Mt. Edgecumbe's Colton Paul had a high-flying and record-breaking weekend at his final NYO Games this weekend.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Kipnuk’s Colton Paul competes for Mt. Edgecumbe High School, and participated in seven different events at the 2023 NYO Games, taking home five wins and setting a new world record in the scissor broad jump.
“I was like, I gotta beat the state record,” Paul said. “Then I looked at the world record results — 37″ 5″ — and I was like I gotta beat that one too. All school year I have been working on my broad jumps, just plyometrics,” Paul said on the first day of competition. Before key moments in the competition Paul started a slow clap that would slowly build into a roar in the stands, elevating the energy in the arena and preparing him to perform.
Paul’s brother passed away in 2017, which has been a motivation to continue on in the games and go all-out in every event that he enters.
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