Winning the Most Valuable Performer award, however, was.

Bogle won both short-distance track events and placed second in the women's long jump to prove most important to her team on Saturday at the NCHSAA 1-A track and field championships at N.C. A&T University.

"I always want to win the 100 and the 200," said Bogle, who won both races for the second year in a row. "My start in the 100 wasn't very good and I thought I was going to get passed, but I pushed a little bit more at the end."

The junior overcame a sluggish start to accelerate past and stay ahead of the rest of the field as she ran a 12.47-second dash. Bogle also set a personal record in the 200-meter with a time of 25.30.

"This year has been a turning point in our program," said Princeton coach Joe Mitchell, whose girls and boys squads earned four individual state titles. "It's been pretty phenomenal."

Both squads finished 10th in the team competitions.

T.J. Wilson took home gold medals for both the 300-meter hurdles and triple jump to represent the Bulldogs boys team.

"I'm real happy with myself," Wilson said of his 38.86 run in the 300, more than a whole second faster than his preliminary time. "I was trying to see if I could sprint between each hurdle."

Wilson, just a sophomore, had a leap of 44 feet, 2 inches to give the Bulldogs their second triple jump title in as many years. His jump was over 3 inches better than his performance in the 2007 state meet.

"I feel like my second phase could have been better," he said. "I couldn't stretch out like I wanted to."

John Wolfe of Polk County earned the boys' MVP award by winning the 800 and 1,600 runs. Wolfe set a state record in the 1,600 by finishing in 4:26.34.

Winston-Salem Prep captured the girls' team title with 63 points, thanks in part to breaking the state record in the 4x200 relay. Hendersonville had 66.2 points to reign in the boys' competition. South Stokes came in second with 52.

Corey Wilkerson of Jordan-Matthews won the 100 while teammate Brittney Alston placed second in the 100-meter hurdles.