University of Massachusets Athletics
2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster
Young, Jaden
Jaden Young
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Woodland Regional
- Hometown:
- Prospect, Conn.
Bio
2022-23: Indoor: Claimed sixth place as a member of the 4x800 meter relay in 9:20.65 at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-26) … Ran to sixth place in the 800-meter ran in 2:32.87 at URI Coaches Invitational (2/11) … Took fifth place as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team in 9:33.40 at the New England Championships (2/2-2/3) … Raced to eighth place in the 1000-meter run in 3:07.86 at the Beacon Invitational (12/10)
2022-23: Cross Country: Did not compete.
2021-22: Outdoor: Competed in the 4x800-meter relay at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Collected sixth place in the 1,500-meter run in 4:47.83 at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/23) … Took eighth place in the 800-meter run in 2:20.91 at the UMass Invitational (4/16). Indoor: Earned eighth place as a member of the 4x800 meter relay team with a time of 9:22.48 at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26-27) … Placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.86 at the Giegengack Invitational (2/12) … Earned silver as a member of the distance medley relay with a time of 12:8.79 at New England Championships (2/4-5) …Took eighth in the 1K with a time of 3:10.61 at the Alden Invitational (12/04). Cross Country: Competed in four meets, the Vermont Invitational (9/4), the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/11), the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/24) and the New England Championships (10/9) … Best 5K time of the season came at the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/11), 20:03.8 for 53rd … Took 17th at the Vermont Invitational (9/4) in 19:34.90.
Before UMass: Competed in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field at Woodland Regional High School (Beacon Falls, Connecticut) … Earned 11 varsity letters … Member of the 2018 and 2019 Naugatuck Valley League Girls Cross Country Championship team … Member of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Indoor Track and Field League Championship team … Member of the 2018 and 2021 Outdoor Track and Field League Championship team … Set the outdoor track 800-meter league record at the 2021 NVL championships … Recipient of the CIAC Scholar-Athlete Award … Member of the NVL Leadership Conference … Recipient of the Scholar-Athlete and Most Valuable Performer league awards in 2021 … Member of the outdoor track and field 4x400-meter relay record-holding team (4:06.48, 2021) … Holds the 800-meter outdoor track and field record (2:16.37, 2021) … Holds the indoor track and field 1000-meter record (3:03.58, 2020) … Named to the Academic High Honor Roll during all four years of high school … Earned the Academic Excellence Award for Art in 2018-19 … Member of the World Language National Honor Society and National Honor Society … Was the Founder and President of the Conservation Club.
2022-23: Cross Country: Did not compete.
2021-22: Outdoor: Competed in the 4x800-meter relay at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Collected sixth place in the 1,500-meter run in 4:47.83 at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/23) … Took eighth place in the 800-meter run in 2:20.91 at the UMass Invitational (4/16). Indoor: Earned eighth place as a member of the 4x800 meter relay team with a time of 9:22.48 at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26-27) … Placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.86 at the Giegengack Invitational (2/12) … Earned silver as a member of the distance medley relay with a time of 12:8.79 at New England Championships (2/4-5) …Took eighth in the 1K with a time of 3:10.61 at the Alden Invitational (12/04). Cross Country: Competed in four meets, the Vermont Invitational (9/4), the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/11), the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/24) and the New England Championships (10/9) … Best 5K time of the season came at the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/11), 20:03.8 for 53rd … Took 17th at the Vermont Invitational (9/4) in 19:34.90.
Before UMass: Competed in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field at Woodland Regional High School (Beacon Falls, Connecticut) … Earned 11 varsity letters … Member of the 2018 and 2019 Naugatuck Valley League Girls Cross Country Championship team … Member of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Indoor Track and Field League Championship team … Member of the 2018 and 2021 Outdoor Track and Field League Championship team … Set the outdoor track 800-meter league record at the 2021 NVL championships … Recipient of the CIAC Scholar-Athlete Award … Member of the NVL Leadership Conference … Recipient of the Scholar-Athlete and Most Valuable Performer league awards in 2021 … Member of the outdoor track and field 4x400-meter relay record-holding team (4:06.48, 2021) … Holds the 800-meter outdoor track and field record (2:16.37, 2021) … Holds the indoor track and field 1000-meter record (3:03.58, 2020) … Named to the Academic High Honor Roll during all four years of high school … Earned the Academic Excellence Award for Art in 2018-19 … Member of the World Language National Honor Society and National Honor Society … Was the Founder and President of the Conservation Club.
Personal: Born Jaden Reese Young … From Prospect, Connecticut … Daughter of Stephanie and Huey Young … Sister of Chase … Intends to major in Architecture.
MWT&F Highlights vs. UMass Lowell and Northeastern (04/03/21)
Sunday, April 04
Senior Female Scholar Athlete Award SAMYS 2020
Tuesday, April 28
Maroon Excellence Award SAMYS 2020
Tuesday, April 28
Female Team of the Year SAMYS 2020
Tuesday, April 28
