Top 5 Finishers (L-R): Sarah Sanford, Hoover, 5th; Chanel Krause, St. Paul's, 4th; Taylor Young, Altamont, 3rd; Amanda Dean, Mortimer Jordan, 2nd; Shelley Spires, St. Paul's, 1st; AHSADCA'S Alvin Briggs

St. Paul’s Spires Captures 2013 Heptathlon Title

        HOOVER – St. Paul’s Episcopal School junior Shelley Spires totaled a state-record 1,979 points on the second day of competition Tuesday to finish with 4,776 points and capture the 2013 AHSAA State Heptathlon championship.
        Spires, who finished second to St. Paul’s teammate Lacey Dent in 2012, won the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 1 inch, was second in the javelin competition and fourth in the 800 meters to win the title by 452 points. Amanda Dean, a senior at Mortimer Jordan, was second with 4,324 points. Dean was fourth last year.
        Rounding out the top five finishers were Taylor Young of Altamont (3,933), Chanel Krause of St. Paul’s (3,924), and Sarah Stanford of Hoover (3,866).
        Hoover’s Presley Weems won the 800-meter event with a time of 2:20.4 and teammate Chloe White won the  javelin with a toss of 116-06.