Indoor Track and Field Championships Conclude at JDL Fast Track

WINSTON-SALEM – The Dudley Panthers swept the 2025 NCHSAA 3A Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at the JDL Fast Track. The win completes a three-peat for the women’s team but is the first championship for the men.

In the women’s competition, Dudley’s Jalee Brown won the 55 Meter Hurdles, the 300 Meter Race and was a part of the 4×200 and 4×400 Meter Relay teams that took first place.

North Lincoln finished as runner up and they were led by Olivia Ferraro. Ferraro won the 1000, 1600 and took third in the 3200. She was named the Most Valuable Player for her performance in the meet.

Southern Guilford took third and Atkins finished in fourth place on the team leaderboard. Franklin finished in fifth.

In the men’s competition, Dudley racked up 81 points to finish well clear of Croatan, which had 57.5, in second place.

Derrick Hicks, Ashton Thomas, Darion Coleman and Kamaal Ryan won the 4×400 Meter Relay for Dudley and Le’Ezra Brown won the 55 Meter Hurdles.

Croatan’s Seth Nelson, Riley Robinson, Cooper Stephens and Noah Guerrero won the 4×800 Meter Relay and Guerrero also won the 1000 Meter.

Union Pines, which finished in third, was led by Jaydon Sterling who took fourth in the Triple Jump, second in the Long Jump and won the 300 Meter Race. He was named the Most Valuable Player for his efforts.

The NCHSAA is committed to recognizing outstanding sportsmanship in each of our State Championship events. The Association has partnered with the North Carolina Farm Bureau to award a pair of Sportsmanship Awards at each championship event, recognizing players who have demonstrated the ideals of outstanding character and sportsmanship throughout the 2024-25 season. The winners of the 3A Indoor Track and Field Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Awards were Tayman Howell and Jordan Johnson from Dudley, Pierce Mahnke from Croatan and Bella Green from North Lincoln.

Cardinal Gibbons, Mallard Creek grab 4A Indoor Track and Field Titles

WINSTON-SALEM – The Cardinal Gibbons Women and the Mallard Creek Men claimed the 2025 NCHSAA 4A Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday evening at the JDL Fast Track.

It is the first Indoor Track and Field Championship for Mallard Creek and the second for Cardinal Gibbons. It is the Crusaders’ first 4A Championship, as they won the 1A/2A/3A Championship in 2011.

In the women’s competition, the Crusaders’ 4×800 Meter Relay team of Maggie Whitham, Addy Mitchell, Kaitlyn Estep and Hannah Rae Shaffer won by more than 10 seconds. Estep also took the top spot in the 1000 Meter Race and Shaffer took second in 1600 and won the 3200.

Tessa Kranick tied for first in the pole vault for the Crusaders as well.

Cuthbertson’s streak of seven consecutive championships (excluding the COVID-19 year) came to an end with a runner-up finish this year.

The Cavalier’s Juli D’Errico, Cece Taft, Ava Walters and Josie Schihl took second in the 4×800 Meter Relay. The Cuthbertson also took fourth place in the 4×200 Meter Relay.

Maya Love from Independence won the Most Valuable Player Award as she won the 55 Meter Dash, the 300 Meter Race and ran the first leg of the 4×200 Meter Relay winning team.

In the men’s competition, the Mavericks were powered by a strong showing in the relays.
Mason Kelly, Khalil Price, Christian Dixon and Nassor Ashenafi won the 4×200 Meter Relay and Nyan Brown, Price, Justin Watts and Kelly won the 4×400 Meter Relay. The Mavericks also took second in the 4×800.

Brown also won the 55 Meter Hurdles and Dixon won the 55 Meter Dash

Cuthbertson finished in second place in the men’s competition as well and they were led by Tommy Pringle II, who won the High Jump and Houston Tillotson took third in the same event. Robert Lausen, Brenden Robbins, Aronne Cosentino and Davian Hall took second in the 4×200 Meter Relay.

Enloe’s Alexander Chapman-Evans won the Long Jump, took second in the Triple Jump and finished seventh in the 55 Meter Hurdles on his way to winning the Most Valuable Player Award.

The NCHSAA is committed to recognizing outstanding sportsmanship in each of our State Championship events. The Association has partnered with the North Carolina Farm Bureau to award a pair of Sportsmanship Awards at each championship event, recognizing players who have demonstrated the ideals of outstanding character and sportsmanship throughout the 2024-25 season. The winners of the 4A Indoor Track and Field Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Awards were Kate Cushing from Cuthbertson, Hannah Rae Shaffer from Cardinal Gibbons, Aronne Cosentino from Cuthbertson and Nyan Brown from Mallard Creek.