It's 86 degrees and sunny here in Hillsborough for the Central Jersey Groups 1 & 4 Sectional Championships. There's a nice breeze up in the press box and we'll be getting underway in about a half hour. Besides coverage here, NJRunners will have pictures coming from North Jersey and South Jersey.
Keep coming back for Results, Pictures and more.
Some observations from Day 1
The 1600m races followed similar patterns by group. Everett Price (New Providence) and Megan Flynnn (Robbinsville) both ran wire to wire races, gapping the field early and motoring to big wins. The group 4 races on the other hand were closely contestd with a lot of jockeying for position throughout the field. The WWP-So. duo of Macaluso and Schoepher ran great races with the Meet record going down. Jillian Prentice of Montgomery broke free from a very talented pack to take the girls race in sub 5.
Keith Griffith has one of the smoothest strides I've ever seen. In the G1 400m, Griffith gobbled up acres of track as he just kept accelerating, running 48.03 with no one in reach.
Rontik Sadler (Dunellen) is a very talented athlete. Only a junior, he took the G1 100. in10.89 and then went over and took the HJ in 6'4"
Meet ends almost 4 hours to the minute after the 1st gun. I will finish summaries and post complete results ASAP.
Day 2 Notes, etc.
Here we are back at Hillsborough for the second day of sectional action. It is cooler and more overcast than it was for day 1. Should make for some good running, jumping and throwing today. Meet starts at 11:00. Keep coming back for results and stuff all day.
We are underway with the Hurdle trials. The 800's will follow.
Macaluso andd Schoepher double back on their way to a "take one for the team title" triple to take 2nd and 4th. Macaluso sits and kicks coming up acouple of inches short at the lean.
Megan Flynn completes a successful weekend winning the 16 and 32 as well as scoring in the 800m
Corrine Kominkiewicz takes a field double winning here to add to her MR Discus win Fri.
Rontik Sandler gets #3 and also Q's for the 200m final. Future Multi star?
Rontik Sadler wins his 4thevent of the meet and beats defender Keith Griffith in the deal. Grp 4 winner Leonard Robbins (EB) turns in the days fastest time in G4 (21.65)
Prentice picks up win #2 with a comfortable margin over Caroline Kellner (WW-P So.)
In G1 Everett Price wins his second race of the w/e (he also scored in the 800m). WW-P so. sweeps the G4 race as Macaluso and Shoepher complete their triples and Max Margiotta adds 6 points to the team effort.
Full results are now posted on Meet Main Page