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Track and field.

Selected team championships, coaching history and individual results from the 1950s through 2025, with school, GHSA and college sources. Track marks retain their original event and units; historical records are not described as current records.

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Roswell High's boys won GHSA team championships in 1959 and 1961. The surviving record also includes state finalists, the origins of the Roswell Relays and long coaching tenures that helped build the girls' program.

Individual achievements extend from Candida Coulson's sprint and hurdles titles to Ryan Lewis and Nicci Faires in pole vault. Later records follow Roswell graduates into college competition and Fellowship Christian's Emma Grace Hurley into state distance titles.

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1954-1960Roswell High School / boys / coachBill Yoast leads track in the 1950sYoast's Hall of Fame biography places his head track coaching tenure at Roswell in 1954-1960.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Bill Yoast

    Head track coaching dates.

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1957Roswell High School / boys / seasonState runner-up before the first titleThe Hall of Fame credits Yoast's 1957 team with a Class C state runner-up finish.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Bill Yoast

    1957 Class C state runner-up entry.

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1973Roswell High School / boys / athleteDavid White wins the region 880The Hall of Fame records White's 1973 region title in the 880-yard run and three consecutive top-four state finishes.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: David White

    880 region championship and sophomore-through-senior state results.

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1974Roswell High School / boys / seasonClass A state runner-up under Richard SmithSmith's school Hall of Fame biography records the boys' second-place finish in the 1974 Class A state meet.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Richard Smith

    1974 boys track Class A runner-up.

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1981-2006Roswell High School / girls / coachWayne Smith leads the girls' programSmith coached the girls from 1981 through 2006 after leading the boys in 1977-1981. His biography credits the girls with six Fulton County team championships.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Wayne Smith

    Boys and girls tenure dates and girls county title total.

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1994Roswell High School / girls / athleteElizabeth Noethling places in both throwsNoethling finished third in discus and fourth in shot put at the Class AAAA state meet, according to her school Hall of Fame biography.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Elizabeth Noethling Spell

    Two 1994 state throwing placements.

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1996Roswell High School / girls / championshipCandida Coulson wins the state 400 metersArizona State's official biography identifies Coulson, a Roswell High alumna, as the 1996 state 400-meter champion.

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  1. Arizona State: Candida Coulson biography

    High school section gives 1996 and 1997 state 400 titles; profile names Roswell.

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1997Roswell High School / boys / championshipRyan Lewis wins a state pole vault titleThe school Hall of Fame lists Lewis as the Class AAAA pole vault champion in 1997.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Ryan Lewis

    State pole vault titles in 1997 and 1998.

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1997Roswell High School / girls / championshipCandida Coulson wins the state 400 metersArizona State's official biography identifies Coulson, a Roswell High alumna, as the 1997 state 400-meter champion.

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  1. Arizona State: Candida Coulson biography

    High school section gives 1996 and 1997 state 400 titles; profile names Roswell.

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1998Roswell High School / boys / championshipRyan Lewis wins a state pole vault titleThe school Hall of Fame lists Lewis as the Class AAAA pole vault champion in 1998.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Ryan Lewis

    State pole vault titles in 1997 and 1998.

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1999Roswell High School alumni / Arizona State University / girls / athleteCoulson earns NCAA relay All-America honorsAt Arizona State, the Roswell alumna ran on the seventh-place indoor NCAA 4x400-meter relay, timed in 3:37.14.

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Evidence & citation

  1. Arizona State: Candida Coulson biography

    1999 indoor NCAA relay placing and All-America recognition.

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2001Roswell High School / boys / athleteChad McClendon wins state discus, places second in shotThe school Hall of Fame credits McClendon with the 2001 Class AAAAA discus championship and shot-put runner-up finish. Exact marks need reconciliation with original meet sheets.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Chad McClendon

    2001 discus title and shot runner-up; source mark formatting is inconsistent.

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2003Roswell High School / girls / championshipNicci Faires wins state pole vaultFaires' school Hall of Fame biography records her first Class AAAAA state pole vault championship in 2003.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Nicci Faires

    Consecutive state titles in 2003 and 2004.

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2004Roswell High School alumni / University of Georgia / boys / athleteMcClendon scores for Georgia at the SEC meetGeorgia's official season review records McClendon's fourth place in the SEC outdoor discus. His school Hall of Fame biography establishes the Roswell connection.

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  1. Georgia Athletics: 2004 season review

    SEC discus placing.

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  2. RHS Hall of Fame: Chad McClendon

    RHS class of 2001 and Georgia track career.

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2011Roswell High School / girls / athleteShelby Barker wins two county eventsBarker's Hall of Fame biography records Fulton County high-jump and triple-jump titles in 2011, followed by region titles in both events.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Shelby Barker Harrison

    2011 county and region achievements.

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2019The Cottage School / boys / championshipCottage School wins region and conference titlesThe school's athletics history lists boys' GISA region and AAC track championships in 2019.

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  1. The Cottage School athletics history

    Boys track 2019 GISA region and AAC championship entries.

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Date not establishedRoswell High School / shared / programBill Yoast organizes the Roswell RelaysThe school Hall of Fame credits Yoast with organizing the first Roswell Relays. The biography supplies no meet date.

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  1. RHS Hall of Fame: Bill Yoast

    First Roswell Relays attribution without a date.

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Selected team championships, coaching history and individual results from the 1950s through 2025, with school, GHSA and college sources. Track marks retain their original event and units; historical records are not described as current records.

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