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Class of 2026

MORGAN SMALLS
PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL - CARY

2020 NCHSAA Female Athlete of the Year (all sports considered)


- 4-time NCHSAA 4A State Meet MVP (2018 & 2019 Outdoor; 2019 & 2020 Indoor)


- 13-time NCHSAA 4A STATE CHAMPION


- 3-time Track & Field News All-American
-high jump (2018, 2019), triple jump (2019)


- U.S. Pan Am team (2019) - (impressive note: she made the senior Pan Am team, not the junior team, as a high schooler)


- U.S. Junior Bronze medalist (high jump, 2018)


- 2-time New Balance Nationals high jump champion (indoor high jump, 2019, 6-3.25, U.S. No. 2 all-time; U.S. Junior class record; outdoor high jump, 2019, 6-2.25 meet record)


- 2-time Gatorade North Carolina Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2019, 2020)

STATE MEET
*4-time NCHSAA 4A State Meet MVP (2018 & 2019 Outdoor; 2019 & 2020 Indoor)


*13-time NCHSAA 4A STATE CHAMPION


*Set 4 all-class state meet records in 3 events (outdoor & indoor high jump; indoor triple jump; outdoor long jump)


OUTDOOR
-Long Jump (2018)


-Triple Jump (2018, 2019)


-High Jump (2017, 2018, 2019, setting all-class state meet record of 6-0.25 in 2018)


INDOOR
-Long Jump (2018, 2019, setting all-class state meet record of 19-11.25 in 2019)


-Triple Jump (2019, 2020, setting all-class state meet record of 41-9.75 in 2019)


-High Jump (2018, 2019, 2020, setting all-class state meet record 6-1 in 2019)


- Ranked N.C. No. 1 all-time 2 events (indoor triple jump, 42-10; indoor high jump, 6-3.25) & No. 2 all-time in the indoor long jump (20-2.5)


- Ranked top-50 all-time in North Carolina history in 7 events: the ones above, as well as the indoor 200, outdoor 400, 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay


- Also, USATF (triple jump & high jump, 2018) and AAU National champion (triple jump, 2019)


**IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SMALLS: one of the most dominant female field event athletes in N.C. history, did not have a senior outdoor season because of Covid (she very likely would have won 3 more state titles – LJ, TJ, HJ outdoor – making her a 16-time state champion, which would have added to an already impressive state title haul of 13 state titles)
 
IN COLLEGE (Southern Cal, LSU, Illinois)
13-time NCAA All-American
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