Top Finishers | North 2 Group 2 & 3 Sectional Championships

Feb 06, 2016

Ready to roll here at the North 2 Group 2 and 3 meet! / Photo by Robert Kellert

Below we will note winners and highlights as well as the team score race for each section. Check the links for a deeper look into the stats and to find more coverage!

Team Score Watch - 10 Total Events

Girls Group 2 - 10 Events - Parsippany 68, Hanover Park 68, West Essex 45
Girls Group 3 - 10 Events - Summit 45, Mendham 40, Middletown North 37.5
Boys Group 2 - 10 Events - West Essex 77, Parsippany 56, Bernards 49
Boys Group 3 - 10 Events - Princeton 48, Chatham 41, WWP North 41

Girls Highlights and Winners

Group 3 4x400m - Middletown North gets the gold running 4:10.91 launching them into third as a team in the championship scoring!
Group 3 3200m - Lucy Jeffs puts her team in the standings lead with a 11:28.34 win!
Group 2 4x400m - West Essex wins with a 4:07.40. Parsippany seals its Sectional win with a third place finish to match Hanover Park's 2nd place. A TIE for the championship!
Group 2 3200m - Ally Schlosser of Parsippany gets her second win the of the day and third medal! Winning with 11:38.23.
Group 3 55M - Emma Osborne wins a very close finish with a time of 7.42. Ayanna Fate of Newark Tech second 7.43
Group 2 55M - Onunene Albert of Orange wins with a time of 7.44.
Group 3 Shot - Katie Wisotsky of Mendham wins with a mark of 36-07.
Group 3 800m - Kerri Powers of Middletown North 2:21.46
Group 3 PV - Olivia Williams of Mendham wins vaulting 8-06
Group 2 800m - Reanda Richards, the sophomore from West Essex, wins her second gold medal of the meet! Winning at 2:19.64 now NJ#9
Group 2 55H - Kishona McCray of Central wins with an 8.38.
Group 3 55H - Chatham goes 1-2 Simone Kirton wins with 8.69 and Rashida Haye 9.12 for second.
Group 2 HJ - Lidia Chery of Garfield wins at 5-00.
Group 2 PV - Francesca Porambo of Bernards clears 11-01 to take the sectional title.
Group 3 1600m - Millburn's Katie Delidow holds off the kick from Summit's Lauren Diaz to win 5:10.25 to 5:10.75!
Group 2 Shot - Victoria Martinez of Fort Lee HS wins with a throw of 36-01.
Group 3 HJ - Summer Robinson of Scotch Plains-Fanwood take the title on jumps at 5-00 over Julia Nijnens of Red Bank Regional in second.
Group 2 1600m - Ally Schlosser of Parsippany takes the win well ahead of the field at 5:18.21.
Group 3 400m - Jordan Vine of Princeton steps into first at the line! A time of 60.17.
Group 2 400m - West Essex goes 1-2 with sophomores Reanda Richards and Alexia Perez! Richards 59.39 and Perez 60.66.

Boys Highlights and Winners

Group 3 4x400m - Chatham wins it running 3:30.20
Group 3 3200m - Matt Grossman outlasts Alex Roth at the line to win 9:26.32 to 9:26.48.
Group 2 4x400m - West Essex takes the win with a 3:32.04 and plenty of distance.
Group 2 3200m - The Gruters brothers go 1-2 for the second time this meet! This time with Richard in front running 10:04.16, Stuart 10:04.84.
Group 2 55M - Kwaku Agyemang a junior from Parsippany runs 6.73 for the W.
Group 3 55M - Miles Fye-Moore of WWP North wins a photo finish over Nicholas Ferrone of Chatham both listed 6.82!
Group 3 800m - Matt Sinunu of Summit wins a close one going 2:01.03 out leaning Pinceton's Nicholas Delaney who took second running 2:01.78
Group 2 800m - William Hendrickson of Madison wins at 2:01.51, teammate Tadano Sawyer takes second 2:03.67.
Group 2 Shot - John Burk of Parsippany wins with a mark of 54-04.75
Group 3 HJ - Isaiah Thompson of Scotch Plains-Fanwood clears 6-02 for the win.
Group 3 55H - Mendham sweeps 1 through 3! Daniel Post wins with 8.09. Teammates Johann De Silva and Julian Montilus move on.
Group 2 55H - Anthony Steets goes top six for the third time today this time winning the 55 hurdles running 7.99
Group 2 PV - Jake Smith of West Essex wins with a 13-00 vault.
Group 3 1600m - Will Meyer of Millburn wins at 4:23.29 after battling Princeton's Alex Roth who took second at 4:25.35.
Group 2 1600m - Stuart and Richard Gruters of Bernards go 1-2 running 4:30.27 and 4:32.35. Teammate Connor Roehr placed 4th sending all three Bernards runners to Group Championships.
Group 2 HJ - Nicholas Malzone of Caldwell wins on jumps over Anthony Steets at 6-00.
Group 3 PV - WWP North's Kacper Rzempoluch clears 13-00 to win.
Group 3 Shot - Alex Skowronski of Scotch Plains-Fanwood wins with a mark of 44-09.
Group 3 400m - Stephen Bondurich of Chatham outlasts his heat for the win at 50.56.
Group 2 400m - Well the West Essex girls went 1-2 and the boys even out did that! 1-2-3 for the West Essex boys with William Fost at 52.25, Anthony Steets 51.89, and Isaiah Rodriguez 53.32.

Photo Highlights by Robert Kellert

A full photo album will be posted on the site by Mae Kellert

Apologies my camera's battery quit on me so I won't be adding more photos to this article. Our main photographer's did not though so make sure you check the meet page later tonight for a full album by Mae Kellert!