Behind the standout junior’s wins within the lengthy bounce, triple bounce and 200 meters, Jackson-Reed, previously generally known as Wilson, secured its first DCIAA title since 2017. It completed with 179 factors at Spingarn Recreation Center; youthful Dunbar was second with 164, and School Without Walls was third with 157.
After she targeted on the 200 in earlier seasons, Bridgett put her bread-and-butter occasion to the again burner so she might work on the jumps. Despite having practiced them for simply seven months, she received the triple bounce by 5 inches (at 33.5 ft) and the lengthy bounce by 18 inches (at 18.66 ft). She additionally ran a private document within the 200 at 25.38 seconds.
“It makes me feel really good to come out here and do well for my team after not being able to compete for so long,” Bridgett stated. “I really want to do track in college, so I knew I needed to show out on this stage.”
On the boys’ facet, McKinley Tech’s 133 factors had been sufficient to safe the highest spot. Jackson-Reed was second with 116, and School Without Walls was subsequent with 104.
Jackson-Reed’s Jahari Miller, the DCIAA boys’ track athlete of the 12 months, had an up-and-down day. The Mount St. Mary’s commit received the 100 and 200 however was disqualified from the 4×100 and 400.
“My emotions were all over the place today,” he stated. “My biggest competition didn’t run today because he got injured, so I had to find a different motivation. The way that I let our DQ in the 4×100 impact my focus and lead to a DQ in the 400-meter was disappointing, but I’ll learn from it and be better at states.”
Roosevelt’s Jacqueline Braxton was named the women’ track athlete of the 12 months. Morris Walker and Nadia Lytle swept field athlete of the 12 months honors for School Without Walls.
The D.C. State Athletic Association meet is subsequent Wednesday and Thursday.