Mercer County girls will be busy at the Meet of Champions after loading up on medals at the group championships.
Nine individual boys and four relay teams punched their tickets to the Meet of Champions with superb performances.
Allison Lee (WWP North) shatters the CVC 1600m record with a 4:40 — #4 all-time in New Jersey — while Agrim Jha (WWP North) earns the boys win in a quick 4:15.
The Community News writes about Cadwalader Park hosting CVC batch meets for the second straight year. Last year, runners used the “dual meet” course layout, but this year they will use the “championship course” layout, as shown in the accompanying map.
The September 3 meet will feature Trenton hosting Hamilton West, Nottingham, and WWP North. On September 9, Ewing will host Trenton, Princeton, and Steinert.
Allentown’s Emilia Wroblewski was voted by fans as the top girls senior XC runner. She received 42% of the vote. Ewing’s Teagan Walker finished second in the voting.
Ewing’s Teagan Walker gets a great profile in the Ewing Observer. She and her coach, Dan Johnson, talk about her past success, her great start to this season, her current training, her goals going forward, and the impact she’s had on her team.
Vote for a Mercer County girl as the top senior XC runner in the state! Nominees include Zhu Chinchalkar (West Windsor-Plainsboro North), Claire Dumont (Hopewell Valley), Adeline Edwards (Wilberforce), Teagan Walker (Ewing), and Emilia Wroblewski (Allentown).
Blanchard, Lee, Jha, Kinsler, Crawford, and Gilligan all post some of the fastest times in Mercer County history.