Vestavia boys track and field finish 4th

The Vestavia Hills High School boys track and field team tallied 52 points to secure a fourth-place finish at the AHSAA Class 4A-7A state meet, held May 5-7 in Gulf Shores. 

Walter Thomas, Will Macoy and James Henry Barrett all brought home individual state titles. 

Thomas established a new state-meet record in the shot put, heaving the dense sphere 59 feet, one-half  inch. He beat the second-place finisher — Spain Park High School’s Damon Wright — by more than four feet. 

Likewise, Macoy out-threw his competition in the javelin by nearly 10 feet. His mark of  191-1 fell five feet shy of his state-meet record set in 2015. 

Barrett cleared 15-6 in the pole vault to clinch a gold medal. His teammate, Whitt Harrelson, jumped 14 feet to claim third. 

Carl Nesbitt finished fourth in the high jump with a leap of 6-4.