David’s High Jump Record

At the Marlborough Athletics Meeting David Nartey set a new school record of 1.98m in the High Jump.

On Saturday 12th May at the Marlborough Athletics Meeting David Nartey recorded some outstanding individual performances, winning the Hurdles, Triple Jump and High Jump in the senior age group competition. In the Hurdles, he recorded a time of 17.0s and in the Triple Jump, he recorded a distance of 12.98m. However, to finish off a brilliant individual afternoon of athletics, he then jumped a personal best and a new school record of 1.98m in the High Jump, breaking the previous school record of 1.91m held by Oladotun Saliu. David’s jump was good enough for entry standard for the National Schools. This was a truly outstanding achievement and will be remembered at the Marlborough Athletics Meeting for a long time to come, as the whole event came to a standstill to watch David successfully jump the height of 1.98m and then attempt a height of 2.00m that he narrowly failed to clear.