From The Trussville Trbune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM –After graduating track star Noah Igbinoghene to Auburn football, Hewitt-Trussville coach David Dobbs was facing rebuilding year for the Huskies’ track program, or so one would think. But, as he has done so many times before, Dobbs had more athletes ready to pile up enough points for a top 10 finish by both the boys and girls teams in the Alabama State Indoor Championships at the Crossplex in Birmingham.
Hope Igbinoghene, Skyler Nelson, Sydney White, and Kelsey Martin took 2nd in the 4X400M relay setting a school record along the way.
Photo via Twitter
The girls team walked away with a sixth place finish, just a point and a half behind fifth place Thompson. The Hewitt-Trussville boys claimed eighth place, trailing Mountain Brook by a single point.
Noah Igbinoghene’s younger sister, Hope Igbinoghene, was the individual leader for the girls in the running events. She posted finishes of second and third in the girls 60M and 400M dashes respectively.
Lea Townsend powered her way to a third place finish in the shotput as the individual leader in field events.
The girls 4X400M relay team of Igbinoghene, Skyler Nelson, Sydney White, and Kelsey Martin roared to a second place finish and a school record.
The Huskies Jake Diggs took first place in the 400M Dash. Photo via Twitter
On the boys side, Jake Diggs is the new 7A state champion in the 400M Dash.
In the field events, Zachary McManus led the way with a third place finish in the long jump. Gaines Myrick grabbed fourth in shotput while Stone Shelnutt took sixth and eleventh in pole vault and long jump.
Girls 7A Team Standings
1) Hoover 113
2) McGill-Toolen Catholic 78
3) James Clemens 74
4) Mountain Brook HS 51
5) Thompson 42
6) Hewitt-Trussville HS 40.5
7) Auburn 39
8) Smiths Station 37
9) Central – Phenix City 18
10) Sparkman High School 16
11) Huntsville HS 11
12) Fairhope 9
12) Oak Mountain HS 9
14) Bob Jones 3.5
15) Grissom HS 3
15) Vestavia Hills HS 3
17) Baker 2
Girls 60 M Dash-
2 Hope Igbinoghene
Girls 400 M Dash-
3 Hope Igbinoghene
5 Sydney White
Girls 800 M Run
14 Sydney Hall
20 Amelia Brady
Girls 1600 M Run
11 Amelia Brady
12 Sydney Hall
Girls 3200 M Run
10 Amelia Brady
18 Helena Steen
Girls 1600 M Run
11 Amelia Brady
12 Sydney Hall
Girls 3200 M Run
10 Amelia Brady
18 Helena Steen
Girls 4×200 M Relay
4 Hewitt-Trussville HS
Girls 4×400 M Relay
2 Hewitt-Trussville HS
Girls 4×800 M Relay
6 Hewitt-Trussville HS
Girls Long Jump
9 Kelsey Martin
11 Sydney White
Girls Shotput
3 Lea Townsend
12 Tia Gardner
Boys 7A Team Standings
1) Hoover 135
2) Vestavia Hills HS 62.5
3) McGill-Toolen Catholic 49
4) Thompson 47.5
5) Auburn 41
6) Smiths Station 38
7) Mountain Brook HS 35
8) Hewitt-Trussville HS 34
9) James Clemens 25
10) Central – Phenix City 22
11) Huntsville HS 17
12) Fairhope 13
13) Baker 8
14) Oak Mountain HS 6
15) Gadsden City 3
15) Grissom HS 3
17) Spain Park 2
17) Buckhorn 2
19) Sparkman High School 1
Boys 400 M Dash
1 Jake Diggs
15 Nick Popwell
Boys 800 M Run
27 Josh Jenkins
29 Christian Nichols
Boys 1600 M Run
14 Thomas Wolfe
15 Aaron Himes
Boys 3200 M Run
12 Thomas Wolfe
13 Aaron Himes
Boys 60 M Hurdles
7 Zachary McManus
Boys 4×200 M Relay
6 Hewitt-Trussville HS
Boys 4×400 M Relay
5 Hewitt-Trussville HS
Boys 4×800 M Relay
8 Hewitt-Trussville HS
Boys Pole Vault
6 Stone Shelnutt
Boys Long Jump
3 Zachary McManus
11 Stone Shelnutt
Boys Triple Jump
10 Zachary McManus
Boys Shotput
4 Gaines Myrick
11 Michael Pace
