New England Junior Olympics sees record performances

The 2023 USATF New England Junior Olympic Track & Field Championship meet returned to Fitchburg State University's newly resurfaced track for a successful day of action on Saturday.  Early overcast skies, light rain, and a 20 minute torrential downpour which delayed some events was followed by 4 hours of blue skies, and over 800 athletes recorded more than 2000 individual performances during the meet.  The entry list was the meet's second largest ever.

After a quiet several years for record updates, Fitchburg became "Speed City" for the day. Twenty three meet results broke or tied championship record, led by the Cambridge Jets boys age 17-18 relay teams.  The winners of the 4 x 100 (41.77) and 4 x 400 (3:21.44) lowerd the division standards in both events, the previous 4 x 100 time dating to 2004.  The Provicence Cobras boys 9-10 4 x 100 team ran 1:03.31, erasing a 20 year old mark.

Individually, Providence Cobras sprinter Lisa Raye was a record setter in each of her gold medal events in the age 15-16 division.  The high school freshman broke both 100 meter (11.89) and 200 meter (24.15) records and contributed a leg on the Cobras' 4 x 100 record squad which clocked 49.73.
Catherine Jacobs (Launch) set new 8-and-under meet bests in the shot and mini-jav. Other throws and jumps records also went by the wayside.  The full record board follows below.  

Full Results

The top 8 finishers in each event in each age group qualify for the Region 1 championship July 7-9 hosted by the Adirondack assocition at Taconic Hills High School in Craryville, New York.

Thanks to our hosts, the Fitchburg State Track & Field team and coaching staff.   News header photo courtesy of FAST TRACK.  Story photo courtesy of Terry Tsai, Waltham TC.

New  JO	Meet	Records	set 2023	-
Division	Event	New Record	Performer	Affiliation
G8 and U	Shot	5.91m	Catherine Jacobs	Launch
G8 and U	Long Jump	3.17m	Aminah Saifullah	MetroCobras
G8 and U	MiniJav	13.77m	Catherine Jacobs	Launch
B8 and U	Long Jump	3.65m	Israel Martin	CLCF
G9-10	High Jump	1.26m	Juliana Scher	Unatt
G9-10	Shot Put	8.26m	Abigail Martin	CLCF
B9-10	4x100	1:03.31	Providence Cobras	-
G11-12	Shot Put	9.77m	Charlet Livingston	MetroCobras
B13-14	400	53.89 T	Danny Garrison	NE Elite
G15-16	100	11.89	Lisa Raye	Prov.Cobras
G15-16	200	24.15	Lisa Raye	Prov.Cobras
G15-16	4x100	49.73	Providence Cobras	-
G15-16	High Jump	1.65m T	Mia Lee-Bowens	Unatt
B15-16	3000	9:03.17	Lekan Sotonwa	Unatt
G17-18	100	12.17	Xenia Raye	Prov.Cobras
G17-19	Hammer	49.02m	Kylee Bennett	Unatt
B17-14	100	10.64	Everton Muir	Camb.Jets
B17-15	400	48.02	Johnny Emmanuel	Camb.Jets
B17-16	1500	4:09.29	Dylan Brenn	NE Elite
B17-17	3000	9:26.51	Finn Myatt	Unatt
B17-18	400 H	56.21	McKenna O'Hare Gibson	WalthamTC
B17-18	4x100	41.77	Cambrdge Jets	-
B17-18	4x400	3:21.44	Cambrdge Jets	-