Taconic Hills’ Neil Howard III named New York’s Gatorade Player of the Year for track and field

Taconic Hills’ Neil Howard III named New York’s Gatorade Player of the Year for track and field

Neil Howard III is ending his illustrious high school career with a bang. The soon-to-be Michigan Wolverine was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for New York in track and field. Howard recently won his fourth national championship in the decathlon and leaves Taconic Hills with seven state titles. The track and field phenom also broke the state record in the pole vault this season.

Neil Howard III is ending his illustrious high school career with a bang. The soon-to-be Michigan Wolverine was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for New York in track and field.

Howard recently won his fourth national championship in the decathlon and leaves Taconic Hills with seven state titles. The track and field phenom also broke the state record in the pole vault this season.