Jonny was invited to run at the Wayne Invitational at Wayne High School in Huber Heights located near Dayton, Ohio. He was scheduled to run the 800 meter run. This meet is the highest level of competition, from all over the state, that Jonny has had to face in outdoor track competition. There were 39 schools invited to this meet.
There were 4 heats of the 800 meter run. There were 65 runners of which only 7 were freshmen. Jonny was in the middle of the pack of the 16 runners in his heat at the 500 meter mark when he made his move. He ended up in 3rd place and if there was another 50 meters in the race, he would have won his heat. He finished with a time of 2:04:34 and finished 28th overall out of the 65 runners. He really raced very hard the last 300 meters and gained lots of ground on everyone.