Dwight Barbiasz - University of Maryland- University of Florida

Dwight who is from Milford also played basketball and football there, also Older brother of Jamie Holder, Is a Junior High Jumper at University of Maryland got first place today at the ACC indoor Championships. Link below goes to his UMD Profile. He holds the State Record in NH for High Jump, and numerous other High Jump accolades in High School and College.

http://www.umterps.com/sports/c-track/mtt/barbiasz_dwight00.html

Last month Dwight went to the Indoor Nationals at Texas A&M and placed 4th with a jump of 7 feet 2 1/2 inches. Following that he was awarded first team All-American Honors for the second time in his career at University of Maryland.

Yesterday Dwight won the Florida Relay's with a jump of 7 feet 3 3/4 inches tying his career best jump.

This kid is now ranked number two in the country. What is going on at Milford High School and track and field? They have a terrific program, a program that use to be a joke. This was a sport that people played if they couldn't play baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, etc.
I guess it is true build it and they will come...since this track has been built, track and field has taken off. Corron, Barbiasz, both Forte's, the girls team is amazing year in and year out now.

Looks like all three brother's Lee,Dwight and Jamie left thier mark on Milford sports congrats to all three of them. I believe all of them have won a state championship. My guess is we will be hearing a lot more about these three in the future.

Ya the track has become "the" sport at Milford. In the past it was a joke, practices and meets were more of a social activity rather than a sporting event. It really started about 4 years ago when Mike Wright (current coach at Milford) was the Middle School coach. The guy is really dedicated to the sport, him along with the track being built and now look at it perennial bottom feeder to both the boys and girls team competing at the state meet and as of late the program has sent many kids to college.

Other than Dwight

Bri Corron- Keene State
Mel Forte- Holy Cross
Gus von Marschall- Umaine
Grant Hamilton-U of Northern Arizona

Probably forgot a few, but there's likely to be quite a few more heading to college for track from Milford.

Dwight continues to dominate the ACC. He won the ACC Outdoor Championships (high jump) He only jumped 6'11 (crazy saying only when it's 6'11) he obviously can jump higher but he stopped jumping because it started raining too hard. This is only his first Outdoor ACC ship but that's because he has battled injuries the previous 2 years during the outdoor seasons.

Dwight was at the Penn Relays this weekend which is a huge meet for all involved. Dwight had another solid showing jumping 7' 2.25" good for second place.

Dwight was at the Eastern Region Prelims at Indiana U he tied for first with a jump of 7' 1.5". This qualifies him for nationals being held on June 8-11 in Des Moines.

Also recognize a couple other names of NH natives competeing at this meet D1.

Dwight was named the Mid-Atlantic region Mens Outdoor Field Athlete of the year. He's ranked 5th in the nation going into nationals this friday.

Couple of Vids from Dwight -

Breaking the NH State Record in 2008



Jumpng 7' 2 1/2" for Maryland



Of course he can Dunk...

Preview article for Fridays NCAA Championships.

http://www.umterps.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/060611aad.html

Dwight is also on Twitter if you're a Tweeter - http://twitter.com/#!/TheDFlight

Dwight finished 5th at the nationals. He jumped 7'2 as did the two other people that finished in front of him but took more tries to clear it.

Maryland cut there Track and Field program. Dwight will be finishing this season and a winter season next year at another school. He is visiting schools soon and many other high level track programs have shown interest.

Narrowed the decision down to University of Florida or Florida State.

Dwight will be going to the SEC to join the Gators.

Dwight's competing in his first tourney as a Florida Gator it's at Texas A&M the bar started at 6'8" which he has already cleared it's at 6'9 3/4" right now which he should have no problem with.

He won his first meet as a gator clearing 7'1".

Dwight cleared 7' 3 3/4" at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet, that ties his PR. This jump put him into 5th all-time in Gators history.

Finished 3rd at the SEC Championships clearing 7' 2.5"

As of today he is ranked 8th in the country for D1.

He finished tied for second at Nationals in Boise. He cleared 7' 3 3/4" which is what the winner cleared, but it took Dwight a few more tries. Great showing by Dwight.

Dwight won the SEC championship a little over a week ago with a jump of 7' 4.5" which was a new PR for him.

Last weekend Dwight finished third at the NCAA Nationals with another PR Jump of 7' 5.75" which also tied the University of Florida's all-time record. This jump also qualified him for Olympic Trials which will take place this month in Oregon.

To qualify for the Olympic team he'll have to hit the 7' 7" mark and I believe he also has to finish top 3 in the qualifiers so he may have to go even higher than that. He's also already made the U-23 team.