Sectional Wrap Up

Joe Lanzalotto

So many performances across the state it's hard to keep up with all the results.  Just some observations and results that caught my attention from the past couple days in no particular order:

 

In General

  • The weather was great, a real and welcome change after all the cold and rain we've had throughout the spring.  However, I  have to think it was a shock to athletes' bodies that certainly haven't become acclimated to the warmth.
  • Some tinkering is still needed with the distribution of groups as the inclusion of non-public sectionals made the meets at those locations a lot longer than others. 
  • The NJSIAA simply has to spring for wind gauges.  It's tough for marks in the sprints and horizontal jumps to garner national acceptance without them.  If you think national attention doesn't matter, think again.  It sure does to the runners and jumpers.  Wind gauges aren't that expensive and you need one extra official to operate them.