RESULTS
Hanover, NH - Jackson Anderson '24 was the lone Eph on the Men's Track & Field Team to travel to Hanover, NH and compete at the Dartmouth December Invite. On Friday, December 9, he began the heptathlon with the first event, the 60m dash.
Anderson placed first in the event ran a lifetime best of 6.93 seconds, setting a lifetime personal best and claiming the 2nd fastest time in Williams College history. This performance earned him 907 points. Next was the long jump, where once again Anderson placed first in the field. He jumped an indoor best of 6.63m (21'9"), good for 727 points. Shot put was the third event of the evening. In the circle, Anderson threw a lifetime best of 11.18 meters (36'8"), scoring 557. His previous best was 10.99 meters from his freshman year in 2020. To finish out Day 1, Anderson competed in the high jump. He cleared 1.86 meters (6'1.25"), which was the highest in the field. With the 679 points from this event, Anderson ended Day 1 with 2870 points, 140 points ahead of his previous best heptathlon performance at the 2022 D3 NCAA Championships.
Day 2 began on Saturday with the 60 meter hurdles. Coming off of his new school record from the BU Season Opener the previous weekend, Anderson ran a solid time of 8.21 seconds, which was the fastest of the competitors and worth 930 points. Pole vault, the penultimate event of the heptathlon, was successful for Anderson as well. He jumped 4.00 meters (13'1.5"), which tied his personal best and scored 617 points. In the last event of the heptathlon, the 1000 meter run, Anderson ran yet another personal best. With a time of 2:51.20, he earned 753 points, finishing out the two-day heptathlon with a total of 5170.
This mark sets a new school record, displacing the previous record of 5068 set by Tobias Muellers '18 in 2018. While it is still early in the season, Anderson is currently ranked #19 in the 60 meter dash, #1 in the 60 meter hurdles, and #1 in the heptathlon across Division III. Although Anderson will likely not compete in another heptathlon until the 2023 NCAA Championships in March, he will join the rest of his team when they return in the new year at the Little Three Championships at Wesleyan University.
