M.O. qualified a total of 15 athletes to the Group 3 State Championships on Saturday, 2/13, at Toms River. Eight boys and seven girls will be making the trip. M.O. had three individual winners at the sectionals on 2/3.
For details about the boys, see the article below.
The girls demonstrated their improving maturity this year by coming in 4th with 38 pts., an incredible showing over last year's 15th place with a mere 2.75 pts.! Most amazing was senior Gianna Pastena, who failed to place last year in the high jump, winning that event this year at 4'10"! Senior teammate Val Zielinski, in her first undercover campaign, did a lioness's share for the team, placing 5th in both the 1600 and 800, both p.r.'s in 5:30.05 and 2:29.11, and anchoring the non-placing relay to a season best 4:25.62. Perhaps even better were Jacinta Ford's 3 medal total--all 5ths in the 55H, 55, and high jump. The high jump was a huge success for the Marauderettes as Laura Goodfriend also joined Pastena and Ford as qualifies by taking 4th. Ashley Tomasula was the girls' lone entrant in the pole vault, but that didn't stop her from grabbing 6 big points by taking 3rd, equalling her p.r., school-record height of 9'6". Armani Blair was also 3rd in the 55H in a p.r. 9.38. Finally, Casey Garcia, who just missed qualifying in the 1600 in 7th, came back to run her first 3200 of the season and placed 5th in 12:35.38.
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