NJRunners will be on site at both venues today and tomorrow to bring you reports, pictures and more as the NJSIAA Group Championships move New Jersey's T&F elite one step closer to the Meet of Champions. Starting this afternoon we will be blogging from both South Plainfield's Frank Jost Field and The Old Bidge T&F Complex. Enjoy the Meets!
Eric DuBois Reports from Old Bridge (Grps. 1 / 4 / NP "A")
Day 2
The track line up for the second day of event is below, results will be post asap.
800m
Girls Non-Public A
Lindsey Bellaran of Red Bank Catholic made a move past Magan McMullin,who went out hard in 63 seconds, with 200 to go to win in 2:12. Red bank Catholic went 1,2.
Girls Group 1
Johanna Goergen of Kinnelon won in a time of 2:16.
Girls Group 4
katherine Vodopia of Hunterdon Central lead for 650 but finished second to Olivia Baker ofColumbia. Baker finished in a winning time of 2:12.18, her second 400 was covered in about 64 seconds.
Boys Non-Public A
Allen Eke of Union Catholic winner of the 1600 yesterday won in a new meet record of 1:51.68
Boys Group 1
Jaymes Dennison of Penn Grove flew down the final straight away past New Providence, who had lead from the start otherwise.
Dennisons winning time was 1:54.28
Boys Group 4
Jared Mason of West Orange held on for second place in 1:51.xx, after 52 second first 400, but was no match for West Wind-Plain South senior Aj Chavez who won inan all group meet record of 1:50.59.
Girls 100m High Hurdles Prelims
There is still a strong breeze but the has come out to warm things up nicely.
Team score to this point:
Group 1 Boys: Woodbury leads Penns Grove
Boys 110m High Hurdles Prelims
3200m
Girls Non-Public A
Rachel Belmont of Bishop Authur won in a time of 11:11.
Boys Non-Public A
In a dual meet battle with 3 runners from both CBA and Don Bosco, Billy Bragg of CBA won in 9:17. Bragg beat the pack of 6, which was lead by the 3 Don Bosco till 400 to go, with a 62 second last 400.
Girls 100m High Hurdles Finals
Non-Public A
Morgan McLaughlin of Union Catholic won in 14.78 seconds.
Group 1
Gifty Amankwah of Newark Tech Won in 14.82 seconds.
Group 4
Morgan Harvey of North Hunterdon won by .01 seconds over Patrycja Dziekonska of West Wind-Plain North in 14.38seconds.
Boys 110m High Hurdles Finals
Non-Public A
Union Catholic's Zach Ghizzone 14.99 seconds.
Group 1
Deron Jennings of Newark tech won by a good margin, with a time of 15.10 seconds.
Group 4
Jermaine Collier of Trenton Central Blew the field away with a winning time of 14.05 seconds into a headwind.
3200m
Girls Group 1
Colette Ritcher winner of the 1600 yesterday leads with 4 laps to go, a 5:21 for the first 1600. Ritcher finished strong with a time of 10:45.17 to break the 30 year old group record.
Boys Group 1
Stephen Lewandowski of Mountain Lakes won running away from the field in 9:22 to move Mountain Lakes to first in the team scoring.
Th 200m Dash Finals on Time
Girls Non-Public A
Devin Smith of Pope John won in 25.31 seconds.
Team scores: Pope John in first followed by Red Bank Catholic
Girls Group 1
Shenique Frett of Weequahic won in 25.30 seconds.
Team scores Essex Tech in 1st, MountainLakes in 2nd and Schalick in 3rd.
Girls Group 4
Olivia Baker of Columbia won in 24.60 seconds to help put Columbia in first place.
Boy Non-Public A
Jabrill Peppers of Paramus Catholic won in anime of 22.10 seconds.
Team scoringCBA leads Union Catholic 92 to 78.
Boys Group 1
Tevin Knight from Jonathan Deyton in 22.39 seconds.
Boys Group 4
Jermaine Collier wins again in 21.92 seconds.
3200m
Girls Group 4
A big group came through the 1600 in 5:17. The group thinned out as the pace picked up with only Megan lacy of Cherokee, Dina Iacone of Washington twp and Caroline Kellner of West Wind-Plain South. Lacy closed with 5:07 last 1600 to win in 10:24 a new Group record.
Boys Group 4
Jon Harper of Phillipsburg won in 9:11.
4x400 Relays
Girls Non-Public A
Pope John Won 3:53.34, which is a new group record.
Girls Group 1
Newark Tech Won with a strong finish of 56 seconds for the anchor leg 3:58.20.
Boy Non-Public A
Allen Eke put Union Catholic in the lead after his hand off with a 48.1 but CBA's anchor leg split a 48.7 to pass Union Catholic in the final steps. CBA's winning time 3:18.35 broke the meet group record.
Boys Group 1
Metuchen won in 3:22.95 with Woodburry in second.
Girls Group 4
Millville wins the first heat in 3:57.
In the fast heat Olivia Baker of Columbia came from way behind with a 53 seconds 400m split to win it for Columbia.
Columbia's winning time was 3:51.04.
Boys Group 4
Trenton Central put a gap on the field with a 48.x first leg,they maintained the gap till the final leg when a strong surging Alex Reber of Cherry Hill East came up on the shoulder of Trenton's anchor, but Reber's 47.8 was not enough Trenton Central won in a time of 3:15.94.
Field Events Day 2
Boys Discus
Group 1
Will Cioffi ofo Pitman won with throw of 166ft 3 in.
Non-Public A
Mathew Wyman of St. Joseph won with throw of 145ft 6in.
Group 4
Samuel Mattis of East Brunswick won with a throw of 186ft 10in.
Girls Long Jump
Non-Public A
Tatuyanna Sanders of Paramus Catholic won with leap of 18ft 6in a newsgroup record.
Group 1
Amenza Uhunwango of Weequahic won in a jump of18ft 5.5in.
Group 4
Kyaira Wright-Harmon won in a leap of 18ft 4in.
Boys Triple Jump
Group 4
Emeka Eze of Sayreville won jumping 47ft 7in.
Non-Public A
Christoffe Scott of Union Catholic won witha jump of 44ft 6in.
Group 1
Dominique Irons of Haddonfield Heights jumped 46ft 10.25in.
Girls Shot Put
Non-Public A
Theresa Picciallo of immaculate Heart won with a throw of 41ft 7in.
Group 4
Jess Woodard of Cherokee winning throw was 46ft 2in.
Group 1
Irene Cedano of Hasbouck Heights won with a throw of 37ft 3in.
Boys Javelin
Non-Public A
James Pancetti won with a toss of 195ft 9in.
Group 1
Ben Schumacher won with a throw of 186ft.
Group 4
Tom Carr's winning toss was 189ft 11in.
Girls High Jump
Group 1
Brionna Singleton of Newark Tech with a jump of 5ft 6in.
Group 4
Kyaira Wright-Harmon won in a leap of 5ft 6in.
Non-Public A
Vanessa Romulus won with a jump of 5ft 6in.
Pole Vault
Girls Group 1
Tiffany Tencza of Wallington won off jumps with a vault of 10ft 6in.
Boys Group 4
Ryan Potter won with a vault of 15ft.
Girls Non-Public A
Claudia Dabrowski of Monsignor Donovan won with a vault of10ft 3in.
Final team scoring
Girls group 1 Newark Tech Wins
Girls Non-Public Pope John XXIII won
Boys Group 1 Mountain Lakes Won with Woodbury in second.
Boys Group 4 Trenton Central won
Girls Group 4 Columbia Won
Boys Non-Public was won by CBA
Day 1
The day started off cool and cloudy with some breaks of sunshine but it cooled off more as the meet contuined due to increasing winds.
400H
Girls Non-Public
Meghan McMullin of Red Bank Catholic wins over Maddie Hummell of Holly Cross with a time of 1:03.10.
Girls Group 1
Nichole Chandelaria of Newark Tech won by a wide margin in 1:02.20.
Girls Group 4
Evann Thompson of Lenape wins in 1:02.29.
Boys Non-Public A
Matt Rodio of CBA win in a time of 55.40 seconds.
Boys Group 1
Sam Maniglia of Penns Grove edged Chris Crawford of Dunellen at the line.
Boys Group 4
Alex Reber of Cherry Hill East looked to be in the lead but he got tripped up on the final turn.
Jermaine Collier of Trenton Catholic won with a time of 52.77 seconds.
1600m
Girls Non-Public A
Bridget Flynn of Holy Spirit won in 5:02.67.
Boy Non-Public
In an exciting finish Allen Eke of Union Catholic took the lead with 250m to go. He was able to hold off strong surges by George Kelly and Tim Gorman, both of CBA. In the team standings CBA is in first after scoring big points in the 1600 and winning the 400h. Eke winning time was 4:13.37
100m Prelims
The weather remains cool and cloudy with a breeze.
1600m
Girls Group 1
Colette Richter of Mountain Lakes strung the field out early, winning in 5:08.
Boys Group 1
Stephen Lewandowski of Mountain Lakes went for the group record from the start with a 62 second first 400 but came up a little short with a winning time of 4:13.
100m Finals
Girls Non-Public A
Alexis Harrison of MSGR Donovan won.
Girls Group 4
A single champion could not be crowned the finish was so tight.
Kaitlyn Davis of NorthBrunswick and Annie Johnson were both winners in 12.02 seconds.
To close to call on the next few finals, results to come.
Girls Group 1
Iana Amsterdam of Newark Tech won with a time of 12.38
Boy Non-Public A
Jordan Jimerson of Union won by .01 seconds over Jabill Roberts of Paramus Catholic.
Boy Group 4
Renard Howell of Trenton Central won in a time of 10.83 seconds.
Boys Group 1
Anthony Coiffi of Jonathan Dayton won with a time of 10.86 seconds over Woodburys Anthony Everett.
1600m
Girls Group 4
Megan Lacy of Cherokee won in a time of 4:56.
Boys Group 4
Jon Harper of Phillipsburg won with a time of 4:15.
400m
Girls Non-Public A
Devin Smith of Pope John XXIII won
Girls Group 1
Faleesha Dowe Won in a time of 57.17seconds.
Girls Group 4
Olivia Baker of Columbia remains undefeated among NJ runners winning in 54.54 seconds.
Boys Non-Public
Theodore Foster of CBA won with Najee Glass of Saint Peter's not running.
Boys Group 1
Phillip Gomez of Glen Ridge won.
Boys Group 4
After being recalled for what looks like a timing malfunction Trenton Centrals Zyaire Clemens edged out Cherry Hill East runner Alex Reber in a back and forth battle to finish the day on the track.l
In the Field
Shot Put
Boys Non-Public
Chris Foley won with a throw of 50ft 11.25in.
High jump
Boys group 1
Anthony Averett of Woodbury won his first event of the with a jump of 6ft 4in.
Girls Group 1 Discus
Schalick's Cheyenne Lutek won to more Schalick to second in the team standings.
Photo: Defending 400m Hurdles champ Obafemi Animashaun of Team Contender Union Catholic nips Bergen Catholic's Tyler Dilworth last year.
By: MaroonNews for NJRunners.com