MONTGOMERY – Baker High School’s Myla Reed recorded the state’s fastest outdoor time in two sprint events last week, and Cold Springs High School senior Ethan Edgeworth set an all- classification record, landing the duo in this week’s AHSAA Outdoor Track Spotlight.
Edgeworth ran 3,200 meters in 8:38.49, a personal record and an all-time AHSAA outdoor track and field record, to finish sixth overall at last weekend’s Arcadia Invitational in California. The previous all-classification record of 8:56.50 was set by Vinemont’s Ethan Lemons in 2023. Edgeworth finished about a second and a half behind American Fork (Utah)’s Daniel Simmons, who clocked 8:34.96. The nation’s six fastest high school 3,200-meter times were delivered in the meet at the Arcadia Invitational. Edgeworth also set the AHSAA cross country record at the 2023 Cross Country Championships last fall.
Reed ran a state-best 11.81 seconds in the 100-meter dash and had a state-best 24.72 time in the 200 meters at the at the Mobile Challenge of Champions meet. She won both races.
Several other athletes delivered state-best marks for 2024 in a variety of events at recent meets:
- Janie Ford, St. Paul’s Episcopal: Clocked 55.40 seconds to win the 400-meter dash at the Mobile Challenge of Champions, the best time this season by an Alabama female sprinter. She also clocked a personal record of 24.76 seconds to win the 200-meter dash and added a triple jump of 39 feet, 3 inches, the longest triple jump by a female competitor so far during the 2024 AHSAA outdoor season – both at the Saraland Invitational. At the Challenge of Champions meet, she also won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.52 seconds and won the triple jump with a leap of 38 feet, 7¼ inches. Ford won two other events at the Saraland Invitational, clocking 14.39 seconds to win the 100-meter hurdles, and soaring 18 feet, 1½ inches to win the long jump. She currently has the state’s top performance in four individual events this season, according to www.alabamarunners.com – the 400 meters (55.40 seconds); 100-meter hurdles (14.38 seconds); 300-meter hurdles (41.78 seconds); and triple jump (39 feet, 3 inches).
- Jordan Urrutia, Bob Jones: Clocked a state-best 21.34 time in the 200-meter dash event at the Bob Jones Invitational in Madison. He also won the 400 meters in 49.14 and the 200 meters at the Rocket City Showcase with a time of 21.69 seconds.
- Patrick Adcock, Cullman: Won the discus with a state-best throw of 163 feet, 2 inches at the Cullman County vs. Marshall County meet held at Guntersville High School. He also competed at the Rocket City Showcase at Huntsville’s Milton Frank Stadium, winning the discus with a throw of 158 feet, 8 inches and winning the shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 6 inches.
- Jaden King, Calera: Clocked a personal record of48.51 seconds in the 400 meters at the Rocket City Showcase, despite finishing runner-up to Crosstown (TN) runner Austin McCall.
- Katie Wilkerson, Beauregard: Delivered state-best throw of 132 feet in the discus at the Glenn Copeland Invite in Beauregard. She also won the shot put with a throw of 38 feet, ¼ inch and finished second in the javelin with a throw of 125 feet, 9 inches. She won the discus at the JD Evilsizer Panther Invitational in Smiths Station with a throw of 129 feet, 5 inches and finished runner-up in the javelin with a throw of 122 feet, 10 inches. At the Mobile Challenge of Champions, she won the javelin with a throw of 138 feet, 4 inches.
- Isabella Johnson, Montgomery Academy: Won the shot put with a state-best throw of 40 feet, 5¼ inches and won the discus with a throw of 124 feet, 3 inches at the Montgomery Academy Invitational. She also won the shot put at the Monday Madness in Montgomery with a throw of 39 feet, 10 inches. Competing at the Mobile Challenge of Champions, she won the shot put at 40 feet, 3¾ inches and finished second in the discus at with a throw of 124 feet, 11 inches.
- William Numnum, Northridge: Cleared 15 feet, 1 inch in the pole vault for a state best this season at the Mobile Challenge of Champions.
- Annie Kerr, Mountain Brook: Cleared a state-best 13 feet in the girls’ pole vault at the Mobile Challenge of Champions.
