Taleea Buxton (West Catholic), Walton Garnett (Chester), and Lavar Jackson (Upper Darby) are your PA MileSplit Athletes of the Month. Garnett and Jackson are named Co-Athletes of the Month following a tie in votes.
Nominations
Taleea Buxton won the TJ and 55mH at the Ursinus High School Invitational before winning the Ocean Breeze Holiday Festival with a PA No. 1 and US No. 4 8.03. Her Triple Jump mark of 36-5 also ranks as the PA No. 4.
Walton Garnett notched four Top-2 finishes in December. He most notably won the Ocean Breeze Holiday Festival with a new personal best 49.36. That mark is a PA No. 1 and ranks No. 18 nationally.
Lavar Jackson won the TFCAofGP Meet 3 and ran 6.98 in the preliminary rounds. That time currently ranks as a PA No. 1 and as a US No. 23. That mark would have concluded the year inside as a PA Top-10 in 2022.
