Outdoor Track & Field - Girls Varsity
2024 - 2025
Head Coach: Joseph Swagart
BAYSIDE ACADEMY’S CORE VALUES
Excellence, Responsibility, Integrity, Leadership, Community, Respect
BAYSIDE ACADEMY GIRLS VARSITY OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
With 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:
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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 2025
Going into the 5A AHSAA State meet, our young women were strong contenders for a top four finish. Our women scored 77 points to finish third overall. We have 15 All-State individualists and two All-State relays. Senior Kate Huey led the way for our team with a second place finish in the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles, a seventh place finish in the 400 meter dash, and ran a relay leg of our women's fifth place finish in the 4x400 meter relay. Other individual medalists include seniors Annie Midyett in the 800 meter run (second) and Madeline Dudley in high jump (second). Our women's 4x800 meter relay finished second with relay members senior Catherine Doyle, junior Shelby Fargason, and 8th graders Avery Therrell and Ansleigh Smith.
THE HISTORY OF WOMEN’S OUTDOOR
Women’s Team History
Since the 1989 season, our Outdoor Track & Field young women have finished in the Top Ten 15 consecutive years and a total of 31 times. Our young women have finished in the Top Twelve two times, winning a State title six times.
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2024 AHSAA 4A State Champions
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2023 AHSAA 4A State Runner-Up
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2022 AHSAA 3A State Champions
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2013 AHSAA 3A State Champions
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2012 AHSAA 3A State Champions
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2011 AHSAA 3A State Runner-up
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2010 AHSAA 3A State Runner-up
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1995 AHSAA 1A State Champions
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1994 AHSAA 1A State Runner-up
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1993 AHSAA 1A State Champions
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1992 AHSAA 1A State Runner-up
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1991 AHSAA 1A State Runner-up
Year
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Classification
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Women’s Finish
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2025
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5A
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3rd
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2024
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4A
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1st
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2023
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4A
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2nd
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2022
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3A
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1st
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2021
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3A
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3rd
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2020
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3A
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No Season - COVID
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2019
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3A
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8th
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2018
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3A
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4th
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2017
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3A
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3rd
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2016
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3A
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9th
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2015
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3A
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7th
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AHSAA All-State Medalist & State Champions
Bayside 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 women have had a total of 129 All State Medalists with 47 of those being State Champions. We have had 40 All State Relay Medalists with 16 of those being All State Relay Championship Teams. State Champions by event and year are listed below:
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Avery Therrell: 800m run '24
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Catherine Doyle: 1600m run '24, 3200m run '24
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4x400 meter relay '24: Kate Huey, Stella Parks, Annie Midyett, Avery Therrell
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4x800 meter relay '24: Amelia Wells, Grace Dawson, Annie Midyett, Avery Therrell
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4x800 meter relay '23: Grace Dawson, Amelia Wells, Catherine Doyle, Annie Midyett
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Annie Midyett: 800m run '22, 1600m run '22, & 3200m run '22
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Leah Jha: 100m hurdles ‘21 & '22
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Madeline Dudley: high jump ‘21
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4x400 meter relay ‘21: Leah Jha, Madeline Dudley, Annie Midyett, Nina Dowhan
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Alex Cook: pole vault ‘19
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Catherine West: high jump ’19
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Amber Mason: long jump ‘17 & ‘18
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Lauren Chastang: shot put ‘17
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4x400 meter relay ‘17: Caroline Young, Mary Catherine Branyon, Emily Miller, Darby Kemper
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Trista Barry: high jump ‘12, ‘13, & ‘14
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Alona Melendez: 100m hurdles ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, & ‘13; 300m hurdles ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, & ‘13; high jump ‘10 & ‘11
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Emory Builta: discus ‘11 & ‘13
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Shelby Builta: shot put ‘10; discus ‘09, ‘10; javelin ‘09, ‘10
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Sophie Bru: pole vault ‘07, ‘08, & ‘09
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Caroline Gill: high jump ‘07
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Britt Fuller: 200m dash ‘95
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Kelli Klein: triple jump ‘95
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Ashley Fuller: 800m run ‘93
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Alex Leigh: 1600m run ‘91 & ‘92; 3200m run ‘91 & ‘92; long jump ‘92
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Women’s 4x100 meter relay: ‘94 & ‘95
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Women’s 4x400 meter relay ‘08, ‘11, ‘13, & ‘14
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Women’s 4x800 meter relay ‘89, ‘91, ‘92, ‘98, & ‘11
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Top 3 by Event
TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL
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Madeline Dudley '25: Lafayette College ‘20: Samford University
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Alex Cook ‘20: Samford University
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Amber Mason ‘18: Spring Hill College
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 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.