Westminster OM girls finish runner-up in Class 3A track and field state championships
Published 11:50 am Monday, May 5, 2025
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By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor
CULLMAN – The Westminster School at Oak Mountain Knights battled through the elements at the AHSAA Track and Field State Championship for Classes 1A-3A at Oliver Woodard Stadium in Cullman on May 2 and 3, but they came home with a red map to add to their collection.
The Knights finished second in the Class 3A girls team standings with 72 points behind only Whitesburg Christian. The boys came in seventh place in their team standings with 31 points.
Westminster and the Vincent Yellow Jackets both walked away with multiple All-State performances after having athletes finish in the top eight of their respective events.
Westminster’s Reese Robbins won the Class 3A girls 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.45 seconds.
Weaver Caldwell won the Class 3A boys 3,200-meter state championship. He set a new personal record with a time of 9:37.26. His teammates Quinn McCurry finished in sixth with a time of 9:54.09 and Aiden McEachran took seventh with a time of 10:08.16, both personal records.
Caldwell also came in third in the Class 3A boys 1,600-meter run with a personal-record time of 4:28.84. McCurry finished in sixth with a time of 4:35.44, also a personal record.
Caldwell then finished seventh in the Class 3A boys 800-meter run with a personal-record time of 2:05.89.
Westminster won the girls 4×400-meter relay race in Class 3A, finishing off the girls portion of the meet with a time of 4:19.19 to emerge victorious.
Westminster’s Pippa Hussar earned second in the Class 3A girls 800-meter run with a season-best time of 2:25.92. Emily Mungai took third in the race with a time of 2:29.71 and Robbins ran a personal-record 2:30.19 to secure fourth place.
Westminster’s girls 4×800-meter relay team broke the Class 1A-3A state championship meet record in the Class 3A race thanks to their time of 9:56.96, but they finished in second place behind Whitesburg Christian.
Vincent’s Jayden Roberts came in second in the Class 2A boys 300-meter hurdles, securing a personal-best time of 41.19 seconds.
Roberts also secured third place in the Class 2A boys 110-meter hurdles with his time of 15.82 seconds, a season best.
Vincent’s Kinsley Perkins finished third in the Class 2A girls shot put thanks to her throw of 10.01 meters.
Westminster’s Olivia Montgomery took third in the Class 3A girls javelin throw with a mark of 28.52 meters.
Westminster’s Sarah Adams secured fourth place in the Class 3A girls 3,200-meter run. She finished the race with a time of 12:34.26 to set a personal record. Adams was one of three Knights who had All-State times as Maris Sellers took sixth with a time of 12:47.39 and Ava Gray earned eighth with a season-best time of 13:03.75.
Vincent’s Calvin Johnson came in fourth in the Class 2A boys javelin throw thanks to his throw of 45.69 meters.
Westminster finished fourth in the Class 3A boys 4×800-meter relay with a time of 8:38.23.
Westminster’s Robbins finished in fifth in the Class 3A girls 400-meter run, leading a pack of three Knights with her personal-record time of 1:01.52. Emily Mungai posted a personal record in sixth place with a time of 1:01.91 and Helen Harbert earned a season-best time of 1:03.59 to earn seventh.
Westminster had two All-State performances in the Class 3A girls 1,600-meter run as Pippa Hussar turned in a season-best time of 5:46.68 to finish in sixth while Maris Sellers was right behind her in seventh with a time of 5:48.35.
Vincent’s girls 4×100-meter relay team made the Class 2A finals and finished in seventh with a time of 54.58 seconds.