Left to right, Rey Rivera, Ed Zaleck, Gerard D'Ambrosio, and Hazem Miawad
Saturday June 13th | Randalls Island, New York | Results
The Old Bridge boys keep their fast and undefeated 4x800m season going with a time of 7:44.83 to win at the adidas Grand Prix. The previous week they had set a NJ#1 US#9 time of 7:42.34 while earning gold at the NJ Meet of Champions.
Rey Rivera stated in the interview he enjoyed the staggered start compared to the compact starts everyone battles through during the regular season.
Splits
Rey Rivera 1:53.62
Ed Zaleck 1:57.98
Gerard D'Ambrosio 1:57.59
Hazem Miawad 1:55.59
They head to nationals with a goal of sub 7:40, using last indoor season's seventh place 7:49.31 performance at Nationals as motivation. They were only .41 seconds off sixth place.
Also at this meet: The Union Catholic girls set a NJ state record in the 4x400m!
Below an interview with the the Old Bridge boys conducted by Johanna Gretschel