In his first meet competing for East Stroudsburg, Timber Creek’s Jaden Johnson recorded the No. 6 triple jump in school history.
Johnson, a transfer from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, jumped 48-0 ¾ to win the triple jump Saturday at The College of New Jersey Invitational at the Armory.
Johnson’s previous indoor PR was a 47-11 last January at Ocean Breeze. He jumped 48-5 ¼ last spring, but his wind-legal best at NJIT was 48-1 ¼ at a meet in Albany last spring [the mark doesn’t show up in any results because he had a wind-aided 48-4 in the same meet].
So he jumped within 1 ½ inches of his legal PR in his East Stroudsburg debut.
Johnson had a strong series with a 47-10 ¾ opener, 47-4, 47-3 ¼, the 48-0 ¾ winner, a 47-8 and a 46-6 ½ to finish. His average jump was 47-5 ½ – good enough to win the event by nearly a foot.
Johnson had high school PRs of 47-7 ½ outdoors at the 2022 state Group 4 meet at Pennsauken and 46-11 ¾ indoors at Ocean Breeze Nationals in March 2022.
Johnson’s mark is No. 16 so far this year in NCAA Division 2.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 