Jared takes 3rd in New Balance National Freshman Long Jump Championship

Jared earned perhaps the highest accolade in his track career thus far Friday, placing third in the 2013 New Balance Nationals Freshman Long Jump competition (results, photos, patch article).

Jared got a big kick out of being featured in the New Balance Friday Highlight Video at 0:22 and 0:37:

He came in on paper tied as top seed, although the late entry of Grant Holloway from Virginia, the USA #1 track freshman in high jump(6’11”), 110m hurdles(14.45), and 300m hurdles (38.56), as well as the USA #3 400m (48.58), and (now) USA #9 in long jump (22’3″) made winning a long shot. Holloway is also indoor national frosh champ at 60m and 400m.

After having to abort his first jump mid-air due to officials yelling “stop” to exiting 100m runners nearly cutting him off, Jared rested just a moment and then opened with a 20’8″ jump. He held the meet record (for the new event 🙂 for 10 minutes until Holloway opened with a 22’0″ jump.

Jared kept Holloway on his toes, with Holloway’s 22′ jump being an inch outside Jared’s PR of 21’11” from the D1 state meet. Jared held 2nd until the final round when Tyson Spears from Roswell, Georgia jumped 21’1″. Jared countered with another 21’0″ jump on his final attempt.

Looking at Jared’s three previous National Championship competitions, he has improved 5 feet in last 3 years:
2011 USATF Youth Nationals — 16’0″ — 11th
2012 USATF Youth Nationals — 19’2″ — 6th
2013 New Balance Nationals — 21’0″ — 3rd

I extracted the New Balance clips and the audio and combined it with my videos of his 1st and 4th jump to make a highlight video. Use this link http://youtu.be/UeqfHviw0V8 if you want to share it.

Check it out:

There are also videos of his 2nd and 3rd attempt on runnerspace (clink on the links).

Jared also ran his 2nd open 400m of his career, running a slower than hoped 53.10 for 19th after a long day in the sun and heat(New Balance Video of section 3 of freshman 400m):

Results
1 1092 Grant Holloway 16 Chesapeake, VA 6.79m 3.0 22-03.50
6.72m(1.8) 6.68m(2.1) 6.54m(1.9) 6.54m(1.8) 6.79m(3.0) 6.46m(2.4)
2 3141 Tyson Spears 16 Roswell, GA 6.44m 2.3 21-01.50
5.15m(2.4) 5.77m(1.5) 6.35m(1.8) 6.20m(1.2) 6.10m(0.7) 6.44m(2.3)
3 3304 Jared Prior 16 Newton, MA 6.40m 4.4 21-00.00
6.30m(2.5) 6.40m(4.4) 6.26m(2.6) 6.21m(1.5) 6.04m(3.4) 6.40m(2.2)
4 209 Chris Evans 16 Indianapolis, IN 6.36m 2.1 20-10.50
5.36m(1.9) 6.36m(2.1) 6.17m(2.6) 6.04m(1.9) 6.29m(1.8) 6.16m(2.2)
5 3618 Isaac Perrigan 16 Abingdon, VA 6.32m 1.9 20-09.00
FOUL(4.2) 6.13m(2.9) 6.32m(1.9) FOUL(0.7) 6.01m(0.9) 5.60m(3.2)
6 830 Coleton Banks 16 denver, NC 6.18m 2.5 20-03.50
FOUL(2.5) FOUL(2.8) 5.76m(0.5) 6.02m(1.1) 6.18m(2.5) 6.17m(1.2)
7 836 Luke Lafferty 16 Manorville, NY 6.15m 1.9 20-02.25
FOUL(2.8) FOUL(2.1) 6.03m(3.9) 5.63m(2.1) 6.02m(2.2) 6.15m(1.9)
8 1016 Allan Jacob 16 Freehold, NJ 6.08m 1.7 19-11.50
5.86m(1.7) 5.83m(3.2) 6.08m(1.7) 4.34m(1.1) PASS PASS
9 1310 Austin Leonard 16 Niverville, NY 5.52m 0.7 18-01.50
5.10m(2.7) 5.52m(0.7) 5.38m(0.9)
10 3730 Jalen Smith 16 birmingham, AL 5.22m 0.5 17-01.50
5.22m(0.5) 4.96m(2.0) 4.96m(1.7)