| Parkview High School got wins from Ethan | | | | Pole Vault - 14-06 - Michael Kopanski of Mill Creek. |
| Kasson, Julian Vann, Taron Squires, Davin Nash | | | | Shot Put - 60-03.5 - Nabil Mubarak of Grayson. |
| and Sean Stephenson and rode a bunch of depth | | | | Discus - 162.01 - Nabil Mubarak of Grayson. |
| in other events to dominate the competition and | | | | 2009 Georgia State Champions - Boys 4A Division |
| win the 2009 Georgia State Boys 5A Track | | | | Team Winner - Miller Grove with 71 - Runner-Up - |
| Championship. | | | | Alexander with 59. |
| Kasson won the 400, Vann the triple jump and | | | | 100 - 10.44 - Kenneth Gilstrap of Miller Grove. |
| Parkview took the 4 x 400 relay as Mill Creek | | | | 200 - 21.23 - Kenneth Gilstrap of Miller Grove. |
| had to settle for the runner-up spot with 39 | | | | 400 - 46.85 - Andre Carter of Alexander. |
| points to Parkview's 80. | | | | 800 - 1:53.2 - Vince Brown of McIntosh. |
| In 4A competition, Kenneth Gilstrap won the 100 | | | | 1600 - 4:27.21 - AJ Meyer of Northwest Whitfield. |
| and 200 and was part of the winning 4 x 100 and | | | | 3200 - 9:46.23 - Cameron Reed of Alexander. |
| 4 x 400 relay teams as Miller Grove High School | | | | 110 Hurdles - 13.98 - Marcus Maxey of Clarke |
| took the title with 71 points to Alexander's 59. | | | | Central. |
| Not to be outdone, Stephen Hill added both a | | | | 300 Hurdles - 37.91 - Stephen Hill of Miller Grove. |
| victory in the 300 hurdles and soared to the long | | | | 4 x 100 Relay - 40.95 - Miller Grove (Kendrick |
| jump title with a leap of 28-08.75. Hill's leap | | | | Ings, Johnathan Norris, Kenneth Gilstrap and |
| becomes the best prep performance in the United | | | | Antione Hightower). |
| States this season. | | | | 4 x 400 Relay - 3:19.55 - Miller Grove (Stephen |
| Sir Paul Jones doubled in the 110 and 300 hurdles | | | | Hill, Antonio Carter, Kenneth Gilstrap and Antione |
| to lead Monroe to the 3A title over Elbert County, | | | | Hightower). |
| 57-45. | | | | High Jump - 6-08 - Graylin Ward of Northgate. |
| Westlake easily won the girls 5A title over | | | | Long Jump - 25-08.75 - Stephen Hill of Miller |
| runner-up Collins Hill, 65-48. Westlake's Zahra | | | | Grove. |
| Thomas won the 400 in 55.34, Aubrielle Wright | | | | Triple Jump - 47-05.5 - David Lee of Tucker. |
| won the 800, Shani Chandler won the 300 hurdles, | | | | Pole Vault - 14-00 - Jake Bridges of Northwest |
| and Westlake took the 4 x 100 relay (with | | | | Whitfield. |
| Thomas, Kinsley Lawson, Aminah Blount and | | | | Shot Put - 61-05.75 - Davis Fraker of McIntosh. |
| Davita Washington) and 4 x 400 relay (with | | | | Discus - 181-01 - Davis Fraker of McIntosh. |
| Thomas, Blount, Wright and Chandler). | | | | 2009 Georgia State Champions - Boys 3A Division |
| 5A competitor Chalonda Goodman of Newnan | | | | Team Winner - Monroe with 57 - Runner-Up - |
| doubled in the 100 and 200 but did not exceed | | | | Elbert County with 45. |
| her leading times nationally in the 100 (11.30) or | | | | 100 - 10.66 - Karl Williams of Eastside. |
| 200 (23.32). 5A competitor Amanda Winslow of | | | | 200 - 21.74 - Damian Johnson of Bruke County. |
| Collins Hill doubled in the 1600 (4:44.97) and 3200 | | | | 400 - 47.56 - Jamel Wood of Eagle's Landing. |
| (10:42.70). Winslow's 4:44.97 time leads all runners | | | | 800 - 1:55.71 - Kuaniyal Chol of Dunwoody. |
| nationally in the 1600. | | | | 1600 - 4:24.5 - Will Ficklin of Spalding. |
| Kia Jackson doubled in the 100 and 200, and | | | | 3200 - 9:31.91 - Cody Barger of North Hall. |
| Morgan Snow won the 100 hurdles to lead | | | | 110 Hurdles - 14.37 - Sir Paul Jones of Monroe. |
| Southwest DeKalb to the girls 4A title over | | | | 300 Hurdles - 38.11 - Sir Paul Jones of Monroe. |
| Starr's Mill, 61-54. | | | | 4 x 100 Relay - 41.47 - Washington (Qudral Forte, |
| Monroe used wins by LaKeisha Jackson in the 100 | | | | Sanchez McMullen, Antonio Goodwin and Branden |
| hurdles, Mimieux Land in the high jump, and its 4 x | | | | Smith). |
| 100 relay team (Jackson, Land, Alanesha | | | | 4 x 400 Relay - 3:15.87 - Cedar Grove (Stanley |
| McFarland and Kenza Bailey) to outlast Towers, | | | | McBride, Vincent Dallas, James Hugley and Kaylan |
| 51-46, to capture the 3A championship. | | | | Jackson). |
| Brittany Porter of Towers doubled in the long | | | | High Jump - 7-00 - Darius King of Riverwood. |
| jump and triple jump. Porter is the top prep in the | | | | Long Jump - 24-01.5 - Damian Johnson of Burke |
| nation in the long jump with a leap of 20-03 and | | | | County. |
| has another jump of 21-03.5. | | | | Triple Jump - 49-05.75 - Damian Johnson of Burke |
| In the 2A boys finals, Westminster ran away | | | | County. |
| from runner-up Mitchell County 62 to 46 to win | | | | Pole Vault - 15-06 - Paul Malquist of Gainesville. |
| the championship with individual winners Maalik | | | | Shot Put - 57-06.5 - Daniel Drummond of Flowery |
| Reynolds in the high jump and LB Joel in the | | | | Branch. |
| discus, and some depth that produced a lot of | | | | Discus - 169-06 - Daniel Drummond of Flowery |
| points that just kept adding up. | | | | Branch. |
| Warren County outscored runner-up Athens | | | | 2009 Georgia State Champions - Girls 5A Division |
| Christian 70.5 to 59 to win the 1A boys title as | | | | Team Winner - Westlake with 65 - Runner-Up - |
| Warren County's Coby Reynolds doubled in the | | | | Collins Hill with 48. |
| 100 and 200 and then anchored the winning 4 x | | | | 100 - 11.54 - Chalonda Goodman of Newnan. |
| 100 relay team with Kentrell Latimore, Andrew | | | | 200 - 23.91 - Chalonda Goodman of Newnan. |
| Webb and Antonio Benton. | | | | 400 - 55.34 - Zahra Thomas of Westlake. |
| One of the best individual performances of the | | | | 800 - 2:13.09 - Aubrielle Wright of Westlake. |
| day was by Raymond Higgs of Athens Christian | | | | 1600 - 4:44.97 - Amanda Winslow of Collins Hill. |
| who personally scored 30 of Athens Christian's 59 | | | | 3200 - 10:42.70 - Amanda Winslow of Collins Hill. |
| points by winning the high jump with an | | | | 100 Hurdles - 14.12 - Jasmine Edgerson of |
| outstanding leap of 7-02.25 (the best of the day | | | | Campbell. |
| among all divisions), winning the long jump (24-04) | | | | 300 Hurdles - 43.33 - Shani Chandler of Westlake. |
| and the triple jump (48-01). | | | | 4 x 100 Relay - 46.77 - Westlake (Zahra Thomas, |
| Among the winning boys teams, it was both | | | | Kinsley Lawson, Aminah Blount and Davita |
| Westminster's and Warren County's 3rd state | | | | Washington). |
| title. For the new kids on the block-Parkview, Miller | | | | 4 x 400 Relay - 3:36.11 - Westlake (Zahra |
| Grove and Monroe-it was their first title ever. | | | | Thomas, Aminah Blount, Aubrielle Wright and Shani |
| Legendary boys programs like Carrollton, with 24 | | | | Chandler). |
| state titles, and those with more recent success, | | | | High Jump - 5-06 - Keira Peak of Lowndes. |
| like Landmark Christian with 7 straight titles, have | | | | Long Jump - 18-08 - Tamala Daley of Redan. |
| had terrific success, but not this year. | | | | Triple Jump - 38-03 - Tamala Daley of Redan. |
| The race for the title in the girls 2A Division was | | | | Pole Vault - 11-07 - Lauren Hutchinson of North |
| the closest of the day as Greater Atlanta | | | | Cobb. |
| Christian's 49 points was enough to outlast the | | | | Shot Put - 47-03 - Lauren Chambers of Kell. |
| Jordan and Decatur teams which both scored 46 | | | | Discus - 130-07 - Emily Brewer of Brookwood. |
| to tie for runner-up. Greater Atlanta Christian rode | | | | 2009 Georgia State Champions - Girls 4A Division |
| to their championship on Lauren Kester's 3200 win | | | | Team Winner - Southwest DeKalb with 61 - |
| and field victories by Jessica Tuggle in the triple | | | | Runner-Up - Starr's Mill with 54. |
| jump and Claire Goodson in the pole vault. | | | | 100 - 11.63 - Kia Jackson of Southwest DeKalb. |
| Wesleyan amassed 83 points to run away with | | | | 200 - 24.86 - Kia Jackson of Southwest DeKalb. |
| the girls 1A title as Darlington was runner-up with | | | | 400 - 57.17 - Morgan Williams of Northwest |
| 51. The Wesleyan girls did not come to the meet | | | | Whitfield. |
| to compete, they came to win with 1st place | | | | 800 - 2:18.09 - Morgan Williams of Northwest |
| finishes by Erika Ramsey in the 1600, 4 x 200 | | | | Whitfield. |
| relay (Emily Howell, Grace Leah Baughn, Caroline | | | | 1600 - 5:07.54 - Meghan Wetterhall of Lakeside |
| Miller and Chantel Kennedy), Anne Marie | | | | DeKalb. |
| Armstrong in the high jump and Holli Wilkins in the | | | | 3200 - 11:07.16 - Meghan Wetterhall of Lakeside |
| shot put. | | | | DeKalb. |
| Wesleyan also had runner-ups in the 400 (Chantel | | | | 100 Hurdles - 14.40 - Morgan Snow of Southwest |
| Kennedy), and 4 x 100 relay (Elise Abernathy, | | | | DeKalb. |
| Emily Howell, Erin Hall and Chantel Kennedy). | | | | 300 Hurdles - 43.53 - Sonni Austin of Miller Grove. |
| Almost lost in the shuffle was an outstanding | | | | High Jump - 5-04 - Baiesha Johnson of Glynn |
| 400-meter winning time of 55.76 by Megan | | | | Academy. |
| Malasarte while competing in the smallest school | | | | Long Jump - 18-04 - Baiesha Johnson of Glynn |
| 1-A Division. | | | | Academy. |
| Among the winning girls teams, Southwest DeKalb | | | | Triple Jump - 38-06 -Cynia Clark of Lithonia. |
| won its 3rd straight title, Greater Atlanta Christian | | | | Pole Vault - 10-0 - Jordan Cole of Alexander. |
| and Monroe won their 2nd, and Monroe and | | | | Shot Put - 42-11 - Patrice Gates of Villa Rica. |
| Wesleyan won their 1st. 1A powerhouse | | | | Discus - 133-09 - Katie Bragg of Starr's Mill. |
| Landmark Christian, which had won 5 straight | | | | 2009 Georgia State Champions - Girls 3A Division |
| titles, 6 of the last 9 and tied in 2000 for 7 titles | | | | Team Winner - Monroe with 51 - Runner-Up - |
| in the last 10 years, finished a distant 9th this | | | | Towers with 46. |
| year. | | | | 100 - 11.78 - Takeia Pickney of Columbia. |
| 2009 Georgia State Champions - Boys 5A Division | | | | 200 - 25.19 - Jawanda King of Therrell. |
| Team Winner - Parkview with 80 Points - | | | | 400 - 56.49 - Torrenzia M. Lyles of Shaw. |
| Runner-Up - Mill Creek with 39. | | | | 800 - 2:17/55 - Asia Palmer of Eastside. |
| 100-Meter Dash - 10.7 - Eric Harris of Kell High | | | | 1600 - 5:08.81 - Bret McDaniel of Riverwood. |
| School. | | | | 3200 - 11:04.96 - Bret McDaniel of Riverwood. |
| 200 - 21.18 - Eric Harris of Kell High School. | | | | 100 Hurdles - 14.45 - LaKeisha Jackson of Monroe. |
| 400 - 47.43 - Ethan Kasson of Parkview. | | | | 300 Hurdles - 44.74 - Pearline Walker of Baldwin. |
| 800 - 1:54.94 -Blair Obryant of Chapel Hill. | | | | 4 x 100 Relay - 47.90 - Monroe (Alanesha |
| 1660 - 4:17.36 - Kirubel Erassa of Grayson. | | | | McFarland, Kenza Bailey, LaKeisha Jackson and |
| 3200 - 9:21.99 - Tyler Anyan of Brookwood. | | | | Mimieux Land). |
| 110 Hurdles - 13.93 - Aleec Harris of Duluth. | | | | 4 x 400 Relay - Eastside (Kimberly Thomas, Asia |
| 300 Hurdles - 37.95 - Justin Sims of Redan. | | | | Palmer, Shyanne Uguwibe and Whitney Martin). |
| 4 x 100 Relay - 41.46 - Stephenson (Raymond | | | | High Jump - 5-07 - Mimieux Land of Monroe. |
| Sanders, Jonathan Blackley, Kerry Hartley and | | | | Long Jump - 19-07.5 - Brittany Porter of Towers. |
| Richard Drake) | | | | Triple Jump - 38-11 - Brittany Porter of Towers. |
| 4 x 400 Relay - 3:16.98 - Parkview (Ethan | | | | Pole Vault - 11-03 - Sloan Bunting of West |
| Kasson, Taron Squires, Davin Nash and Sean | | | | Forsyth. |
| Stephenson). | | | | Shot Put - 41-10 - J'Quyra Moncur-Blue of |
| High Jump - 7-02 - David Smith of Lovejoy. | | | | Eastside. |
| Long Jump - 24-06.5 -Demar Forbes of M. L. King. | | | | Discus - 126-05 - J'Quyra Moncur-Blue of Eastside. |
| Triple Jump - 47.01.25 - Julian Vann of Parkview. | | | | |
