Editor’s Note: This is part of a series highlighting the accomplishments of every area team’s senior class as their senior seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will culminate in Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.’s Virtual Senior Night. For more information on that, visit www.thewetumpkaherald.com.

The Elmore County boys track team finished second at the 2019 state meet but six of the team’s nine competitors were no longer with the program for the 2020 season. Zefeniah Edwards was the only returning senior but he stayed with the Panthers to try to help the younger athletes and make sure the program would be in good hands when he left.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.