The Unofficial TSSAA State Meet Record Book

Emmanuel Bynum broke a 49-year-old record in the 400 meter dash at this year's state meet.

Boys Records
Event Time Year Name School
100m (Legacy) 10.44* 1981 Marcus Currie Hillsboro
100m (All Conditions) 10.47 2014 Molefi Maat Cordova
100m (Wind Legal)  10.49 2018 Markeece Shufford West Creek
200m (All Conditions) 20.84 1998 Marquis Davis Hamilton
200m (Wind Legal) 21.10 2018 Keegan Jones Cleveland
400m 46.60 2019 Emmanuel Bynum Whitehaven
800m 01:50.71 2012 Quamel Prince Antioch
1600m 04:05.75 2005 Andrew Bumbalough BA
3200m 08:58.18 2008 Sean Keveren Brentwood
High Hurdles (All Conditions) 13.79 2014 Harrison Williams MUS
High Hurdles (Wind Legal) 13.80 2019 Brevin Sims CSAS
300m Hurdles 36.40 2014 Harrison Williams MUS
4x100m  41.24* 1983 Oakland
4x200m 01:26.08 2006 Antioch
4x400m 03:16.21 2002 Cordova
4x800m 07:44.74* 1982 Hillsboro
Long Jump (All Conditions) 25'-4.5" 1996 Cameron Howard Tullahoma
Long Jump (Wind Legal) 23'-8.75"  2015 George Patrick BA
High Jump 7' 00"  1996 Eric Draper White Station
Triple Jump (All Conditions) 49' - 10"  2002 Dominique Smith Memphis Central
Triple Jump (Wind Legal) 48' - 3.5" 2017 Jalen Tate West Creek
Shot Put 65' - 1.75"  2018 Joshua Sobota Bearden 
Discus 191' - 2"  2018 Joshua Sobota Bearden 
Pole Vault 16' - 6"  2014 Harrison Williams MUS
Decathlon/Pentathlon 7324 2016 George Patrick BA


100m Dash:

This record really is the hardest to come to a definitive record for so we're starting off with a bang. While the "All-Time Record" by Larry Cantrell is 10.33 from 1985 his state meet best is 10.4 which would convert to a 10.54 but how does 10.33 stand when Currie ran a 10.3 in 1981 and where was the 10.33 even run at? Did he actually run a 10.19 and it was adjusted to 10.33? Currie by the metric will adjust to a 10.44 which is slightly better than the best documented FAT times from this decade. Also, Cantrell won the 100m in 1984 as well but there is literally no documented time for that event.  All that said... neither would hold up to the hand-time conversion process which is "round up to the nearest tenth and add .24 seconds" against times we know are FAT and have wind readings for. All of the times were documented with respect to modern timing methods while not discounting legacy performances. If someone can just run a windy 10.29 we could at least at that point consolidate 3 of them.


110m Hurdles:

So Sims does have the record here after Powell's time was adjusted with the +.14 metric. Hopefully he can get under Harrison William's with a Wind Legal Time next year so we can consolidate those into a single record.


Long Jump:

For running, the first wind readings weren't until 2006. For jumps, not until 2013. NWI for those that don't know means "No Wind Reading" not to be mistaken for 0.0 which means the wind was not blowing. All that said, most of us were under the impression Jalen Ramsey was the only Long Jumper in state history to eclipse the 25-foot mark in the event but that turned out to be incorrect. Cameron Howard did so in 1996 and then went on to have a decorated track and field career at UT. Nevertheless, with respect to modern parameters the longest wind legal jump is also listed. Just not sure how that record fell through the cracks.


4x100m Relay:

Officially listed at 41.1, adjusted to 41.24 and by modern timing adjustments would still hold up at 41.34 against Cordova's 2011 time of 41.42. I'm only talking about this one because of all the records on this list, this is on the one that needs to be broken the most in my opinion. Simply put, it's going to take more 6A football programs modeling their offseason like Pearl-Cohn and Austin-East which is easier said than done.