PERSONAL: born Jesse D. Petrini February 7, 1994…Parents: Sara and Ken…Major: Business Information Systems…Career Plans: Work for Travelers Insurance…Residence: Portland, CT...
High School: Three-sport athlete…first team all-conference junior year…
JESSE... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Hanging out with my friends
Best place for pizza: Pepe’s, New Haven
Favorite actor: Will Ferrell
Most difficult aspect of college: Procrastination
Something that you may never live to see: Flying cars
Something that you tried once but would never do again: Diving off a 90 ft. cliff
Most important thing in your life: Family
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: The alphabet sign game
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Repeat mid-distance sprints
Best athlete of all time: Michael Jordan
Sport requiring the most strength: Football
Greatest song ever: Don’t Let Me Fall – B.o.B
Favorite pro team: Giants
Hardest thing you’ve ever done in your life: Triple OT in a basketball game…we won
One thing you would like to do before you die: Visit my family in Fano, Italy
Greatest coach of all time: Coach Kelley – my old basketball coach
Your favorite moment of all time: Sky Diving
Most embarrassing moment: I scored my first goal in kickers soccer back in the day and everyone was cheering, but I thought they were yelling so I started to cry
Favorite smell: Apple pie
Biggest crisis facing the world: Hunger
A reality TV show you would like to see created: The Walking Dead
Who were you or who do you hope you were in your first life? Ezio Auditore from Assassin’s Creed
Closest brush with greatness: Old high school YouTube videos
Your greatest thrill in sports: Winning the Shoreline Conference in long jump
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: iPhone
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Sleeping
Most influential person in the world: My dad, Ken Petrini
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Cleaning bathrooms
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: All black Chevy Camaro with matte black racing stripes
Favorite amusement park ride: Kingdaka at Six Flags
Favorite amusement park game: The game where you fish for the little plastic fish because you win every time
Favorite amusement park food: Dip’n’Dots
Scariest nightmare: Anything with ghosts
Your largest monthly cell phone bill: I honestly don’t know
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: Intro to Studio Art
Favorite city ever visited: NYC
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: 100m run
Greatest fear: Sharks
World’s most recognizable person: Steve Jobs
Funniest comedian: Kevin Hart
Scariest insect: Hairy Spiders
Superstitions: I believe in ghosts
Pet Peeve: People who take the elevator on the 2nd-4th floor
Red Sox or Yankees: Yankees
Biggest waste of money: Classes that aren’t for my major
Largest crowd you’ve ever been part of: A lot
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: 1 day
Something no one would miss if it was blown up: Hurley and Shafer Hall
Best vacation of all time: Florida
Worst vacation of all time: Never had a bad vacation
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: $10-$15 if they’re lucky
| INDOOR | | | |
| Date | Meet | Distance | Finish |
| LONG JUMP | | | |
| 2013/14 | | | |
| December 7 | UMass Boston | 17-8 | 31st (39) |
| January 18 | Coast Guard | 18-1 1/2# | 17th (24) |
| February 1 | Springfield | 17-3 1/2 | 23rd (26) |
| | | | |
| TRIPLE JUMP | | | |
| 2013/14 | | | |
| December 7 | UMass Boston | 38-4 3/4# | t-8th (11) |
| January 18 | Coast Guard | 36-7 | 8th (15) |
| February 1 | Springfield | -- | -- |
| February 15 | LEC | 37-9 1/2 | 9th (9) |
| | NE Alliance | | 16th (18) |
| | | | |
| 200m | | Time | |
| 2013/14 | | | |
| December 7 | UMass Boston | 24.52# | 46th (105) |
| January 18 | Coast Guard | 24.70 | 13th (31) |
| #-Personal best | | | |
| | | |
| OUTDOOR | | | |
| 400m | | | |
| 2014 | | | |
| March 29 | Coast Guard | 53.44# | 11th (33) |
| | | | |
| TRIPLE JUMP | | Distance | |
| 2014 | | | |
| March 29 | Coast Guard | 37-10 3/4 | 8th (14) |
| April 11 | ECSU | 39-2 1/4# | 4th (7) |
| April 19 | Springfield | 37-0 1/4 | 8th (9) |
| April 27 | LEC | -- | -- |
| | NE Alliance | -- | -- |
| | | |
| LONG JUMP | | | |
| 2014 | | | |
| April 11 | ECSU | 20-4 1/2# | 5th (15) |
| April 19 | Springfield | -- | -- |
| April 27 | LEC | 17-4 3/4 | 12th (14) |
| | NE Alliance | | 31st (37) |
| #-Personal best | | | |
