events this year: Reeves, Dudley’s Le’Ezra Brown and New Hanover’s Cashmere James.

Eleven athletes made it in two different events: Northern Guilford’s Johnathan Walrath; Mallard Creek’s Tyson Williams; Athens Drive’s Noah Valyo; Chapel Hill’s James Coleman, Chambers’ Armon Wright; Weddington’s Christopher Stewart; Northeastern’s Junior Payton-Kimble; Reagan’s Brandon Harris; Broughton’s Will Venable; West Henderson’s Tayman Howell; Union Academy’s Evan Pardue.

The following athletes now have multiple appearances on the HSOT all-state indoor team in their careers, with Byrd leading the way with three first-team appearances:

• 7-time (1): East Burke’s Kenneth Byrd***
• 5-time (1): Christ School’s Dawson Reeves*
• 4-time (3): North Raleigh Christian’s Walker Norris**; Northeastern’s Junior Payton-Kimble**; Chambers’ Armon Wright**
• 3-time (7): Butler’s Josiah Wrice*; Fuquay-Varina’s Gates Hinton**; New Hanover’s Cashmere James*; Athens Drive’s Noah Valyo*; Dudley’s Le’Ezra Brown**; Weddington’s Christopher Stewart*; Parkland’s Antwan Hughes Jr.
• 2-time (14): West Henderson’s Tayman Howell; Broughton’s Will Venable; Chapel Hill’s James Coleman**; Northern Guilford’s Johnathan Walrath*; Union Academy’s Evan Pardue; T.W. Andrews’ Ja’Neil Harris*; Mallard Creek’s Tyson Williams*; Bandys’ Kage Hefner*; Swain County’s Nse Uffort*; Reagan’s Brandon Harris; Union Pines’ Christian Hackett; Weddington’s Eli Clark; Weddington’s Kolton Weaver; Ardrey Kell’s Andrew Davis

*-number of first-team appearances

The full teams are listed below, with players listed in order of their championship times or marks.

HighSchoolOT Boys Outdoor Track & Field All-State Team for 2024

First Team

100: Johnathan Walrath, Northern Guilford (senior) — 10.42, 4A champ
100: Le’Ezra Brown, Dudley (junior) — 10.43, 3A champ
200: Tyson Williams, Mallard Creek (senior) — 20.92, 4A champ
200: Ja’Neil Harris, T.W. Andrews (junior) — 21.12, 2A champ
400: Cashmere James, New Hanover (senior) — 46.20, 4A champ (state record)
400: Josiah Wrice, Butler (senior) — 46.25, 2nd in 4A
800: Max Thompson, Kings Mountain (junior) — 1:53.57, 3A champ
800: Will Cuicchi, Seaforth (junior) — 1:53.83, 2A champ
1600: Dawson Reeves, Christ School (senior) — 4:12.21, NCISAA D1 champ
1600: Noah Guerrero, Croatan (junior) — 4:13.20, 3A champ
3200: Noah Valyo, Athens Drive (senior) — 9:01.94, 4A champ
3200: Michael Haskin, Asheville (junior) — 9:03.96, 2nd in 4A
110 hurdles: Le’Ezra Brown, Dudley (junior) — 13.55, 3A champ (3A record)
110 hurdles: James Coleman, Chapel Hill (senior) — 14.03, 4A champ
300 hurdles: Rance Springs, Mount Tabor (junior) — 36.71, 4A champ
300 hurdles: James Coleman, Chapel Hill (senior) — 36.85, 2nd in 4A
long jump: Walker Norris, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — 23-09.00, NCISAA D1 champ
long jump: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (senior) — 23-03.25, 2A champ
triple jump: Armon Wright, Chambers (senior) — 48-09.50, 4A champ
triple jump: William Leak, Hoke County (sophomore) — 48-02.50, 2nd in 4A
high jump: Gianni Vines, West Cabarrus (senior) — 6-10.00, 4A champ
high jump: Chase Farlow, Randleman (junior) — 6-08.00, 2A champ
pole vault: Kage Hefner, Bandys (senior) — 16-00.00, 2A champ (2A record)
pole vault: David Lee Williams, North Stokes (junior) — 15-00.00, 1A champ
shot put: Nse Uffort, Swain County (junior) — 61-09.25, 1A champ (1A record)
shot put: Christopher Stewart, Weddington (senior) — 61-07.50, 4A champ
discus: Gates Hinton, Fuquay-Varina (senior) — 198-09, 4A champ (state record)
discus: Junior Payton-Kimble, Northeastern (senior) — 178-07, 2A champ

Second Team

100: Tyson Williams, Mallard Creek (senior) — 10.46, 2nd in 4A
100: Cashmere James, New Hanover (senior) — 10.46, 3rd in 4A
200: Brandon Harris, Reagan (senior) — 21.17, 2nd in 4A
200: Cashmere James, New Hanover (senior) — 21.22, 3rd in 4A
400: Chase Harrison, Leesville Road (senior) — 47.38, 3rd in 4A
400: Myles Darroch, Southern Alamance (senior) — 47.56, 3A champ
800: Matthew Quispe, Croatan (senior) — 1:53.84, 2nd in 3A
800: Logan Hill, Charlotte Catholic (senior) — 1:54.29, 4A champ
1600: Noah Valyo, Athens Drive (senior) — 4:14.67, 4A champ
1600: Kavi Gibson, Cary Academy (sophomore) — 4:15.32, 2nd in NCISAA D1
3200: Will Venable, Broughton (senior) — 9:07.08, 3rd in 4A
3200: Thomas Wlazlowski, Cuthbertson (senior) — 9:09.12, 4th in 4A
110 hurdles: Tayman Howell, West Henderson (junior) — 14.18, 2nd in 3A
110 hurdles: Charles Spellings, Cuthbertson (senior) — 14.22, 2nd in 4A
300 hurdles: Le’Ezra Brown, Dudley (junior) — 37.44, 3A champ
300 hurdles: Nyan Brown, Mallard Creek (sophomore) — 37.69, 3rd in 4A
long jump: Asun Pender, Beddingfield (senior) — 23-01.50, 2nd in 2A
long jump: Andrew Davis, Ardrey Kell (junior) — 22-10.25, 4A champ
triple jump: Kwan Oates, Hickory (senior) — 47-04.50, 3A champ
triple jump: Alexander Chapman-Evans, Enloe (sophomore) — 47-00.50, 3rd in 4A
high jump: Christian Hackett, Union Pines (senior) — 6-08.00, 3A champ
high jump: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (senior) — 6-08.00, 2nd in 2A
pole vault: Eli Clark, Weddington (senior) — 15-00.00, 4A champ
pole vault: Joseph Beck, Apex (junior) — 15-00.00, 2nd in 4A
shot put: Owen Grismer, West Stanly (junior) — 56-01.25, 2A champ
shot put: Junior Payton-Kimble, Northeastern (senior) — 55-05.00, 2nd in 2A
discus: Barry Alston, Cleveland (junior) — 177-11, 2nd in 4A
discus: Christopher Stewart, Weddington (senior) — 173-04, 3rd in 4A

Third Team

100: Antwan Hughes Jr., Parkland (senior) — 10.58, 4th in 4A
100: Brandon Harris, Reagan (senior) — 10.59, 5th in 4A
200: Johnathan Walrath, Northern Guilford (senior) — 21.23, 4th in 4A
200: Evan Pardue, Union Academy (junior) — 21.26, 1A champ
400: Evan Pardue, Union Academy (junior) — 47.80, 1A champ
400: Lucas Smith, Chatham Charter (senior) — 47.80, 2nd in 1A
800: Joshua Cooper, Willow Spring (freshman) — 1:54.39, 2nd in 4A
800: Dawson Reeves, Christ School (senior) — 1:54.71, NCISAA D1 champ
1600: Will Venable, Broughton (senior) — 4:16.18, 2nd in 4A
1600: Philip Blum, Riverside (junior) — 4:16.52, 3rd in 4A
3200: Dawson Reeves, Christ School (senior) — 9:12.31, NCISAA D1 champ
3200: Tyler Surface, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — 9:17.32, 2nd in NCISAA D1
110 hurdles: Eric Heal, Mooresville (junior) — 14.25, 3rd in 4A
110 hurdles: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (senior) — 14.31, 2A champ
300 hurdles: Trevae Woodyard, Owen (senior) — 37.83, 2A champ
300 hurdles: Tayman Howell, West Henderson (junior) — 37.94, 2nd in 3A
long jump: Armon Wright, Chambers (senior) — 22-09.75, 2nd in 4A
long jump: Caleb Bass, Wayne Christian (senior) — 22-08.75, NCISAA D3 champ
triple jump: Aiden Ray, Providence Day (junior) — 46-10.75, NCISAA D1 champ
triple jump: Avery Fraley, East Burke (senior) — 46-01.50, 2A champ
high jump: Logan Shuler, Andrews (sophomore) — 6-06.00, 1A champ
high jump: Chance Watson, East Wake (junior) — 6-06.00, 2nd in 3A
pole vault: Dillon Kaulback, Leesville Road (junior) — 14-06.00, 3rd in 4A
pole vault: Jacob Parker, West Cabarrus (senior) — 14-06.00, 4th in 4A
shot put: Cooper Williams, Davie County (junior) — 55-02.25, 2nd in 4A
shot put: Kolton Weaver, Weddington (senior) — 54-08.25, 3rd in 4A
discus: Kyle Garratt, Marvin Ridge (senior) — 171-07, 4th in 4A
discus: Brad Pawlak, Corinth Holders (senior) — 171-04, 5th in 4A

Source: highschoolot.com