Rushford-Peterson/Houston star Aubryana Boldt on track for big things

HOUSTON Aubryana Boldt cant wait to get a taste of what she believes will be her future, June 19-22.

Thats when shell be in Eugene, Ore., competing in the Nike Outdoor Nationals track and field meet.

No, the Houston junior who competes for Rushford-Peterson/Houston in track and field does not see herself at a Division I super power such as the University of Oregon.

But she definitely does see herself competing at the college level in two years and just as importantly, sees herself doing it at some distant location.

ADVERTISEMENT Likely not 1,800 miles due west like Oregon.

Maybe something more like 1,000 miles away in Texas.

She favors warm weather, by a lot.

And the star long jumper, triple jumper and 100 hurdler favors getting away, period.

I want to go far away from home, said Boldt, who qualified for state in all three of those events last year and has upped her game in each this season.

I want to get out of the tiny town of Houston.

Maybe go five states away.

I need something new.

Ive grown up here my whole life.

I want to experience the world and get out, to get a new sense of things.

Id like to go to college and run track, and Id like to do it where its warm.

That trip to Eugene which will also include a family outing to California to see the redwoods and likely the ocean has an excellent chance of getting a future college track and field career off the ground for Boldt.

There will be ample recruiters at nationals, ready to lay eyes on what will be a pack of college prospects.

Boldt, who recently cleared an eye-popping 18-feet-10 in the long jump and has hopes of upping that to at least 19-feet-5 before this season is done, is certainly one of those prospects.

This season, Boldt has posted career-best times and distances of 15.26 seconds in the 100 hurdles, 18-10 in the long jump and 37-8 1/2 in the triple jump.

The hurdles used to be her signature event.

But not anymore.

Its the long jump, with the triple jump a close second.

With special help from RP/H coach Dale Moga, Boldt is jumping like never before.

A recent tip from Moga has been just the thing.

ADVERTISEMENT When she does the long and triple jump, hes asking her to elevate higher.

Boldt complied and had immediate success with it.

Just like that, she set that personal record in the long jump using the new technique.

Boldt was already jumping consistently better than last year, even before the tweak.

But since then, shes gone to another level.

When she got that 18-10 on May 6, I was excited for her, Moga said.

I knew that she got the height she needed on that takeoff.

A lot of times in the past, she was flat on her jumps.

But shed been focused on getting up in the air on her takeoffs.

Thats been a pretty big deal for her.

When Moga told Boldt what her distance was, it drew as excited a response as Boldt has ever had in athletics.

Also a standout basketball player, shes had plenty to get excited about the last few years.

But this was different.

I was expecting the jump to be something like 17-6 or 17-7, Boldt said.

But when I heard him say 18-5, I ran over and gave Moga the biggest hug ever.

It was such an awesome moment.

ADVERTISEMENT Boldt has done the work to produce awesome moments.

For the past year, she has made steady 25-mile trips to ETS Performance in La Crosse, Wis., working on her strength and explosiveness.

She got there four times per week during the summer and fall, and still makes her way there twice each week during the track and field season (same as during the basketball season) in order to maintain all of her physical gains.

Boldt makes those trips to try to get the most out of herself for basketball.

But its for track and field her first love that she most devotes herself.

I feel like I can do more with track and field than basketball, said Boldt, who already has a couple of college track and field offers.

I love the environment of track.

There is never any drama like there is in basketball.

In track, Im just doing my own thing and chilling.

In two years, and possibly with a state title under her belt (her best state finish last year was sixth place in the 100 hurdles), shell likely be doing her own thing from some distant location.

Boldt is ready for an adventure.

Shes going to keep working to earn one..

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