Average Long Jump distance and High Jump for a 14-year-old?

[Anonymous]

Before I turned 14 at age 13, we had PE in school. I am around 5 foot 9 and a half.

We got tested in Long Jump and High Jump. In Long Jump, I jumped around 4.60 - 4.70 meters and didn't have any retries left.

In High Jump, I jumped to 1.45 meters but my teacher stopped me and told me that I was gonna fly off the crash mat and would land on the ground. However, he said I could still jump well over 1.50 meters. I couldn't prove it as I got stopped, though.

I was thinking of joining a track and field team, but I want to know if I have any potential. Is this above average for a boy who is around 13 years old?

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

no offense, but anything under 5 meters (16') as a 14 year old is not that good... as a high jumper, you should be able to clear about 5'.

[Asker]

To be clear, I am NOT a high jumper, or at least not yet. And I have read several places that the national long jump record through middle school and high school is 4.97 meters while you are telling me jumping under 5 meters is not “that good”?

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

it's definitely not a record... i can tell you that as a fact. when i was 12, i was jumping 18' (5.45-5.50 meters)... and i was good enough to be a middle tier national level long jumper at the time. my friend who i competed against was the best in the country at that age and he was jumping nearly 20'. my freshman year of high school (14), i was jumping 20 feet (6.1 meters).

[weirdoweirdo]

Pretty sure like over 10(out if ~40 people) people could jump over 140cm when we had high jumping like 2 or 3 years ago at my last school

[Asker]

So? 1/4 is a big portion in my opinion.