Boys First Team All-Area
Paul Malquist
Gainesville
Grade: Senior
Notable: State champ in pole vault; 1st at region in 400 and 4x100; 2nd at region in 300 hurdles and 4x400
Ty McCormack
North Hall
Grade: Senior
Notable: State champ in 1,600 and 3,200; set school record in both events.
Josh Kles
Jefferson
Grade: Senior
Notable: State champ in shot put (school record) and discus; led Dragons to team state championship.
Blake Sims
Gainesville
Grade: Senior
Notable: Region champ in 100 (10.92), 200 (22.29) and 4x100; 2nd at region in 4x400; 4th in long jump
Tyler Porter
Jefferson
Grade: Senior
Notable: Won third state championship in pole vault. Briefly held overall state pole vault record.
Deon Brock
Commerce
Grade: Senior
Notable: Region champ and 2nd at state in 110 hurdles (14.5); Region champ in 4x100, 4x400
C.J. Moore
Buford
Grade: Sophomore
Notable: Region champ in 100 (10.88) and 4x100. Finished 4th at state in both events
Derrick Perkins
Jefferson
Grade: Junior
Notable: Region champ, 4th at state in 110H; 2nd at region, 6th in state in 300H; 2nd at region in triple jump
Hyung Seok Oh
Riverside
Grade: Junior
Notable: Region champ, 5th at state in 300H; 3rd at region in 110H; 4th at region in 4x400
Peyton Wilhoite
North Hall
Grade: Senior
Notable: Region champ, 3rd at state in discus; Set school record (186-3)
Second Team All-Area
Sterling Bailey, Sr., East Hall
Region champ, 6th at state in shot
Eric Barr, Jr., Buford
Region champ, 4th at state in 4x100; 2nd at region, 5th at state in 100
Brandon Buncy, Jr., Johnson
Region champ, 9th at state in long jump
Otis Clark, Sr., Flowery Branch
Region champ, 3rd at state in high jump
Austin Eckenroth, So., Flowery Branch
2nd in region at state in pole vault
Emmanuel Ibarra, Jr., Chestatee
2nd at region, 4th at state in 800 (school record holder)
Kerry Mata, Jr., East Hall
Region champ, 5th at state in 300H
Terrick Ramsey, Fr., Commerce
Region champ in 100, 200, 4x100, 4x400; 7th at state in 100
Charles Smothers, Sr., Jackson County
Region champ and 6th at state in 100
Chris West, Sr., Gainesville
3rd at region in triple jump, long jump and high jump. 2nd at region in 4x400
Honorable mention
Zach Anderson, Sr., Riverside
Cody Barger, Jr., North Hall
Daniel Blitch, Sr., North Hall
Ben Booth, Sr., North Hall
Jordan Chaffin, Sr., North Hall
Rush Davenport, Jr., Dawson County
Tarvin Dukes, Jr., Riverside
Ryan Kennedy, So., White County
Tre Lipscomb, Sr., Johnson
Noah McCarthy, Jr., Jefferson
David McConnell, Sr. Gainesville
Bill McCoy, Jr., Riverside
Josh Millsap, Sr., West Hall
Mark Moody, Sr., White County
Ty Odem, So., Johnson
Randy Olson, Jr., North Hall
Josh Pendley, Jr., West Hall
Stephen Pluhar, Jr., Riverside
Sky Porter, Sr., Jefferson
Anthony Prophet, Sr., Johnson
Maurice Riden, Jr., Flowery Branch
Ben Satterfield, Jr., North Hall
Marlin Veazie, Sr., Riverside
Girls First Team All-Area
Erika Rucker
Flowery Branch
Grade: Junior
Notable: State and region champ in 400; region champ in 200 and 4x100; 2nd at region in 4x400
Maya Dillard
Buford
Grade: Freshman
Notable: Region champ, 3rd at state in 800; 2nd at region, 3rd at state
Kiara Woods
Flowery Branch
Grade: Senior
Notable: 2nd at region, 4th at state in 1,600; 2nd at region, 3rd at state in 3,200
Shelbee Carter
Gainesville
Grade: Senior
Notable: Region champ, 4th at state in triple jump; 3rd at region in pole vault; 5th at region in long jump
Madalyn Walters
Dawson County
Grade: Sophomore
Notable: 2nd at region, 4th at state in 3,200; 3rd at region in 1,600
Sa’quavia Varnum
Commerce
Grade: Sophomore
Notable: 2nd at region, 3rd at state in shot put; 2nd at region in 4x100
LeNiesha Kearse
West Hall
Grade: Freshman
Notable: Region champ in 100 hurdles (15.25) and 100 (12.62)
Rajeanna Jarrett
Flowery Branch
Grade: Junior
Notable: 2nd at region in long jump; 2nd at region in triple jump
Kasey McDonald
Jefferson
Grade: Junior
Notable: 2nd at region, 9th at state in shot put; 2nd at region, 10 at state in discus
Katherine Randolph
Flowery Branch
Grade: Sophomore
Notable: 2nd at region in 100; region champ in 4x100; 2nd at region in 4x400
Girls Second Team All-Area
Jenny Arthur, So., Chestatee
4th at region in 200; 6th at region in 100
Holly Baron, So., Jefferson
2nd at region in 200
Brandi Carpenter, White County
2nd at region in shot put
Cara Chilton, So., Flowery Branch
3rd at region in 200
Tori Cheeks, Sr., Flowery Branch
3rd at region in triple jump
Sallie Davis, Sr., North Hall
4th at region in 800
Somer Graham, Sr., Gainesville
2nd at region, 7th at state in pole vault
Tiarra Hill, So., Gainesville
4th at region in high jump
Mallory Rich, North Hall
3rd at region in discus
Victoria Rogers, Fr., North Hall
3rd at region in 3,200
Honorable mention
Mia Buffington, Fr., Gainesville
Jordan Collins, North Hall
Tiffany Culver, Chestatee
Jessie Dotson, White County
Katelyn Lewis, Jr. Chestatee
Taylor Sims, Jr., Gainesville