Lid Lifter Brings Early Season US Marks & Meet Records


December 17th, 2015 - Drew University in Madison, NJ

The Indoor Season in New Jersey is officially underway with the running of the annual Jack O'Leary Lid Lifter Invitational at Drew University on Thursday night. We were on site recording races and the shot put areas so keep checking back as they upload. 

Full Results & Meet Page | Race Videos | National Elites (10)

There were FOUR meet records broken and one tied by the meet's end. Last year's Meet of Champions winner Nickolette Dunbar set the new shot put standard with a mark of 47-5 to break her own meet record of 45-8 from last year. The Whippany Park senior's mark is now the early season US#1. 

Also in the field, Peter Chan of Delbarton broke his own pole vault meet record by a foot and a half with his clearance of 13-6. During the girls high jump senior Kristen Hall of Whippany Park tied the Lid Lifter high jump record at 5-04. She now joins Rebecca Baskinger of Butler, 2002, and Lauren Burke of Morris Hills, 2008 as the meet's all time leaders. 

On the track Elly Scherer of Randolph ran 8.22 in the 55 hurdle preliminaries to break her own record of 8.53 set in last season. She went on to win the finals by .18 of a second running 8.28. This was her third straight year winning the event at the Lid Lifter meet. 

In this video Elly Scherer sets the meet record at 8.22 during prelims. 

During the boys 4x400 meter Morris Hills won for the second straight year and set the meet record previously held by Mendham with a 3:36.84 in 2013. The Morris Hills squad consisting of Joseph Hook, Jason Schweizer, Alexander Pai, and Ian McNally ran 3:35.54 for the win and record. 

Ian McNally also ran a quick 600 meter time clocking 1:24.05 before his role in the 4x400 meter. The 600 meter races were flying as the girls winner, Randolph's Nora May McSorley, had a highlight time of her own 1:40.29.

You can watch all these races as they upload right here

TRACKTIME (W)ATHLETE/TEAMGRADE
55m6.73 2016
600m1:24.05 2016
1000m2:49.63 2016
1600m4:33.95 2017
55mH7.92 2016
RELAYTIMEATHLETE/TEAM
4x200m1:38.63 
4x400m3:35.54 
FIELDTIME (W)ATHLETE/TEAMGRADE
High Jump5-10 2018
Pole Vault13-6 2016
Shot Put55-9.5 2016



TRACKTIME (W)ATHLETE/TEAMGRADE
55m7.54 2016
600m1:40.29 2016
1000m3:10.44 2016
1600m5:27.40 2018
55mH8.22 2016
RELAYTIMEATHLETE/TEAM
4x200m1:54.43 
4x400m4:22.81 
FIELDTIME (W)ATHLETE/TEAMGRADE
High Jump5-4 2016
Pole Vault9-0 
SAVANA BRACKELMANNS-PUIG
2017
Shot Put47-5 2016