Alexa Jacobs, Vandermeulen High School junior and Section XI record holder.

Alexa Jacobs, Vandermeulen High School junior and Section XI record holder.

Earl L. Vandermeulen High School junior Alexa Jacobs recently broke the Section XI outdoor track record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.74 seconds.

Alexa broke the 100-meter dash record previously held by Janet Mellor of Mount Sinai, who ran a 11.82 in 2009. The junior is no stranger to the history books; Alexa set the Port Jefferson record in the 300-meter and the Section XI record in the 55-meter last winter. She also won the overall Suffolk County Championship in both winter events, and the New York State Division II Championship in the 100-meter dash last June. She was named one of Newsday’s Top 50 Long Island girls track and field athletes for 2025.

“Alexa continues to make all of us in Port Jefferson proud,” said Port Jefferson School District Director of Health, Physical Education, Athletics, and Nursing Adam Sherrard. “Every time you think that she can’t outdo herself, she does just that. I, for one, can not wait to see what she does next.”