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On Thursday, Gatorade released its state-by-state boys track and field winners for its annual Player of the Year awards.
Below, you can find the full list of honored athletes by state, a list which includes state champions, record-holders and other elite competitors.
For links to each of the POY athlete's profiles, check out the data below.
Be sure to stay tuned as Gatorade will announce its National Boys Player of the Year award.
State-By-State Boys Track and Field POY '23 Winners
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| STATE | NAME | SCHOOL |
| Alabama | Alex Leath | Vestavia Hills |
| Alaska | Matthew Rongitsch | Colony |
| Arizona | Brennen McHenry | Brophy College Preparatory |
| Arkansas | Deandra Burns | El Dorado |
| California | Rodrick Pleasant | Serra-Gardena |
| Colorado | Tavon Underwood | Mead |
| Connecticut | Joshua Mooney | Stonington |
| Delaware | Yougendy Mauricette | Sussex Technical |
| District of Columbia | Nyckoles Harbor | Archbishop Carroll |
| Florida | Issam Asinga | Montverde Academy |
| Georgia | Isaiah Taylor | Southwest Dekalb |
| Hawaii | Shane Kawakami-Williams | Hawaii Baptist |
| Idaho | Gatlin Bair | Burley |
| Illinois | Daniel Watcke | Hinsdale Central |
| Indiana | Cody Johnston | Hobart |
| Iowa | Jackson Heidesch | Dowling Catholic |
| Kansas | Bryce Barkdull | Andover Central |
| Kentucky | Wyatt Stewart | Madison Central |
| Louisiana | Justin Horne | John Curtis |
| Maine | Matt Charpentier | York |
| Maryland | Tinoda Matsatsa | St. Andrew's Episcopal |
| Massachusetts | Nathan Lopez | St. John's Prep |
| Michigan | Benne Anderson | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills |
| Minnesota | Hayden Bills | Rosemount |
| Mississippi | Sterling Scott | Starkville |
| Missouri | Connor Burns | Southern Boone County |
| Montana | Weston Brown | Bozeman |
| Nebraska | Caiden Fredrick | Papillion - La Vista South |
| Nevada | Derek Meadows | Bishop Gorman |
| New Hampshire | Byron Grevious | Phillips Exeter Academy |
| New Jersey | Fabian Gonzalez | Southern Regional |
| New Mexico | Tanner Montano | La Cueva |
| New York | Joseph Perazzo | Susan E. Wagner |
| North Carolina | Rocky Hansen | Christ School |
| North Dakota | Brooks Turner | Century |
| Ohio | Kaleb Nastari | United |
| Oklahoma | Keegan Thomas | Stillwater |
| Oregon | Carter Cutting | Wilsonville |
| Pennsylvania | Brian DiCola | Hatboro-Horsham |
| Rhode Island | Christian Toro | Lincoln |
| South Carolina | Bryson Miller | Dorman |
| South Dakota | Simeon Birnbaum | Rapid City Stevens |
| Tennessee | Jordan Ware | Memphis Central |
| Texas | Karson Gordon | Houston Episcopal |
| Utah | Daniel Simmons | American Fork |
| Vermont | Matthew Servin | Champlain Valley Union |
| Virginia | Rodney Lora | Woodberry Forest |
| Washington | Brayden Platt | Yelm |
| West Virginia | Drew Zundell | University |
| Wisconsin | Ben Smith | Hortonville |
| Wyoming | Gage Gose | Lander Valley |