85 points.

That’s how many points Escambia Academy’s junior varsity boys’ track and field team won by to claim the AISA Class 1A-2A State Championship on April 8.

With the victory, the Cougars finished with 184 points over second place finisher Wilcox Academy to win the state title for the second-straight year.

The girls finished in fourth place with 32 points.

EA’s boys competed against six other schools, while the girls competed against four others.

The following EA athletes finished in the top three of their respective event:
Boys

100-meter dash

• Nathan Ragan — 13.03 seconds

200-meter dash

• Ragan — 26.23 seconds

400-meter dash

• Gaines Tanner — 1 minute, 5.77 seconds

3200-meter run

• Sam Fields — 14:44.46

110-meter hurdles

• Chase Bell — 20.15, and Josh Spruill — 22.01

300-meter hurdles

• Bell — 53 seconds, Spruill — 1:04.36 and Parker Robinson — 1:04.41

4×100-meter relay

• Tanner, Ragan, Spruill and Trayce Sells — 52.12 seconds

4×400-meter relay

• Kaleb Davis, Zach Daniels, Tanner and Sells — 4:51.23

High jump

• James Koons — 10 feet

Triple jump

• Bell, Bryant Quimby and Koons

Shot put

• Jason Davis — 37 feet, 1 inch

Discus throw

• Tyler Newton — 105.9 inches, and Gaige Sigler — 102.95

Long jump

• Ragan — 11.5 feet
Girls

400-meter dash

• Madelyn Smith — 1:16.13

4×100-meter relay

• Anna Ruth Smith, Lakrystal Turner, Disha Patel and Smith — 1:01.30

4×400-meter relay

• Hannah Stone, Madelyn Smith, Anna Ruth Smith and Patel — 5:44.20