Corinne Myers winning the 800m at the Red Raider Relays. / Photo Kyle Brazeil for MileSplit
It is early for the individual track and field scene in New Jersey but there are still quality performances being thrown down. Westwood had a handful of athletes bring top state performances to the table.
Corrine Myers of Westwood won the 800m invitational race at the Red Raider Relays with a time of 2:11.75! a NJ#1 and US#14! Myers would also take on the 400m with a 58.89 NJ#3 in the prelims and a second place 59.39 in the finals. Teammate Alesia Passaro ran a season best in the 400m prelims with a NJ#8 time of 61.27 qualifying 5th then finishing 6th in finals.
(For those who saw this article when it was first posted, when I started writing it Myers was US#13 and right after I posted it changed to US#14! So no you aren't losing it.)
The Westwood track girls would come back to win the 4x200m Relay with a time of 1:49.12. (If there are splits out there please send them into rkellert@milesplit.com!)
Here is video of Corinne Myers 800m race (MileSplit Insiders)
"Jessica Molina, a sophomore, earned three first place individual finishes!!"
That wasn't the only top performance at the meet for New Jersey. Jessica Molina, a sophomore, earned three first place individual finishes!! She took first in the shot put with a mark of 38-05.75 a whole two feet more than second place! Jessica already holds the NJ#2 spot with a 40-2.5 from the Bergen County Relays.
She wasn't done there as she would also place first with two personal bests a 115-4 NJ#10 in the Discus and 118-8 NJ#8 in the Javelin! Teammate Renee Gioe took second individually in the Javelin setting a personal best of 92-6 and had a second person best in the discus with a tenth place 82-8.
On the boys side the Westwood throwing team showed promise as well.
Zachary Ruiz had the fourth best mark of the day in the Discus with a measurement of 108-2, and he would also take second in the shot put with a personal best mark of 41-1.5.
Joe Scotto had two top personal best performances as well placing second in the Javelin with a 143-9 and seventh in the discus with a 125-11.
One the track the Westwood boys finished second in the 4x800m with a NJ#21 time of 8:11.16!! Paul Antonick, Ryan Dritschel, Nate Osterhus, and Noah Osterhus.
Here is the full Westwood team performance from the meet.
F 100 Meter Hurdles
11) Emma Pranschke 17.09
M 100 Meter Dash
13) Nolan Borgeson 11.84
33) Jesse Mayer 12.16
38) Adi Sheynov 12.21
F 1,600 Meter Run
33) Olivia Beutel 5:42.94
M 1,600 Meter Run
22) Paul Antonick 4:39.10
27) Ryan Dritschel 4:41.29
58) Jake Dicuffa 4:51.74
81) John Bohlin 4:59.57
F 200 Meter Dash
18) Alesia Passaro 27.70
M 200 Meter Dash
13) Nolan Borgeson 23.51
53) Adi Sheynov 25.09
F 400 Meter Dash
3) Corinne Myers 58.89
5) Alesia Passaro 1:01.27
9) Victoria Sloezen 1:02.53
16) Emma Pranschke 1:03.14
77) Natalie Dahdah 1:10.33
M 400 Meter Dash
10) Noah Osterhus 52.09
20) Kyle Florio 53.28
27) Nathan Osterhus 54.47
31) Jesse Mayer 54.89
85) Austin Pisani 58.21
F 800 Meter Run
1) Corinne Myers 2:11.75
8) Alesia Passaro 2:22.75
F Discus
1) Jessica Molina 115-4
10) Renee Gioe 82-8
48) Samantha Ruiz 45-0
M Discus
4) Zachary Ruiz 108-2
7) Joe Scotto 125-11
32) Steele Lombardi 68-7
37) Matt Sabbagh 95-0
M High Jump
8) Nolan Borgeson 5-3
F Javelin
1) Jessica Molina 118-8
2) Renee Gioe 92-6
M Javelin
2) Joe Scotto 143-9
12) Matt Sabbagh 111-10
19) Joe Jouvanis 92-10
M Long Jump
34) Andrew Cirillo 16-2.5
F Shot Put
1) Jessica Molina 38-5.75
24) Renee Gioe 25-11.5
52) Samantha Ruiz 17-9
M Shot Put
2) Zachary Ruiz 41-1.5
28) Joe Scotto 39-0
29) Steele Lombardi 29-0.5
30) Matt Sabbagh 38-4.5
M Triple Jump
16) Nolan Borgeson 37-10
27) Andrew Cirillo 34-3.5