New Egypt High School’s girls and boys outdoor track and field teams could have a lot of entries worth watching in next weekend’s NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I championship meet after the efforts they turned in their league meet last weekend.
Freshman Seleste Leal swept the sprints, junior Tiffany Bautista won both distance runs and senior Natalie Suess won all three jumping events, as the Warriors’ girls won the team title with 141 points at the Burlington County Scholastic League Freedom Division meet at Northern Burlington Regional High School May 14. The girls won nine events.
For the boys, seniors Griffin Hinrichsen and Sean Callahan excelled in the distance events, and New Egypt finished third in the team standings with 88 points.
Leal won the 100-meter dash in 13.29 and the 200 in 27.41. Bautista won the 1,600 in 6:25.99 and the 3,200 in 13:40.63. Suess won the 400 dash in 1:01.81, the high jump at 5-0, the long jump at 16-4¼ and the triple jump at 36-6. Twin sister Lauren Suess won the 400 hurdles in 1:13.55, was third in the triple jump at 31-1 and fourth in the 110 hurdles in 19.26.
Senior Ashley Brunner was third in the 400 hurdles in 1:17.56 and fourth in the 800 in 2:43.10. Senior Alyssa Barnes was fifth in the 400 hurdles in 1:20.42. Junior Angela Hartman was fifth in the 400 in 1:08.85. Senior Casey McKenzie got a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 1,600 (6:28.64) and the 3,200 (14:47.78).
The boys received a lot of contributions, with only Mitchell Mann’s 10-6 measure in the pole vault and junior Ryan Devine’s 147-1 throw of the javelin standing as winning performances. Clayton Mann was second in the pole vault, based on misses, at the same height.
The Warriors got a lot of points from the javelin, as junior James Sonday was third at 131-2 and senior Anthony Otero was fifth at 123-4.
Hinrichsen was second in the 1,600 (5:12.16) and 3,200 (11:06.31), and Callahan was third in the 3,200 (11:11.10) and fourth in the 1,600 (5:14.07).
Sophomore Sean O’Neill was second in the 800 in 2:06.91, and freshman Jasper Oliver placed fifth in 2:15.08. Senior Stephen Green threw the discus 107-10 for third place, and freshman Sebastian Clara was sixth in 99-10.
Joe Guzzardo was fourth in the long jump at 19-2, and junior Noah Viera was sixth in the shot put at 35-10¼.
The 4×400 relay was fourth in 3:53.40.