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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Javonte' Harding

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PRINCE GEORGE HS
PRINCE GEORGE , VIRGINIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

6.30

55m

10.39

100m

No. 22

2020 300m ranking
“You can always tell the individuals who display the intangibles to be successful;the passion to be the best, set goals and the commitment and pursuit of excellence. Those are the things I saw in Javonte’. He is a great, young, humble athlete.”
Rod Stafford
Head Coach - Head coach of Varina High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11, 170-pound senior broke the tape in the 55-meter dash at the 2020 Class 5 Indoor state meet, and his season- and personal-best 55 dash time of 6.30 seconds ranked as the nation’s No. 5 mark among prep competitors during the 2020 indoor season. Harding earned All-American honors by capturing second in the 100-meter dash at the 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor. His clocking of 10.39 seconds represents the state’s No. 3 mark in history among prep competitors. The 2019 Progress Index Athlete of the Year, he also ranked No. 22 nationally among prep competitors this winter in the 300-meter dash.

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Academic Achievement

Harding has maintained a 3.14 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at North Carolina A&T University.

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Exemplary Character

A member of his school’s DECA club, Harding has volunteered locally with the Special Olympics and as a youth sports coach.