THIS YEAR’S BOYS HONOREES are the 48th grouping we have chosen since we first launched our HS All-America project after the ’74 season.
Only one athlete earned A-A honors in three events, and that was AOY Colin Sahlman, who was No. 1 in the 2M, No. 2 in the mile and No. 3 in the 800.
There were also 13 performers who scored twice: Jordan Anthony (1/1), T’Mars McCallum (2/3) & Rodrick Pleasant (4/2) in the 100/200; Will Sumner (1/2) in the 400/800; Rheinhardt Harrison (4/5) in the 800/mile; Connor Burns (4/4) in the mile/2M; Malik Mixon (1/4) & Kendrick Smallwood (4/5) in the 110H/400H; Greg Foster (1/2) & Jaylen Lloyd (2/4) in the LJ/TJ; Zane Forest (2/2) in the SP/DT; Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (3/1) in the SP/HT; Jeremiah Nubbe (1/2) in the DT/HT.
The ’22 boys team (for an explanation of the workings of our A-A selecting, check out the sidebar at the end of this story):
| 100 METERS | ||
| 1. | JORDAN ANTHONY # | (Tylertown, Mississippi) |
| 1)Mobile, 1)State, 6/1hs)USATF Junior; 10.14 | ||
| 2. | T’MARS McCALLUM | (Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) |
| 1)State, 1)New Balance; 10.13 HSL | ||
| 3. | PIERRE GOREE | (Duncanville, Texas) |
| 1)Texas Southern, 1)State, 1)Nike; 10.22 | ||
| 4. | *RODRICK PLEASANT | (Serra, Gardena, California) |
| 1)Texas Relays, 1)State, 2)New Balance, 4)Arcadia; 10.14 | ||
| 5. | *NIGEL ANCRUM | (Spring Valley, Columbia, South Carolina) |
| 2)adidas; 10.18 | ||
VERY LITTLE separated McCallum from reigning No. 1 Anthony. Each had 10 sub-10:50 races, and at the top end, McCallum’s list-leading 10.13 was only 0.01 faster. But while McCallum had a pair of in-season losses, Anthony was undefeated against preps… Nike winner Goree also went undefeated… Ancrum didn’t have any regular-season performances but closed well with an AAU Junior Olympics win… McCallum (=6), Anthony (=8) & Pleasant (=8) all moved into the top 10 on the all-time list.
| 200 METERS | ||
| 1. | JORDAN ANTHONY | (Tylertown, Mississippi) |
| 1)Mobile, 1)State, 1)USATF Junior; 20.35 HSL | ||
| 2. | *RODRICK PLEASANT # | (Serra, Gardena, California) |
| 1)State; 20.40 | ||
| 3. | T’MARS McCALLUM | (Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) |
| 1)State-5A, 2)New Balance; 20.71 | ||
| 4. | **JELANI WATKINS | (Klein Forest, Houston, Texas) |
| 1)State; 20.78 | ||
| 5. | IAN MYERS | (Brookland, Cayce, South Carolina) |
| 1)State-3A; 20.66 | ||
THE UNDEFEATED Anthony scored in terms of both quality (20.35 HSL) and quantity…
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