Tag: Boys Indoor Track and Field
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Four Redbirds wrestlers move on to region tourney
By Wayne Witkowski Unbeaten Allentown High School 160-pound wrestler Jordan Rugo repeated as NJSIAA District 25 champion and sealed a return to the Region VII tournament in Robbinsville, which started Feb. 24, with a first-period pin in the district finals Feb. 20. A top-three finish in the region will keep alive Rugo’s quest to return…
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Jackson athletes move on to indoor Group III meet
By Wayne Witkowski Ryan Rafferty of Jackson Memorial High School is looking to finish strongly and qualify for a return to the NJSIAA Indoor Track and Field Meet of Champions (MOC) after what he viewed was a slow start this season before embarking on a college career at Monmouth University in the fall. To do that,…
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Knights repeat as Central Jersey Group IV champions
By Warren Rappleyea Old Bridge High School’s indoor track and field team turned in a solid performance to win the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship Feb. 12 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. The Knights easily bested Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) rival South Brunswick High School, which took second place,…
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Vikings’ girls capture sectional indoor track championship
By Warren Rappleyea It was a strong week for South Brunswick High School indoor track and field as the girls team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV meet and the Vikings’ boys came in second. South Brunswick’s girls won three events and had 12 athletes contribute to the scoring as the Lady Vikings piled…
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Cougars run off with sectional indoor track title
By Tim Morris Jim Schlentz is usually pretty good at calculating how a race or meet is going to unfold. The Colts Neck High School indoor track and field coach figured his Cougars would lose the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship by about 24 points. But, while expecting the worst, he also planned for…
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Central Jersey winner Roche headed to Millrose Games
By Tim Morris Winning championships isn’t all that the indoor track and field season has been about for Freehold Township High School’s Ciara Roche. Yes, it’s nice to have won the county, conference and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV gold medals in the 1,600-meter run and to have run fast (4:51.86 for 1,600 meters and…
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Matawan’s boys capture sectional indoor track title
By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School’s David Alston and Thomas Kalieta carry the highest hopes for the boys indoor track and field team and Sam Anderson for the girls at the NJSIAA Group II championships Feb. 20 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. They all did their part in winning…
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Littlefield sets sights on return to indoor MOC
By Wayne Witkowski Alden Littlefield hardly looked like he has missed virtually the entire indoor track and field season throwing the shot put for Allentown High School after injuring his right elbow last summer. The senior is one good throw away from returning to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) for the third straight year…
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Ex-Casey Napolitano joins the sub-four minute mile club
By Tim Morris Nothing like putting the pressure on yourself. “When I woke up in the morning I said, ‘This is the day to do it,’ ” Columbia University runner Rob Napolitano said. So he called his parents and high school coach Rob DeFilippis and told them to get up to the Ocean Breeze Athletic…
