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The North Hunterdon girls, ignited by Danielle DiEsso's stunning quad, and the Pope John boys, who leveled up big-time in the field, returned to the top at the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Championships on Monday at Hunterdon Central in Flemington.
QUEEN OF THE SPRINTS
For the third straight year, DiEsso dominated the sprints as she ran away from the fields to sweep all three sprints and anchor the winning 4x400 relay to earn the Female Track MVP for the third consecutive year and spark North Hunterdon to the team title. DiEsso is the first athlete to ever earn the MVP three times at this meet!
DiEsso, a senior, won the 100 in 12.60, the 200 in 26.06, the 400 in 58.01, and she split 58.5 as the anchor on the winning 4x400 that ran 3:57.23 to help the Lions outscore runner-up and defending champion Pope John, 145-77. Last year, PJ edged North Hunterdon by 2.5 points for the championship.
DiEsso has now racked up an astonishing seven individual titles at the HWS Championships in her career. She won the 100 and 400 as a sophomore, captured the 200 and 400 as a junior last year, and her sprint sweep on Monday gives her seven titles.
VEGA
Sophomore Mika Vega led a very strong showing by the North Hunterdon throwing squad by winning the discus with a big PR throw of 120-8 and placing second in the shot put with a 33-3 to earn the Girls MVP for Field Events.
FIELD DAY
The Pope John boys produced several great performances in the field on the way to 79.75-64-75 victory over defending champion and runner-up Hunterdon Central. It's the first championship for Pope John since winning its fourth straight in 2013.
The Lions rang up 55.75 of their 79.75 points in the field!!
Let's take a look at how all those field points were scored
Senior Ryan Hoo won the pole vault by clearing 13-6, a one foot PR! Junior Jordan Perez unloaded a 162-0 to win the javelin. Junior Tyler Houser won the shot put with a PR of 50-0, was fourth in javelin and he tied for fourth in the high jump. A thrower that jumps!! How's that for versatility. Jarrod Cofrancesco and Perez went 3-4 in the discus. Junior Joey Rozynski picked up eight points by placing third in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump.
BOYS MVP'S
Sophomore Le-Shem Little of Sparta (on the track) and junior Brody Sible of North Hunterdon (in the field) were chosen as the boys MVP's of the meet.
Little won the 100 in 11.17, finished first in the 200 with a PR of 22.43, and placed third in the 400 in 52.34.
Sible soared a PR of 21.6.75 to win the long jump., and cleared 6-2 to finish first in the in the high jump.
MORE DOUBLE WINNERS
Senior Noah Smith of Hunterdon Central was a double distance winner as he successfully defended his titles in the 1,600 in 4:28.57, and he captured the 3,200 in 9:39.36.
Katelyn Nolan, a junior at Pope John, won the 800 in 2:19.05 and the 1,600 in 5:05.23, and junior Charlotte Scaturo of Voorhees swept the hurdles, running 1:03.92 to win the 400 hurdles and 16.09 to finish first in the 100 hurdles.