Highlighting some of the fantastic NJ performances from the New Balance Games here.
(Photo Credit to Don Rich for MileSplit.com - Edward Cheserek winning the 1 mile run at the New Balance Games in 4:10.94)
New Jersey kicked more than the last straight away at the New Balance games!
Well for starters Edward Cheserek hit a US#1 in the Mile run with a 4:10.94. No big deal right?
Olivia Baker of Columbia HS hit a US#1 in the 400m with a smoking 55.02 on this fast track. Columbia girls had success in other events as well but the Sprint Medley Relay stands out, the US#2 time of 4:03.22 moves them up from the #4 time they pumped out at the State Relays early January.
The Pleasantville Boys took first in the 4x800m Relay running a 7:52.31!! A US#2 awesome work.
The Mendham girls took a US#2 in the DMR with a 12:08.16!
The Union Catholic Boys are at it again! They take SMR by storm running a 3:32.77 for a US#4! The Union Catholic boys already have a few Top 5 U.S. times, inluding a #2 4x400 (3:20.38), #6 4x200m (1:30.55), and a #2 Shuttle Hurdles with a 29.84!!
Winslow Twn HS Girls hit a 33.28 in the Shuttle for a US#1! In the jumps Cidae'a Woods launched for a US#4 in the Long Jump with a 19-7.75
Mount Olive's Keturah Orji marked a US#1 40-7 in the Triple Jump!
Also in that Triple Jump Relay were the Cranford girls who won as a team, lead by Bryanna Grant with a US#9 mark of 38-9, and Regine Hunter with a 37-8.75.
Dominique Irons hits a 48-9 to win the Triple Jump! That's am NJ#1 and a US#4!!
EGG HARBOR BOYS! My deepest apologies for getting this performance up late, I am going to quote your coache's description of the awesome meet you all had:
"Kofi Yamoah and James Plummer not only won the even but broke the meet record in the shot put relay. Kofi threw 57-09 and James threw 56-02.25 finishing 1-2 in the event. Also the team consisting of Curtis Fitzpatrick and Chandler Toussaint (Freshman) finished in 5th with a combined 89-06.25, scoring 2 teams in an event at the New Balance games is an accomplishment in itself."
That's correct, Egg Harbor scored TWO teams in the Shot Put Relay as seen here. Awesome work.
[EDIT] Lexie Fraction of Washington Twp finished the 55 Hurdles leading NJ in 4th place as she clocked in an 8.58, today (Feb. 1st, 2013) she is a respectable NJ#10 with an 8.45 ran at the SJTCA Meet with which she placed 1st overall. Congratulations Lexie! My apologies for missing your result.
MORE HIGHLIGHTS BELOW! You can check out more of the action from the last few days at other meets here.
New Balance Games
On-Site Coverage
Indoor 2013: Mary Cain US Record 4:32.78!! Cardozo (NY) US#3 AT 3:54.72 SMR!! Blazing sprints in FL!
Mary Cain shatters the high school record with a blistering 4:32.78 clocking!! Cheserek rolls in the Mile to a 4:10.92 clocking with a 2:00.9 last 800! (Photo by Don Rich)
1/26 WKND: TSTCA Canceled - Stauffer > PA#1 SP - Huemmler Millrose Mile Q - P Wood US#2 4x4
Ches Ready For Armory Dates
Two-time Foot Locker champion Edward Cheserek — who was mentioned on ESPN SportsCenter today — will run the mile at Saturday's New Balance Games and the two-mile at the Millrose Games on Feb. 16. (via Armory Track)
The Millrose Mile could (should) be 25% Pennsylvanian again this year.
Giving Chase To History
As the New Balance Games' fields are announced, it is hard not to focus on Mary Cain's chase of a 40-year-old national high school record in the mile. At Saturday's Games she will certainly have a field that can help her get there. (via Armory Track)
Photos: New Balance Games by PTXC
Videos
NB Games: Medgar Evers US#1 4x200 1:38.90
NB Games: Mary Cain, USR Mile 4:32.78
NB Games: Jack Huemmler, Millrose auto Qual 4:16.22
NB Games: Sara Sargent, Millrose auto Qual 4:58.75
NB Games: Garden City 4x800 US#1 9:10.12
NB Games: Benjamin Cardoza US#3 AT SMR - 3:54.72Meet Results
Girls Highlights
- 1,500 Meter Run - Mary Cain (Unattached) 4:16.11 SB; Kristiane Width (United Nations International School (Manhattan)) 4:40.49 SB; Corinne Florie (Mahopac) 4:41.65 SB; Danielle Leavitt (Lacey Twp. HS) 4:42.12 SB; Gianna Frontera (Newburgh Free Academy) 4:42.27 SB; Megan Young (Nanuet) 4:43.12 SB; Molly Applegate (Toms River South HS) 4:47.03 SB; Marin Warner (Holmdel HS) 4:47.61 SB; Joelle Feinberg (Paul D. Schrieber / Port Washington) 4:49.13; Vickie Ajimoko (Williamstown HS) 4:51.06 SB; Lindsey Kane (Washington Twp HS) 4:52.38 SB; Bridget Flynn (Ocean City HS) 4:53.98 SB; Amanda Delacruz (Port Richmond) 4:58.11;
- 400 Meter Dash - Olivia Baker (Columbia HS) 55.02 SB; Emma Gallagher (Garden City) 55.31 SB; Yazmin Wilsonjones (Port Richmond) 57.00 SB; Katie O'Neill (Garden City) 57.36 SB; Dominique Watkins (Abraham Clark HS) 57.44 SB; Shi Anne Humes (Port Richmond) 58.53 SB; Shanee Grant (Fashion Industries) 58.89 SB; Sophie Feuer (Briarcliff) 59.87 SB;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Medgar Evers Prep 1:38.90; Taft Education Campus (NYC) 1:39.80; New Rochelle 1:41.77; Columbia HS 1:43.70; Winslow Township HS1:43.88; Delcastle High School 1:44.93; Medgar Evers Prep 1:41.10 (prelims); Taft Education Campus (NYC) 1:42.81 (prelims); New Rochelle 1:43.40 (prelims);Winslow Township HS 1:44.13 (prelims); Columbia HS 1:44.24 (prelims); Delcastle High School 1:44.30 (prelims); Dewitt Clinton 1:45.20 (prelims); Newburgh Free Academy 1:45.30 (prelims); Suffern 1:45.60 (prelims); Camden Catholic HS 1:45.65 (prelims); Benjamin Banneker Academy 1:47.09 (prelims); Hempstead 1:47.36 (prelims); Mount Olive HS 1:47.51 (prelims); Uniondale 1:47.70 (prelims); Teaneck HS 1:48.35 (prelims); Middletown 1:49.05 (prelims); Toms River South HS1:49.13 (prelims); Saratoga Springs 1:49.32 (prelims);
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Medgar Evers Prep 3:55.92; Columbia HS 3:57.46; Pope John XXIII HS 4:01.74; Dewitt Clinton 4:02.24; Westwood HS 4:03.93;Middletown 4:04.58; Mendham HS 4:04.58; Hempstead 4:06.09; Cold Spring Harbor 4:07.57; Monroe-Woodbury 4:09.88;
- 4x55 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay - Winslow Township HS 33.28; Columbia HS 34.73; New Rochelle 35.50;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - Garden City 9:10.18; Suffern 9:17.26; Bronxville 9:37.67; Pine Valley 9:37.99; North Shore 9:38.75; Saratoga Springs 9:39.13; Shaker9:39.29; Mount Olive HS 9:39.33; Ursuline School 9:46.49; Cold Spring Harbor 9:46.68; Boys and Girls 9:47.55; Colonie 9:50.86; Monroe-Woodbury 9:53.18;McKee/Staten Island Tech (MSIT) 9:55.47; Toms River South HS 9:55.62; Pope John XXIII HS 10:00.28;
- 55 Meter Hurdles - Akayla Anderson (Benjamin Cardozo) 8.28; Ashley Wiggins (New Rochelle) 8.35 SB;
- Distance Medley Relay - Mendham HS 12:08.16; Arlington 12:08.24; Mount Saint Dominic Academy 12:26.27; Bronxville 12:31.19; Haddonfield Mem. HS12:33.09; Newburgh Free Academy 12:35.41; Fox Lane 12:42.77; Onteora 12:46.68;
- Long Jump - Cidae'a Woods (Winslow Township HS) 19-7.75 SB;
- One Mile Run - Mary Cain (Unattached) 4:32.78 SB; Kristiane Width (United Nations International School (Manhattan)) 4:58.40; Danielle Leavitt (Lacey Twp. HS) 5:01.40 SB; Gianna Frontera (Newburgh Free Academy) 5:02.82; Corinne Florie (Mahopac) 5:02.88 SB; Megan Young (Nanuet) 5:03.28; Molly Applegate(Toms River South HS) 5:08.92 SB; Marin Warner (Holmdel HS) 5:09.51 SB; Joelle Feinberg (Paul D. Schrieber / Port Washington) 5:11.44; Vickie Ajimoko(Williamstown HS) 5:11.64 SB; Lindsey Kane (Washington Twp HS) 5:15.75 SB; Bridget Flynn (Ocean City HS) 5:17.47 SB;
- Shot Put - Briyah Brown (New Rochelle) 42-9.5;
- Sprint Medley Relay - Benjamin Cardozo 3:54.78; Columbia HS 4:03.22; Port Richmond 4:05.38; Colonie 4:12.07; Curtis 4:12.83; Shenendehowa 4:15.17;Millville HS 4:17.25; Union Catholic HS 4:17.52; Benjamin Banneker Academy 4:19.21; Fashion Industries 4:19.42; Massapequa 4:21.45; Clarkstown South4:22.82; Abraham Clark HS 4:24.41;
- Triple Jump - Keturah Orji (Mount Olive HS) 40-7 SB; Bryanna Grant (Cranford HS) 38-9 SB; Regine Hunter (Cranford HS) 37-8.75 SB; Cidae'a Woods(Winslow Township HS) 37-5.5; Ethanity Dunn (Dewitt Clinton) 36-6.5; Shequell Higgs (Winslow Township HS) 36-6;
Boys Highlights
- 1,500 Meter Run - Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict's Prep) 3:55.53 SB; Stephen Shine (Briarcliff) 4:00.54 SB; Jack Stevenson (Stuyvesant) 4:01.96 SB; Mickey Burke (Rush Henrietta Sperry) 4:04.23 SB; Pier Berkmans (Bronx Science) 4:06.50 SB; Dan Galford (Monsignor Farrell) 4:08.99 SB;
- 400 Meter Dash - Ayo Obadare (Elmont Memorial) 48.88; Kiambu Gall (Paul Robeson) 49.41 SB; Ian Parnell (Hackley School) 49.70 SB; Justin Alleyne (New Rochelle) 50.14 SB; Tremaine Devour (Uniondale) 50.15 SB; Chad Barker (Elmont Memorial) 50.44; Romaine Angel (John F. Kennedy) 50.84 SB; Brandon Atkins(Elmont Memorial) 51.24 SB;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Mount St. Michael 1:30.26; Seton Hall Prep 1:31.12; Vineland HS 1:32.01; Mount St. Michael 1:30.82 (prelims); Boys and Girls 1:31.12 (prelims); Seton Hall Prep 1:31.56 (prelims); Vineland HS 1:32.28 (prelims); Shaker 1:32.58 (prelims); Egg Harbor Twp HS 1:32.65 (prelims); Colonie 1:32.66 (prelims); Newburgh Free Academy 1:32.69 (prelims); Elmont Memorial 1:32.80 (prelims); South Shore 1:33.49 (prelims); Rahway HS 1:33.68 (prelims); Rancocas Valley Reg HS 1:33.79 (prelims); Medgar Evers Prep 1:33.90 (prelims); Susan E. Wagner 1:33.98 (prelims);
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Elmont Memorial 3:21.77; Trenton Central HS 3:22.80; Newburgh Free Academy 3:23.28; Samuel J. Tilden 3:25.88; Boys and Girls3:27.37; Vineland HS 3:28.69; South Shore 3:29.87; Chester 3:30.76; Medgar Evers Prep 3:31.03; Mount Vernon 3:31.33;
- 4x55 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay - Sheepshead Bay 31.33; Winslow Township HS 31.77;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - Pleasantville HS 7:52.31; Saratoga Springs 7:58.45; Lakeland/Panas 8:05.32; Pope John XXIII HS 8:06.10; St. Peter's Prep 8:06.44; Toms River South HS 8:07.62; Warwick Valley 8:09.23; Colonie 8:09.50; Rahway HS 8:11.01; Arlington 8:12.42; Bronx Science 8:16.09; Mendham HS 8:16.26;Washington Twp HS 8:18.69; Suffern 8:19.72; Midwood 8:21.13; Pearl River 8:21.36;
- 55 Meter Hurdles - Jay Hebert (Ticonderoga) 7.43 SB; Luke Pascale (Roslyn) 7.65; Sydney Scruggs (Columbia HS) 7.68; Emmanuel Atilola (Rahway HS) 7.69;Zach Ghizzone (Union Catholic HS) 7.70; Jules Hislop (Delbarton School) 7.70 SB;
- Distance Medley Relay - Arlington 10:21.91; Collegiate School 10:30.52; Middletown North HS 10:30.90; Curtis 10:37.75; Holmdel HS 10:39.29; Massapequa10:41.65;
- Long Jump - Moses Edwards (LaFayette (NYC)) 22-10 SB;
- One Mile Run - Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict's Prep) 4:10.94 SB; Stephen Shine (Briarcliff) 4:17.29 SB; Jack Stevenson (Stuyvesant) 4:18.94 SB; Mickey Burke (Rush Henrietta Sperry) 4:20.38 SB; Pier Berkmans (Bronx Science) 4:25.45 SB; Dan Galford (Monsignor Farrell) 4:29.35;
- Pole Vault - Pat Lynch (Cranford HS) 14-9 SB; Jordan Pacheco (Morris Hills HS) 14-9; Nicholas Eckett (Jackson Liberty HS) 14-9; James Steck (Shaker) 14-9 SB;
- Shot Put - Kofi Yamoah (Egg Harbor Twp HS) 57-9; James Plummer (Egg Harbor Twp HS) 56-2.25;
- Sprint Medley Relay - Union Catholic HS 3:32.77; Syosset 3:34.29; Monroe-Woodbury 3:34.53; Vineland HS 3:35.76; Bishop Ford 3:35.92; Columbia HS3:38.86; Marlboro HS 3:41.09; Mount Olive HS 3:42.43; Massapequa 3:42.59;
- Triple Jump - Dominique Irons (Haddon Hts. HS) 48-9 SB; Jamal Bynum (Middletown) 45-3;