Oak Mountain junior earns Gatorade Alabama Boys Track & Field honors

Oak Mountain junior Cooper Jeffcoat wins Gatorade Alabama Boys Track and Field Player of the Year - Shelby County Reporter

By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor CHICAGO – Cooper Jeffcoat’s trophy case is quickly filling up after another successful spring for the Oak Mountain Eagles, but his latest honor puts him in an elite class of athletes at Oak Mountain High School. Jeffcoat was named the 2025 Gatorade Alabama Boys Track and Field Player of the Year in a press release from Gatorade on Wednesday, June 25. Jeffcoat made a splash on the national scene with his success…

Oak Mountain junior earns Gatorade Alabama Boys Track & Field honors

Oak Mountain High School rising senior Cooper Jeffcoat is the 2024-25 Gatorade Alabama Boys Track & Field Player of the Year, the company announced on Wednesday.Jeffcoat, a 6-foot-2, 130-pound middle-distance and distance runner, won the national title in the 800-meter run at the RunningLane Track Championships with an Alabama record finish of 1:49.75. That effort ranked 28th nationally among high school boys competitors.