Jared 12th in New England Championships
Jared placed 12th with a 21′ 1″ jump in the New England Outdoor Track Championships held June 13th in Saco, Maine (video, milesplit coverage).
Newton North Spring Athletic Awards Night
Jared gave a speech at the Newton North Spring Athletic Awards Night:
He also picked up his 7th varsity letter and was recognized for his sportsmanship, not only by his team and coach, but athletes and coaches from across the league.
Kayla was quoted by Newton North Principal Jen Price in announcing the two new Joe Tranchita Scholarships (jump to 1:06):
Jared finished his dual meet season last week accumulating 97 points (#2 in the league) and a career total of over 260 points (#1 in league, exceed 4 year totals). He pulled his “good” hamstring in the final dual meet against Needham on May 20th. After taking 10 days off, he managed to return for Eastern D1 championships Saturday and improve upon his 5th place seed with a 4th place opening jump and a berth to the State Open this Sunday. He also qualified to compete in 100m, 200m, 400m, and both relays but injury prevented this.
Jared also wrote the milesplit article for the championship meet; interviewing the winning coach for 30min on Sunday: Andover Teams Sweep D1 Championships
2015 Lasell College Pulse Dance Team Showcase
So we drive down Commonwealth Ave 6 minutes looking for some Sunday entertainment and look what we find. Click here for photos
Awesome job Carly dancing and organizing the whole production!
Kayla Lands Summer Internship at Saucony
Kayla just landed a summer job as a Digital Marketing Intern at Saucony corporate headquarters in Lexington (just 20min up 128). It looks like a great match for Kayla and for Saucony!
Job Description from SimplyHired:
The Saucony Digital Marketing intern will work hands on with our online initiatives, including social media, community engagements, ecommerce and display advertising. In addition, they will take on research responsibilities to help define our future multimedia content strategy.
* Support the Digital Marketing team with content planning, production, moderation and archiving
* Attend Saucony events to interact face to face with consumers
* Complete a research project on social media content strategy
* Support the broader Saucony Marketing team on occasional non-digital projects
* Must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program, rising seniors preferred
* Ability to work within a collaborative, team based environment
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
* Excellent knowledge of social media platforms
* Photography and video skills a plus
* Experience with Adobe Creative Suite a plus
* Must be a hands on, team player who is motivated and creative
* Excellent organizational skills, planning skills, and attention to detail
* Ability to effectively learn and acquire new knowledge and skills
Saucony is part of Wolverine Worldwide. They seem to take internship program very seriously as a path to identify new full time employees (summer internship program description). Their company video makes me want to run:
Varsity Awards Night
Jared gave his first speech as co-captain at the Newton North Varsity Awards night, where he picked up his 7th varsity letter. This evening he was also voted onto the Bay State Conference All-Star team for the 2nd time, earning unanimous votes from all 11 league coaches. He concluded his indoor season Saturday with a 10th place finish in the State Open behind 9 seniors. His 21′ 9 3/4″ D1 jump ranked him 4th in the state overall for the season.
Jared wins MIAA Division State Championship long jump with PR 21′ 9 3/4″
Jared overcame his hamstring injury to hit one of his key goals for the year; winning the MIAA Division 1 State Championship with an indoor personal best jump of 21′ 9 3/4″ on his 6th and final attempt (Photos, results, globe results, milesplit coverage). This was Jared first high school championship title.
He was in 4th pace going into finals with a 20’8″ 2nd jump and then 2nd after 4 jumps with a 21’1″ which put him 1″ behind the leader. The win advances him to the state open on Saturday February 21st. He also ran a leg of the 4x200m for 7th and that team will likely advance to the open with a wildcard slot (last divisional meet is Tuesday).
This jump puts Jared at 4rd in the Massachusetts state rankings, 4.5″ out of 1st and likely seeds him 2nd or 3rd in the State Open.
This is Jared’s winning jump:
Metal!
Jump 2, 3, and 5 and the 400m relay:
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Jared jumps indoor PR 21’5″ – North finishes 18th undefeated dual meet season
Jared improved his indoor long jump personal best by half a foot to 21’5″ and won the 55m dash in 6.74 in an 80-20 win over Walpole to conclude Newton North’s 18th undefeated season (results). The long jump mark ranks him 3rd overall in Massachusetts and 35th nationwide among juniors. Given the flat landing pit and lack of tail winds, this was also intrinsically better than his outdoor 21’11” PR.
He concluded the dual meet season undefeated in long jump and 55m and scoring a league-leading 67 points in 5 meets despite missing a meet due to injury.
He got some ink in last week’s Newton Tab for performances against Framingham and in the weekend’s State Coaches Elite meet where he got top 8 finishes in LJ, 55m, and 4x200m against the top competitors in the state (photos, 4x200m video).
Jared leads North to 110th consecutive indoor victory
Newton North won its 110th consecutive indoor track dual meet tonight against Needham. A team has to capture 51 of the available 100 points and it was handicapped to be an even 50-50 match up by a league coach earlier this morning, and that without the knowledge that Jared was nursing a hamstring strain from his last dual meet in December against Weymouth.
Jared first cleared 5’3″ in the high jump and then went to long jump to open competition with a 19’10” jump. Needham followed with strong 19’1 and 19’5″ jumpers hitting personal bests. He returned to high jump and missed twice attempting a PR 5’5″. His teammate Ben had cleared 5’5″ on 1st attempt and the two Needham jumpers failed to clear it, but had him beat on tie-breaker. He cleared PR 5’5″ on his last attempt for 2nd to get North 3 points. Both he and Ben passed their remaining attempts to focus on other events.
He returned to long jump pit and increased mark to 20’3″ for the win and 5 points; passing his 3rd attempt.
Next he went to 55m dash and lead a 1-2 North finish in a PR-matching 6.76 for another 5 points.
North went into relays leading 50-50, needing a win in one of the 5 point relays to win the meet. North hoped to lock up the meet in 4x200m while saving strength for 4x400m in case of mishap. The 4×2 team narrowly lost leaving it to the 4×4 team to compete for the win. Jared had not trained for the 400m since December, yet split a 53.2 3rd leg in North’s 3:31.37 win (MA #3 of 430) for another 5 points. He got some help from his friend Lucas Holt from Natick who passed him mid way and kept him moving along.
Overall Jared contributed to 18 of North’s 55 points and helped sustain a 17+ year winning streak for his coach.