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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Cooper Jeffcoat

Middle distance
OAK MOUNTAIN HS
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
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Peak Performance

1st, 1:49.75

RunningLane Track Championship - 800m run

1st

Class 7A state meet - 800m

3rd

Class 7A state meet - 1600m
“Jeffcoat set a state record in the 800 en route to a national title. Throw in his range from 400 meters out to 1600 and he’s got a very impressive resume this spring.”
Rich Gonzalez
Editor - PrepCalTrack.com
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 130-pound middle-distance and distance talent won the national title in the 800-meter run at the RunningLane Track Championships, clocking a state-record time of 1:49.75, which ranked No. 28 nationally among prep boys competitors. He competed in three events at the Class 7A state meet to lead the Eagles to sixth place as a team, winning the 800, taking third in the 1600 with a personal-best 4:12.93 and scoring with a sixth-place finish in the 400.

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Academic Achievement

Jeffcoat has maintained a 3.47 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

 He has volunteered locally on behalf of the OTM youth track program and is a devoted parishioner of his Church of the Highlands congregation.