After guiding the Alexandria Senior High Lady Trojans to a dominant Class 5A LHSAA track and field team title, Sedarrin Freeman was a convincing pick as the all-classes Coach of the Year on the LSWA’s All-State Outdoor Track and Field Team for 2026.
Trojans’ sensational sophomore thrower Carter Rivet also won top billing as the boys Outstanding Field Event Athlete.
Athletes and relay teams with the top three performances in each event throughout the spring season were recognized on the All-State squad compiled by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Individual awards were chosen by an LSWA panel.
Freeman’s Lady Trojans posted a 20-point victory, 85-65 over Zachary, to capture the Class 5A girls team trophy May 9 on a rainy day in Baton Rouge. It was the school’s first state track and field championship in 19 years with four event champions and eight more top four finishes at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium.
Rivet had the state’s best marks this spring in the shot put (62 feet, 9 inches) and discus (203-7, 15 ½ feet past the second-ranked throw). He won the discus state 5A crown and was a close second in the shot put.
The ASH girls put three individual competitors and two relay teams – both with the same four sprinters — on the All-State roster.
Nyla Stewart had the state’s best discus mark,148-2. Noelle Williams’s 40-3 leap was Louisiana’s third-ranked triple jump this season.
Ja’Nya Gray ran the state’s second-fastest 200 meter dash, 24.18. She also ran on both of the Lady Trojans’ top-ranked relay teams – the 4×100 (47.16) and the 4×200 (1:36.47, nearly three seconds better than the second-fastest time).
Gray’s All-State relay teammates in both events were Jamaria Byrd, Amari Dupar and Devan Williams.
No other Rapides Parish competitors made the All-State lists.