Za'von Watkins
Winner of the 2012 Trenton J. Jackson Award
Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
(Photo courtesy
Penn State University
Track & Field)
Za'von Watkins
- Senior at Liverpool High School, Liverpool, NY
- Attending Penn State University in Fall 2012
- Event: Middle Distance (800 meters)
2012 Performances
- Indoor Track & Field:
- National champion runner up in the 800
- National champion runner up in the sprint medley relay
- State champion in the 1000m
- Sectional champion in the 1000m and 600m
- US open mile champion
- Millrose mile champion
- Set three Section 3 indoor records
- Outdoor Track & Field:
- National champion runner up in the 800
- National champion runner up in the sprint medley
- 800 meter state champion
- 1600 meter runner up
- Sectional champion 800
- Eddy Games champion at 800m, SMR and 4x400R
- Loucks Games 800m champion
- Section 3 outdoor record in the Sprint medley Relay (anchor)
(Photo courtesy
the estate of Trenton
J. Jackson)
Trenton J. Jackson Award
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
This award is named for Trenton J. Jackson, Sr., 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.
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