The Gatorade State Boys Track and Field Athletes of the Year have been crowned. The winners were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2016-17 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.
Alabama: Trey Cunningham, Winfield
Alaska: Brandon Nicholson, Colony
Arizona: Turner Washington, Canyon del Oro
Arkansas: Jake Benninghoff, Rogers
California: Joseph Anderson, Upland
Colorado: Isaac Green, Monarch
Connecticut: Tyler Gleen, Trumbull
District of Columbia: Eric Harrison, St. John’s College
Delaware: Edwin Rosembert, Howard
Florida: Damion Thomas, Northeast
Georgia: Elija Goodwin, Newton
Hawaii: Christian Padron, Damien
Idaho: Grady Leonard, Coeur d’Alene
Illinois: Cameron Ruiz, Lakes Community
Indiana: Ryan Lipe, Carmel
Iowa: Tristan Wirfs, Mount Vernon
Kansas: Kyler True, Olpe
Kentucky: Isaiah McCall, Bryan Station
Louisiana: Armand Duplantis, Lafayette
Maine: Jake Koffman, Orono
Maryland: Kollin Smith, Frederick Douglass
Massachusetts: Erick Duffy, North Andover
Michigan: Cole Johnson, Rockford
Minnesota: Jake Kubiatowicz, North
Mississippi: Cameron Crump, Strayhorn
Missouri: Austin Hindman, Lafayette
Montana: Dawson LaRance, Billings Senior
Nebraska: Seth Hirsch, Millard West
Nevada: Zachary Stallings, McQueen
New Hampshire: Billy Powers, Winnacunnet
New Jersey: Cory Poole, East Orange Campus
New Mexico: Jackson Morris, Albuquerque Academy
New York: Daniel Claxton, Smithtown East
North Carolina: Connor Lane, Cardinal Gibbons
North Dakota: Hunter Lucas, Davies
Ohio: Max Frye, New Albany
Oregon: Henry Mong, Franklin
Oklahoma: Vernon Turner, Yukon
Pennsylvania: Jordan Geist, Knoch
Rhode Island: D.J. Principe, La Salle Academy
South Carolina: DJ Ledell, River Bluff
South Dakota: Collin Brison, Lincoln
Tennessee: Josh Sobota, Bearden
Texas: Sam Worley, Canyon
Utah: Hunter Woodhall, Syracuse
Vermont: Tyler Marshall, Champlain Valley
Virginia: Brandon McGorty, Chantilly
Washington: Brigham Cardon, Selah
West Virginia: Freddy Canary, West Virginia
Wisconsin: Austin Glynn, Onalaska
Wyoming: McCade Johnson, Laramie
