Gulf Shores High School Track and Field

From Gulf Shores High School Track Team thank you to everyone who has served our country. A special thank you goes outthis weekend to all who gave their lives so that we may be free.

Big thank you to our very own Coach Smith for putting together a great video about this past weekend!

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History making day for the men’s and women’s track team. So proud of all of our dolphins!

More details to come as we process all the individual results. But girls team took the 5A Section 1 Championship. And the boys team took 2nd place! HUGE showing for GSHS.

Also we had 5 athletes that qualified for state in all 4 of their events: Ethan Sharkey, Beck Montiel, Andrew Roman, Maggie Shaw and Morgan McCartney.

What a weekend to be a dolphin!!!!!

Men’s discus: 2nd place- Avery Tipler. 3rd place- Caiden Clark!!!

School History has been made. The Girls take Section 1 5A Championship, and the boys finish 2nd. Both are all time best for our young men and women. Next Up State Championships.

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Women’s 4x100: 3rd place- Tevonna Campbell, Kenadi Hager, Kori Hager, Haven Spruill.

Women’s 3200: 1st place- Brianna Borders

Women’s long jump: 2nd place- Morgan McCartney, 3rd place- Malica Brown.

Beck Montiel 1st place boys 3200.

More podium action for day #2. Women’s high jump. 1st- Lily Zlab. 2nd- Morgan McCartney.

Lydia Reno 3rd place girls discus

Girls 4 x 800 1st place. Next up State.

Boys 4 x 800 1st place. On to State.

Ethan Sharkey places 4th and Henry Berenton place 5th and both qualify for state in javelin.

Beck Montiel and Ethan Sharkey places first and third and qualified for state in the mile.

Andrew Roman 2nd place boys long jump with a jump of 19'-10".

Avery Tipler 1st in Boys shot put with a throw of 46'-8".

Lydia Reno 1st place girls shot put with a throw of 41'-1.5".

Early results from sectional meet. Morgan McCartney 2nd place girls triple jump.

Sending good luck to our Dolphins today as they travel to the University of South Alabama for day 1 of sectionals.

Parents: I have not been able to get to the past few meets due to a change in my work schedule. Please share any pics that you may have gotten of your athlete or other athletes. Thanks!!! And go dolphins! 🐬

Annual St. Patrick's Day Invitational was a huge success. HUGE thank you to our amazing coaching staff, volunteers, officials, and sponsors! Go Dolphins!!!

We are so excited about the St Patrick’s Day Invitational this weekend. GSHS Will host 28 teams with over 1000 track athletes at our annual premier meet. Teams are coming form all over the south east including Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana. We could not do this without help from our amazing sponsors who make it possible to put on a good meet and show our visiting teams the hospitality that Gulf Shores is known for. If you have time this Saturday, come out to see the action and to cheer on our dolphins!! Go Dolphins!!

Our kids are awesome. Our coaches are awesome.

My sister just sent me a post from someone we know from when the kids stopped in Prattville on the way home this weekend.
Chick-fil-A Prattville

More from King of the Mountain.

Yesterday the Dolphins traveled to Vestavia Hills and competed in the King of the Mountain Meet. We had 2 event winners, Lydia (girl's shot put) and Lily (girl's high jump), and a lot of good competition and fun.

Lots of fun tonight watching the Birmingham
Bulls’ hockey game!!! Good luck to our Dolphins in their meet tomorrow in Vestavia Hills!

Huge thank you to our sponsors for the annual St. Patrick’s Dat Invitational. We have the best community and supporters!! It takes a village to put on a massive meet like this. Thank you for supporting your Dolphins!!!

Thank you Shelly Sharkey for taking these awesome pics at the MGM meet! Here is the link for the album. It’s using an app called Photo Circle. If you download the app, you can use this link to access the album. From there you can add to the album with your own pics as well as download. Very cool!! Thank you Shelly!!!

Tap to Join My PhotoCircle Album! 2023 Gulf Shores High School Track & Field Shelly Sharkey has invited you to join "2023 Gulf Shores High School Track & Field".

Pics from the MGM meet this weekend. If any parents have any additional pics, please share!

AWESOME showing for our GSHS Dolphin track and field team yesterday at the Enterprise Invite. Attaching pics to this post...parents and athletes, I apologize for the low quantity of pics. This was our first time at this track and the lighting was not ideal for pics (especially for running events).

Now to the AWESOME results!

School records broken:
Beck Montiel - 3200 meter
Lydia Reno- women's shot put

Both the Girls and Boys teams finished 2nd place overall!!!

Point earners:
Girls Disc
Abigail Chamblin 5th
Lydia Reno 8th

Boys Disc
Avery Tipler 1st
Daniel Foster 2nd

Girls HJ
Lily Zlab 1st
Morgan McCartney 3rd

Girls Javelin
Lily Zlab 1st
Vivica Davis 5th

Boys Javelin
Otto Brewer 8th

Girls Long Jump
Malicca Brown 2nd
Keyona Royal 7th

Girls Shot
Lydia Reno 1st
Abigail Chamblin 6th

Boys Shot
Avery Tipler 3rd
Daniel Foster 7th

Girls Triple Jump
Morgan McCartney 4th

Girls 4x100 5th
Boys 4x100 8th
Boys 4x800 2nd

Girls 100 Hurdles
Malicca Brown 3rd
Morgan McCartney 8th

Boys 110 Hurdles
Brady Cook 3rd

Boys 100
Andrew Roman 2nd

Girls 1600
Maggie Snider 3rd
Jacey Hughes 8th

Boys 1600
Beck Montiel 1st

Boys 4x200 4th

Girls 400
Maggie Snider 6th

Boys 400
Andrew Roman 3rd
Kevin Ellis 6th

Boys 300 Hurdles
Grant Bradford 1st
Brady Cook 5th

Girls 800
Bryanna Borders 5th
Jacey Hughes 6th

Boys 800
Mason Nettles 3rd
JJ Carovinci 5th
Daniel Dumas 8th

Girls 200
Tevonna Campbell 8th

Boys 800
Andrew Roman 1st

Girls 3200
Bryanna Borders 6th

Boys 3200
Beck Montiel 1st

Girls 4x400 3rd
Boys 4x400 B 3rd
Boys 4x400 A 5th

A few more pics from the state meet.

Pics from indoor state meet. We are so very proud of our Dolphins!!

Pics from this past weekend's pentathlon and Last Chance Invitational. I tried to get as many athletes as I could. Parents if you have any of your athlete that you would like to share, feel free to post to this page. Go Dolphins!!!

The Dolphins traveled to Birmingham for the Indoor pentathlon and the Last Chance Invitational for their last regular season track meet…. And boy did they show out!!! This will serve as the Dolphins best indoor season EVER with 18 definite state qualifiers (most in school history!!) and numerous school records broken!!! Great job to all of our athletes and coaches!!!

The following athletes have punched their ticket to state next weekend at the Birmingham CrossPlex:

Boy's 4x200 Relay: Andrew Roman, Lucas Pruett, Grant Bradford and Brady Cook

Boy's 4x400 Relay: Andrew Roman, Grant Bradford, Will Gooden and Joseph Carovinci

Girl's 4x400 Relay: Maggie Snider, Tevonna Campbell, Miranda Higgins and Bryanna Borders

Boy's 4x800 Relay: Beck Montiel, Mason Nettles, Daniel Dumas and Kevin Ellis

Individual Qualifiers:
Lily Zlab: High Jump (Gold Medal at Last Chance Meet)
Lydia Reno: Shot put (Gold Medal at Last Chance Meet)
Morgan McCartney: Triple Jump and High Jump
Brady Cook: 60 Hurdles
Beck Montiel: 800

Indoor pentathlon state rankings:
Morgan- finished 8th in the state of AL (1A-7A)
Brady- finished 19th you n state of AL (1A-7A) in his first ever pentathlon

Bubble/Under Minimum Performances (some of which may receive bids to state):
Andrew Roman: 400
Vivica Davis; Shot Put
Abigail Chamblin: Shot Put
Morgan McCartney: 60m hurdles, long jump
Lucas Pruett: 60m hurdles
Ashesa Daley: 60m hurdles
Miranda Higgins: 400m
Maggie Snider: 400m and 800m
Girl's 4x200 Relay
Beck Montiel: 3200m
Avery Tipler: Shot Put
Daniel Foster: Shot Put
Chase Jennings: Shot Put

School records shattered this weekend:
Morgan McCartney: Pentathlon-2077 points, long jump indoor
Brady Cook: Pentathlon-1697 points, 1000m indoor
Boy's 4x200 (Above)
Girl's 4x400 (Above)
Girl's 4x200: Miranda Higgins, Morgan McCartney, Tevonna Campbell, Ashesa Daley
Beck Montiel: 3200 & 800
Lydia Reno: Shot Put

Let’s congratulate these awesome athletes!! God bless and go dolphins!!!

Today in the Last Chance Pentathlon, Morgan McCartney finished 11th overall with a combined score of 2077. She improved her score almost 300 points from last season! Brady Cook, Gulf Shores very first male pentathlete, finished 20th. We are so proud of both of these new school records! The whole team gets to town tonight to compete tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for results to come!

2022 Holiday Invitational. Parents and athletes, here are the pics that I was able to get. If any parents have additional pics of athletes, please share here. I wasn't able to get around like usual so I was limited to those events I could see from my seat.

The Dolphin Indoor track team traveled to Birmingham Saturday to begin its long awaited 2022 – 2023 campaign. The sprint and field squad made waves.

“I’m really excited about this year’s indoor team,” said head coach Jason Hill. “We had several young kids and newcomers step up in a big way.”

In her first career competition ever, Lydia Reno blasted a throw of 29 feet 7 and ¾ inches, putting the shot further than any Dolphin ever! Reno met the 5A state qualifying standard and placed 12th out of 75 competitors.

Morgan McCartney and Lily Zlab are not new to track and field, having performed at a high level for several years. Saturday, they too met the 5A state qualifying standard by jumping 4 feet 8 inches in the high jump, each threateningly close to 4’10”, and tied for 11th place out of 42 competitors.

Another competitor in his first hurdle race ever and his first indoor track meet ever, Brady Cook qualified for state in the 60 m hurdles, running 10.44 seconds. Cook competes in the horizontal and vertical jumps as well and will fill a serious void for the contending Dolphins.

The boys 4x200 team of Brady Cook, Tristan Conway, Grant Bradford, and Andrew Roman also ran a state qualifying time of 1 minute and 43 seconds. Roman’s time of 55.30 in the 400 was also fast enough to qualify.

The only distance competitor at the meet was senior Jacey Hughes who ran 6:25 for a state qualifying time. The remainder of the distance squad will compete at their first meet with the full team on January 7th.

All qualifiers need to finish in the top 16 in the state to advance to the state finals.

Other competitors competing well included Abigail Chamblin finishing 23rd overall in the shot put and freshman Daniel Foster who threw a PR 37 feet 6 ½ inches in the shot.