The NJSIAA State Relays got rolling on Wednesday night with all four team champions keeping their winning streaks alive at the Non-Public Relays at the Bennett Center in Toms River.
In Non-Public A, CBA and the Union Catholic girls extended their amazing winning streaks to 11 straight titles, while the UC boys and Villa Walsh completed a 4-peat in Non-Public B.
CBA FLEXES DEPTH
The Colts spread out their talent across the nine events as 25 different athletes scored to produce a winning total of 78 as CBA rolled to their 11th straight championship. St. Peter's Prep finished second with 50.
On the track, CBA, as usual, swept the distance relays, winning the DMR (10:55.76) and 4x800 (8:22.83), and the Colts added a victory in the shuttle hurdles (31.01). The Colts added a second in the 4x400, a third in the SMR, and a fourth in the 4x200.
In the field, CBA dominated by winning the pole vault, high jump, and high jump.
In the high jump, Gavin Marlin and Ethan McAllister each cleared 6-4, the top two marks of the meet. The duo of Matthew Orio (46-9.25) and Colin Pinguelo (45-6) combined to give CBA the victory in the shot put.
UC GIRLS LEVEL UP
The UC girls blew out the competition in Non-Public A, winning 4 of the 6 races on the track and scoring 24 points in the field on the way to a meet-record tying 80 points as the Vikings ran away with their state record 11th straight title and their 11th overall, which ties Willingboro for the most girls' relay titles in state history.
Oak Knoll, who won the DMR, had a strong meet, placing second with 37.
The 80 points by UC, just 10 away from a perfect score, narrowly missed the meet record of 82 that the Vikings scored in 2019.
UC, who received points from 22 different athletes, won the shuttle hurdles (33.22), the 4x200 (1:45.38), 4x800 (10:08.04) and the 4x400 (4:07.59), and placed second in the SMR and DMR.
In the field, the Vikings won the shot put, placed second in the pole vault, and third in the high jump.
Alyssa Kenol, who unloaded a meet-best 33-4.25, and Alex Landazabal (29-5.50) teamed up to win the shot put, Morgan Holley, the 2025 Indoor and Outdoor Meet of Champions winner in the long jump, cleared a meet best 5-2 for UC in the high jump, Ervnie Jules-Vincent (8-6) and Lorena Fajardo (7-6) combined for a runner-up finish in the pole vault.
FOUR-PEATS
The Villa Walsh girls and Union Catholic extended their winning streak to four in a row in the Non-Public B competition.
On the boys' side, UC made it a team sweep for the Vikings by winning 8 of the 9 events and coming within just 4 points of a perfect score by ringing up 86 to outscore runner-up Pope John by 50 points.
The Vikings won the DMR (10:39.39), shuttle hurdles (33.36), 4x200 (1:33.67), 4x800 (8:29.94), SMR (3:45.19), and the 4x400 (3:38.74).
In the field, UC won the high jump as Jaele Williams and Gabe Barnes teamed up for the win, and placed second in both the pole vault and shot put.
In the girls competition, Villa Walsh outscored runner-up Hudson Catholic, 54-49, to win its 4th title in a row and sixth overall.
Villa Walsh used its great balance to keep its streak alive, scoring fourth or better in 8 of the 9 events.
Villa Walsh, who clinched the title with a clutch runner-up finish in the meet-concluding 4x400, won the DMR as Bridget Boler, Lyndsay Sheaffer, Ava Van Etten, and Blythe Dudley combined to run 14:18.95. Villa Walsh also placed second in the SMR, 4x400 and shot put, third in the high jump and 4x800, and fourth in the 4x200 and the shuttle hurdles.
