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.
Allison Lee (WWP North) shatters the outdoor 3200m state record with a stunning 9:46.78, a wave of distance runners rewrite the county leaderboards, and Corey Woodson (Lawrenceville) and Yi-Tian Xiong (Princeton) trade big PRs in the 110mH.
Bartlett breaks the 3000m junior class national record, Blanchard and Casciano post some of the top marks in county history, and multiple 4×4 teams take home some hardware: Ewing boys and girls, Notre Dame boys and girls, Nottingham boys, and WWP South girls.
Justin Feil from the Community News interviews Agrim Jha (WWP North) and coach Brian Gould about Jha’s breakout freshman year, his rapid rise in cross country this year, his training and mindset, and the bright future ahead for him and the young Knights squad.
From NJ.com’s individual girls rankings:
#4 Allison Lee (WWP North, Sr.)
#19 Sydney Young (Hopewell Valley, Jr.)
#23 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Sr.)
#26 Laura Sallade (Wilberforce, Sr.)
#27 Grace Hegedus (Princeton, Jr.)
From NJ.com’s individual boys rankings:
#13 Agrim Jha (WWP North, So.)
#16 Paul Wittenberg (WWP North, Jr.)
#24 Finnegan Curley (Hopewell Valley, Jr.)
#37 Saboor Qureshi (Princeton, Sr.)
From MileSplit’s top 20 girls teams:
#5 Princeton
#19 WWP North
”Bubble” Lawrenceville
From MileSplit’s top 20 boys teams:
#12 WWP North
#20 Lawrenceville
”Bubble” Princeton
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.