Ranks 5th nationally
Notre Dame High School’s Jason Sawicki of West Haven (shown with ND Head Coach Glenn Xavier) who took his high jumping talents to the New Balance National Track Meet in Greensboro, NC and is coming home with a fifth-place finish. He competed on Friday in Aggie Stadium on the campus of North Carolina A&T University.
Sawicki, who qualified for the event when he cleared 6-6 at the SCC Championship Meet on May 21, cleared the first qualifying height of 6-2 on his first attempt.
Sawicki then cleared the next height, 6-4 1/4 , on his first attempt also. Despite missing on his three allowed attempts on the next height, 6-6 ½, Sawicki would finish in a fifth place tie among the 42 competitors in this event.