Jared had his first outdoor track meet as a Newton North Tiger on Thursday last week (photos, results).
Jared and Kayla set high goals for themselves and I can count on 1 hand how many times they have come away from a meet satisfied with their performances. This was one of those meets.
Jared began by winning the long jump with a personal best 20′ 8.5″ leap, defeating his teammate and Indoor State Open finalist David O. by an inch. This jump ranks him 20th in the country on athletic.net and 23rd of 4500 milesplit among freshman. The jump also qualified him for the D1 State Championships as well as the freshman long jump at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro in June. He currently ranks #1 overall in the Bay State Conference. In additional to his 20’8″ jump, he had two 20’4″ jumps on his other attempts.
He next anchored the North 4x100m team to 1st with a 10.9 split in a league-leading 46.5:
He next won the 200m over a field of 19 runners in a personal best 23.0, upsetting Lucas Holt, the fastest freshman indoors at 55m and 2nd fastest at 300m. This mark currently ranks him tied for #1 in the Bay State Conference and qualifies him for the D1 state championships in the event (see photo sequence).
He also took 2nd in the triple jump with a 37’3″ jump (jump sequence), scoring a team-leading total of 18 of Newton North’s 105 points in their 105-35 point win over Natick.
Incredible and extremely fun to watch. Is it me or are we getting close to the end of the pit on these long jumps! WOW. Winning the 200m outright was a ridiculously fantastic result.
UJ
Great meet for your! Lots of power.
Jared, you did it! Congratulations, Super results, your first outdoor track meet as a Tiger.
So pleased for you! Gram
WOW! Keep on doing whatever you’re doing to prepare for these games – it’s working!!