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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Max Thompson

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 5-10
  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Kings Mountain, N.C.
  • Previous School Kings Mountain
  • College Columbia College

Biography

Prior to Columbia: A four year varsity athlete … Fresh (Football, Outdoor Track); Soph (Football, Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track); Junior (Football, Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track); Senior (Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track) … 2024 NCHSAA 800m State Champion … 2xBig South Conference Cross Country MVP … 3xBig South Conference Track MVP … 2x1000m NCHSAA State Runner-up …

Personal: Valedictorian … Student Body President … National Honors Society President … Beta Club … AP Scholar with Distinction … 4.75 GPA … Dover Foundation Merit Scholar awardee … FCA Student Leadership Team … Albermarle Community Advisory Panel Representative … Albemarle Community Advisory Panel Representative … Church Service (Choir, Audio/Visual Team) … Kickoff for Ally Fundraiser … Raised $10,000 for Kings Mountain's Track and Field Team … Volunteered to read at Local Elementary Schools as a Football Player … Has a YouTube channel named “LakeTalk” … Hobbies include reading, writing, running, hiking, fishing, cooking, lifting weights, home improvement projects, learning new things, swimming, playing piano, hanging out with friends, and traveling … Favorite sports memory includes making the podium as a 4x800 at State his sophomore year being ranked 8th in the state coming into the meet.