Four State Champions Named Top All-Metro Track and Field Athletes

Jasmine Robinson & Tommy Latham

ATLANTA - June 5, 2024 - Marking its 60th anniversary of celebrating high school athletes, Atlanta Track Club tonight honored its 2024 All-Metro Track and Field Team at a ceremony in which four competitors - who among them won eight state titles and set three state records this season - were named its top athletes of the year.

"There is nothing more treasured at Atlanta Track Club than its All-Metro tradition," said Rich Kenah, CEO. "The Club's commitment to youth goes back to its roots and comes from the heart in a way that makes us proud - as do the 55 athletes who are being honored tonight. You are champions all."

The Girls' Track Athlete of the Year is Jasmine Robinson, who will be a junior at North Cobb High School. Robinson is the GHSA 7A state champion in the 200 meters and the 300-meter hurdles, in which she set a state record of 39.89 - a time not only ranked #1 in the country this year, but the second-fastest in history behind only Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, now an Olympic gold medalist. The versatile Robinson was also 7A runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles and 7th in the long jump.

After twice being named Boys' XC Runner of the Year, Tommy Latham adds Boys' Track Athlete of the Year to his list of accolades after a phenomenal season that included the fastest 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and 4x1,600m relay in Georgia high school history. Latham set the 1,600m mark of 4:01.66 in winning the state title, breaking the 25-year-old state record in the process, and the 3,200m of 8:46.88 earlier in the season before winning the 6A title at that distance, as well.

Named Girls' Field Athlete of the Year is Ava Kitchings, the GHSA 5A state champion in the long jump. The rising junior at Greater Atlanta Christian School also has the longest jump in Georgia this year and sixth-longest in state history at 20-6.

Ava Kitchens & Luke Stradley

Boys' Field Athlete of the Year honors go to Luke Stradley, a rising senior at Etowah High School in Woodstock. The GHSA 6A state champion in both the high jump and long jump. In the high jump, Stradley's mark of 7-0 to win the state title is #2 for the year in Georgia; his 25-3 leap in the long jump is #1 for 2024 in Georgia (tied for #4 all-time) and #2 in the U.S. He also finished as 6A state runner-up in the triple jump.

Also tonight, in collaboration with the Atlanta Youth Running Foundation, the Atlanta Track Club Foundation awarded two $10,000 scholarships to graduating senior athletes for their contributions in the sport and in the classroom. Winning the Patty Foell Scholarship is Sydney Nettles, a hurdler from Campbell High School in Smyrna who will attend Rutgers University, and winning the Hawthorne Wesley Scholarship is Teddy Meredith, a distance runner from North Atlanta High School. He will be attending Washington and Lee University.

Held annually since 1964, the All-Metro ceremonies for track and field and cross country are Atlanta Track Club's longest-running event. This season's honorees are included below.

Photos by Paul McPherson

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Boys All-Metro Track & Field Team

100m

Maurice Gleaton

Langston Hughes High School

2025

200m

Sidi Njie

Westlake High School

2025

400m

Ervin Pearson

Buford High School

2024

800m

Joseph Minecci

Walton High School

2024

1600m

Tommy Latham

Marist School

2025

3200m

Tommy Latham

Marist School

2025

110m Hurdles

Dominiq Northington

Woodland High School, Stockbridge

2024

300m Hurdles

Vincent Nnanna

Alpharetta High School

2025

4x100m Relay

Langston Hughes High School

4x200m Relay

Wheeler High School

4x400m Relay

Westlake High School

4x800m Relay

Carrollton High School

Long Jump

Luke Stradley

Etowah High School

2025

Triple Jump

Nicolas Crosswhite

New Manchester High School

2024

High Jump

Malachi Yehuda

Langston Hughes High School

2024

Pole Vault

Grayson Venezia

Creekview High School

2024

Shot Put

Jared Moore

Starr's Mill High School

2025

Discus

Jared Moore

Starr's Mill High School

2025

Girls All-Metro Track & Field Team

100m

Sanaa Frederick

Druid Hills High School

2024

200m

Sanaa Frederick

Druid Hills High School

2024

400m

Olivia Harris

Buford High School

2027

800m

Oluwatosin Awoleye

South Cobb High School

2025

1600m

Caroline Hood

Pace Academy

2024

3200m

Mary Nesmith

Marietta High School

2025

100m Hurdles

Jaden Billings

Westlake High School

2024

300m Hurdles

Jasmine Robinson

North Cobb High School

2026

4x100m Relay

Druid Hills High School

4X200m Relay

Druid Hills High School

4x400m Relay

Woodward Academy

4x800m Relay

Pace Academy

Pole Vault

Madison Townsend

Westminster Schools

2025

High Jump

Lilah Verluis

Cambridge High School

2025

Long Jump

Ava Kitchings

Greater Atlanta Christian

2026

Triple Jump

Danah Nembhard

Dacula

2024

Shot Put

Christianne Akintayo

Archer High School

2024

Discus

Kijana Callwood

Grayson High School

2024

State Championship Coaches - Girls

2A

Milton Campbell

Landmark Christian School

3A

Chad McDaniel

Wesleyan School

4A

Gary Jones

Westminster Schools

6A

Ryan Davis

Woodward Academy

7A

Jason Cage

Westlake High School

State Championship Coaches - Boys

3A

Treon Penson

Sandy Creek High School

4A

Gary Jones

Westminster Schools

5A

Chris Wilson

Chapel Hill High School

6A

Kevin Foster

Langston Hughes High School

7A

Spencer Campbell

Carrolton High School