HSOT All-State team, final statewide top 25 rankings for boys indoor track & field

The 2023 HighSchoolOT boys indoor track & field all-state team and final top 25 rankings were led by Western Guilford. The Hornets took the top spot and had four all-state selections.

Posted 4:10 p.m. Mar 28, 2023 — Updated 4:10 p.m. Mar 28, 2023

The second-annual HighSchoolOT boysindoor track & field all-state team and final top 25 rankings listed below were led by Western Guilford. The Hornets took the top spot and had four all-state selections.

Boys Indoor Track & Field All-State Team

The indoor track & field team lists two athletes for each event for first team and two for second team, all based on either N.C. High School Athletic Association championship performance or the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association invitational, which functions as the unofficial championship.

In some events, there were ties across different classifications. In order to determine the points, the tiebreaker was podium placement (a 1A champ got the higher spot if tied with the second-place athlete in 4A).

If the athletes were still tied, they were each given a spot on the all-state team. On this year's team, two runners in the 55 meter dash tied for the final spot on the second team.

Eight different athletes made it in two events: Weddington's Caden Townshend, North Raleigh Christian's Walker Norris, Southwest Guilford's Christian Parker, Porter Ridge's Jacob Laney, Western Guilford's Jordan Good, Jordan's Jordan Polk, East Burke's Kenneth Byrd, and Providence Day's Landon Roemer.

Byrd and Laney each have four all-state selections over the last two years while Townshend has three. Those with two include Norris, Parker, Good, Polk, Roemer, West Forsyth's Tyson Adams, Millbrook's Max DeAngelo, Swain County's Matthew Gray, Western Guilford's Javariante Core, and A.L. Brown's Daunte Marshall.

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

First Team

55: Antwan Hughes Jr., Parkland (junior) — 6.19, 4A champ (State Record)

55: Christian Dixon, Mallard Creek (sophomore) — 6.28, 2nd in 4A

300: Jordan Polk, Jordan (senior) — 34.94, 4A champ

300: Jordan Good, Western Guilford (senior) — 35.06, 2nd in 4A

500: Jordan Polk, Jordan (senior) — 1:04.25, 4A champ

500: Max DeAngelo, Millbrook (junior) — 1:04.30, 2nd in 4A

1000: R.J. Gajan, Marvin Ridge (senior) — 2:29.91, 4A champ

1000: Andrew Burrell, Mount Tabor (senior) — 2:31.20, 2nd in 4A

1600: Jacob Laney, Porter Ridge (senior) — 4:11.21, 4A champ

1600: Caden Townshend, Weddington (senior) — 4:15.07, 2nd in 4A

3200: Jacob Laney, Porter Ridge (senior) — 9:11.19, 4A champ (4A Record)

3200: Luke Liming, Cary (junior) — 9:18.21, 2nd in 4A

55 hurdles: Xavier Branker, Ardrey Kell (senior) — 7.48, 4A champ

55 hurdles: Daunte Marshall, A.L. Brown (senior) — 7.53, 2nd in 4A

long jump: Walker Norris, North Raleigh Christian (junior) — 23-10.00, NCISAA champ

long jump: Tyson Adams, West Forsyth (senior) — 22-09.50, 4A champ

triple jump: Javariante Core, Western Guilford (senior) — 46-10.00, 4A champ

triple jump: Walker Norris, North Raleigh Christian (junior) — 45-05.00, NCISAA champ

high jump: Jonathan Koger, Reagan (senior) — 06-08, 4A champ

high jump: Shaun Thomas, Pinecrest (senior) — 06-08, 2nd in 4A

pole vault: Matthew Gray, Swain County (senior) — 16-06, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A Record)

pole vault: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (junior) — 16-00, 2nd in 1A/2A

shot put: Junior Payton-Kimble, Northeastern (junior) — 55-09.00, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A Record)

shot put: Tony Taylor, Leesville Road (senior) — 55-03.25, 4A champ

Second Team

55: Calen McKinney, Porter Ridge (senior) — 6.37, 3rd in 4A

55*: Correy McManus, T.W. Andrews (junior) — 6.39, 1A/2A champ

55*: William Ratliffe, Eastern Alamance (senior) — 6.39, 3A champ

300: Allen Barnes, Northern Nash (senior) — 35.07, 3A champ

300: Christian Parker, Southwest Guilford (senior) — 35.07, 3rd in 4A

500: Jordan Good, Western Guilford (senior) — 1:04.38, 3rd in 4A

500: Christian Parker, Southwest Guilford (senior) — 1:04.41, 4th in 4A

1000: Logan Dingman, Lake Norman (senior) — 2:32.17, 3rd in 4A

1000: Caden Townshend, Weddington (senior) — 2:33.30, 4th in 4A

1600: Landon Roemer, Providence Day (senior) — 4:18.00, NCISAA champ

1600: Marco Evans, Cary (senior) — 4:18.40, 3rd in 4A

3200: Raghav Gopalakrishnan, Ardrey Kell (junior) — 9:19.63, 3rd in 4A

3200: Landon Roemer, Providence Day (senior) — 9:20.36, NCISAA champ

55 hurdles: Liam Sutton, North Lincoln (senior) — 7.57, 3A champ

55 hurdles: Desmond Smith, Hillside (junior) — 7.61, 3rd in 4A

long jump: Andrew Steele, Reagan (junior) — 22-06.00, 2nd in 4A

long jump: Jaivon Pegues, Western Guilford (senior) — 21-10.25, 3rd in 4A

triple jump: Christian Seibert, Cuthbertson (senior) — 44-06.75, 2nd in 4A

triple jump: Ezra Martin, Union Academy (senior) — 44-05.00, 1A/2A champ

high jump: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (junior) — 6-06, 1A/2A champ

high jump: Jordan Wolverton, Mount Tabor (junior) — 6-06, 3rd in 4A

pole vault: Jack Tan, Wakefield (sophomore) — 14-00, 4A champ

pole vault: Blake Cassada, Franklin (senior) — 13-06, 3A champ

shot put: Jesse Shelton, Mountain Heritage (senior) — 54-11.75, 2nd in 1A/2A

shot put: Gatlin Lundy, Cuthbertson (senior) — 53-01.25, 2nd in 4A

*tie for final spot

Final Statewide Top 25

For the first time in any sport, Western Guilford takes the top spot in the HSOT rankings.

The Hornets were actually runner-up in the 4A championship to Cuthbertson, but final rankings are calculated by lumping all finals performances from the N.C. High School Athletic Association championships and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association invitational into one "super meet."

On the boys' side, 3A champ Franklin was unranked while 1A/2A champ East Burke was tied for 12th. Providence Day, the NCISAA invitational champ, was tied for ninth.

Western Guilford was unranked last year. Porter Ridge, Mount Tabor, Cuthbertson, and Weddington were all top-10 for the second year in a row.