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Vestavia’s Ethan Strand grins as he finishes in first place in the boys 7A 1600 meter run during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Ethan Strand leads in the boys 7A 1600 meter run during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Ethan Strand grins as he finishes in first place in the boys 7A 1600 meter run during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Crawford West leads in the girls 7A 1600 meter run during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. West set a new state record of 4:59.96 in the 1600 meter run. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Gabby Walls competes in the girls 7A high jump during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Walls placed second overall in the competition. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Gabby Walls competes in the girls 7A high jump during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Walls placed second overall in the competition. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Angelica Vines competes in the first leg of the girls 7A 4x200 meter relay during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Azaria Wright competes in the final leg of the girls 7A 4x200 meter relay during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Angelica Vines competes in the first leg of the girls 7A 4x200 meter relay during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Angelica Vines holds out the baton for Olivia Jones as they compete in the girls 7A 4x200 meter relay during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Azaria Wright and Hewitt-Trussville’s Tori Mack compete in the girls 7A 60-meter hurdles during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s William Elliot competes in the boys 7A pole vault during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Jonathon Wilson, Hoover’s Mohammed Sakalla and Hewitt-Trussville’s Ethan Womack compete in the boys 7A 60-meter hurdles during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s William Elliot competes in the boys 7A pole vault during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Hoover’s Julian Fore, Vestavia’s Alex Leath, Vestavia’s John Stephens, and Hewitt-Trussville’s Bobby Stanbery compete in the boys 7A 400-meter dash during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Vestavia’s Jonathon Wilson, Hoover’s Mohammed Sakalla and Hewitt-Trussville’s Ethan Womack compete in the boys 7A 60-meter hurdles during the AHSAA State Indoor Track meet held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Vestavia Hills High School capped off the indoor track and field season with several highlights at the state meet Feb. 6 at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
The Rebels boys mounted a furious rally and finished second in Class 7A, finishing just 4.5 points behind state champ Hewitt-Trussville. Hewitt finished with 77.5 points to Vestavia’s 73. Hewitt and Hoover ran away with the girls competition and eclipsed 100 points, but the Rebels finished third with 51 points.
The Rebels knocked down several state records on the day, with Ethan Strand, Alex Leath and Crawford West all shattering previous state meet marks.
Strand and Leath finished 1-2 in the 800-meter run, both breaking the previous state meet record time. Strand came across the line in 1:51.07 and Leath ran the same race in 1:52.72.
Strand also set a state meet record in the 3,200, posting a blazing time of 9:15.39.
West broke two state meet records herself. She won the 1,600 with a time of 4:59.58 and blew away the competition in the 3,200 with a 10:58.27.
Strand and West each claimed three individual state titles in a special day for both. They both came across the line first in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races. Strand claimed a fourth title as part of the Rebels’ 4x400 relay team, which won in 3:25.32.
The Rebels featured several other all-state performances on the day. Angelica Vines finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.31 seconds. Sam Culbertson was second in the boys high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 6 inches. Gabby Walls reached 5-2 in the girls high jump to also finish second.
William Elliot finished sixth in the pole vault, setting a personal best of 13-6. Kennedy Moreland tied her personal best in the pole vault as well, clearing 9-6.
Other Rebels scored points on the day as well. Bo Webb and Jonathon Wilson were fifth and eighth in the 60 hurdles, Azaria Wright was seventh in the girls 60 hurdles, John Stephens placed fourth in the 400 and the boys 4x800 relay team was fourth.
Matthew Rainer was part of the winning 4x400 team as well. Will Jordan, Wyatt Raley, Matthew Coleman and Sally Isbell competed for the Rebels as well.