The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Boys Indoor Track & Field Team
The third-annual HighSchoolOT boys indoor track & field all-state team features 11 athletes making an appearance on the team for the second or third time, led by East Burke senior Kenneth Byrd, who made his sixth appearance in three years.
The all-state team is 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.
Previous All-State Teams, Final Rankings
- 2024 final rankings (Mount Tabor boys No. 1)
- 2023 final rankings (Western Guilford boys No. 1)
- 2023 all-state team
- 2022 final rankings (Porter Ridge boys No. 1)
- 2022 all-state team
- no 2021 final rankings (season canceled - pandemic)
- no 2021 all-state team (season canceled - pandemic)
The full teams are listed below, with players listed in order of their championship times or marks.
The top two times/marks are first team and the next-best two are second team.
In some events, there were ties across different classifications. In order to determine the teams, the tiebreaker was podium placement (a 1A champ got the spot over a second-place 4A athlete in the same event). If the athletes were still tied, they were each given a spot on the all-state team. There were two ties on this year's team, both in the 55 meters —two runners tied for the second spot on the first team in both time and podium finish, which would normally lead to just one runner on second team, however, two runners tied for the remaining spot on the second team in both time and podium finish, so both made the second team.
Five athletes made it in two different events this year: Dudley's Le'Ezra Brown, Cary's Luke Liming, Mount Tabor's Jordan Wolverton, and East Burke's Avery Fraley and Kenneth Byrd.
The following athletes now have multiple appearances on the HSOT all-state indoor team in their careers, with Byrd and Liming leading the way in first-team appearances:
- 6-time (1): Byrd***
- 3-time (3): Liming***, Wolverton*, North Raleigh Christian's Walker Norris**
- 2-time (7): Brown**, Fraley, Northeastern's Junior Payton-Kimble**, Wakefield's Jack Tan, Hillside's Desmond Smith*, Ardrey Kell's Raghav Gopalakrishnan*, T.W. Andrews' Correy McManus*
*-number of first-team appearances
The full teams are listed below, with players listed in order of their championship times or marks.
HighSchoolOT Boys Indoor Track & Field All-State Team for 2024
First Team
55: Brandon Harris, Reagan (senior) — 6.31, 4A champ
55: Correy McManus, T.W. Andrews (senior) — 6.38, 1A/2A champ
55: Le'Ezra Brown, Dudley (junior) — 6.38, 3A champ
300: C.J. Martin, Clayton (senior) — 34.36, 4A champ (state record)
300: Micah Walker, Parkland (junior) — 34.37, 2nd in 4A
500: Tim Brown, Hough (senior) — 1:03.69, 4A champ
500: Jamel Brown, Southwest Guilford (senior) — 1:04.71, 2nd in 4A
1000: Dawson Reeves, Christ School (senior) — 2:30.46, NCISAA champ
1000: Hunter Bates, Weddington (sophomore) — 2:31.23, 4A champ
1600: Luke Liming, Cary (senior) — 4:15.86, 4A champ
1600: Will Venable, Broughton (senior) — 4:16.31, 2nd in 4A
3200: Luke Liming, Cary (senior) — 9:12.51, 4A champ
3200: Raghav Gopalakrishnan, Ardrey Kell (senior) — 9:13.12, 2nd in 4A
55 hurdles: Le'Ezra Brown, Dudley (junior) — 7.25, 3A champ (3A record)
55 hurdles: Desmond Smith, Hillside (senior) — 7.37, 4A champ
long jump: Walker Norris, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — 24-06.25, NCISAA champ
long jump: William Leak, Hoke County (sophomore) — 22-10.00, 4A champ
triple jump: Jayden Wentz, Olympic (senior) — 46-08.00, 4A champ
triple jump: Alexander Chapman-Evans, Enloe (sophomore) — 46-02.00, 2nd in 4A
high jump: Jordan Wolverton, Mount Tabor (senior) — 6-08.00, 4A champ
high jump: Christian Hackett, Union Pines (senior) — 6-08.00, 3A champ
pole vault: Kage Hefner, Bandys (senior) — 16-00.00, 1A/2A champ
pole vault: Eli Clark, Weddington (senior) — 15-00.00, 4A champ
shot put: Junior Payton-Kimble, Northeastern (senior) — 60-02.75, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A champ)
shot put: Cooper Williams, Davie County (junior) — 58-06.25, 4A champ
Second Team
55: Anthony Boykin, Enloe (sophomore) — 6.41, 2nd in 4A
55: Tyvell Foskey, Farmville Central (junior) — 6.41, 2nd in 1A/2A
300: Dominic Harper, Garner (junior) — 34.55, 3rd in 4A
300: Ja'Neil Harris, T.W. Andrews (junior) — 34.90, 1A/2A champ(1A/2A record)
500: Josiah Wrice, Butler (senior) — 1:04.74, 3rd in 4A
500: Evan Pardue, Union Academy (junior) — 1:05.50, 1A/2A champ
1000: Logan Hill, Charlotte Catholic (senior) — 2:31.91, 2nd in 4A
1000: Jackson DiRoma, Charlotte Latin (senior) — 2:32.01, 2nd in NCISAA
1600: James Callahan, Cary Christian (junior) — 4:17.17, nciSAA champ
1600: Kavi Gibson, Cary Academy (sophomore) — 4:17.24, NCISAA champ
3200: Tyler Surface, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — 9:20.08, NCISAA champ
3200: Andre Michaels, Leesville Road (senior) — 9:20.90, 3rd in 4A
55 hurdles: James Coleman, Chapel Hill (senior) — 7.37, 2nd in 4A
55 hurdles: Jeremiah King, T.W. Andrews (senior) — 7:50, 1A/2A champ
long jump: Jordan Wolverton, Mount Tabor (senior) — 22-09.25, 2nd in 4A
long jump: Andrew Davis, Ardrey Kell (junior) — 22-07.00, 3rd in 4A
triple jump: Avery Fraley, East Burke (senior) — 45-07.00, 1A/2A champ
triple jump: Asun Pender, Beddingfield (senior) — 45-06.00, 2nd in 1A/2A
high jump: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (senior) — 6-06.00, 1A/2A champ
high jump: Avery Fraley, East Burke (senior) — 6-04.00, 2nd in 1A/2A
pole vault: Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (senior) — 15-00.00, 2nd in 1A/2A
pole vault: Jack Tan, Wakefield (junior) — 14-06.00, 2nd in 4A
shot put: Kolton Weaver, Weddington (senior) — 56-05.25, 2nd in 4A
shot put: Christopher Stewart, Weddington (senior) — 56-04.25, 3rd in 4A
