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2025 Men's Track and Field Roster

Jaylen Tang

  • Major Politics / Government
  • Height 5-9
  • Events Sprints
  • Class 2028
  • Hometown Tenafly, N.J.
  • High School Tenafly

Biography

Results

2025

Indoor Highlights:
Placed fourth in the 200 meters in 24.40 seconds at the Lynn Ruddy Invite (Feb. 15).... Placed ninth in the 60-meter dash in a personal-record time of 7.53 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 18).... Recorded a season-best time of 23.72 seconds in the 200 meters and helped the Bates 4x400 relay team take sixth place in 3:37.99 at the Suffolk Relays (Jan. 11).

Personal: 2024 graduate of Tenafly (N.J.) High School where he competed in track & field, football, and soccer ... High Honor Roll, 3x National Qualifier in track & field, Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Education Scholarship, Track & Field captain, four-year varsity for track & field

Favorite book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
Dinner with any historical figure, who would it be? God
Most influential person: Mom
Favorite quote: "Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning" -Lightning McQueen (Cars)
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Teleportation
Advice to your younger self? Take life less seriously and enjoy yourself more in the moment.
A place you've visited that left a lasting impression: Barcelona
Go-to karaoke song: "I Want it That Way" by the Backstreet Boys
Movie watched over and over: Fast and Furious
If you could swap lives with any celebrity for a day, who would it be? Stephan Curry
Most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? Whitewater rafting in Costa Rica
Most unusual food you’ve ever tried? Rocky Mountain oysters

Why Bates? Loved the sense of community, and track team!