SECOND CLASS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY HALL OF FAME

WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, DEC. 23, 2019 – The second class of the North

Carolina High School Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame will honor athletes,

coaches and officials who have significantly impacted the sports on the high school level.

Olympians Jim Beatty (Charlotte Central High), Joan Nesbit Mabe (East

Mecklenburg), and Wayne Davis II (Southeast Raleigh), high school track & field national

athlete of the year Greg Artis (Wilson Fike), 21-time state champions Karen Godlock (Polk

County), and Dr. DeAnne Davis Brooks (Burlington Cummings), and 16-time state

champion Julie Stackhouse (Hayesville) were among athletes selected, while legendary state

championship coaches Donnie Davis (Burlington Cummings), Dennis Cullen (Durham

Academy), and Dr. Harvey P. Barret (Charlotte Central), were elected. Also, four who

contributed significantly to the sport were also elected: philanthropist and track builder Irwin

Belk, National Scholastic Athletic Foundation’s Jim Spier (who brought the high school

national outdoor track and field meet to North Carolina), Richard Prince (Myers Park), who

directed and officiated national level meets and also coached state championship teams,

and Frank Davis (Durham), who also directed and officiated national-level meets.

A statewide committee of 18 track and field and cross country coaches, officials and media

representatives who cover the sport extensively nominated and elected the class.

The induction ceremony will be Feb. 1 in Winston-Salem during the Mondo Elite High School

Invitational at the JDL Fast Track, which will also house the Hall of Fame. Each subsequent

class will be nominated and elected each summer, and each induction ceremony will be held

during the indoor track season at JDL Fast Track.

“North Carolina has had state championships in track and field since 1913, and has had indoor

track meets since 1922 when the first meet was held at the old Star Brick Warehouse in Durham,

and we’ve had cross country meets since 1929 when Winston-Salem High dominated the sport,

so we’re far behind on recognizing those who have accomplished so much and given so much to

the sport. That’s our goal, though; we want to honor those who have helped make this sport so

great in North Carolina, and the last two classes are a collection of some of the best athletes,

coaches and contributors in the history of our sport.” Brett Honeycutt, N.C. High School Track

& Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame Founder.