Meet the All-Anderson/Pickens high school boys and girls track and field teams for 2023
Track and field competitors from Anderson and Pickens counties won 10 events at the 2023 SCHSL high school state championship and had strong performances across the board.
Wren senior Tavon West is the Anderson Independent Mail high school track and field boys athlete of the year. He won a state championship in the 110 hurdles, qualified for state in the 2-mile run and his long jump was the second-best performance in the area.
Westside sophomore Ayanna Hunt is the girls athlete of the year. She won a state championship in discus, finished second in shot and seventh in javelin.
Here are the All-Anderson/Pickens high school boys and girls track and field teams for 2023 by the Anderson Independent Mail.
Boys
Running events
Amiri Acker
Crescent | Fr.
Event: 400-meter run
Why chosen: Acker, not even yet in high school, posted the best time among all runners from Anderson and Pickens counties at 51.64, good enough for seventh at the Class AAA state meet. Acker also finished seventh in the 200.
Hayes Binnicker
Powdersville | Sophomore
Event: 400 hurdles
Why chosen: Binnicker finished second at the AAA state meet by .02 seconds with a time of 56.15. Binnicker also finished third in the 110 hurdles.
Issac Esuary
Liberty | Junior
Event: 3,200
Why chosen: Esuary won bronze at the AA state meet with a time of 9:51.75 He improved his fourth-place effort at Upper State by 15 seconds to claim the area’s best time by 0.28 seconds.
Ben Jaminet
Powdersville | Senior
Event: 800
Why chosen: Jaminet won the AAA championship with a time of 1:58.60. He was edged by teammate Noah Stump for second at the Upper State meet but shaved more than a second at state.
Noah Stump
Powdersville | Senior
Event: 1,600
Why chosen: Stump finished second in AAA with a time of 4:22.87. At Upper State, he was second in the 1,600 and the 800.
C.J. Willingham
Wren | Sophomore
Events: 100, 200
Why chosen: Willingham finished sixth at the AAA meet in the 100 with a time of 10.87 and fifth in the 200 in 21.83.
Field events
William Epps
T.L. Hanna | Junior
Event: long jump
Why chosen: Epps had the best jump in the two counties at 21 feet, 2 inches, qualifying for the AAAAA meet with a 21-01 at Upper State.
Rykevieus Flemming
Crescent | Junior
Event: triple jump
Why chosen: Flemming won the AAA Upper State championship at 45-8.25 and then finished second at state with a jump of 44-04. The Upper State jump would have won state by nearly a foot.
Myquan Geer
Daniel | Senior
Event: shot put
Why chosen: Geer finished third at theAAA meet with a 49-03 and fourth at Upper State with an even better 49-10.
Ryan Lee
Belton-Honea Path | Sophomore
Event: pole vault
Why chosen: Lee won the AAA championship with a vault of 15-2, more than a foot better than his second-place finish at Upper State.
Braden Shoemaker
Wren | Senior
Event: javelin
Why chosen: Shoemaker won bronze at the AAA meet with a throw of 156-04. He was second in the high jump.
Abijah Webb
Pendleton | Sophomore
Event: high jump
Why chosen: Webb won the AAA state and Upper State championships with jumps of 6-6.
Girls
Running events
Grace Davis
Powdersville | Sophomore
Event: 100, 200
Why chosen: Davis won the 100 at the AAA state meet with a time of 12.03, improving on her Upper State time of 12.27. She finished second in the 200.
Aisha Edmond
Belton-Honea Path | Junior
Event: 800
Why chosen: Edmond finished second at the AAA state championship with a time of 2:25.25. She also finished second at Upper State.
Molly Page Morris
Powdersville | Junior
Event: 110 hurdles
Why chosen: Morris is the AAA state champion at 15.20. She won the Upper State with 15.05.
Amani Rambert
Powdersville | 8th grade
Event: 400 hurdles
Why chosen: Rambert finished second at the AAA state meet with a time of 1:05.15 and won the Upper State at 1:06.79.
Caroline Timms
T.L. Hanna | Junior
Event: 1,600
Why chosen: Timms finished fifth at the AAAAA state championship with a time of 5:06.94, more than 18 seconds ahead of second best in the area.
Ashby Williams
Daniel | Sophomore
Event: 3,200
Why chosen: Williams finished second at the AAA state championships with a time of 11:36.72. She won the Upper State and improved by more than 20 seconds.
Tymia Willis
Pendleton | Senior
Event: 400
Why chosen: Willis finished third at state in AAA with 1:01.04 and fourth at Upper State.
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Field events
Kinsley Allen
Palmetto | Senior
Event: high jump, triple jump
Why chosen: Allen won the AAA high jump championship with at 5-6. She was second in the triple jump with a distance of 36-4.
Jordja Fox
Easley | Senior
Event: pole vault
Why chosen: Fox had the aea's best vault by a full foot at 9-6. She placed seventh at the AAAA meet.
Ayanna Hunt
Westside | Sophomore
Event: discus, shot
Why chosen: Hunt won the AAAA state championship in the discus (144-01) and finished second in shot (39-04). Hunt also finished seventh in the javelin.
Kenlee Richardson
Daniel | 9th grade
Event: long jump
Why chosen: Richardson was fourth at the AAA state meet with a leap of 16-8.75. That would’ve been good enough to win the Upper State, where she finished third.
Anna Kate Siler
Pendleton | Junior
Event: javelin
Why chosen: Siler finished third at the AAA state meet at 113-03 after finishing seventh at Upper State at 98-9.
This article originally appeared on Anderson Independent Mail: SCHSL track and field: Anderson, Pickens all-area high school teams
