St. Paul’s senior Janie Ford made sure her last home meet was one to remember.

The Vanderbilt-bound star captured Outstanding Female Meet Performer honors in Saturday’s Elite Division of the Mobile Challenge of Champions held at St. Paul’s E.E. Delaney Stadium, and she did it with style in windy conditions.

Ford won the 100 meters in a wind-aided 11.68 seconds, the 100-meter hurdles in 14.50 and the long jump (18 feet, 6 ¾ inches). In addition, she anchored the winning 4 X 100-meter relay team, which along with Leah Tillman, Grayson Akridge and Emily Lockhart, ran 47.68, breaking the existing record by more than a second.

“I couldn’t pass up the chance to do the 100 because of the meet and the competition,” said Ford, who edged Baker’s Myla Reed (11.74). “Going into the meet, I wasn’t expecting to win, but I was excited to have somebody next to me who would push me.”

Jaden Youngblood of Mansfield High in Mansfield, Louisiana, was the Outstanding Male Meet Performer. Youngblood narrowly edged Blount’s Lazeric Johnson in the 110-meter high hurdles (14.13 to 14.14), and won the 300-meter hurdles in 38.10, defeating Leondre Franklin of Gulfport’s Harrison Central (38.91) and Blount’s Kantrell Benjamin (39.03).

Despite the windy conditions, several other athletes had stellar performances. Lowen Averi of Bowdon High in Bowdon, Ga., won the girls mile going away in 4:55.28, as well as the 2-mile in 10:23.39, narrowly missing breaking the meet record of 10:22.58 set by fellow Georgian Emma Grace Hurley of Fellowship Christian.

“I went out pretty hard in the first 400 (in the mile),” Averi said. “I didn’t really notice the win, but it gave me an extra push on the straightaway. It’s a blessing to win, and I appreciate the opportunity.”

Another athlete who had a strong performance was UMS-Wright’s Peyton Holderer, who won a hotly-contested boys’ mile in 4:19.50, coming from behind to narrowly defeat Jackson Jarrett of Lafayette, La.’s David Thibodeaux STEM Academy (4:19.80) and Bayshore Christian’s Caden Phillippi (4:20.10).

“I hadn’t really been competing much because I had Achilles tendonitis,” he said. “So, I started in the back because I didn’t want to overdo myself, and gave it all I had in the last 400.”

Two of the Alabama’s top sprinters had solid performances. Carver-Montgomery’s Maurice Conner won the 100 in a wind-aided 10.44, while Fairhope’s Ty Watkins, who finished second to Conner in the 100, won the 200 in 20.87.

“There are a lot of fast guys in the state, and I’m ready for the competition,” said Conner, who also ran a leg on the victorious 4 X 100-meter relay team (41.17). “We had a personal record in the 4 X 100, and coming off that, I was satisfied with the time.”

“Coming off my time in the 200, I knew I could run faster,” said Watkins, who tore an ACL before last season. “There was a big improvement, and during track season last year I improved my strength. People are definitely going to see more of me.”

Other notable performances by Alabama athletes included:

— Gaston High’s Kodie Bogle winning the boys’ javelin (174-8).

— Pell City’s River Richard winning the boys’ 2-mile (9:38.81).

— McGill-Toolen’s Shepherd Schmohl winning the pole vault (13-6).

— UMS-Wright’s Mae Elliott winning the girls’ high jump (5-2).

— Baker’s Kendall Brown winning the triple jump (37-10), and finishing second in the long jump (18-0 ½).

— Central-Tuscaloosa’s Mer’rica Trone winning the girls shot put (41-5 3/4)