800 Meter Run
- State Rankings
- 2022 Winner: Lilly Shapiro 12 Colts Neck HS 2:12.66
- Meet Record: Victoria Vanriele 10 Governor Livingston HS 2:08.81 2018
- State Record: Athing Mu 11 Trenton TC 2:03.98 2019
- 2023 NJ1: Emma Zawatski 11 Freehold Twp HS 2:13.12 Varsity Classic, Feb. 6
This may be the biggest toss up race in the girls competition with several runners having a shot at crossing first.
Union Catholic has three runners who could win, Maameyaa Nyinah, who has the fastest time with a NJ No. 2 2:14.11, Non-Public A champ Kaleigh Gunsiorowski (NJ No. 3 at 2:14.23), and Peyton Hollis.
Hollis has run 2:17.14 this season, but ran 2:06.42 last spring! She seems ready to make a huge drop.
Don't forget about junior Christina Allen of River Dell, who already owns two Meet of Champions titles in her career. Allen won the 3200m outdoors in 2021 and the 800m last spring. She ran an NJ No. 4 time of 2:15.21 to win the Eastern States title.
State Group 3 champion Sofia Day of Mainland with a 2:15.59, who led all performances out of Groups, and Clemmie Lilley of Rumson-Fair Haven, who defeated Allen to win the Group 2 title and has run 2:15.83, both have the potential to be right in the thick of things.
(Jim Lambert)
800m Group Champions
- Group 1 Kiera Greene 9 Shore Regional HS 2:21.00
- Group 2 Clemmie Lilley 10 Rumson-Fair Haven HS 2:18.53
- Group 3 Sofia Day 10 Mainland Regional HS 2:15.59
- Group 4 Emma Zawatski 11 Freehold Township HS 2:16.92
- NonPublic A Kaleigh Gunsiorowski 12 Union Catholic Reg. HS 2:16.49
- NonPublic B Tilly O'Connor 12 St. Rose HS 2:26.42
Group Championships Performance List
1 Day, Sofia 10 Mainland Reg 2:15.59 2 1410 Gunsiorowski, Kaleigh 12 Union Cathol 2:16.49 3 25 Zawatski, Emma 11 Freehold Tow 2:16.92 4 16 Dumas, Kadence 12 Eastern Regi 2:17.12 5 1412 Hollis, Peyton 11 Union Cathol 2:17.14 6 801 Niglio, Kelsey 12 Cherokee HS 2:17.22 7 1411 Nyinah, Maameyaa 12 Union Cathol 2:17.68 8 1047 Berry, Jenai 12 Scotch Plain 2:18.16 9 802 Tepper, Alexis 12 Cherry Hill 2:18.30 10 1021 Lilley, Clemmie 10 RumsonFair 2:18.53 11 803 Wernik, Allyson 12 Washington T 2:18.79 12 1043 Piskula, Ivory 10 Morris Hills 2:18.82 13 1035 Allen, Christina 11 River Dell H 2:18.93 14 800 Dowling, Mae 11 Columbia HS 2:19.08 15 1045 Scheier, Maddie 12 Somerville H 2:19.40 16 1409 Clear, Leah 12 Camden Catho 2:19.42 17 799 Leonard, Dale 12 Hunterdon Ce 2:19.73 18 1044 Conti, Chloe 11 Allentown HS 2:20.67 19 796 Greene, Kiera 9 Shore Region 2:21.00 20 1041 Greene, Halye 10 Roxbury HS 2:21.04 21 1042 Langbaum, Kara 11 Wayne Hills 2:21.20 22 1036 George, Angelina 10 Manasquan HS 2:21.35 23 797 Tilp, Danielle 12 Cresskill HS 2:22.43 24 33 Niglio, Megan 10 Cherokee HS 2:22.61 25 27 Adhikari, Hannah 11 Franklin Tow 2:22.71 26 1037 McClarnon, Brielle 10 Holmdel HS 2:22.75 27 798 Buzby, Anna 11 Salem HS 2:26.01 28 1386 OConnor, Tilly 12 St Rose HS 2:26.42 29 1413 Herrick, Rebecca 12 Montclair Ki 2:28.90 30 1414 Sherlock, Sara 11 Holy Cross H 2:30.94
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