Kayla jumps to 5th place in Bay State Conference Championships

Kayla earned her first individual event championship medal of her high school career with a 5th place in the long jump at the 12 school Bay State Conference Championship on Wednesday (Newton Tab article, results on cool running, results on athletics.net). Kayla jumped 15’10.25″ on a cold and rainy day that had most competitors jumping 2 feet behind their personal bests. She now ranks 21st out of 593 competitors in the state.

Day Middle School Defeats B.C. High 45-41

Day defeated the 7th-8th grade branch of BC High School today at the Day field 45-41. Jared won the long jump, moving into 1st place by a foot on his last attempt (14’11”). He won the 100 in 12.7. Going into the last event (4x200m relay), Day trailed BC 40-41. Jared’s friend Brandon put the team into the lead (over 4 BC high squads) and Jared achored the relay to victory and the 5-0 point spread for the team win. Jared contributed 15 of Day’s 45 points.

My camera was home but blackberry caught the relay finish:

North takes state relays — Kayla brings home two gold medals

Newton North won a closely fought battle over Andover to win the 2011 Outdoor Division 1 State Relays Sunday in Franklin, MA. The shuttle hurdle team defending their 2011 indoor and 2010 outdoor titles by over 2 seconds over the field (65.51). In her 4th outing as a triple jumper, Kayla joined Carla Forbes and Amy Ren to win the Triple Jump relay by 7 feet. These teams contributed 20 of Newton’s 73 points and provided the margin of victory over Andover (60). Both the relays posted the top performance of all four divisional relay meets in the state (triple jump beat out Mansfield from Division 2 by .25in). Kayla now has five state relay gold medals on her shelf and has contributed 57 points to relay meet wins.

News Coverage:
Newton Tab: Newton North sweeps State Relays championships

Boston Globe Article: Newton Boys, Girls sweep the field

The Newton North girls started on the track and did their best in the final running event. The 4 x 400 relay team of sophomores Meghan Belleraje, Madison Nadeau, and Carla Forbes, and senior Margo Gillis set a meet record with a time of 3:59.61.

“It meant a lot finishing off the running events with a win,’’ said coach Joe Tranchita. “And to get a meet record really boosts the morale even more.’’

The Tigers also won the long jump, triple jump, discus, 4 x 100 hurdles, and 1,600 sprint medley, finishing with 73 points. Andover came in second with 60 points, and Weymouth finished third with 39.

“We had 37 points running and 36 in the field,’’ said Tranchita. “I always say this is the purest team meet and that type of balance really shows that.’’

Senior Amy Ren came back from an ankle injury to help boost the Tigers.

“I had been out for three meets and I just wanted to go out there and be a part of the team,’’ said Ren, a part of three winning teams — the long jump, triple jump, and the hurdles.

Ren, who will run at Dartmouth next year, said getting over the pain in her ankle was a mental thing. “The ambition to do well trumps the pain,’’ she said.

Boston Herald Article: Tigers terrify on track

Milesplit Results/Coverage

Highlight photos

Winning 4x100m shuttle hurdle relay team:

Winning 3xTJ relay team:

Hardware:

Margin of victory:

2nd step in Triple jump

MPS Knights defeat America FC Revolution 3-0 / Newton Bays Draws Weston 0-0

Jared had two soccer games on Sunday. First he played with his MPS team in Devens, MA at 2:30 to a 3-0 win over America FC Revolution while the rest of the Prior clan was down in Franklin for the relays. Jared scored 2 goals, 1 in the opening 2 minutes and then another at 10 minutes.

He returned to Newton, changed shorts and shirt, and headed to Cold Spring park for a 6pm town Bays game against Weston. Weston only could field 9 players (it was a make up), so Newton voluntarily fielded only 10. Several Weston players were Jared’s MPS team mates at one point or another. Newton dominated the game but came up with a 0-0 tie (pictures). Weston now leads the division with a 3-0-1 record while Newton trails in 2nd with a 2-0-2 record.

Jared is currently high scorer on both his teams (3 of 6 MPS, 4 of 10 BAYS).

Jared wins 2 events in Day track team opener

Jared competed in his first middle school track meet against Oak Hill middle school on Friday (photos). He scored 10 of Day’s 37 points winning the 8 lb shot put (31’8″) and 100 (11.9). The line-painted grass track might be a bit short, but he was well ahead of 2nd place 12.5. He also split a 29.5 in the 4x200m relay, which had a baton mishap with a last minute addition to the team. He was bummed not to be able to long jump in the meet after going 15′ in Day’s “uphill” pit in practice (14’7″ won this meet).

Newton defeats Needham — Kayla PRs in 2 events

Kayla scored 8 points to help lead Newton to a 105-31 win over Needham as Newton completed for the 1st time on its new home track (results, photos, jump sequences). She took 2nd in both the Long Jump and 100m behind Carla Forbes and added 3rd places in the 100m hurdles and triple jump. State leading marks were set in 3 of her 4 events (Forbes in LJ and TJ, Wong in 100m hurdles).

Kayla set personal bests in the long jump (16’7″, 16’6″, 15’10”) and triple jump (32’7″) and state qualified in the Long Jump. She also set season PRs in 100m and 100m hurdles. She currently ranks 5th in the league and 7th in the state in the long jump (out of 349 competitors). In the triple jump, she ranks 31st of 229 in the state, after only 3 tries s in the new event for her.