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An avalanache of records fell when several New Jersey relay squads and stars lit up the track at the 118th Millrose Games on Sunday at the Nike Track and Field Center at the Armory in New York.
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The Union Catholic girls demolished the national record in the 4x800-meter relay, and the Bergen Catholic boys 4x200, Blair Bartlett of Lawrenceville, and the Union Catholic boys 4x800 all took down New Jersey records. And there were many more red hot times produced by NJ athletes and relay teams.
In the girls 4x800, UC's Abbey Robisky, Sophia Thompson, Aubrey Devers and Paige Sheppard blasted an 8:40.07 to slice nearly six seconds off the former national record!!!! Read all about this masterpiece by the Vikings here.
CRUSADERS RESET THEIR OWN 4X200 RECORD
The foursome of sophomore Amiir Woodward, junior Bryan Porter, senior Thomas McAnulty and sophomore Adrian Woodward blazed their way to victory in the boys 4x200 in 1:26.24, just ahead of the Lions Track Club of Washington, D.C., who ran 1:26.27.
BC's 1:26.24 broke the NJ record of 1:26.31 that they ran to place third at the New Balance National Championships last March.
The splits for the Crusaders were 22.19 for Amiir Woodward, 21.43 for Porter, 21.39 for McAnulty, and 21.24 for Adrian Woodward, and ran down the Lions TC to give BC the comeback win.
STATE RECORD IN MILE FALLS FOR 2ND TIME IN 8 DAYS
How many times will the NJ record in the girls' mile go down this season?
So far the anwer is 2, but there is a very good chance that number goes up??
Eight days ago on Jan. 24, Paige Sheppard of Union Catholic ran 4:40.29 to break the NJ record at the Grand Prix Meet in Boston. The record had been 4:43.16, run by Michelle Rowen of Washington Township at the 1983 Eastern States Championships at Harvard.
On Sunday, Blair Bartlett, a junior at Lawrenceville, opened her indoor campaign by breaking Sheppard's record with her third-place time of 4:39.73. Bartlett, who was second at both the Nike and Brooks XC Championships, had splits of 67.09, 1:10.78 (2:17.86), 1:12.23 (3:30.09) and then closed in 69.65.
In remains to be seen how many times Bartlett and Sheppard will run the mile the rest of this season, and if they will clash in the same race. But if they do, that record will be toast again!!! They are just too talented to not keep raising the bar and pushing eachother.
UC BOYS GIVE VIKINGS A 4X800 SWEEP/CRUSH NJ RECORD
About a half hour after the UC girls' prodcued the greatest 4x800 in U.S. high school history, the boys from UC completed the 4x800 sweep with a NJ record and meet and facility record of 7:37.96, which is No. 4 in U.S. high school history. The former NJ record of 7:41.53 was set by Christian Brothers Academy at the 2012 New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the Armory. The 7:37.96 by UC is less than one second off the national record of 7:36.99 set by Albemarle of Virginia at the 2009 Nike Nationals Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.
DUMAS CRACKS THE U.S. TOP 5 ALL-TIME IN THE 600
Natalie Dumas, a senior at Eastern, went wire-to-wire to win the girls' 600 in 1:28.10. That's No. 2 in NJ history and No. 5 in U.S. high school indoor history. Dunas, running the first 600 of her life, split
27.51 and 29.78 and ran the final lap in 30.82. Reagan Moore, a junior at Oak Knoll, was fourth in 1:29.72, No. 4 in NJ history.
The great
Athing Mu of Trenton, a double Olympic gold medalist, owns the NJ high school record and American record of 1:23.57, which she set at the 2019 USAF National Championships at Ocean Breeze.
WINSLOW COOKS IN THE GIRLS 4X400
The Winslow girls made a huge statement by producing the 7th fastest time in NJ history when it won the 4x400 Invitational in 3:46.07.
MORE NJ HIGHLIGHTS
Manalapan won the boys Suburban Division 4x400 in 3:21.38. Senior
Crue Brown dropped a 47.50 anchor!!
The Union Catholic boys ran 3:23.50 to win the Private School 4x400.
UC girls placed second in the Private School 4x400 in 3:54.74. Willingboro was second in the girls Suburban Division race in 3:58.49.
Quincy Pearson of Union Catholic placed fourth in the boys triple jump with a PR and NJ No. 2 47-4.75.
In the boys mile,
Keenan Byers of Randolph finished eighth in a PR and NJ. No. 1 time of
4:14.69 and Brody Watt placed 12th 4:17.39.
In the girls triple jump, Morgan Holley of Union Catholic was sixth (39-5.25) and My'syiah Brawne of Winslow was 7th (39-1.25)
