North Brunswick High School’s girls warmed up for the Greater Middlesex Conference Track and Field Championships at Saturday’s Mercer Twilight Invitational held in Robbinsville.
The team of Breanna Nicholson, Vanessa Bacorn, Jasmine Phelps and Kaitlyn Davis captured the 800-meter sprint medley in 1:51.26.
In the 4×100, Yakira Carpenter joined Bacorn, Phelps and Davis on the team that placed third in the final (50.36). On her own, Davis took fifth in the 200-meter dash (26.34).
The previous week (April 22) at the Penn Relays, Nicholson, Carpenter and Bacorn teamed with Laura Williams to win their section of the high school girls’ 4×400 in 3:59.91. With the victory, the quartet won a Penn Relays plaque, the first in school history.
Chelsea Glincman, who was the NJSIAA diving champion this winter, was third in the triple jump, 35-1. She was sixth after qualifying with a 33-3¾ and improved on that mark by just under 2 feet in the final.
Carpenter was eighth (32-2½).
Nicholson and Carpenter tied for seventh in the high jump (5-0).
Quaneeka Davila threw the shot put 34-3½ and took fourth, with the versatile Carpenter taking sixth (33-9¾).
Morgan Communale was eighth in the javelin throw (85-8).
Phelps’ 15-7½ placed her eighth in the long jump final.
The Raiders’ Allison McQuillen took seventh in the girls’ 1,500 (5:06.08).
The GMC is Saturday (May 8) at South Plainfield High School, which will host the season-ending NJSIAA Meet of Champions on June 2.
Following the GMC, the race to the Meet of Champions will begin with the NJSIAA State Sectionals May 21-22. Groups II and III schools will compete at Monmouth Regional, and Groups I and IV will compete at Hillsborough High School.