EP 49: "The Track to Success" featuring Jada Pierre BMT Kids

Episode 49 of The BMT is the second installment of BMT Kids with Jada Pierre! Jada was born December 3, 2002 in Houston, Texas.  Jada's mother, Melonie Barrow, began coaching another athlete when Jada was just 6 years old.  Jada would attend practice with her mother and would just run around having fun.  One day, she asked her mother if she could run at a track with her older god sister Lexy.  Jada ran her first race at the age of 7 and has been going ever since.   Jada was always the smallest running in her age group and would always miss making the finals in her events the 100m and 200m.  At the age of 11, Jada was introduced to the hurdles as well as the multi events. She liked the hurdles but not the multi events.  The first few years of hurdling were interesting and she was determined to learn. It wasn't until she was 13yrs old she began to be more competitive in the hurdles and sprints.  Jada started high school at C.D. Hylton in Manassas, Virginia and had a phenomenal freshman year. Not only was she a stellar athlete she was also an honor roll student at Hylton.  She suffered a knee injury at the very end of her freshman year and it would impact her sophomore and a portion of her junior year.  She transferred to Bullis School in Potomac, MD to complete her junior and senior year.  Jada trained hard in the pool and limited track work to ensure she would be able to compete. Just as Jada began to show form, COVID hit and the indoor and outdoor season was cancelled.  Jada maintained a 3.5 GPA at Bullis school. Jada continued to train throughout the summer and fall in anticipation of track meets.   December 4th and 5th was her debut and boy did she show out.  At that meet Jada put times down, that placed her number 1 in the 60mh among high school girls and number 3 in the 60m dash among high school girls.   She has continued to make great strides on and off the track. Musical selection: "Day Without A Black Person" performed by Showrocka #bmtkids #bemoretoday #morethananathlete #ordinarypeople #extraordinarythings #mondaymotivation #choatealumni #trackstarsrus