The boys and girls track & field teams fared equally well at the first and last NJAC Large School Championships held at Morris Hills H.S. 5/4-5. Both squads took 4th place honors in the 15-school gathering, which combined the American and National Divisions. Such was the quality of the meet there were 30 National Elite marks in the meet as recorded by milesplit, the national webpage for h.s. track performance lists.
Sr. Jacinta Ford won the triple jump at 35'11.25" and picked up a silver in the long at 17' .25". The girls were strong in other field events, with Gianna Pastena taking 2nd in the high jump in 4'10" and Ashley Tomasula equalling her p.r./school record at 10'. Allissa Hoffman took 2nd in the jav at 102' 11" and Britney Gulick a 6th in the disc at 95'. On the track soph Armani Blair starred as she picked up two 4th place medals in the 100 & 200 (12.93, 26.59). The 4 x 400 team of Ingrid Nimoh, Val Zielinski, Sam Tavalare, and Marissa Karl capped off the 49 pt. total by placing 6th with a season best.
Senior Aeron Gilson led the boys with 4 medals. His two silvers in the hurdle races were debuts in these events for him in championship competitions. His 54.05 moved him to 2nd on the MO all-time list and ranked him in the top 5 nationally; his 15.02 (14.8h) pushed the county champ from Randolph to his second max effort of the meet. Without pause, Gilson moved to the long jump pit, where he set a p.r. in taking 3rd in 21' 6 1/4". He anchored the relay team of Dan Maya (50.7 p.r.), Scott Rennalls (51.8 p.r.) and Dan Baules (54) to a season best (s.b.) 3:26.61 with his 49 split. Maya picked up a 2nd in the 200 at 22.97 and a 3rd in the 100 in 11.36 for his best-ever meet. His sprint partner John Johnson followed him in 4th in the 100 (11.51) and 5th in the HH (15.86). Soph Scott Rennalls ran a best of 1:59.22 for 6th in the 800, his first time cracking under two from the line. After p.r.'ing in 4:30 the day before, sr. Chris Schneider finally broke the 10 barrier by running a gutsy 9:50.41 in the 3200 to get 4th.
The Morris County Championships are Tue and Wed, 5/11-12 at Boonton.
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