January Track and Field Race Updates

There have been quite a few meets that have taken place in our two week absence of updates.  First was the Ocean County Championships on Thursday, January 17^th.  South’s boys and girls team both finished fourth overall.  On the boy’s side, gold medals were awarded to:  Chris Marco (’13) in the 800 meter dash in a time of 1:57.21, just narrowly missing Don Grow’s school record of 1:57.0 in yards;  Kyle Kroon (’14) in the 1600 meter run in a time of 4:23.73, moving to 6^th All-time on the mile list and passing Henry Menke (’76) as the Junior Class record holder; the 4 x 400 meter relay team in a time of 3:37.85.

Other scorers included:

Alex Roby (’13) – tied for 4^th in the pole vault with a jump of 10’6”

Sean Conway (’13) – 5^th place in the shot put with a toss of 45’4.25”

Boys Ocean County Championship Results:  http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/131882/results/231124

On the girl’s side, a gold medal was awarded to Molly Applegate (’13) in the 1600 meter run in a time of 5:16.55.

Other scorers included:

Destiny Kearney – 4^th place in the 55 meter dash in a time of 7.64

Brianna Piazza – 5^th place in the 55 meter dash in a time of 7.65

Alyssa Wamsley – 2^nd place in the 400 meter dash in a time of 1:00.81

Molly Applegate – 5^th place in the 800 meter dash in a time of 2:24.38

4 X 400 Meter Relay team – 3^rd place in a time of 4:16.26

Girls Ocean County Championship Results:  http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/131882/results/231123

The next meet was the Frosh/Novice Mid Winter Classic held by our alumni group that donates all the money made at the meet to the Mark O’Leary and Ed Heffernan Scholarship.

Boys Mid Winter Classic Results:  http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/128119/results/231762

Girls Mid Winter Classic Results:  http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/128119/results/231761

Next up was the Shore Conference Championships on Friday, January 25^th at the Bubble in Toms River.  South held out most of its varsity guys but did get a huge shot put throw of 48’0.50” from Sean Conway (’13) which puts him in the top 20 throws in South indoor history.

Boys Shore Conference Championship Results:  http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/131090/results/232015

On the girls’ side, South scored in two events:

Destiny Kearney – 6^th place in the 55 meter dash in a time of 7.65

Chelsea Smith – 2^nd place in the 1600 meter run in a time of 5:11.28

Girls Shore Conference Championship Results:  http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/131090/results/232014

The next day, both teams sent a few athletes to compete at the New Balance Games at the Armory in New York City.  In the Girls Invitational 1 Mile Race, Molly Applegate finished 8^th out of 15 competitors in a time of 5:08.92.  The 4 X 200 meter relay team smashed the school record set last year running 1:49.13.  And the girls 4 x 800 meter relay team finished 18^th out of 82 teams in a time of 9:55.  The boy’s team sent up two 4 X 800 meter relay teams.  They finished 8^th and 82^nd out of 117 teams.  The “A” team ran 8:07.62 which lands them 8^th All-time on our school list (splits:  Brett Michelini 2:04.68; Kyle Kroon 158.30; Pete Buonocore 2:09.94; Chris Marco 1:54.36).

New Balance Results:  http://ny.milesplit.com/meets/126474/results/232173