Les Gilbert has been selected for the Tennessean's 2009 All-Midstate Boys Track Third Team. This title was given for Les's Decathlon. The All-Midstate selection is made from the Tennessean's sports staff with the aid of nominations and opinions from area coaches. 06-10-09

Nowhere was the county more strongly represented than in track and field. Brentwood's Kevin Lazas and Page's Les Gilbert captured the decathlon in AAA and A-AA on Tuesday, a title that also names the best all-around male athlete in the state in their divisions. While Lazas' win was big, Page's Les Gilbert's title in Class A-AA decathlon action was huge. Gilbert walked away from his closest...

Kevin Lazas of Brentwood and Page's Les Gilbert dominated as the pair won the TSSAA Decathlon state championships Tuesday in Class AAA and Class AA in Murfreesboro. The Page senior captured the title in a dominating fashion, amassing 6,053 points, 615 more than second place Cameron Miller of Unicoi County. Even with the dominating win, Gilbert remained happily unsatisfied. Gilbert's...

Pages's Les Gilbert won his third-straight A-AA Regional title at last week's Middle Tennessee decathlon competition at Franklin Road Academy. Les won the decathlon title with 6,003 points, winning six of ten events.

Decathlete & pole vaulter, Les Gilbert recently signed a National Letter of Intent to run track & Field at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tn.