Participating in indoor and outdoor track and field since freshman year, junior Rebecca Driver has broken season records and repeatedly set new personal bests.

During the indoor track season this year, Driver was the highest point collector on the women’s team, and the second highest out of both the men’s and women’s teams. She also placed second in the high jump in the IAAM ‘A’ championship meet, jumping five feet.

“High jump is my favorite event. I like how track is a team sport, but there is also focus on individual accomplishments,” Driver said.

In outdoor track, Driver and others hold records in two group events.  In 2010, Driver was a part of the shuttle hurdle team that ran 1:17.5 minutes. The other runners in the event were seniors T’Keyah Libson, Megan Battaglia and former student Rachel Maley.

Driver, as well as her teammates juniors Sam Clarke and Shannon Vinton, also set the record of 13’2” in the high jump relay last season.

“I like all the jumping events, and high jump and hurdles are the ones that I do best in. High jump is also a small group of people, so you get to know people from other teams really well,” Driver said.

“Becca is one of the most versatile athletes, easily, on the track team. She can do pretty much any event, except maybe shot put and discus,” track and field coach Rob Torres said.

“The challenge is choosing which four events for her to participate in. It’s a good problem to have because she can fill in for any event. The problem comes in when we have to sacrifice one event of hers for another.”

Even though she is only a junior, Driver has high hopes of continuing her sport at the college level.

Miranda Ripken is a Sports Editor for The Patriot and jcpatriot.com