Milesplit Mass: rankings  “Jared Prior of Newton North is the top returning long jumper with a 21′ 9 3/4″.  He is the defending Division 1 Champion”. Also mentioned in Boston Herald pre-season article.
Brianna wins Franklin County Art Contest
Brianna entered a county wide art contest hosted by the Franklin County Auditors office called ‘Me and My Pal‘. Â She had to draw a picture of her and a dog she cares for; the purpose of the contest is to help promote responsible dog ownership. She won for 2nd grade!
They hosted the awards ceremony on Saturday and she was thrilled! The original drawing was much smaller, but they blew up all of the kids pictures, which she got to take home along with some other gifts.
Plus, she received a free dog license for Buddy (which saved the Bernards $18:) so the girl is already a paid artist!
Thanksgiving 2015
Noriya Yokota visits from Japan
Fort Hill Farm Gathering 2015
Click here for photo gallery.
North beats South in City title match
Newton North beat Newton South 1-0 under the lights at Newton South this evening (Jared Photos, All Photos). Â There was a ceremony for seniors from both teams before the game.
Iron Gecko
From today’s Geico internal home page:
Twelve hours, 22 minutes, and 19 seconds — that’s how long it took Hartford staff counsel attorney Steve Prior to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run 26.2 miles at the 2015 IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant in Quebec, Canada. (Results)
It was his first full Ironman triathlon, though he had been doing sprint-distance “minis” since 2012 and entered a half iron distance triathlon earlier this year, and he says he would have been happy with anything below 14 hours.
“You don’t have to go fast, you just have to last,” said Prior. “I’m not very fast. ‘Just one more step, one more step, one more step.’ It is very psychological. Eventually you’ll get to the finish line.”
The weather on race day was “hotter than it should’ve been” for Canada, and he said, “I don’t know what I was thinking signing up for a race with ‘mountain’ in the name.”
“It was truly a family effort,” said Prior. His wife stepped up to care for their three kids and keep up with the household while Prior was on long runs and hundred-mile bike rides. “No matter how it turned out that day, just standing there on the beach I felt very fortunate to be able to be there.”
He didn’t realize it, but several of his coworkers were following the feed that day, checking up on his progress and cheering him on. “It’s nice to know they were rooting for me from afar,” said Prior.
Prior finished his last race of the year in late September, marking the end of triathlon season. He’s not sure when his next race will be, but he definitely plans to keep training
October 13th Geico home page:
Screen shot from Iceland:
Super Blood Moon
Priors return to Ocean Community Triathlon
3 years after their 1st outing, Â Jack and Steve returned to Ocean Community Triathlon this morning in Westerley, Rhode Island. Â Â Steve took 2nd in the 40-44 age group, (results). Â Â Overall Steve placed 22 and Jack 44th (out of 90). Â Â Steve’s margin 3 years ago was 5:20; Â this year it was 5:40.
Soccer 2015 Videos
Braintree (0-4):
2nd half : (Jared goes out early with rib issue)
Needham (0-4):
3-1 win over Natick this evening. They are in lower Bay State division (2-2-3 now) but have recently tied Framingham and Needham; the #1 and #2 in Globe poll:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/schools/rankings/boys-soccer
North is now (2-4-1)
Here is 5min Jared’s highlight reel from this game:
Full game:
1st half:
2nd half:
One of his better games. He assisted on 3rd goal and created some opportunities. At one point I overheard a jaded Natick father in the stands remark “this kid doesn’t give up..he hustles…has a motor”. Proud moment!
Brookline 1-2 Loss
1st half:
2nd half:
Framingham  1-4 loss
1st half (missed most of Jared’s time and two framingham goals):
2nd half
Milton 9/18/2015 3-1 winÂ
Jared Highlights (2:50) – scores 3rd goal (Newton Tab article)
2nd Half Part 1
2nd Half Part 2
Weymouth 9/16/2015 0-1 loss
not available yet
Walpole 9/12/15 — 1-1 tie
1st Half:
2nd Half:
Braintree 1-2 Loss
With professional commentary from adjacent Cable TV commentator if you turn up volume. Jared only plays in 1st half due to a collision injury. I missed first 5 minutes of game due to traffic.
1st half:
2nd half:
Scrimmage vs. Cambridge
1st half:
2nd half:
Scrimmage vs. Canton (0-0 tie).
Jared plays in videos 1, 2, and 4, in black on far left side of field (right wing).