Photos in this article by Robert Kellert
Live updates from the Group III state relays! Here is the meet information article where you can find history, records, rankings, and schedules!
The meet is running on time for those wondering and traveling down from up North. Travel safe!
■ Boys Distance Medley
Kingsway wins by over ten seconds running 10:42.95. Middletown North 10:54.08, Millburn 10:55.57, Morristown 11:00.30, Pascack Valley 11:01.30, Mendham 11:04.64.
■ Girls Distance Medley
Northern Highlands holds a strong lead with Catherine Pagano as anchor to bring it home at 12:24.68 NJ#2 US#11! Toms River South 12:39.27, Millburn 12:39.90, Mount Olive 12:44.32, Ocean City 12:57.99, Timber Creek 12:58.19.
■ Boys Shuttle Hurdles
Winslow Twp wins the shuttle with a 31.78, Morris Knolls 32.16, Middletown North 32.25, Roxbury 32.37, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 32.71, JF Kennedy Iselin 32.95.
■ Girls Shuttle Hurdles
Winslow wins with a 32.03 NJ#2, Timber Creek 32.84 NJ#6, Absegami 34.11, Roxbury 34.66, Kingsway 34.70, Lacey 34.88.
■ Boys 4x200m Relay
Pennsauken takes gold! They run 1:32.82, they already hold the NJ#4 spot with their 1:32.01 from the Hispanic Games. Second is Scotch Plains-Fanwood 1:33.70, Winslow Twp 1:33.92, Kingsway 1:35.31, JFKennedy Iselin 1:35.59, Middletown North 1:35.98.
■ Girls 4x200m Relay
Timber Creek takes it at the line! 1:46.78 to win and a NJ#5! Pennsauken second 1:46.95, Winslow Twp 1:47.01, Kingsway 1:47.20, Mendham 1:51.85, Toms River South 1:51.82.
■ Boys 4x800m Relay
Kingsway out duals Winslow to win the 4x800m. Kingsway posts an 8:16.02, Winslow Twp 8:24.61, Morristown 8:31.52, Pascack Valley 8:35.63, Sparta 8:38.44, Middletown North 8:38.90.
■ Girls 4x800m Relay
Mount Olive girls take the 4x800m in a NJ# 5 time of 9:53.81! Northern Highlands 9:54.82, Winslow Twp 9:56.24, Woodbridge 9:58.09, Ocean City 10:07.11, Kingsway 10:11.65.
■ Boys Sprint Medley
Kingsway is just rolling through the meet now with multiple gold medal finishes coming from both the track and the field. They continue with a win in the Sprint Medley that came during a kick on the last lap.
Kingsway won with a tie of 3:42.46, Winslow Twp 3:43.12, Montville 3:43.78, Wayne Valley 3:45.13, Mendham 3:47.48, Middletown North 3:50.04.
■ Girls Sprint Medley
Catherine Pagano just came back from multiple places behind, possibly 7th on the anchor leg of the SMR to win! CRAZY 2:12 split! NJ#3 US#7 total time of 4:11.94!!
Northern Highlands 4:11.94, Kingsway 4:18.06, Princeton 4:18.56, Pennsauken 4:18.62, Roxbury 4:19.52, Toms River South 4:22.23
■ Boys 4x400m Relay
Mendham wins the 4x400m with a time of 3:29.67, Winslow Twp 3:31.52, Timber Creek 3:32.03, JFKennedy Iselin 3:34.28, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 3:34.60, Pennsauken 3:35.12.
■ Girls 4x400m Relay
Timber Creek 4:03.76, Winslow 4:04.62, Woodbridge 4:08.30, Kingsway 4:08.52, Northern Highlands 4:11.19, Pennsauken 4:15.75.
■ Boys Shot Put
Keith Runne
Montville boys win led by Joosung Lee at 49-07.25 and Alex Rodgers at 49-03.75!
■ Girls Shot Put
Burlington Twp wins the team relay with a total of 74-10.25. They were led by Ronetta Hunter with a mark of 39-11, the second best of the meet, and Lorpu Sankon in 6th with 34-11.25.
The best throw of the meet was Michelle Mazza's throw of 39-11.50. Her team took second in the shot put relay standings.
■ Boys High Jump
Timber Creek wins the high jump relay with a total of 12-04. They were led by Larry Russell with the highest clearance of the meet at 6-08. Sage Brown added to his height with a 5-08 jump to win the day. Larry Russell's height of 6-08 is now tied for NJ#1 and US#4!
■ Girls High Jump
Winslow Twp takes gold with a total height of 10-04 thanks to Gabrielle Bennett at 5-08 tying the NJ#1 height and Maryn Hess at 4-08.
■ Boys Pole Vault
Kingsway wins with 23-06 total height, they were led by Rya Egri at 12-00 and Jacob Metheny at 11-06. The best jump of the day went to Joseph Egri of JFK Iselin at 13-06 now tied at NJ#2.
■ Girls Pole Vault
Millburn takes the Pole Vault Relay with 20-00 total. They were led by Eliana Sirkin at 10-06, Amber Teetsel 9-06. The leading Vaulter of the day was Julia Mszanski of Mendham at 10-6.
Group III Relay Records
Girls Overall Meet Records
Boys Overall Meet Records
