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Whiz Kid: Adam DeVito a Record Breaker

DeVito holds Miller Place long jump and high jump records.

Whiz Kid: Adam DeVito - Age 17

School: - Senior

Accomplishments: DeVito has been a Varsity three-sport athlete for all his years at Miller Place High School. He played on the Varsity soccer team his first three years while also playing for the Sound Beach travel soccer club and the Brookhaven Summer Soccer League.

He has been a member of the varsity winter and spring track teams for ever year and has run for the Infant Jesus Track Club. At the 2010 USA Track and Field National Championships held in Indiana, he took first place in high jump and second place in long jump. He was the 2011 Long Island Elite Champion for long jump and took third place at the State Competition for long jump in 2011.

DeVito broke the original MPHS long jump record, only to break his own record again for long jump at 23 feet in 2011. He also broke the high school's high jump record at 6'7". He has been awarded numerous All-Division, All-League and All-County honors through the years. He is currently running with the cross country team this fall and will again compete in winter and spring track as he wraps up his high school career.

Keys to Awesomeness: Along with his athletic accomplishments, DeVito is a flutist in the symphonic concert band and has competed in the NYSSMA competitions through the years.

He volunteers to work with younger children over the summer through Running with the Stars and is a referee for Soccer.  He also volunteers as part of the church cleaning team, cleaning his church from top to bottom once a month since 2005. Currently in the process of looking at colleges, he is undecided as to his major but is planning to pursue track and field.

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