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2021 ALL-COUNTY GIRLS FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Riley Jones, South Forsyth
Riley Jones
South Forsyth junior Riley Jones won the Class 7A pole vault state championship after missing three weeks of the season due to tonsillitis. - photo by Jacob Smith
As a sophomore at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Forsyth’s Riley Jones said there was going to be nothing to get in the way of her being the pole vaulting state champion her junior year. “I was like ‘you know what?’” Jones said. “‘Next year, I'm gonna win state. I'm gonna win the state championship. I'm gonna do it.