New Jersey's record book continued to take a beating when Christian Brothers Academy and Bergen Catholic both smashed state records with breathtaking races at the New Balance National Indoor Championships at The Track at New Balance on Saturday's in Boston.
CBA's distance crew produced a double for the ages by earning All-American honors with two different teams in the 4xmile race!!!
CBA's A team of senior Alex Mastroly, (4:21.6) senior Ryan Schmitt (4:13.5), senior Joe Barrett (4:12.6) and junior Luke Hnatt (4:18.9) finished second in a NJ record 17:06.61, which is No. 5 in U.S. indoor history! CBA's B squad of sophomore Gavin Schmitt (4:22.6), junior Sean Galvin (4:18.1), senior Thomas Field (4:23.5) and junior Wyatt Falkowski (4:17.9) ran 17:22.18 to finish fifth, which is No. 5 in NJ history!!! The top six finishers in each event earn All-American. The race was won by the Oregon Distance Project in a US No. 3 all-time 16:59.08.
CBA's 17:06.61 broke the NJ record of 17:07.17 that CBA ran to win the 2014 New Balance National Championship, and their eight man average in the 4xmile was 4:18!!!!
To have two foursomes run 17:06.61 and 17:22.18 and average 4:18 per guy is just mind-blowing!
Speaking of mind-blowing, how about what the Bergen Catholic sprinters did in the 4x200!!!
The quartet of senior Andrew Boakye, sophomore Bryan Porter, freshmen twins Adrian Woodward and Amiir Woodward lit up the track by blasting a NJ record 1:26.31 to finish third. The 1:26.31 by the Crusaders is No. 10 in U.S. history!!
The Crusaders, who came into the race with a season best time of 1:27.43, took more than a half of a second off the NJ record of 1:26.90 by Camden at the 2004 Eastern States Championships at the NY Armory.
Archbishop Carroll of Washington, D.C. won the race in 1:24.99 to break the national record of 1:25.15 that they ran at the Millrose Games last month at the NY Armory. MVP League ran 1:26.17 to get second, No. 8 in U.S. history.
The performances by CBA and Bergen Catholic are the third and fourth NJ records broken at the New Balance Nationals this weekend. On Friday, the Union Catholic girls won the DMR in a NJ record 11:38.03 and the Toms River North boys placed second in the sprint medley relay in a NJ record 3:25.28.