Stillman College

A three-time NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championship qualifier, Chester Hightower Jr ('13) won two SIAC championships and two NCAA DII South Region championships. During his career, Hightower set the Stillman College speed records in the 100-meter dash (10.54), 200-meter dash (20.94), 4x100 relay (41.24), 4x400 relay (3:14.53). While all three records have since been broken, he remains Top 3 in each category. He also has a Top 10 time all-time in the 400-meter dash (49.59). In 2011, Hightower won the SIAC championship in the 200m and 4x400m relay. He also won the NCAA DII South Region 200m in both 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was selected to the first NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track & Field South All-Region Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for his performances in both the 200-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay. On campus, he was named the Stillman Men's Track & Field MVP in 2008 and 2011, the program's Top Performer in 2009 and received the Stillman Best Track Athlete honor in 2010. In addition to track and field, Hightower was a First Team All-SIAC selection in football as a kick returner.

A native of Boston, Georgia, Hightower currently resides in Thomasville, Georgia and is a track and football coach at Cairo High School. His coaching career began in 2018 as an assistant track coach at Southeastern University (Fla.), where he  helped coach nine total individual Sun Conference champions in 2021 and coached the NAIA Women's Indoor 4x400 and 200m national champions. He became head coach at Montreat College (N.C.) in 2021-2022, winning the Appalachian Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Championship in 2022.