Forty-one individual boys and ten relays teams earned medals, including several sectional champions.
WWP South’s Kinsler and Ewing’s Jones deliver big sprint duels, WWP North sweeps the distance events, and Notre Dame’s Crawford leads the Irish to the team title.
WWP North claims the title behind Lee’s big distance double. Other highlights include a speedy sprint triple from Nottingham’s Crusoe Gaye, three field event golds for Hopewell Valley’s Obidike, and lots of big breakthroughs.
Gaye and her coach, Annalicia Savvides, talk with Rich Fischer from Community News about Gaye’s rapid growth as a sprinter, her dedication to this sport, and the personal challenges she’s overcome to reach this point.
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.
NJ.com’s CVC boy athlete of the year is Gavin Alvarez (Allentown, Sr.), and they highlights his fast PRs, medals at groups and Meet of Champions, and his big improvement from last year. The boys coach of the year is Nottingham’s Kenley Souffrant, and the boys team of the year is Notre Dame.
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)
Eight individual girls and two relay teams won sectional titles, with WWP North taking the team championship in Central Group 3.