Category: Jared Track

Jared places 2nd and 3rd at Bay State Conference Outdoor Championships

Jared placed 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the long jump at the 2013 Bay State Conference Outdoor Track Championships (results, photos, jump sequences).

In the 200m he ran 24.00 into a headwind to place 2nd behind the fastest runner in the state (UConn-bound indoor 55m state open champion PJ Hayes).

In the long jump he jumped 20′ 0.75″ to place 3rd behind teammate and New England #1 triple jumper David Oluwadara and indoor league MVP Jason Motovu from Norwood.

Only one other freshman got a top 3 finish in any event in the 12-school league.

Bay-State All-Star voting remains to be completed, but Jared has set himself up well for consideration by performing well in this meet and ending the league season as the #1 ranked long jumper, #3 ranked 200m runner, anchor of Newton North’s 7-0 4x100m team, and (I think) 5th highest dual meet scorer in league.

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Long Jump Video:

Jared sets 22.4 200m PR and Newton North concludes undefeated dual meet season

Jared set a new 22.4 200m personal best taking 2nd in the 200m as Newton North defeated Weymouth 101 – 35 to conclude a 7-0 undefeated season (results, photos). He defeated a 49.6 400m runner from Weymouth, who was responsible for the dramatic Weymouth 4×4 win that tied this meet last year. The 22.4 ranks him 29th in the country among freshman on athletic.net and 71 of 22,000 on milesplit.com. In Massachusetts, it ties him for 3rd in the Bay State league rankings (behind teammate Ryan and UConn bound PJ Hayes from Walpole) and gives him a top 10 ranking overall on athletic.net (state database is not complete).

He also took 2nd in the long jump to his teammate Dave (20’6″) and anchored the 4x100m to a come from behind photo-finish win.

Jared was 3rd highest dual meet point scorer on the North team and (I think) 4th highest scorer in the league, contributing 59 individual points and 35 points via the 7 wins of the undefeated 4x100m relay (67.5 total if you allocate 1.25/relay).

Video of Newton North winning 4x100m relay (Jared anchor):

Jared Breaks MSTCA Freshman Sophomore Meet Record in Long Jump

Jared broke the MSTCA Freshman Sophomore Meet of 21′ 1″ record in the long jump Saturday by 9.5″ jumping a USA Frosh #18 21′ 10.5″ in the 5th round to move into the lead (Newton Tab article, meet coverage, results, long jump gallery, 200m gallery).  He held the record for whole 9 minutes before it was broken again by a sophomore on the final jump of the competition by another 0.75″. Here is a panorama of the 21′ 10.5″ jump:

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He ended up 2nd in the 60 athlete competition.  The jump ranks him 18th in the country out of 15,800 freshman on milesplit and 7th of 1500 overall in New England (all classes).  He is over 2 feet ahead of the nearest freshman in NE.  This matched an 21’11” jump he had previously at Newton North.  He now has 4 21+ competitions under his belt.

Jared did well in the 200m as well.  Running into a strong headwind, Jared qualified 4th in 24.07  out of 71 competitors and moved up to 3rd in the final, besting two athletes with 22.4 and 22.6 PRs.

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Jared open outdoor track career with triple win vs. Natick

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.

Jared competes in New Balance Indoor Nationals

Jared concluded his indoor season by competing at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City.

Jared combined with Ryan Lucken, Ben Porter, and Dan Swain to run a season’s best 1:32.46 in the 4x200m relay, the 5th fastest time in Massachusetts and 11th in New England this year and a milesplit elite-level performance (results). The team placed 10th in the emerging elite division and ranks 104th (out of 10,000 teams) in the US.

Team splits: Ryan 22.66, Ben 23.07, Jared 23.37, Dan 23.29

Ryan’s lead off leg was impressive with the flat start. The equivalent of roughly 22.0 for a running start leg.

Here is the professional New Balance / Armory video of the race:

Here is mom’s version:

In the Freshman 60m dash, Jared improved on his 32nd seed to place 22nd (7.65, 7.099 55m split), but with over 3 weeks since his last 55m race, didn’t get the start he was looking for. The starter was a bit erratic (as commentators mention), but that’s something to adapt to when racing outside of Reggie.
Results

Mom’s version:

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Jared also served as alternate for the Newton North Sprint Medley. He ran on the MA #1 team that qualified the North to compete in the national meet. The team raced to an All-American 6th place.

Jared helps North to 11th place in State Open 4x200m Relay

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

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Newton North 4x200m runs to 8th place in MIAA Division 1 State Meet

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.

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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 places in 3 events in Bay State Conference Championships

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.

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Jared improves PRs in long jump and 55m dash vs. Milton

Jared improved his indoor long jump PR to 19′ 4.25″ and his 55m dash to 7.08 in Newton North’s final dual meet vs Hergert division champion Milton (results). His long jump was the 2nd longest of his career and moves him to #17 freshman nationally (of 1475). He continues to rank #2 (of 405) in New England. He placed 3rd in the dual meet and 6th out of 34 Bay State conference athletes competing this evening. His #8 league ranking auto-qualifies him for the Bay State conference championships next week.

In the 55m dash Jared improved his PR to 7.08 with a 4th place finish. He placed 14th overall of the 122 athletes competing. He ranks as #2 freshman in league and #8 in the state.