Emerald Ridge HS, Puyallup, WA, c/o 2025
AthleticNET Bio
Each year JaiCiennoa Gero-Holts expectations change. And as the expectations change, the records and accomplishments come.
“I feel like expectations always go up every year that a new season starts, because there’s always new accomplishments to be achieved, “ says the US High School Freshman(5,401) and Sophomore record holder(5,552) when asked if she has different expectations from year to year. “ And so yes, you can say that because it’s a new year, I have new goals and new challenges.”
For the 6-0 tall junior, she’s been genetically endowed by a father who was an athletic star who had the talent to be in the NBA(she says he is no longer in her life) and a mother who is 5-09 and was a basketball player. She always has done sports with her athletic gifts. She played soccer, though, it was so long ago she doesn’t remember when she started, swam and did gymnastics. She also did track.
Naturally strong and faster than most growing up, she was good at the jumps, sprints and shot put when she started out in track as a seven year old. That naturally led to the triathlon, her first multi event opportunity.
“I started out as a long jumper and a sprinter when I was just seven years old, “ she says. “ I did the long jump, the 100 and the 200. The triathlon is the high jump, the 200, and the shot put. And I’ve been naturally strong all my life. It’s just the way I’m built with genetics and everything. I think just somebody said why not try it? because I was already a good 200 runner and long jump and then came the high jump and then the shot put so it was just something that I thought I’d try. And I was pretty good at it and I liked it so I just kept going with it.”
Swimming and gymnastics took a back seat to track for several reasons; (1) both swimming and gymnastics became too expensive; and (2) she didn’t see herself advancing in gymnastics because of her height. She still would love to be a swimmer. She learned how to swim before learning how to walk and loves swimming and her body type is long like most swimmers. She’s just always been good at track so that is her priority.
By the time she was in sixth grade, she had graduated to the pentathlon and placed fourth with a score of 2,838. Her best event was the high jump and still continues to be[ Personal best of 6-01.5]. At age 11 she cleared 5-05. Mind you, the age 11 world record is 5-06.5 set by…
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