Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
2018 Trenton J. Jackson Award
Semifinalist Watch List
Released on June 23, 2018
Rochester, NY: Below is the 2018 Semifinalist Watch List for the Trenton J. Jackson Award (High School Male Athlete of the Year).
The members of 11 person watch list come from eleven high schools. The eleven athletes on the Others Considered list come from ten schools. Between the two lists, nineteen high schools are represented.
The athletes on the watch list include four New York State High School indoor champions and six New York State High School outdoor champions who earned All-American status indoors four times and outdoors twice times.
McQuaid Jesuit High School, Sweet Home High School, and Liverpool High School each has two athletes on the combined Watch List and Others Considered list. McQuaid and Sweet Home have one athlete on each list while Liverpool has two on the Others Considered list.
This version of the watch list reflects the performances up through June 18, 2018 and takes into account the results of the 2018 New Balance Outdoor Nationals.
The finalists for this award will be determined from this watch list.
Nominations are accepted from any interested individual or group. Use our nomination form to submit any nomination(s). The nomination form is linked below.
The list of finalists for each of the annual awards will be announced in July.
The finalists (top 3) will be selected from these lists of semifinalists by a panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
The winner of all eight of Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame annual awards are selected by the same panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
The 2018 Annual Awards winners will be announced in late August or early September 2018.
Nomination Form
Download and save the nomination form to your computer. This is a PDF file.
The form can be competed using Adobe Reader. Type the requested information into the form and save the file to your computer. Then, e-mail the form to
Watch List
| Name | Grade | School | Section | Event |
| Ese Amata | 10 | Union Endicott HS | 4 | High Jump |
| Jaquil Baxter | 12 | Edison Tech HS | 5 | Sprints / Mid-Distance |
| Ben Bulkeley | 12 | Fairport HS | 5 | Mid-distance |
| Nathan Lawler | 12 | Pittsford Mendon HS | 5 | Distance |
| Joshua McCleary | 12 | Greece Olympia HS | 5 | Sprints / Long Jump |
| Dustin Meyer | 11 | Gates-Chili HS | 5 | Pole Vault |
| Quinn Nicholson | 12 | Corning HS | 4 | Distance |
| Parker Stokes | 11 | Maine-Endwell HS | 4 | Distance / Steeplechas |
| Jon Surdej | 11 | Lancaster HS | 6 | Throws |
| Joe Weaver | 12 | Central Square HS | 3 | Pole Vault |
| Jeremiah Willis | 11 | Cicero-North Syracuse HS | 3 | Horizontal Jumps |
Others Considered
| Name | Grade | School | Section | Event |
| Nico Bellavia | 12 | Victor HS | 5 | Mid-distance |
| Myles Calhoun | 12 | Rush Henrietta Sperry HS | 4 | Sprints |
| Nathaniel Davis | 12 | Sweet Home HS | 6 | Sprints / Long Jump |
| Dylan Delconte | 12 | Gates-Chili HS | 5 | Pole Vault |
| Jake McPherson | 12 | Rush Henrietta Sperry HS | 5 | Throws |
| Andrew Palermo | 12 | Spencerport HS | 5 | Throws |
| Cal Puskar | 12 | Orchard Park HS | 5 | Mid-Distance |
| Anthony Ray | 12 | Batavia HS | 5 | Throws |
| Ian Russ | 12 | East Aurora HS | 6 | Distance |
| Johannes Stromhaug | 12 | Vestal HS | 4 | Pole Vault |
| Joe Williams | 12 | Cicero-North Syracuse HS | 3 | Sprints |
About the Trenton J. Jackson Award
The Trenton J. Jackson Award, which debuted in 2012, is presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding Male High School Athlete of the Year in the Niagara Association.
Trenton J. Jackson, Sr., is a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 1998, our inaugural class. Jackson, a graduate of Franklin High School, Rochester, NY and the University of Illinois, was one of the Nation's top sprinters in the early 1960's. He was a member of the 1964 US Olympic Team in the 100 meter dash. Jackson set the National High School record for the 100 yard dash in 1961 and in 1964 set NCAA and Big 10 records in the 100 meter dash (twice). Jackson also set Big 10 records in the 100 yard dash and 200 meter dash and the 60 yard dash (indoors). The 60 yard dash performance also tied the World Record.
For more information on The Trenton J. Jackson Award, the trophy, and Trenton J. Jackson, Sr. himself, visit NiagaraTrackHoF.org.About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
The Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards program was developed to bring some well deserved recognition to the outstanding high school and college athletes and teams, and the top high school coach from the Niagara Association.
The finalists (top 3) are selected from the lists of semifinalists by a panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
The winner of all eight of Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame annual awards are selected by the same panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame
Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is provisionally chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The purpose of the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is to recognize those individuals who made significant and outstanding contributions to the Sport of Athletics (including Track & Field, Long Distance Running, Race Walking, and Cross Country Running) while living within the geographic boundaries (New York State West of and including the counties of Oswego, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome) of the Niagara Association as athletes (including Masters), coaches, and/or administrators (including Competition Officials).
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