North defeated Andover 55-48 to win the division 1 state championships Friday night (photos, jump photos, blog preview, milesplit preview, results, Newton Tab article, globe article, herald article, track blog, Newton Tab Photos, ESPN article). Kayla lead off with a first jump 16’1″ high school PR in the regulation Reggie Lewis pit. She jumped nearly a foot farther than her 2010 D1 meet. She came into the meet seeded 13th and ended up tied for 9th (bumped to 11th based on 2nd jump tiebreaker). Outside of seniors, Kayla ranked 4th. Factoring in the D2, D3, and D4 championship meets, Kayla tied for the 24th best jump in all state championship competitions. Technically this should advance her to the open but will need to see how rules play out (link). She ends the season with the 36th best jump of the year state wide out of 622 competitors. She ranked 63th last year. She jumped 15’10” or better in the last 4 of 5 meets.
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Kayla you are the girl. Congratulations, your whole family cheers you on and are very proud of you. Hugs, Joanna
Great form in the air; complete commitment!
Fun cheer too 🙂
UJ
Just great. You and your team rock! State champions don’t come that often or easily.