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Kayla Anchors Newton North 4x100m relay to 3rd fastest time in Massachusetts in D1 State Championships

Kayla sped home in a blazing 12.20 split to anchor the Newton North 4x100m relay team to 49.63 3rd place at the Eastern Massachusetts Division 1 Championships (results, milesplit coverage, photos) on Saturday May 27th. The team of Kayla Wong, Steph Brown, Carla Forbes, and Kayla improved their season’s best by 0.8 to post the third fastest time run in Massachusetts this year (out of 738 teams) and the 7th fastest time in New England (out of 1800 teams) to advance to the state open final. This is likely the 2nd fastest time run in Newton’s history. Kayla also placed 7th in the long jump to contribute 8 of Newton’s 95.5 points posted to win the team title.

Here is a youtube video of the race with Kayla running the 4th leg:

Gram and Gampy check out Kayla’s long jump approach:

Jared, JT, and Mo watch Kayla jump:

Jared ups long jump PR to 19’6″

Jared jumped 19’6″ this evening at the weekly Waltham Track Club track meet. He also had a 19’8″ foul. This ups his nominal National middle school ranking on athletic.net to 15th out of over 14,000 logged athletes and meets the 19’1″ entry guideline for the intermediate boys (born 1996-1997, age 15-16) National Youth Outdoor Championships in Arlington Texas in July. Kayla has already made the 16’10” mark for young woman as well.

In New England, this mark would rank him 14th of 693 high school freshman this season.

Kayla 2nd in long jump at South Shore Principals Meet

Kayla placed 2nd in the long jump at the South Shore Principals pre-States tune up meet in Norwell on Saturday (results, photos). Her mark was off her PR (15’4.75″) in the notoriously bad long jump facility, but was 2nd only to MA #5 Nikki Dempsey. She also ran a season’s best 13.39 in the trials of the 100m placing 5th in the finals and anchored a North rookie 4x100m team to 6th. The juniors were mostly left behind to prep for their prom.

4x100m Relay on youtube:

The highlight slideshow features background music by Kha0sTh3ory.com.

Jared runs personal best 11.6 in 100m vs. Watertown

Jared continued his undefeated middle school season winning the 100m, long jump and 4x100m against Watertown. He has previous won these events in meets against all the Newton middle schools (Bigelow, Oak Hill, Brown) as well in earlier meets on the Day grass track. His time of 11.6 in the 100m (11.84c) ranks 82 of 16,000 nationwide results posted on athletic.net. He also had his 2nd best long jump of his career jumping 17’11 3/4″ and anchored the 4x100m relay team to a 50.5(?) win.

Jared soares to personal best 18’6″ in long jump

While Kayla was busy taking home long jump silver and 4x100m gold at the Bay State Conference Championships, Jared was competing in an intersquad track meet back in Waltham with the Waltham Track club. As Kayla made her way into the finals, Lisa texted me the news that Jared has improved his personal best by 9″, hitting 18’6″ on the 1st attempt. This mark ranks him 69th in the nation among over 13,500 reported middle school results on athletic.net.

He also set a personal bests of 11.8 in the 100m dash and of 25.2 in the 200m dash.

File Photo:

Kayla runner-up in Bay State Outdoor Track Championships

On Wednesday afternoon Newton North traveled to Weymouth high school for the 2012 Bay State Conference Outdoor Track Championships (results,photos, Newton Tab article). Kayla competed in the long jump, 100m, and 4x100m.

In the long jump, Kayla fouled her first attempt, had a short jump for her 2nd, and then made a clutch 16’1″ jump to advance to the 8-person finals in 6th place. She then fired off a 16’7″ jump to move into 2nd place for good, only bested by National Champion Carla Forbes (jump sequence). She completed the Bay State league portion of her season ranked #2 of 88 league long jumpers, improving from her 6th place indoor ranking. She currently ranks 11th overall state-wide.

After completing the long jump, Kayla anchored the Newton North 4x100m team to victory in 50.61 to complete an undefeated season for that team in league matchups (youtube video). They currently rank 7th in the state. She also ran the 100m in 13.70 into a headwind for 2nd in her heat and 8th place overall. Her next meet is the South Shore Principals meet on Saturday and then on to the Division 1 State Championships next Sunday.

4x100m Video on youtube:

Kayla soars to 17’5 3/4″ personal best for 7th at State Coaches Invitational

Kayla hit a new personal best of 17′ 5 3/4″ in the long jump for 7th place at the prestigious Mass State Track Coaches Association Invitation in Somerville on Saturday (results, milesplit coverage, photos). This marked the 3rd meet that Kayla has broken the 17′ barrier. After a weekend of high level track competition, the result put her at 10th in the state wide rankings, with only two of the top 10 jumps of the year not coming from this competition. Carla Forbes soared to a meet record, personal best, USA#4 20’3″ to win the competition. Kayla also tripled jumped 33′ for 18th and anchored North to a seasons best 50.43 in the 4x100m for 4th behind top ranked Brockton, Somerville, and North Attleboro.

Meet Highlight Video:

Kayla PR 17’4″ long jump — Newton Seniors conclude undefeated career with win over Weymouth

Kayla concluded her high school dual meet career on the Newton North track with a personal best 17’4″ long jump to place 2nd behind Carla in a loaded competition against league rival Weymouth (results, photos, milesplit article) She defeated Weymouth’s Melissa Darling for the 2nd time this outdoor season and retained her #2 ranking in the Bay State league and a top 10 ranking in the state.

The meet was covered live by Fox 25 as it involved 4 undefeated teams facing off.

The girls won by usual landslide but boys meet came down to 4×4 with Weymouth diving for the relay win and meet tie. I left my camera in bag for most of meet but happened to take it out to get this shot:

The seniors conclude their Newton career with a victory lap around the track.

The seniors

Kayla will miss track:

Kayla and Carla:

Fox 25 News Clip:

Kayla jumps to 6th in Weston Twilight Invitational and anchors 4x100m to victory

Kayla competed under the lights at the Weston Twilight Invitational, placing 6th in the long jump with a 16’6″ coming off an injury layoff (photos, results, milesplit coverage) . She also anchored the 4x100m relay to a season’s best 50.76 win over MA#2 Somerville. Kayla anchored and held off a charge (photo sequence) by meet MVP and milesplit athlete of the week Nicole Genard, the 2nd fastest indoor hurdler in New England.

As an added bonus, Justin had the announcer ask her to prom over the PA system (she said yes).

Meet Highlight video (long jumps at 0:41 and 4x100m at 3:11 — don’t miss it):