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

The 2023 HighSchoolOT girls indoor track & field all-state team and final top 25 rankings were spearheaded by a Cuthbertson team that led the way in the final rankings and placed six athletes on the all-state team.

Posted 1:24 p.m. Mar 28, 2023 — Updated 2:14 p.m. Mar 28, 2023

The second-annual HighSchoolOT girls indoor track & field all-state team and final top 25 rankings listed below were spearheaded by a Cuthbertson team that led the way in the final rankings and placed six athletes on the all-state team.

Girls 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, three high jumpers tied for the last spot on the second team.

Marvin Ridge's Aria Wegh made the all-state team in four different events while Albemarle's Akala Garrett, Cuthbertson's Charlotte Bell, Cardinal Gibbons' Hannah Rae Shaffer, Rolesville's Joslyn Hamilton, Stuart Cramer's Alexis Willis, and Cummings' D'Anna Cotton each made it in two.

Wegh and Garrett each have five all-state selections over the last two years while Shaffer has four. Myers Park's Mary Bonner Dalton, Stuart Cramer's Alexis Willis, and Cuthbertson's Alyssa Preisano and Charlotte Bell each have three.

Cotton, Hamilton, Charlotte Christian's Nina Dominique, Cuthbertson's Stella Kermes, Athens Drive's Summer Laskey, Olympic's T'Sheylah Moore, West Carteret's Tyler Collins and Robbinsville's Zoie Shuler each have two.

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

First Team

55: Dana Wilson, Greensboro Day (sophomore) — 6.88, NCISAA champ

55: Joslyn Hamilton, Rolesville (junior) — 6.92, 4A champ

300: Ai'yana Gray-Williams, Parkland (senior) — 39.17, 4A champ

300: Aria Wegh, Marvin Ridge (junior) — 39.22, 2nd in 4A

500: Megan Hatcher, Parkland (junior) — 1:15.83, 4A champ

500: Akala Garrett, Albemarle (senior) — 1:15.86, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A record)

1000: Justine Preisano, Cuthbertson (junior) — 2:54.73, 4A champ

1000: Stella Kermes, Cuthbertson (junior) — 2:55.65, 2nd in 4A

1600: Charlotte Bell, Cuthbertson (junior) — 4:45.19, 4A champ (state record)

1600: Stella Kermes, Cuthbertson (junior) — 4:47.27, 2nd in 4A

3200: Mary Bonner Dalton, Myers Park (junior) — 10:26.49, 4A champ (state record)

3200: Hannah Rae Shaffer, Cardinal Gibbons (sophomore) — 10:36.56, 2nd in 4A

55 hurdles: Aria Wegh, Marvin Ridge (junior) — 7.86, 4A champ

55 hurdles: Akala Garrett, Albemarle (senior) — 7.86, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A record)

long jump: Jahaila Wright, Olympic (junior) — 18-06.75, 4A champ

long jump: Mason Porter, Cleveland (senior) — 18-05.25, 2nd in 4A

triple jump: Zoie Shuler, Robbinsville (junior) — 39-09.50, 1A/2A champ

triple jump: Alexis Willis, Stuart Cramer (senior) — 39-07.00, 3A champ (3A record)

high jump: Kirstin Smalls, Panther Creek (junior) — 05-08, 4A champ

high jump: Tyler Collins, West Carteret (junior) — 05-08, 3A champ

pole vault: Hannah Grace, Coastal Christian (sophomore) — 12-06, NCISAA champ

pole vault: Lena Richardson, Panther Creek (senior) — 12-00, 4A champ

shot put: Tyler Glover, Ardrey Kell (junior) — 42-11.25, 4A champ

shot put: Macy Dulaney, Mallard Creek (junior) — 40-05.50, 2nd in 4A

Second Team

55: Nina Dominique, Charlotte Christian (sophomore) — 6.97, 2nd in NCISAA

55: Aria Wegh, Marvin Ridge (junior) — 6.98, 2nd in 4A

300: Tianna Spinks, Southern Guilford (sophomore) — 39.96, 3A champ

300: Shaune' Ingraham, Garner (junior) — 40.32, 3rd in 4A

500: Kyndal Saunders, Corinth Holders (senior) — 1:15.97, 2nd in 4A

500: T'Sheylah Moore, Olympic (senior) — 1:16.24, 3rd in 4A

1000: Charlotte Bell, Cuthbertson (junior) — 2:55.67, 3rd in 4A

1000: Caroline Echols, R.J. Reynolds (senior) — 2:56.74, 4th in 4A

1600: Hannah Rae Shaffer, Cardinal Gibbons (sophomore) — 4:51.00, 3rd in 4A

1600: Alyssa Preisano, Cuthbertson (senior) — 4:56.47, 4th in 4A

3200: Chandler Welsh, R.J. Reynolds (junior) — 10:41.00, 3rd in 4A

3200: Ryann Aycock, Cary Christian (senior) — 10:46.82, NCISAA champ

55 hurdles: Emma Hall, West Henderson (junior) — 8.15, 3A champ

55 hurdles: Joslyn Hamilton, Rolesville (junior) — 8.15, 2nd in 4A

long jump: Kori Randle, Garner (junior) — 18-03.75, 3rd in 4A

long jump: Alexis Willis, Stuart Cramer (senior) — 18-00.50, 3A champ

triple jump: Rafaela Drake, Riverside of Durham (junior) — 38-06.50, 4A champ

triple jump: D'Anna Cotton, Cummings (freshman) — 37-06.50, 2nd in 1A/2A

high jump: D'Anna Cotton, Cummings (freshman) — 5-04, 1A/2A champ

high jump*: Lisa Ferguson, Swansboro (junior) — 5-04, 2nd in 3A

high jump*: Audrey Jenkins, Grimsley (junior) — 5-04, T-2nd in 4A

high jump*: Aria Wegh, Marvin Ridge (junior) — 5-04, T-2nd in 4A

pole vault: Sonia Katahdin, Grimsley (junior) — 11-06, 2nd in 4A

pole vault: Summer Laskey, Athens Drive (senior) — 11-06, 3rd in 4A

shot put: Alexandria Jefferson, Rocky River (sophomore) — 40-01.5, 3rd in 4A

shot put: Camryn Massey, Ashbrook (junior) — 38-05.25, 3A champ

*tie for final spot

Final Statewide Top 25

4A champ Cuthbertson is once again the runaway top team in the final HSOT girls indoor track and field rankings.

Final rankings were 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 girls' side, 3A champ Dudley and 1A/2A champ Swain County were unranked.

In addition to Cuthbertson, Olympic, Parkland, Marvin Ridge, and Cardinal Gibbons were all top-10 for the second year in a row.

Cuthbertson 66 (4A champ)
Olympic 46
Parkland 41
Marvin Ridge 30
Garner 21
Albemarle 20
Cardinal Gibbons 18
Panther Creek 17
(tie) Rolesville and Weddington 14
(tie) Mount Tabor, Stuart Cramer, and West Carteret 13
(tie) Apex, Cummings, and R.J. Reynolds 11
(tie) Ardrey Kell, Coastal Christian, Greensboro Day, Grimsley, Myers Park, and Robbinsville 10
Mallard Creek 9
(tie) Green Level, Clayton, Cleveland, Corinth Holders, and Southern Guilford 8