Vela begins track season where he left off in 2025...

Yegua high jumper sets new school record at Bluejay Relays
SOMERVILLE’S JEREMY VELA JUMPS at the Bluejay Relays in Snook last Thursday, setting a new Somerville High School record for the boys high jump with a leap of 6 feet 10 inches. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
SOMERVILLE’S JEREMY VELA JUMPS at the Bluejay Relays in Snook last Thursday, setting a new Somerville High School record for the boys high jump with a leap of 6 feet 10 inches. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

The reigning Class 2A state champion boys high jumper, Somerville’s Jeremy Vela, started off this year’s track season on a high note -- not only winning the gold at the Bluejay Relays last week in the boys high jump, but also breaking the Somerville school record in the event that he set last year at the Class 2A Region 4 track meet.

Early last Thursday afternoon, the field events were held. Howeve…