 the second time for a first-place finish in the long jump at the Colonial Relays, and the third time for placing second in the triple jump at the Rider University Invitational in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, about a dozen miles from where I grew up. But it was at the NEC Championship meet where he really shined. He came in third place in both the long jump and the triple jump, was named the NEC Rookie of the Meet, and made the All-NEC team.