National Boys Performer Of The Week (2/28-3/6)

Mar 07, 2022

* Canfield's Nick Plant in the 1,600m at the OATCCC Indoor State Championships

Photo Credit: Shawn Conlon/Ohio MileSplit

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One of New Jersey's top athletes earned top honors last week.

Following his NJSIAA Division 4 Group Championship championship win in the 1,600m, with a U.S. No. 1 time of 4:06.27, Ridge High School senior Jackson Barna scooped up National Performer of the Week recognition for Week 9.

Barna received a dominating 68-percent of the vote, accumulating just over 330 tallies, en route to the victory. He's the first New Jersey athlete to win the honor this indoor season.

A big congrats goes out to Jackson and all the other nominees on their recognition. Now, let's move on to this week's poll.

We will recognize a winner every week in this poll, with nominations handed out on Monday. The poll will end on Friday and winners will be announced the following Monday.

National Boys Performer Of The Week (2/28-3/6) (Poll Closed)

Marco Langon, Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ): He ran the best 3,200 of his career on Saturday, winning in a U.S. No. 2 time of 8:48.28 at the Meet of Champions. 40.71% (701 votes)
Maddox Hamm, Scottsboro (AL): The Alabama star vaulter raised the bar again, hitting 18-1 at the Husky March Classic on Friday. That's the highest clearance of 2022. 38.44% (662 votes)
Logan Popelka, Wylie (TX): He clocked a new U.S. No. 1 400m time of 46.66 and a U.S. No. 2 all-conditions 200m effort of 20.96 at the Texas A&M Bluebonnet Invitational on Saturday. 9.23% (159 votes)
Nick Plant, Canfield (OH): He dropped an insane PB in the 1,600m at the Ohio Indoor Championships, winning in a time of 4:08.83. 6.39% (110 votes)
Justin Braun, Westerville Central (OH): He ran the fifth-fastest 60m time in high school history on Friday, winning the event at the OATCCC Division I Indoor Championships. He also won the 200m in 21.33. 3.02% (52 votes)
Charles Stock, Westfield (NJ): He chopped off nearly a second from his 800m PB en route to a NJSIAA Meet of Champions victory in 1:52.70. 1.28% (22 votes)
Yan Vazquez, Red Mountain (AZ): He scooped up three wins at the Aztec Invite in Tempe, posting a win in the 110mH (14.89), the 300mH (37.53) and the HJ (6-7). His 300mH time was a U.S. No. 2 effort. 0.93% (16 votes)

Total Votes: 1,722

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