besides the Olympic Games seeded 16th. He left placed 9th with a clearance of 14 feet, 9 inches. What is more, Smith displayed nerves of steel with a solid performance in front of 49,810 fans.
Andrew Baker, Jason Douple, DhungJoo Kim, and Josh Bazzano also competed in the 9th Grade PIAA 4x100 meter Championship Race, placing 8th with a time of 49.52. Eric Zoleski, Austin Kline, Ben Smith, and Nico Metzler competed in the 4x800 meter relay against the best teams on the East coast and Caribbean in the 4x800 meter relay with a District-One Championship qualifying time of 8:12.52. Eric Grzesnekowski, DhungHa Kim, Jamie Valdez, and Mikey DeMarco competed in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 45.94.
The 4x400 meter relay of Austin Kline (51.6), Ethan Long (52.8), Eric Zoleski (51.7), and Ben Smith (52.2) ran a season best time of 3:28.13 to place 6th in the Suburban National heat.