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Indoor Track & Field - Boys Varsity

2025 - 2026

Head Coach: Joseph Swagart

BAYSIDE ACADEMY’S CORE VALUES

Excellence, Responsibility, Integrity, Leadership, Community, Respect

BAYSIDE ACADEMY BOYS VARSITY INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

With Bayside Academy’s Mission Statement and Core Values in mind, our goal through Bayside Academy Indoor Track and Field is to continue the excellence established in the past and press on to achieve our best today. Our program competes in the AHSAA at the 4A/5A classification for athletes in the 7th through 12th grade, from beginners to multiple season performers. Each athlete should seek to do their best, give 100% effort in all that they do, and encourage one another not just in our sport. To do this, we will do all things with TEAM as our focus, although training will be individualized based on the ability and experience of the athlete. Our athletes will not only train together to become better competitors, but learn how and why the training they do develops them into a stronger athlete and person. We will hold to this COMMITMENT as our sense of responsibility and respect to self and others, striving for excellence in all of our endeavors.

These three words and descriptions will be our point of emphasis this year:

Team: We will enjoy what we do with one another, building up one another through common experiences and trials.
Excellence: We will do all things to the best of our ability, disciplined to do all things the right way and all the way.
Commitment: We will always be there for one another, realizing this is what keeps us together and helps us reach our goals.

Winter 2025

Although we classify as a 3A school, our young men’s Indoor T&F program competes in the 4A/5A classification per the AHSAA’s competitive balance factor towards private schools only. Our young men’s team unfortunately did not qualify any individuals to the
AHSAA State Meet. We had a small and young team this year.

THE HISTORY OF MEN’S INDOOR

Men’s Team History

With the return of the Indoor Track & Field for the AHSAA in 2012, our Indoor Track and Field program has seen great success at State track & field meets. In these 14 seasons, our young men have finished in the top 10 seven seasons.

2022 AHSAA 4A/5A State Runners-Up
2020 AHSAA 1A-3A State Champions
2019 AHSAA 1A-3A State Runners-Up

Year	Classification	Men’s Finish
2025	4A/5A*	-
2024	6A*	-
2023	6A*	19th
2022	4A/5A*	2nd
2021	4A/5A*	3rd
2020	1A-3A	1st
2019	1A-3A	2nd
2018	1A-3A	4th
2017	1A-3A	6th
2016	1A-3A	9th
2015	1A-3A	18th
2014	1A-4A	14th
2013	1A-4A	13th
2012	1A-4A	11th

*Due to AHSAA Competitive Balance Factor with Private Schools

AHSAA All-State Medalist & State Champions

With the return of the Indoor Track & Field for the AHSAA in 2012, our young men have had a total of 25 All State Medalists, with 11 of those being State Champions. We have had 11 All State Relay Medalists, with three of those being All State Relay Championship Teams. State Champions by event and year are listed below:

Patrick Daves: 60 meter hurdles ‘19, ‘20, ‘21, ‘22; high jump ‘20, ‘21, ‘22; triple jump ‘20 & ‘21
Bradley Schmidt: 1600 meter run ‘19; 3200 meter run ‘19
4x400 meter relay ‘22: Ty Postle, John Thomas Neill, Ashton Rowland, Gerrit Robbins
4x400 meter relay ‘20: Christopher Drayton, Myles Cook, Gerrit Robbins, Ryan McCullough
4x800 meter relay ‘18: Luke Dobbins, Robert Sullivan, Bradley Schmidt, Myles Cook

Men’s Indoor Track & Field Top 3 by Event

For all 14 events and the pentathlon, these are our young men’s Top Three by event.

TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL

Patrick Daves ‘22: The University of Alabama
Jackson Olsen ‘22: Lees-McRae College
Myles Cook ‘20: Spring Hill College
Christopher Drayton ‘20: Berry College
Luke Dobbins ‘18: Samford University
Ash Midyett ‘16: The University of the South

HEAD COACH JOE SWAGART

Completing his 19th season as a head coach for young men’s and women’s cross country and track & field at Bayside Academy and previously Cottage Hill Christian Academy, Coach Swagart’s teams and athletes are coached to give their best and compete at their fullest potential. With eight AHSAA State Championships, 15 AHSAA
State Runners-up, and three AISA State Runners-up, we do our best to help our teams excel regardless of the program’s AHSAA classification. Coach Swagart has been recognized as the Press-Register Coach of the Year three times and the USTFCCCA Girls Cross Country of the Year in 2021. Coach Swagart has a USATF Level 1 Certification and has completed the USTFCCCA Endurance Coach Certification.

Coach Swagart attended college at the University of South Alabama, earning a B.S. in Mathematics & Statistics in 2004 and M. Ed. in Secondary Education in 2018. He is married to Nancy Swagart. He and his wife have three children, each who attends Bayside Academy: Owen, Isaac, and Emersyn.

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