Connaughton later went on to compete in the 60 m dash at the NCAA indoor championship meet at the University of Arkansas and finished with a time of 6.78 seconds.

He finished 3rd in the 200 m at the Drake Relays with a time of 21.10 into a headwind of 1.1 m/s behind World and Olympic Champion Jeremy Wariner and Jamaican Ricardo Williams.

In the final, he finished 3rd with a wind aided time of 20.67 seconds behind Churandy Martina of UTEP and Carey Lacour of the University of Houston.

[citation needed] Connaughton competed for the Team Canada at the 2006 NACAC U-23 championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Connaughton is the 2008 Canadian National Champion in the 200 m sprint with a championship record and personal best time of 20.34 (+0.4 m/s) seconds.

Later that season he went on to represent Canada at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany competing in the 200m and as a member of the 4x100m relay team.

In the 2010 season, Jared finished in silver medal position in the 100m at the Canadian Championships, behind champion Sam Effah, of Calgary, Alberta.

Later that season Jared competed for team Canada at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India finishing in 4th place in the 200m.

In the 2011 season, Jared won the International Invitational at the Texas Relays, hosted by the University of Texas-Austin.

His team crossed the finish line 3rd in the 4 × 100 final, but they lost the bronze medal five minutes later when they were disqualified due to a lane violation committed by Connaughton.

In 2013, Jared progress was hampered by a nagging achilles tendon injury which side-lined him for the early part of the outdoor season.

At the 2013 Francophone Games in Nice, France, Jared would go on to finish fourth in the 100m final and win Gold as member of the 4x100m relay team.

He'd go on to compete at his second Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland where he wouldn't advance past the first round of the 100m.