Whether its math, music, or moving fast, Jeffrey Warner is one of the most passionate and versatile people you will ever meet on this campus, or anywhere else.

When he is not in the classroom, Jeff, a day junior from Northampton, Mass., can be found fulfilling any one of his many passions, which include math, running, and piano. All three of these activities fulfill Jeff in different ways.

Jeff has been playing the piano since first grade. Multiply that by seven, and you get the amount of time Jeff’s grandmother has been playing the piano: 70 years. It was not his grandmother, however, who got Jeff interested in the piano. It was his aunt who encouraged him to play. Jeff said he found her passion for the instrument infectious, and began taking lessons.

Jeff has come a long way as a pianist, performing three times last Spring in front of crowds. One of these performances included accompanying the Dance team in their show and memorizing a piece by Chopin for the recital on the last day of school.

Dance captain Soleil Richardson admires Jeff’s enthusiasm.

“He just jumped right in,” Soleil said. “He is very involved in the Dance program despite not dancing. He’s just a great guy.”

Jeff appreciated how welcoming the Dance team was to him and loved the artistic environment present in the studio.

“I really like art,” Jeff said, “and I don’t know if I’ve ever had a community of artists like that. That’s what made it really special.”

Another place Jeff has found a home in is the running community. He started running at Williston last Spring when he joined the track team. He started off as a long-distance runner but quickly transitioned to shorter distances such as 400 and 800 meters. He and teammate Jeremy Dube became quite the tandem in the 800 meter race. Jeff closed his season at the NEPSAC Championships at The Governor’s Academy running a 2:07; Jeremy ran 2:10. Jeff has labeled this as a top accomplishment in running, but has his sights set on the two-minute barrier, which he looks to break before he graduates.

Jeremy admires Jeffery’s enthusiasm and competitive nature.

“Jeff has taught me to give it everything I have,” Jeremy, a junior from Redondo Beach, Calif., said.

Despite these goals and benchmarks Jeff has set for himself, it’s not times or winning, but camaraderie, that fulfills him most when it comes to running.

“The senior day runs up at the course, the group chat, the bus rides to meets; it’s a tough sport but the bond built through the struggle is what makes the community strong,” he said.

Jeff seeks community in both the arts and athletics. While excelling piano and running laps around a track is an individual accomplishment, Jeff feels most fulfilled when he is sharing that success with others.

Jake St. Marie, a senior from East Longmeadow, Mass., has spent a lot of time with Jeff in his time at Williston. They’ve played JVA Soccer and ran both Track and Cross Country together. Jake has taken note of Jeff’s keenness to try new things and applied that to his own life in the form of running.

“For me, I had this mindset that running was something I would have to do as I have to play a sport in the Fall,” Jake said, “But seeing Jeff’s motivation for his different passions, such as math, motivated me to make running something I wanted to excel at.”

Jeff’s passion for math is truly fascinating. In 7^th grade, Jeff wanted to move up to a higher math class. So, naturally, he took the textbook home and did math all summer, all the time. He is now looking to study pure math in college.

A common complaint about math is how straightforward and boring it is. Jeff however, finds creativity in math to be most fulfilling.

“It’s the act of being able to really push hard on a problem, contort yourself, and eventually figure it out that is the most rewarding,” he explained.