N&O All-Metro boys and girls track & field teams, 2016
Leesville Road’s Nevada Mareno and Hillside’s Marcus Krah, each with three state titles en route to N.C. High School Athletic Association MVP honors this year, headline The News & Observer’s All-Metro track and field teams.
Fourteen athletes were named to each team, the same number as there are events.
The boys combined for 13 titles and the girls compiled 12.
This year’s team posted five new state records: Krah with a new NCHSAA mark in the 110 hurdles, Mareno in the 800 and 1,600, Middle Creek’s Terrell Adams in the shot put and Northwood’s Tessa Sheets with a new 3A pole vault mark.
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N&O All-Metro track and field boys team
Name | Cl. | Accomplishments |
Terrell Adams, Middle Creek* | Sr. | 4A discus and shot put champ |
Elijah Cole, Millbrook | Sr. | 4A pole vault champ |
Matt Dillon, Broughton | Sr. | Runner-up in 4A pole vault |
Gable Dershem, Cleveland | Jr. | Runner-up in 3A 3,200 |
Magnus Herweyer, Carrboro* | Sr. | 2A discus & shot put champ |
J. Johnson, Panther Creek | Jr. | Runner-up in 4A long jump |
Marcus Krah, Hillside# | Sr. | 4A MVP; triple jump, 110 and 300 hurdles champ |
Connor Lane, Cardinal Gibbons | Jr. | 4A 3,200 champ |
Rahim Mateen, Jordan-Matthews | Sr. | Runner-up in 2A long jump |
Connor Peeples, Cardinal Gibbons | Sr. | Runner-up in 4A 1,600 |
Christian Pigues, Trinity Academy Raleigh | Jr. | NCISAA 1A/2A 800 and 1,600 champ |
Dontavian Smith, Person | Jr. | 4A 200 champ |
Jayquan Williams, Green Hope | Sr. | 4A 800 champ |
Jayon Woodard, Southeast Raleigh | Sr. | Runner-up in 4A 400 |
N&O All-Metro track and field girls team
Name | Cl. | Accomplishments |
Sarah Bodmer, Cary Academy | Jr. | NCISAA 3A 3,200 champ |
G’Jasmyne Butler, Leesville Road* | Sr. | Runner-up in 4A 800 |
Shellbi Chapman, Leesville Road | Sr. | 4A 300 hurdles champ |
Mya Daye, Northern Vance | Jr. | 3A 100 champ |
Zoe Early, Apex* | Sr. | Runner-up in 4A pole vault |
Sydni Fields, Cleveland | Sr. | 100 & 300 hurdles champ |
Veronia Fraley, Wakefield | Soph. | Runner-up in 4A discus |
Olivia Frazier, Cary Academy | Soph. | NCISAA 3A 1,600 champ |
Toyin Koleoso, O’Neal School | Soph. | NCISAA 1A/2A 300 hurdles champ |
Nevada Mareno, Leesville Road | Jr. | 4A MVP; 800, 1,600 and 3,200 champ |
Tessa Sheets, Northwood | Jr. | 3A pole vault champ |
Charlette Wade, Ravenscroft | Sr. | NCISAA 3A long jump champ |
Madison Welsh, St. David’s | Soph. | NCISAA 1A/2A high jump champ |
Lauren White, Rolesville | Sr. | Runner-up in 4A 100 and long jump |
*-Two-time All-Metro; #-Three-time.
This story was originally published June 25, 2016 at 4:11 AM with the headline "N&O All-Metro boys and girls track & field teams, 2016."