Jewish Students Excel at Track & Field
Local Jewish track and field stars on the rise.
Jewish students have been excelling at track and field events in Georgia’s high school competitions.
Laya Keadle, a North Springs student, won the 5A state championship in pole vaulting as a 9th grader, with the highest jump for her year in the entire state. She also set a new school record for freshmen at North Springs.
Fellow North Springs student Jordan Frank, a Davis Academy alum, had the highest jump in the state as a 9th grader, with a vault of 14’ 4.75” — almost two feet higher than the next freshman. Frank is also believed to have the highest-ever vault recorded by a freshman in Georgia state history, breaking the record previously held by Alon Rogow, a Jewish rising senior at Dunwoody High School.
While Frank has been breaking records previously held by Rogow at Davis Academy and beyond, Rogow has continued to compete at a high level. He finished as the runner-up with a vault of 16’ 0.75” at the USATF Junior Olympics, although he tied with the winner for first place. At 16’ 2.5”, Rogow has the 10th best vault in Georgia history. With a year still left in high school, he has been talking with college track and field coaches and recruiters. Ranked 10th in the nation in pole vault — believed to be the highest ever for a Jewish athlete — Rogow finds himself only 12 inches from the all-time Georgia high school record.
Nick West, a recent graduate of Riverwood and Davis, respectively, set the school record at Riverwood before graduating. He hopes to eventually break the state pole vaulting record of 17’ 2”, set by former Olympic Trials vaulter Jordan Scott.
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