Jalen Buckley concedes that he first came out for track as a freshman just to stay in shape for football.The Batavia senior and Western Michigan football recruit tried jumps his sophomore year, and found he was pretty good at it. He stuck with it. Buckley took 10th in the state triple jump last spring, but it’s been no overnight climb.
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