Caidyn Maver is jumping taller than his height and that’s even more impressive when you happen to be 6-foot-3 and just 14-years-old.
The North Delta native turned heads when he broke the U16 provincial high jump record with a leap of 1.97 metres to win gold at last weekend’s B.C. Athletics Challenge in Langley. The previous mark (1.96 M) had stood for 17 years and was set by none other than four-time Olympian Mike Mason of New Westminster.
Making Maver’s feat even better was the BC Challenge being his first “real” competition in more than 16 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He leaped 1.83 M in 2020 during an in-house competition with his Oceans Athletics Track and Field Club in South Surrey and has been making steady progress since.
The soon-to-be Grade 10 student at St. Thomas More now has his sights on the Canadian U16 record of 2.01 metres. He will take aim at that during an upcoming meet in Richmond that will wrap up his summer season.
