Orange Track and Field

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior runner Kaleeya Fearrington. This spring, Fearrington’s laid claim to being the fastest woman in Orange County. At the Orange County Outdoor Track & Field Championships inside Culton-Peerman Stadium, Fearrington won the 100 meter dash at 12.86 seconds, beating out East Chapel Hill’s Elia Toldeo by two-hundredths-of-a-second….

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior track & field pole vaulter Owen Grant. On May 15, Grant ended his career at Orange with a seventh place finish in the pole vault at the 5A N.C. High School Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field championships inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T State…

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior pole vaulter Clara Fowlkes. Last week, Fowlkes became the first female individual state champion in outdoor track and field in Orange High history. She won the 5A State Championship inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Fowlkes won a jump-off against Lelu…

Photo by nc.milesplit.com  GREENSBORO–There’s a special place in local history for Kayla Willey, Ava Bishop, Kinsey Ross and Reilly Jermyn now. They are the first relay track & field state champions in Orange High history. Willey, Bishop, Ross and Jermyn captured the 5A State Championship in the 4×800 relay inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina…

Orange’s 4×800 women’s relay team of Kayla Willey, Ava Bishop, Reilly Jermyn & Kinsey Ross accomplished something special on Friday. They are the first relay team in Orange & track field history to win a state championship. Willey, Bishop, Jermyn and Ross captured the 5A State Championship inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T State…

GREENSBORO–The more things change for the Fowlkes family, the more they stay the same. In 2022, Caroline Fowlkes won the 3A State Championship in the pole vault. The first time she had ever heard the term “jump-off,” she competed in it. Competing for Cedar Ridge, Caroline defeated West Carteret’s Alyssa Cooley when she cleared 10-feet,…

The final run for Myles Jermyn in his Orange High career was one to remember. Jermyn won the 5A State Championship in the 3,200 meters at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Outdoor Track & Field Championships inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T State University on Friday. Jermyn pulled away from Oak Grove’s…

Photo by Phil Stapleton  GREENSBORO–If there was any doubt before, there isn’t now. Myles Jermyn has cemented his name among the greatest athletes in the history of Hillsborough sports. On Friday, Jermyn pulled away from Oak Grove’s Luke Vannoy to win the 5A State Championship in the 3,200 meters inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina…

Photo by Thomas Fowlkes  Even without two of its top performers, the Orange women’s track & field team claimed second place at the 5A Central Regional Championships. Clara Fowlkes, who finished 2nd in the 2025 3A State Championships in the pole vault, captured her first regional championship at Southeast Alamance High School last Saturday. Fowlkes…

Photo by Phil Stapleton  After two runner-up finishes in 2024 and 2025, Myles Jermyn has won a regional championship. The Orange senior runner finished first in the 1,600 meters at the 5A Central Regional championships at Southeast Alamance High School in Haw River on Saturday. It is his first regional championship in outdoor track &…