It was another meet and another chance for the members of the Freehold Township High School boys track and field team to display their skills.
The Patriots scored four victories at the Colts Neck Relays on April 13, winning the 4×200, the 4×800, the 4×400 and the intermediate hurdles relays.
For Coach Todd Briggs the victories were one thing and the way his charges performed was another.
“What was important was that they all ran well,” said Briggs.
Bobby Searby had a hand in three of the Patriots’ victories.
In the 4×200, the lineup was Tyler McKinnon, Matt Intile, Searby and Ryan Spadola. The Patriots won the race in 1:31.18.
In the 4×400, the Patriots ran Intile, Sean Walsh, Searby and Spadola, and their winning time was 3:31.54.
The 4×800 team was Randy Spadola, Rich Fedak, Greg Tilley and Abe Hamami. The team ran 8:12.55 and Hamami broke 2:00 for his 800-meter leg.
Searby turned in the fastest 400-meter intermediate hurdles time (58.24), just ahead of teammate Jeff Kole (58.98). With Walsh at 1:00.34, the trio broke 3:00 (2:57.56) to finish ahead of the field.
Host Colts Neck won the sprint medley, which is 1,600 meters in total, in 3:43.59.
Vilius Komskis ran the 400-meter leg for the Cougars. Rafael Campos and Vlad Boguslavsky carried the baton for the 200- meter legs, and Makr Leininger ran the anchor 800 meters.
In the field, Colts Neck won the girls javelin competition with a combined total of 204-10. The Cougars’ Raquel Ioia got off the best throw of the day, 114-8.
Jackson Memorial’s girls won the shot put (69-11) and discus (208-1) relays, led by Shannon Watt.
Watt had the best shot put toss of the day at 38-8, and she had the longest discus throw at 127-11.
Jackson Memorial’s boys matched the girls in the shot put relay, winning with a combined total of 94-3. Shane Carle had the best throw of the competition, 49-9, for the Jaguars.
East Brunswick won the boys discus (288-10), with the Bears’ Sam Mattis establishing a new state freshman record with his throw of 169-6, which was the day’s best effort by more than 20 feet.
Gabby Galanti of Freehold Township and Mariah Browne of South Brunswick each leaped 16-8 in the long jump. South Brunswick won the long jump relay over the Patriots, 31-11 to 30-3¼.
Jackson Liberty’s Chris Griffin had the best boys long jump, 19-10, but it was Hunterdon Central that took first place with a combined total of 39-4.
Freehold Township’s Kwame Manful had the best triple jump, 39-11¼, but it was East Brunswick that captured the triple jump relay (76-0¼). The Bears’ Justin Price was second to Manful with his 39-3 effort.
Manful, North Brunswick’s Adenyi Adenvoba and Jarret Phelps, and Toms River North’s Amar Parrkh all shared the best boys high jump of the day at 5-10.
With Adenvoba and Phelps tying for the best jump of the day, North Brunswick was first (11-8) in the high jump relay.
This week the Penn Relays (tomorrow through Saturday) at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia will take center stage on the track and field scene.
Locally, the Lion Invitational will be hosted by Middletown North High School on Saturday.

