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Who will be Mercer County’s top girls this fall? Here are some names and faces to know — and cheer on!
See the rankings for the girls teams in Mercer County, based on the Track Mercer leaderboards for this past spring season.
See the rankings for the boys teams in Mercer County, based on the Track Mercer leaderboards for this past spring season.
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Allison Lee (WWP North), Izzy Meth (Lawrence), and Sydney Young (Hopewell Valley) all get paragraphs and photos in NJ.com’s article highlighting 15 girls to watch in Group 3 this season. Corey Annan highlights Lee as “one of the fastest cross country runners to ever come through Mercer County,” calls Meth “one of the top returning runners in the CVC,” and explains how Young “showcased her starpower” during the postseason following an injury-shortened season.
Lawrence’s Samya Jenkins, along her coaches Tim Collins and Kelsey Holt, talk about her growth in the sport and her journey to becoming an all-county sprinter.
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.
The third edition of NJ.com’s boys rankings has Matin Mahmoud (Lawrence, Sr., Jumps) at #43.
Highlights include wins from Hopewell Valley’s Sydney Young at the Cherokee Challenge and a trio of WWP North runners — Allison Lee, Paul Wittenberg, and Agrim Jha — at Run the Night, plus a couple of very close 2nd-place finishes from freshmen Ashvin Avineni (WWP North) and Reed Huggins (Allentown).