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Plus other fast 1600s at the Holmdel Twilight Series Royal Rumble.
Presenting the all-county selections by the Mercer Track Coaches Association!
Plenty of Mercer County stars shined brightly on the biggest stage in the Garden State!
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The Trentonian highlights Notre Dame hurdlers Christopher Young and Aldric Crawford, who earned automatic qualifiers to the MoC after getting silver medals in the 110mH and 400mH respectively. Other auto-qualifiers who get a callout are Princeton’s Sean Wilton (shot put), Allentown’s boys 4×100m team, and WWP North’s Allison Lee (3200m).
Princeton’s Sean Wilton, winner of the boys Group 4 shot put, talk with Kyle Franko from the Trentonian about performing under pressure and his confidence going into MoCs. Coaches Ben Samara and Brandon Williams give some insight into Wilton’s unmatched work ethic and mindset.
NJ .com’s preview of the girls Non-Public B Group Championships highlights Laura Sallade as an athlete to watch in the 800m and 1600m. Its don’t-miss event in the 4×400m, where Wilberforce leads four teams with a seed time between 4:10 and 4:13.
Allison Lee (WWP North), who is NJ #4 in both the 1600m and 3200m, is one of the girls on NJ.com’s watchlist for the Group 3 championships.
Gavin Alvarez (Allentown) is one of seven athletes to watch in NJ.com’s preview for the Group 2 championship. They highlight that his PRs in the 100m, 200m, and 400m are all in the top 15 in the state.
Christopher Young (Notre Dame, Sr.) and his coach Jain Ja Williams talk about his journey in the sport — he was primarily a skier before Coach Williams saw some hurdling potential in him. Young says that he’s been able to improve so much by watching people who were ahead of him and copying them.
Samya Jenkins (Lawrence, So.) talks about believing that she could win the 100m/200m double after winning the sprint double at CVCs indoors. He credited her success to inspiring coaches who believe in her, hard work, being motivated by other athletes in Mercer County.
Top performances include Mercer County #1 times in the 200m by Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr.) and in the 800m by Stella Blanchard (Wilberforce, So.).