* Jaylen Slade at the adidas Boost Boston Games
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There are some very clear drawbacks in comparing year-over-year marks in any event dating back to 2020.
Between a large percentage of athletes not getting the benefit of a full season, or others operating on a whenever-it-comes-I'll-race-it type of approach last spring, trying to decipher adequate improvements over that two-year span is somewhat futile.
Works for some, but not all.
So we decided to take a different approach. We decided to pull full-season marks from the 2019 campaign for sophomores and below. We then cross-compiled efforts from this season.
The result is some pretty stark improvement, especially at the top.
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