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Hopewell Valley’s Curley surges to the Group 2 title with a huge PR, and several others put themselves in great position for a wild card entry to the Meet of Champions.
Plus some huge performances by WWP North’s Allison Lee and the CVC’s top hurdlers and jumpers.
Lawrenceville’s Joa-Griffith breaks the Mercer County 600m record, Wilberforce’s Blanchard runs one of the fastest 800s ever, plus impressive sprint doubles at SJTCA #13, NJ Conference Clash, New York International Showcase, and more.
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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 highlights Agrim Jha (WWP North), “one of the state’s top freshmen last fall,” and Tyler Hurst (Steinert), “one of the top runners in the CVC,” as two of fifteen boys to watch in Group 3 this season.
Steinert’s Tyler Hurst talks with the Hamilton Post about his journey from being a young kid in a running club to becoming one of the best XC runners in the CVC.
In the Times of Trenton’s boys XC postseason awards, the runner of the year was Shravan Pradeep (WW-P South). Pradeep talked about his dedication to never missing a day and his strategy of going out hard at the Meet of Champions. The team of the year was WW-P North. The coach of the year was Katie Reilly (WW-P South), who credited her team’s success to the runners’ love for the sport and to her fellow coach Stephanie Pegues’s work developing a strong training plan.
The Times’ All-Area team was Felix Farrugia (Princeton), Luke Ferrer (WW-P North), Tyler Hurst (Steinert), Agrim Jha (WW-P North), Tarun Kovoor (Notre Dame), Shravan Pradeep (WW-P South), and Burke Thompson (Hightstown).
Angel Johnson (Ewing) sets the 100mH state lead, while Arianna Crusoe Gaye (Nottingham), Samya Jenkins (Lawrence), and Leah Daniels (Ewing) rise to NJ #2, #3, and #4 in a fast 100m. On the boys side, Dasan Jones (Ewing) goes NJ #2 in the 100m and joins his teammates for the 4×100m win in an NJ #3 time.