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Lawrenceville girls best school record, win Philadelphia Area 4x400 at 2025 Penn Relays

Lawrenceville’s 4×400m girls — Rhianna Scott, Yasmin Willie, Jael Gaines, and Sofia Swindell — talk about their experience setting a school record twice in one day at the Penn Relays, including to win the Philadelphia Area 4×400m. Coach Derrhyl Duncan also praises his girls and talks about their new mindset this year after coming up a little short two years ago.

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N.J. prep school star smokes 40-year meet record in epic Penn Relays girls 3,000 upset

Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville) talks to the media after winning the 3000m at the Penn Relays. She talks about what she learned from running in this race last year and her interactions with prior recordholder Cathey Schiro-O’Brien after the race. Coach Derrhyl Duncan talks credits Bartlett with working really hard and having a “killer instinct.”

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Indoor track superlatives: The best athletes during the regular season

Three local athletes made NJ.com’s list of regular season superlatives for girls. Each category featured one winner and five honorable mentions. Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville) was an honorable mention in two categories, top track athlete and best breakthrough. Sonjay Baylor-Reeves (Trenton) was an honorable mention for best breakthrough, and Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville) received honorable mention for best multi-event athlete.

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Girls indoor track Fab 50, Jan. 30: New No. 1 emerges ahead of sectionals

Here are the Mercer County girls in the January 30 edition of NJ.com’s rankings:
#15 Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville, So., Distance)
#17 Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles)
#23 Sonjay Baylor-Reeves (Trenton, Sr., Shot Put)
#32 Audrey Cheng (Lawrenceville, Sr. Pole Vault)
#37 Catalina Holliday (Nottingham, Sr., Shot Put)
#42 Allison Lee (WW-P North, Jr., Distance)
#44 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Jr., Distance)

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Girls indoor track Fab 50, Jan. 23: Top athletes holding true at the top

Here are the Mercer County girls in the January 23 edition of NJ.com’s rankings:
#11 Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles)
#12 Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville, So., Distance)
#18 Sonjay Baylor-Reeves (Trenton, Sr., Shot Put)
#26 Audrey Cheng (Lawrenceville, Sr. Pole Vault)
#28 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Jr., Distance)
#34 Catalina Holliday (Nottingham, Sr., Shot Put)
#48 Tessa Hughes (Peddie, Jr., Hurdles)

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Girls indoor track Fab 50, Jan. 23: Top athletes holding true at the top (Copy)

Here are the Mercer County girls in the January 16 edition of NJ.com’s rankings:
#6 Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville, So., Distance)
#12 Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles)
#16 Sonjay Baylor-Reeves (Trenton, Sr., Shot Put)
#28 Audrey Cheng (Lawrenceville, Sr. Pole Vault)
#31 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Jr., Distance)
#36 Catalina Holliday (Nottingham, Sr., Shot Put)
#43 Yasmin Willie (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#46 Tessa Hughes (Peddie, Jr., Hurdles)

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Girls indoor track Fab 50, Jan. 9: Newcomers headline the group

Here are the Mercer County girls in the third edition of NJ.com’s rankings:
#7 Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#12 Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles)
#14 Sonjay Baylor-Reeves (Trenton, Sr., Shot Put)
#23 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Jr., Distance)
#31 Catalina Holliday (Nottingham, Sr., Shot Put)
#35 Yasmin Willie (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#42 Tessa Hughes (Peddie, Jr., Hurdles)
#50 Sydney Young (Hopewell Valley, So., DIstance)

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Girls indoor track Fab 50, Jan. 2: Was there an early shakeup at the top?

Here are the Mercer County girls in NJ.com’s second rankings of the season:
#6 Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#13 Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles)
#26 Alaina Sabo (Notre Dame, Fr., Distance)
#28 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Jr., Distance)
#33 Yasmin Willie (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#46 Catalina Holliday (Nottingham, Sr., Shot Put)
#47 Jael Gaines (Lawrenceville, Jr., Sprints)
#48 Sydney Young (Hopewell Valley, So., DIstance)

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Girls indoor track Fab 50, Dec. 19: Who stood out in the first rankings?

NJ.com’s first rankings of the indoor season include several girls from Mercer County:
#7 Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#8 Sofia Swindell (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles)
#16 Allison Lee (WW-P North, Jr., Distance)
#26 Audrey Cheng (Lawrenceville, Sr., Pole Vault)
#28 Lexie Koch (Lawrenceville, Sr., Sprints)
#29 Yasmin Willie (Lawrenceville, Fr., Distance)
#31 Catalina Holliday (Nottingham, Sr., Shot Put)
#35 Elsie Rey De-Castro (Hopewell Valley, So., Distance)
#49 Alaina Sabo (Notre Dame, Fr., Distance)

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Union Catholic girls XC wins Nike Cross Regionals title, books trip to Nationals

NJ.com’s Corey Annan speaks with coach Jim Smirk following Princeton’s 4th place finish at NXR. Coach Smirk praises the coaching staff’s efforts to prepare the team for the whole season, the girls’ hard work and dedication to train for something that was still hard to imagine back in the summer, and the team’s ability to always have a fifth runner step up and close out races.

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