Month: February 2013

Jared was one of the few (I counted 3) freshman boys competing in the State Open meet on Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center (results and Milesplit coverage).   His 4x200m relay team improved on their 13th place seed with an 11th place 1:33.87.  Here is a video of the race.  I had trouble getting into position and focusing initially, but got it sorted out for his 2nd leg. They were seeded in a slower heat than last week so had to push themselves.

Here is a video from a different photographer — Jared’s race starts at 4:00. Chick here to jump ahead.

Here is my video.

Newton North Splits
Porter 23.57
Prior 23.47
Swain 23.40
King 23.43

Jared split a personal best 23.12 on the 2nd leg in Newton North’s 4x200m relay in the MIAA Division 1 State Championships on Saturday (race video, photo galleries, results, coverage). Newton ended up 2nd in the team competition with 48 points behind Lowell’s 50.

The relay qualified to advance to next week’s State Open competition as 13th seed in the field of 24 teams. Jared is the only freshman running in the top 13 relays (I didn’t check the rest) and no freshman qualified in individual events, so he is one of the few if not only freshman boys in the meet. The relay’s splits were 23.78 lead off, 23.12 Jared, 23.10, and 24.25 for a time of 1:34.25. Had North loaded their top sprinter into this relay they likely would have placed 2nd.

RACE VIDEO (Jared 2nd Leg). The Chelmsford senior who Jared holds off was a member of the meet record team and New England Champion relay last year (5th at Nationals), so no slouch. He is #11 returning 200m runner in the state with a 22.67 PR. Thanks to good handoffs, North comes into Jared’s leg a yard ahead of them and comes off the 2nd hand-off with a yard lead.

Jared set personal bests in the 55m dash (6.99, 6th), long jump (19’5.5″, 5th) and 4x200m (23.68, 4th) at the Bay State Conference Championships (results, photo gallery, Newton Tab article). Team scores were not kept as the focus is on individual championships, but if the meet were scored, it would have been North winning with 125 points with 2nd place Needham back at 57.75pts. Jared contributed 12 of North’s 125 points. He was one of only 5 athletes in the league to place in 2 individual events. Only 4 seniors beat him in the long jump. He missed qualifying for the state championships in the long jump by 0.5″.

As a freshman he ranks #2 of 485 in NE and 28th in the country in the long jump and 87th of 4620 in the 55m dash.

In the NVL Championships, he would have gotten roughly the same places.