WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - The seventh class of the North Carolina High School Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame will honor athletes, coaches and officials who have significantly impacted the sports on the high school level and beyond.
Elected to the seventh class: Floyd "Chunk" Simmons (Central High, Charlotte), a 2-time Olympic decathlon bronze medalist (1948 and 1952) and one of only two North Carolinians to ever win two Olympic track and field medals; Ryan Hill (Hickory), 2016 World Championships silver medalist, 8-time U.S. Championship medalist, 10-time NCAA All-American at N.C. State, and 7-time NCHSAA state champion; Brant Armentrout (Mt. Tabor, Winston-Salem), 2-time ACC Champion and 6-time All-ACC, 1991 U.S. Junior team at Wake Forest, national high school indoor mile champion (1989), Foot Locker All-American (1989) and 5-time NCHSAA state champion; Isaiah Moore (Cummings), 2013 World Under-18 Championships bronze medalist and U.S. Championships gold medalist, 2014 & 2015 U.S. Junior Championships bronze medalist, 2014 New Balance Indoor and Outdoor national champion, 2014 Track & Field News All-American, 6-time NCHSAA state meet MVP, 13-time state champion, and 3-time NCAA All-American at South Carolina; Karjuan Williams (New Bern), 2006 Track & Field News Indoor Track Boys' National High School Athlete of the Year; 2-time Track & Field News All-American; 4-time national high school champion, 2006 NCHSAA all-class state meet MVP; 5-time state champion; New Bern relays (Anthony Hendrix, Andrew Hendrix, Fuquawn Greene, Miles Sparks, Daishawn Styron), combined earned 4 Track & Field News All-American relay honors, set 3 all-time U.S. high school relay records, 7 all-time North Carolina records, 7 national meet records, 12 national titles, 2 national runner-ups, 5 all-class state meet records, 13 state titles (including 9 relay titles), 13 performances ranked No. 1 in the country and 33 more ranked in the top-10 nationally; Demetria Washington (Sanford, Fayetteville), 2003 World Championships gold medalist, 2003 U.S. Championships silver medalist, 6-time NCAA champion and 21-time NCAA All-American, 2-time Track & Field News All-American (1997, 1998), 1998 N.C. Gatorade Track & Field Girls' Athlete of the Year, 1998 U.S. Junior bronze medalist and World Junior bronze medalist, 7-time NCHSAA state champion, 1998 NCHSAA all-class indoor state meet MVP, Sarah (Vance) Goodman (TC Roberson, Asheville), a 3-time high school All-American, 1996 Foot Locker South winner; 2-time NCHSAA 3A state meet MVP (1997, 1998), 13-time NCHSAA state champion, 2-time NCAA All-American who helped Villanova win the 1998 NCAA Cross Country title; Morgan Smalls (Panther Creek, Cary), 3-time Track & Field News All-American, 2019 U.S. Pan Am team, 4-time NCHSAA 4A state meet MVP, 13-time state champion, 2018 U.S. Junior bronze medalist, 2-time high school high jump champion, and 13-time NCAA All-American.
Also inducted were coaches, Alton Tyre (Bunn/Hoggard/Southern Nash/SE Guilford), who coached for five decades (1978-2018) and was inducted into the Southern Nash Hall of Fame in 2024, was the 2017 NSAF National Track & Field Coach of the Year, won 22 conference coach of the year honors, 24 conference championships, nine Guilford County titles, five regional championships and three state titles at Southern Nash (1998, 1999) and Southeast Guilford (2012); Randy McDonough (Watauga), a longtime coach and certified official, who has led Watauga's cross country and track and field programs for 34 years, winning a staggering 101 conference championships (cross country and track, boys and girls), 28 West Regional titles, 8 state championships and 8 state runner-ups, as well as serving 33 years as a meet director for invitationals, regional and conference championships, and serving 34 years as a USATF/TAC official for NCAA, NAIA and USATF championships, college conference championships and NCHSAA state championships; Pam Bolton (Hendersonville), another longtime decorated official and coach, who served as the first female president of the North Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association and spent 24 years as an official with various governing bodies (USATF, NFHS, NCHSAA), and 27 years coaching track and cross country at Hendersonville, earning 16 coach of the year honors, coaching 2 NCHSAA girls' Athletes of the Year (all sports considered), as well as winning 14 outdoor track conference championships, nine West Regional titles (and five runner-ups), and helping six teams and 61 individuals win state titles.
A statewide board of 22 track and field and cross country current and former coaches, officials and media representatives, who cover the sport extensively, nominated and elected the class.
The induction ceremony will be Jan. 31, 2026, in Winston-Salem during the Mondo Elite High School Invitational at the JDL Fast Track. Each elected class has been honored at the meet, which is the premier indoor meet in North Carolina each season.
"High school track and field has existed in North Carolina for more than 100 years, with the first outdoor state championship in 1913, the first indoor track meet in 1922, and the first high school cross country meet in 1926, and North Carolina has a strong history of national success, dating to the 1930s when High Point High competed at cross country nationals in New Jersey. It is our goal to honor those who helped make this sport so great in our state, and these first seven classes are representative of the talent that has come through North Carolina, but we are only scratching the surface on who we have elected in the first seven classes. We have incredible candidates waiting in the wings because of the depth of accomplishments by so many before the Hall of Fame was even founded." Brett Honeycutt, N.C. High School Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame Founder.
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NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD
AND CROSS COUNTRY HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2026
FLOYD "CHUNK" SIMMONS, CHARLOTTE CENTRAL
*2-time Olympic bronze medalist (1948 London and 1952 Helsinki) in the decathlon
*Only North Carolina male to earn 2 Olympic medals
*Only 6 North Carolinians have ever won an Olympic track medal (and Simmons is the only male to win 2!)
*Only 1 other North Carolinian has ever earned 2 Olympic track medals (Melissa Morrison, who is in the Hall of Fame, is the only North Carolina female to win 2 Olympic track medals)
*2-time state champion in the 120-yard hurdles (1941, 1942), running a then-state meet record of 14.9, which stood for 20 years.
*1942 Duke Invitational champion in the 880-yard relay
--during it's 9-year tenure, the Duke Invitational was the most prestigious high school meet in North Carolina, and one of the most prestigious in the South, annually drawing teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida.
*1946 NCAA All-American (North Carolina) in the 220-yard hurdles.
*Inducted North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, 1973
*Inducted Greater Charlotte Sports Hall of Fame, 2004
*Inducted Staunton Military Academy Hall of Fame
*World War II veteran and Purple Heart and Battle Stars recipient, serving in the 10th Mountain Division.
RYAN HILL, HICKORY
*Second North Carolina boy to win Foot Locker South (only 3 have ever done it)
*Foot Locker All-American
*7-time NCHSAA state champion
--3-time 3A champion in cross country (2005, 2006, 2007)
--4-time 3A outdoor track champion (3200 in 2006, 2007, 2008; 1600 in 2007)
*Inducted into the Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame, 2024
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
**6-time U.S. World Championships team member
**1-time World Championships medalist (indoor)
**8-time medalist U.S. Championships (indoor track, outdoor track, road)
*Ran professionally for Nike and Bowerman Track Club (2013-2020)
*Ran professionally for Hoka and NAZ Elite (2020)
--IN COLLEGE (AT NC STATE):
10-time All-American in track & cross country
*2009 U.S. World Cross Country team (Junior team - now U-20)
--POST-COLLEGIATE:
*3 top-10 finishes at World Championships
--Indoor: 2nd in 3,000 meters, 2016
--Outdoor: 10th in 5,000 meters, 2013; 7th in 5,000 meters, 2015)
*made 2015 Diamond League final, 5,000 meters
--Outdoor (US & World Championships)
*U.S. Outdoor Gold Medalist, 5,000 meters
*4-time U.S. Outdoor Championships medalists (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
*4-time U.S. World Outdoor Championships team member (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)
--2013 bronze at US Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 5,000 meters
--2015 gold at U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 5,000 meters
--2017 bronze at U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 5,000 meters
--2017 World Outdoor Championships (made final of 5,000 meters, but had to withdraw because of norovirus, which affected several on the U.S. team)
--2018 Silver at U.S. Outdoor Championships, 5,000 meters
--Indoor
* World Championships medalist (Silver, 3,000 meters)
*3-time medalist U.S. Indoor Championships (2 gold, 1 bronze)
*U.S. World Outdoor Championships team member (2016)
*2014 bronze at U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 3,000 meters
*2015 gold at U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 2-mile
*2016 gold U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 3,000 meters
*2016 Silver at World Indoor Championships, 3,000 meters
*2016 Millrose Games champion, 3,000 meters (7:38.82)
*Ranked top-10 in U.S. 7 straight years in 5,000 meters by Track & Field News:
2012 (8th), 2013 (4th), 2014 (9th), 2015 (3rd), 2016 (5th), 2017 (4th) & 2018 (4th)
OTHER
*2016 U.S. Champion, gold at USATF 5K Championships (road)
*2016 made Diamond League meeting final, Paris, 3,000 meters (4th, 7:30.93, at the time No. 4 all-time in U.S. history)
*Ran U.S. all-time No. 3 3,000-meter indoor time (7:34.87) in 2014 (now No. 7)
*Ran U.S. all-time No. 4 3,000 meters outdoor time (7:30.93) in 2017...Now No. 6
*Ran U.S. all-time No. 4 2-mile time indoor time (8:11.56) in 2017...(now No. 6)
*Ran U.S. all-time No. 7 overall 2-mile time (8:11.56) 2017 (No. 10)
BRANT ARMENTROUT, MT. TABOR
*2-time Foot Locker nationals qualifier (1988 and 1989) -- only 9 North Carolina boys have ever accomplished this feat in the meet's 46-year history
(*cross country nationals are the most difficult to qualify out of all national meets)
*Foot Locker Cross Country All-American, 1989
*National high school mile indoor champion, 1989
*NCHSAA Cross Country Player of the Year, 19905-time State Champion
*1989 NCHSAA 4A Cross Country Champion
*1989 1600 champ (4:13.46)
*1990 NCHSAA All-Class indoor 2-mile champion
*1990 two-mile relay
*1989 outdoor 3,200-meter relay (setting a state meet record of 7:51.70 that stood for 9 years).
*Helped Mount Tabor to 2 NCHSAA 4A Cross Country titles (1988, 1989)
*Graduated ranked No. 1 all-time in the indoor 1600 meters (4:12.43, which is still No. 7 all-time).
COLLEGE (at Wake Forest)
*1991 U.S. Junior Cross Country team
*Ran for the U.S. at 1991 World Junior Cross Country Championships in Belgium
*5-time NCAA nationals qualifier
--3-time NCAA Cross Country qualifier
-- 5,000 meters outdoors (1994); 3,000 meters indoors (1993)
*2-time ACC champion, mile indoors, DMR indoors (1995)
*6-time All-ACC
--2-time All-ACC, cross country
--2-time All-ACC, indoor & outdoor track
ANTHONY HENDRIX, ANDREW HENDRIX AND FUQUAUWN GREENE, MILES SPARKS, DAISHAWN STYRON, NEW BERN
*From 2006- 2009, New Bern High School fielded the most dynamic relays in national and North Carolina history. Because of this, and because most of these records still stand, the five main legs of the relays were chosen as a group.
**6 Track & Field News All-American honors for relays (the gold standard for All-American honors)
--2009: 4x200-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay and Sprint Medley; 2008: Sprint Medley; 2007: Sprint Medley; 2006: Sprint Medley.
*Set 3 All-Time U.S. High School Records (800/1600 sprint medley outdoors and 4x400 relay indoors, and added a U.S. High School All-Time No. 2 relay, 4x400 relay outdoors)
*7 All-Time North Carolina Records
(the 3 mentioned above, plus the 4x200 outdoors, and indoors in the 4x200, 4x400 and 800 sprint medley).
--4x200 relay (1:24.80 outdoor)
--4x400 relay (3:08.05)... (no. 2 in national high school history)
--800-meter sprint medley (1:28.20)...No. 1 in national high school history (and N.C. history)
--1600-meter sprint medley (3:19.58)... No. 1 in national high school history (and N.C. history)
*Combined to win
**ALSO: 3 individuals rank in the all-time top-25 individual performers in North Carolina history in the 200, 400 or 800 meters
--Anthony Hendrix (47.03 in the 400; 1:51.55 in the 800; 52.40 in the 400-meter hurdles)
--Andrew Hendrix (47.24 in the 400)
--Fuquawn Greene (21.08, 200)
*2 STATE MEET MVPs
Fuquawn Greene, 2009 4A indoor MVP
Anthony Hendrix, 2009 4A outdoor MVP
*5 ALL-CLASS STATE MEET RECORDS
Greene, 2009 4A 300-meter state meet record, 34.49
Andrew Hendrix, 2009 4A 500-meter state meet record, 1:03.65
2006 4x400-meter relay State Indoor record
2006 4x800-meter relay State Indoor record
2009 4x400-meter relay, state indoor record
*13 NCHSAA 4A STATE TITLES (relays and individual, combined)
--4 State Individual Titles
Greene, 2009 4A 300-meter state indoor title
Andrew Hendrix, 2009 4A 500-meter state indoor title
Anthony Hendrix, 2008 4A 500-meter state indoor title
Anthony Hendrix, 2009 800-meter state outdoor title
--9 State Relay Titles
--2006 NCHSAA 4A
4x800-meter relay Indoor Champ
--2007 NCHSAA 4A
4x800-meter relay Outdoor Champ
--2008 NCHSAA 4A
4x800-meter relay Indoor Champ
4x400-meter relay Outdoor Champ
4x800-meter relay Outdoor Champ
--2009 NCHSAA 4A
4x400-meter relay Indoor Champ
4x800-meter relay Indoor Champ
4x400-meter relay Outdoor Champ
4x800-meter relay Outdoor Champ
ISAIAH MOORE, CUMMINGS
*Brooks PR Champion, 110-meter hurdles, 2014
*New Balance Indoor Nationals champion, 60-meter hurdles, 2014
*New Balance Outdoor Nationals champion, 110-meter hurdles, 2014
*New Balance Outdoor Nationals runner-up, long jump, 2014
*World U-18 Championships, bronze medalist, long jump, 2013
*U.S. Junior Championships, bronze medalist, 110-meter high hurdles, 2014
*U.S. Youth (U-18) Championships, gold medalist, 110-meter high hurdles, 2013
*Flo 100 U.S. No. 1 ranking, 110-meter hurdles, 2014
*2014 Track & Field News All-American (110-meter high hurdles)
*Inducted, Cummings' Cavaliers Hall of Fame, 2014
*6-TIME NCHSAA STATE MEET MVP
--Indoor 2A MVP (3): 2012, 2013, 2014)
--Outdoor MVP (3): 2012 & 2013 (1A/2A/3A), 2014 (1A/2A)
*13-TIME STATE CHAMPION
--INDOOR (6)
55-meter hurdles (2012 & 2013, 1A/2A/3A; 2014, 1A/2A)
Long Jump (2012, 1A/2A/3A; 2014, 1A/2A)
High Jump (2013, 1A/2A/3A)
--OUTDOOR (7)
110-meter hurdles (2011, 3A; 2012, 2013, 2014, 2A)
300-meter hurdles (2014, 2A)
Long Jump (2013, 2014, 2A)
*COLLEGE (at South Carolina)
*Penn Relays Champion, 110-meter hurdles, 2019
*3-time NCAA All-American
--NCAA Indoor Championships, 60-meter hurdles, 2019
--NCAA Outdoor Championships, 110-meter hurdles, 2019, 2017
*4-time All-SEC
--110-meter hurdles, bronze medalist, 2019, 2017
--60-meter hurdles, bronze medalist, 2019
--All-Freshman team, 2015
*3-time SEC All-Academic, 2019, 2018, 2017
*4-TIME WORLD & U.S. MEDALIST
--World U-18 Championships, bronze medalist, long jump, 2013
--USATF Junior Championships, bronze medalist, 110-meter high hurdles, 2015
--USATF Junior Championships, bronze medalist, 110-meter high hurdles, 2014
--USATF Youth Championships, gold medalist, 110-meter high hurdles, 2013
--3-time U.S. Junior Championships qualifier, 2013, 2014, 2015
--2-time U.S. Indoor Championships finalist (2019, 8th; 2020, 8th - both in the 60-meter hurdles)
KARJUAN WILLIAMS, NEW BERN
*2006 Track & Field News Indoor Track & Field Boys' National High School Athlete of the Year (2006)
*2-time Track & Field News All-American (800 meters & Sprint Medley, 2006)
*4-time National High School Champion in 2006
--800 meters, indoors, 2006
--800 meters, outdoors, 2006
--1,600-meter sprint medley relay, indoors (anchored the 800-meter leg), 2006
--1,600-meter sprint medley relay, outdoors (anchored the 800-meter leg), 2006
(Helped set an outdoor nationals high school record, meet record and N.C. record in the sprint medley relay)
*2006 NCHSAA Indoor All-Class State Meet MVP
* 5-time NCHSAA State Champion
--4-time Indoor State Champion (setting 3 state meet records)
--300 meters, 2006
--500 meters, 2006 (all-class record, 1:04.92)
--4x400-meter relay, 2006 (all-class record)
--4x800-meter relay, 2006 (all-class record)
-- Outdoor State Champion
2006, 400 meters
**Graduated as No. 1 all-time in N.C. history in 5 events:
Indoor 400 meters, 47.99 (still No. 5 all-time)
Indoor 500 meters, 1:02.80 (still No. 4 all-time and took 11 years to break his record)
Indoor 600 meters, 1:21.51 (still No. 4 all-time)
Indoor 800 meters, 1:50.68 (still No. 2 all-time and took 12 years to break his record)
Outdoor 800 meters, 1:49.97 (still No. 7 all-time)
SARAH VANCE GOODMAN, TC ROBERSON
*In 2011, she was inducted into TC Roberson's Athletic Hall of Fame, called Ring of Gold, which honors "the best of the best" and the "Legends of Roberson Athletics"
*Foot Locker South winner in 1996
(only 5 North Carolina girls have ever won Foot Locker South)...3 of the other 4 winners are in the Hall of Fame
*3-time All-American
--1 cross country (FootLocker)
--2 track (National Scholastic Track & Field Championships)
*2-time NCHSAA 3A State Track Meet MVP (1997, 1998)
*13-time NCHSAA State Champion
--9-time NCHSAA 3A State Outdoor Track Champion
4 in the 3200, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
2 in the 1600, 1997, 1998
3 in the 4x800 relay, 1996, 1997, 1998
--2-time NCHSAA All-Class State Indoor Champion
1600 and 3200 in 1998, setting records in both; the 3200-meter record would stand for 16 years)
--2-time NCHSAA 3A State Cross Country Champion
*Helped teams to 3 State Team Championships
--2 outdoor track
--1 cross country
*Graduated ranked No. 1 indoors in the 3,200 meters (10:27.20, still No. 4 all-time), and No. 3 outdoors (10:25.28, still No. 8 all-time)
COLLEGE (Villanova)
*Won NCAA Team National Championship, Cross Country, 1998*2-time All-American
--NCAA Division I Cross Country, 1998 (top freshman, 12th place)
--NCAA Division I Track & Field, 2000 (5,000 meters)
MORGAN SMALLS, PANTHER CREEK
*4-time NCHSAA 4A State Meet MVP (2018 & 2019 Outdoor; 2019 & 2020 Indoor)
*13-time NCHSAA 4A STATE CHAMPION
*3-time Track & Field News All-American
--high jump (2018, 2019), triple jump (2019)
*U.S. Pan Am team (2019)...(impressive note: she made the senior Pan Am team, not the junior team, as a high schooler)
*U.S. Junior Bronze medalist (high jump, 2018)
*2-time New Balance Nationals high jump champion (indoor high jump, 2019, 6-3.25, U.S. No. 2 all-time; U.S. Junior class record; outdoor high jump, 2019, 6-2.25 meet record)
*2-time Gatorade North Carolina Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2019, 2020)
STATE MEET
*4-time NCHSAA 4A State Meet MVP (2018 & 2019 Outdoor; 2019 & 2020 Indoor)
*13-time NCHSAA 4A STATE CHAMPION
*Set 4 all-class state meet records in 3 events (outdoor & indoor high jump; indoor triple jump; outdoor long jump)
OUTDOOR
--Long Jump (2018)
--Triple Jump (2018, 2019)
--High Jump (2017, 2018, 2019, setting all-class state meet record of 6-0.25 in 2018)
INDOOR
--Long Jump (2018, 2019, setting all-class state meet record of 19-11.25 in 2019)
--Triple Jump (2019, 2020, setting all-class state meet record of 41-9.75 in 2019)
--High Jump (2018, 2019, 2020, setting all-class state meet record 6-1 in 2019)
*Ranked N.C. No. 1 all-time 2 events (indoor triple jump, 42-10; indoor high jump, 6-3.25) & No. 2 all-time in the indoor long jump (20-2.5)
*Ranked top-50 all-time in North Carolina history in 7 events: the ones above, as well as the indoor 200, outdoor 400, 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay
*Also, USATF (triple jump & high jump, 2018) and AAU National champion (triple jump, 2019)
**IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SMALLS: one of the most dominant female field event athletes in N.C. history, did not have a senior outdoor season because of Covid (she very likely would have won 3 more state titles - LJ, TJ, HJ outdoor - making her a 16-time state champion, which would have added to an already impressive state title haul of 13 state titles)
IN COLLEGE (AT Southern Cal, LSU, Illinois)
13-time NCAA All-American
DEMETRIA WASHINGTON, FAYETTEVILLE SANFORD
*2-time Track & Field News All-American in the 400 meters (1997 and 1998)
*North Carolina Gatorade Track & Field Girls' Athlete of the Year (1998)
*U.S. Junior Championships (19-under) bronze medalist (1998), 400 meters (as a senior in high school)
*World Junior Bronze Medalist (1998) in 4x400-meter relay in Annecy, France as a senior
*7-time state track champion
---3-time state indoor champion (1998: 55 meters, 300 meters and 500 meters, setting all-class state meet records in the 300 and 500)
---4-time state outdoor champion (100 in 1998; 200 in 1998 and the 400 in 1996 and 1997, setting an all-class state meet record in the 400 in 1996)
*1998 NCHSAA all-class Indoor State Meet MVP
*Graduated ranked No. 1 all-time in 3 events: outdoor 400 meters (52.74, still No. 2 all-time), No. 1 in the indoor 400 meters (55.28, still No. 7 all-time); No. 1 in the indoor 500 (1:17.42) and was also No. 4 in the outdoor 200.
*Inducted into the Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame, 2016
--IN COLLEGE (at South Carolina)
*2002 NCAA national Indoor Athlete of the Year
*21-time All-American, the most in school history
*6-time NCAA champion
*Inducted into the Univ. of South Carolina Association of Lettermen's Athletics Hall of Fame, 2023
--POST-COLLEGIATE:
* 2003 World Championships Gold medal, 4x400-meter relay
*2003 U.S. Championships Silver medal, 400 meters
PAM BOLTON, HENDERSONVILLE (COACH & OFFICIAL)
(STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COACH & DECORATED OFFICIAL)
(Longtime coach and official)
*OFFICES HELD
--North Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association President 2016-2017 (first female president) NCTCCCA Secretary 2017-2024
*OFFICIAL
--United States Track and Field Certified Official - National Level 2021-2024
--USATF Certified Official - Association Level 2013-2020
--NFHS Certified Official - 2003-present
--NCHSAA State Championships' Officiating
● Cross Country - meet referee, back-up starter, line clerk, starting line coordinator
● Indoor Track & Field - running referee, field referee, head umpire, umpire
● Outdoor Track & Field - running referee, field referee; head umpire; umpire
*COACH
27 years coaching at Hendersonville
--Girls' Outdoor Track Head Coach 1991-2017
--Girls' & Boys' Indoor Track Head Coach 1998-2017
--Girls' & Boys' Cross Country Head Coach 1993-1995
*COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS
--2-time Asheville Citizen Times Western North Carolina Girls' Track Coach of the Year (2002, 2011)
--14-time conference Girls' Track Coach of the Year
--coached 14 of 18 Hendersonville High school records set in Outdoor Track and Field
******Helped 5 other state team titles (back-to-back in 2008 and 2009)
******20 individual state titles boys
*TEAMS COACHED
OUTDOOR TRACK
--NCHSAA Girls' State Champions (2011)
--2-time NCHSAA 1A State Runners-Up (2001 and 2012)
--9 NCHSAA West Regional Team Championships
--5 NCHSAA West Regional Team Runners-Up
--14 Team Conference Championships
1 - Appalachian Conference
2 - Smokey Mountain Conference-East
4 - Southern Foothills Conference
7 - Western Highlands Conference
--Notable Team Victories (WHKP Relays, 2 times; Western Carolina University High School Invitational; Lady Eagle Invitational/Times News Invitational, 2 times; Burger King Invitational; Montreat College High School Invitational; Ram Relays)
INDOOR TRACK
--Notable Team and Individual Accomplishments
2001-2002 NCHSAA Championship Student Services Award - Women's Indoor Track
2002 1A girls' finished 3rd in the NCHSAA All-Class Indoor State Championships
2009 1A boys' finished 4th in the NCHSAA 1A/2A/3A Indoor State Championships
Boys Liberty High School Invitational Champions
Boys 4x400 Champions at Clemson University
*INDIVIDUALS COACHED
--Foot Locker Girls' Cross Country National Qualifier & top South finisher at National meet (Ariel Glassman)
--NCHSAA Heart of a Champion recipient (Erika Schneble)
--2 NCHSAA Girls' Athletes of the Year (Molly Pyles and Hailey Cook)
--2 named Asheville Citizen Times Western North Carolina Track & Field Athlete of the Year
OUTDOOR TRACK
--33 Event State Champions - 6 State Meet Records
13 field events (5 in shot, 5 in discus, 2 in high jump, 1 in pole vault)
18 track events (3 in 400 meters, 2 in 800 meters, 6 in 1600 meters, 6 in 3200 meters, 1 in 100-meter hurdles, 2 relays, 4x800 relay)
--76 Event Regional Champions including 8 in 2001
--49 Event Regional Runners-Up
--145 Event Conference Champions including 12 of 18 events in 2017
--36 named Hendersonville Times News All-Area
--6 named Hendersonville Times News Track or Field Athlete of the Year
--11 named Asheville Citizen Times All Western North Carolina
--In 2008, 800-meter NCHSAA State Championship won by .062
INDOOR TRACK
--8 Event State Champions - 4 State Meet Records (2 in All Class meets, 2 in 1A/2A/3A meets)
5 field events (2 in girls' 1A/2A/3A shot; 2 in girls' All-Class pole vault; 1 in girls' 1A/2A pole vault)
2 track events (1 in boys' 1A/2A/3A 300m; 1 in girls' All Class 1600m)
1 relay (boys' 1A/2A/3A 4x400)
--Hendersonville High School Indoor Track and Field School Records
(coached 14 of 15 girls' event records)
(coached 14 of 15 boys' events records)
RANDY MCDONOUGH, WATAUGA
**Head coach at Watauga since 1993
----TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS*8 NCHSAA State Titles (cross country and track, boys & girls combined)
--1995, 2025 (girls cross country)
--1994, 1996, 1999 (boys cross country)
--1995, 1996, 1997 (girls track and field)
*8 NCHSAA Runner-up finishes (cross country and track, boys & girls combined)
--1997, 1998, 1999, 2010 (girls cross country)
--1995, 1997, 1998 (boys cross country)
--2 boys track runner-ups
*31 Top-5 finishes at State Championships
22 in cross country (14 girls, 8 boys)
9 in track and field (6 girls, 3 boys)
*28 West Regional Championships
24 in cross country (13 girls, 11 boys)
4 in track and field (4 girls)
*101 Conference Championships
60 in cross country (29 girls, 31 boys)
41 in track and field (23 girls, 18 boys)
----INDIVIDUALS COACHED
**Coached 4 Foot Locker Cross Country National Finalists
(3 boys, 1 girl)
**Coached 28 state champions
5 cross country (3 boys, 2 girls)
24 track and field (9 boys, 15 girls)
----COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS
*2-time Southeastern Regional (Virginia to Louisiana) Coach of the Year, 1999 (boys, track), 2014 (girls, track)
*86 Conference Coach of the Year Awards
--Cross Country (25 girls, 26 boys)
--Track and Field (17 girls, 18 boys)
----OFFICES HELD
North Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association
2nd Vice President, 2002-2003
1st vice President, 2003-2004
President, 2004-2005
----MEET DIRECTOR (since 1994)
Pioneer Clash of the Classes
2007-2020, 2021-2025
Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals High Country CC Classic
2010-2020, 2021-2023, 2025
Northwestern Conference Cross Country
2015, 2018, 2022, 2025
Northwestern Conference Track & Field
1994-2007, 2009, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025
Western Regional
1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2023
High Country Track & Field Classic
2012, 2013
----USATF/TAC OFFICIAL (since 1992)
Master classification in Horizontal Jumps and Throws since 2010
NCAA Championships at University of Tennessee
USATF Championships at University of Tennessee
Worked 20 Southern Conference Outdoor Championships
Worked 21 Southern Conference Indoor Championships
Head Horizontal Jumps Official NAIA National Indoor Championships 2001-2003
Head Throws Official NAIA National Indoor Championships 2004-2010
Worked 13 NCHSAA Indoor State Championships
Worked 20 NCHSAA Outdoor State Championships
ALTON TYRE, BUNN, HOGGARD, SOUTHERN NASH, SE GUILFORD
*Coached from 1978-2018 at 4 high schools (Bunn, Hoggard, Southern Nash and Southeast Guilford)
*Inducted into the Southern Nash Athletics Hall of Fame, 2024
*2017 NSAF National Coach of the Year (Mike Byrnes Coach of the Year presented by the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation at New Balance Nationals)
*3 NCHSAA State Titles
--1998, 1999 Southern Nash boys (3A)
--2012, Southeast Guilford boys (4A)
*Coached 7 individual and 3 relays to NCHSAA State Titles
*Coached 40 individuals and 23 relays to all-state honors
(spanning 3 decades and 3 sports - cross country, indoor track, outdoor track)
--Coached 1 individual to all-state honors in cross country
--Coached 8 individuals and 2 relays to all-state honors in indoor track
--Coached 31 individuals and 21 relays to all-state honors in outdoor track
*Coached 38 student-athletes to either sign scholarships or walk on to college teams)
*22 Conference Coach of the Year honors
(spanning 3 conferences, 3 decades, and 2 sports - cross country and track)
--5 Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year honors (1 girls team, 4 boys teams)
--17 Conference Track & Field Coach of the Year honors (11 boys, 6 girls)
*Won 9 Guilford County Championships
--2010, boys & girls (outdoor)
--2011, boys & girls (outdoor)
--2012, boys & girls (outdoor)
--2013, boys & girls (indoor)
--2018, boys (outdoor)
*Won 5 NCHSAA 3A Regional Championships
--1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, NCHSAA 3A Eastern Regional Championships
*Won 24 Conference Meet Championships (cross country and track & field)
--1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Big Eight Conference (boys track)
--1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 Big Eight Conference (boys, cross country)
--2009 Metro Conference (girls track)
--2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Metro Conference (boys track)
--2018 Mid Piedmont Conference (boys track)
*Non-Conference/Regional/State accomplishments
--Won 5 Wilson Daily Times Track Classic titles (1996-2001, boys); Won 2 Ragsdale Relays titles (2009, boys and girls); Liberty Christmas Indoor Track & Field Inv. (2011, boys); Hunt Cross Country Inv. (2001, boys);
**Elected to Southern Nash Athletics Hall of Fame in first class (along with NFL star Julius Peppers, and 6 others)
*MEET DIRECTOR
--4 NCHSAA State Championships Meet Director
(2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
--8 NCHSAA Regional Meet Directors
5 NCHAA 3A East Regional (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005)
NCHSAA 3A Midwest Regional (2009)
NCHSAA 4A Mideast Regional (2016, 2017)
--Southern Nash Inv. Relays (2005-2006)
--Alton Tyre/Southeast Falcons Inv. Relays (2011-present)
*OFFICIAL
--22 years serving in various roles at NCHSAA 3A State Championships (Assistant Clerk, Head Field Events Judge, from 1998-2019)
--Served more than 20 years at the NCHSAA Indoor 1A/2A/3A & 3A & 4A Championships (Head Field Events Judge and various other officiating roles, late 1990s through 2019)
*NCTCCCA
--Member of the NCHSAA Track Advisory Committee (forerunner of the NCTCCCA)
--Co-Founder along with DePaul Mittman and George Burbella of the North Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association
--President, NCTCCCA 2009
--President Emeritus, NCTCCCA
--Region 5 Representative, NCTCCCA: 2002-2008; 2009-Present
--Taught NFHS Track and Field Rules Clinic with DePaul Mittman and Charlie Payne at the NCTCCCA Clinic and the North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) Coaches Clinic
*COMMUNITY/CLUB
Founded Southern Nash Track Club (USATF), 1993
Founded Southeast Guilford Track Club, 2012-2018