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Outdoor Track & Field - Boys Varsity
2024 - 2025Head Coach: Joseph SwagartBAYSIDE ACADEMY’S CORE VALUESExcellence, Responsibility, Integrity, Leadership, Community, RespectBAYSIDE ACADEMY BOYS VARSITY OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELDWith Bayside Academy’s Mission Statement and Core Values in mind, our goal through Bayside Academy Outdoor 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 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.
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Excellence: We will do all things to the best of our ability, disciplined to do all things the right way and all the way.
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Commitment: We will always be there for one another, realizing this is what keeps us together and helps us reach our goals.
Spring 2025Competing at the 5A AHSAA State Meet in Gulf Shores, our young men battled valiantly as our program continues to grow and develop. Our young men scored 10 points, finishing 18th overall. Juniors Monroe Partin and Jack Wilkinson scored in their respective events, discus and javelin. Monroe finished second in discus, and Jack finished seventh in javelin. We had a total of 15 individuals qualify for state and two relays.
THE HISTORY OF MEN’S OUTDOORMen’s Team HistorySince the 1989 season, our Outdoor Track & Field young men have finished in the Top Ten 10 times, being State Runner-up three times. We missed out on an opportunity to be State Champs in 2020 due to Covid-19 but achieved our first State Championship title in 2022.-
2022 AHSAA 3A State Champions
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2021 AHSAA 3A State Runner-Up
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2019 AHSAA 3A State Runner-Up
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2008 AHSAA 2A State Runner-Up
YearClassificationMen’s Finish20255A18th20244A14th20234A26th20223A1st20213A2nd20203ANo Season - COVID20193A2nd20183A6th20173A9th20163A12th20153A14th
AHSAA All-State Medalist & State ChampionsBayside Academy has participated in AHSAA State meet for Outdoor Track & Field since 1989. During this time, we have competed in the smallest classification, 1A, to our current classification of 5A. Over this time, our young men have had a total of 52 All State Medalist with 28 of those being State Champions. We have had 13 All State Relay Medalist with five of those being All State Relay Championship Teams. State Champions by event and year are listed below:-
Patrick Daves: 110m hurdles ‘21 & '22; 300m hurdles ‘21 & '22; 400m dash '22; triple jump ‘21; high jump ‘21 & '22 ‘21
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Brandon Brevard: 100m dash '22; 200m dash '22; shot put '22; javelin '22 (competed as an ambulatory athlete) ‘21
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4x400 meter relay '22: Taylor Williams, Stillwell Bacon, John Thomas Neill, Ty Postle
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Angus Ladd: pole vault ‘21
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4x400 meter relay ‘21: Ryan McCullough, Ashton Rowland, John Thomas Neill, Jay Loper
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4x800 meter relay ‘21: Ashton Rowland, John Thomas Neill, Trey McKean, Ty Postle
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Christopher Drayton: 400m dash ‘19
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Bradley Schmidt: 800m run ‘19; 1600m run ‘19; 3200m run ‘19
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Stew Shoemaker: 800m run ‘08, ‘09, & ‘10; 1600m run ‘08, ‘09, & ‘10; 3200m run ‘07, ‘08, & ‘09
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Caleb Josephs: pole vault ‘08 & ‘09
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Men’s 4x400 meter relay: ‘10
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Men’s 4x800 meter relay: ‘08
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Top 3 by EventFor all 18 events and, in addition, the heptathlon, these are our young men’s top three by event.
TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL-
Patrick Daves ‘22: The University of Alabama
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Jackson Olsen ‘22: Lees-McRae College
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Myles Cook ‘20: Spring Hill College
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Christopher Drayton ‘20: Berry College
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Luke Dobbins ‘18: Samford University
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Ash Midyett ‘16: The University of the South
HEAD COACH JOE SWAGARTCompleting his 19th season as a head coach for young men’s and women’s cross country and track & field at Bayside Academy and previously at Cottage Hill Christian Academy, Coach Joe 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 USSTFCCCA Girls Cross Country Coach 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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