New Jersey State Meet
Ed Grant's Report

Netters
        Despite hot and humir weather, sanwiching a meet-stopping
thunderstorm on Friday night, NJ athletes turned in some pretty fair
performances over the weekend, leading into Wednesday's all-group final at
South Plainfield.
        Kevin DiGiorgio of Bayonne warmed up with a 180-4 discus win on
Friday night, then exactl;y matched his Gr. IV SP record the next day at
68-7 1/4. Despite the adverse weather for distance runners, Murad Campbell
of Overbrook "strolled" to a 919.16 3200 win on Friday and took the 1600
the next day in 415.69. But he did not run the 800 where an almost certain
win would have given his team a part of a triple tie for the title.
        The Gr. IV sprints were also hot. On FRiday, Hakim Johnson of
Elizabeth used a 2.3 following wind to win a close one from footballed Ali
Lee of Woodbridge in 21.76. Rob gary of Lenape just beat the storm with a
47.30 win over Johnson in the 400. The next day, it was Gary who got the
double, taking the 200 in 21.40 (a hand-timer had 20.8?), with Anthony
Davis of Plainfield (a soph) taking 2nd from Johnson.
        In Saturday's Parochial A meet, Todd Matthews of Notre Dame became
only the 2nd boy in NJ history to win four events in a group meet--the
first in one day--and won the HH in 13.60.
        We will now look at the team races and each individual event in
turn with the top performances in each by group. (The girls results will
come later).
                                TEAMS
        Millville's jumping crew matched Elizabeth at 40 points for the Gr.
IV title., Rob Jordan (6-10/23-5 1/4) and Raffael Craig (6-8/14.58) scored
3 between them. Elizabeth lost a chance to win outright then its relay team
dropped the stick.
        It was also a tie in Gr. III betwen Camden and Scotch Plains at 52
points. SP also depended on jumpers/hurdlers with Karl Jennings and Blair
Woodard  totaling 40 points. Junior Danyne Brown doubled the hurdles for
Camden in 13.92 and 53.35.
        Manchester Twp ran away with gr. II to complete a perfect season,
indoors and out. Ian Hahn doubled the 1600 and 3200 in 417.45MR and
936.84 and was 3rd in the 800. Kevin Hester doubled the HJ and LJ at 6-8
and 23-1 1/4.
        Paulsboro won a 3-way So Jersey race in gr. I with Jon Kalnas
doubling the SP and DT at 63-8 1/2 and 161-10 and Owens Haynes getting 12
points behind him. Louis Smith scored 28 points for 3rd-place Burlington
twp in the 100, 200 and LJ, but failed to score in the 400.
        Matthews' heroics weren't enough to stop St. Joseph's, Metuchen,
from completing a perfect outdoor season in Parochial A with a 104-88 win
over Notre Dame. Ed Potter won the 400 in 48.80, finished 2nd to Todd in
the 200 and LJ and 3rd to him in the 100.
        Immaculate Conception of Montclair (Rich Kenah's school) had a
triple from junior Karif Hyder in the sprints and got 18 points from jamal
Nisbett in the 800 and 1600 to defeat Pingry in Parochial B.
                        100M
        The Gr. IV race was the only wind-aided event among eight boys and
girls finals on Friday. It also proruced the probable 1-2-3 AG finishers in
Johson, Lee and Kishwayne Virgo of Plainfield. Matthews had a 10.89 on
Saturday, without wind, but is unlikely to run the event Wednesday because
of its juxtaposition with the hurdles/
        IV 1-Johnson 10.76. 2-Lee 10.78. 3-Virgo 10.84. 4-Gillette-Spio,
Ovbrk 1.98. III-1-Collins, Egg Harbor 11.12. II-1-Athill, Pleasantville
10..99. I-Smith 11.05. PA-1-Matthews 10.89. Par B-1-Hyder 11.06.
                        200
        The Gr. IV runners will get a little competition from Gr. III
winner Charlz Hester of Toms River South (21.52) and Matthews (22.08 with a
slightly aching Achilles). This race is run as a final on time--no heats.
        IV-1-Gary 21.40. 2-Davis 21.43. 3-Johnson 21.56. 4-Lee 21.81.
5-Virgo 22.16. III-Hester 21.52. 2-Sean Brown, Camden 22.24. 3-Collins
22.29. II-1-Atkinson, West Deptford 22.06. 2-Athill 22.31. I-Smith 22.29.
PA-1-Matthews 22.09, 2-Potter 22.13. PB-1-Hyder 22.35.
                       
                        400
        While Gary had to run his 47.3- to held off Johnson, Hester slower
down noticeably in the last 15 yards and still won handily in Gr. III in
48.70. Hyder ran 48.69 in Par B and Potter 48.80 in Par A, both without
opposition. In a surprise move---his team had no chance to catcher
Manchester--POleasantville's Joe Lewis added the 400 to his repertoire andf
won Gr. II in 49.17, a couple of hours after taking the IH in 53.29.
        IV 1-Gary 47.30. 2-Johnson 47.48. 3-David Tyree, Montclair 49.13.
4-Kobina France, Irvington 49.39. III-1-Hester 48.70. II-1-Lewis 49.17.
2-Nick Brown, Brigdeotn 49.49. I-1-Omar Wheeler, Newark Arts 49.54. Par
A-1-Potter 48.80. Par B-1-Hyder 48.69.
                        800
        Campbell's absence means nothing for the AG race since he certainly
wouldn't have run it there. Lewis, the indoor champion, was much the
fastest winner in 153.86 ahead of Ricky Gibson of Ridge, whoi surprisingly
picked this race over the 1600. Nisbett was next as he got a "rabbit" pace
from Justin manly of Pingry and won in 155.02.The surprise was the upset
of Ryan Smith of Morristown by Nate Sisco of Morristown in a tactical Gr.
III race--both were also running the 1600 not too lkong after.
        IV 1-France 156.93. 2-Jeff Storch, Cherokee 157.56. 3-Aaron
Boucher, Cherokee 157.93. III-1-Sisco 158.83. 2-Smith 158.87. II-1-Lewis
153.86. 2-Gibson 54..87. 3-Hahn 57.44. I-1-Alex Lora Newark Arts
158.36. Par A-1-Mike McGowan, Bishop Eustace 156.79. Par B-1-Hisbett
1550.02. 2-Manly 155.62.
                        1600
        Lot of sub-420 races eespite the heat. The fastest was Campbell's,
the next best Hahn's with Sisco again defeating Smith in a diving finish in
418.37.
        IV 1-Campbell 4;15.69. 2-Feder estelus, Elizabeth 419.09.
3-Storch 419.60. 3-Tom Baldwin, Hackensack 420.85. III-1-Sisco 418.37.
2-Smith 418.43. 3-Steve Slattery, Mt. Olive 4;21.56. II-1=Hahn 417.45.
I-1-Mike Fulton, Maple Shade 426.47. ParA-1-Ray Driscoll, St. Joseph
Metuchen 421.55. 2-Corey Kunz, St. Joseph Montvale 421.96. Par B-1-Andrew
Gruel, Pingry 427.42.
                        3200
        Campbell never looked better than he did striding through his Gr.
IV race in the heat. Nate Miller of Highland, who tied to stay with hi,
faded to a distant 3rd. But right after this 919.16 race, Steve Slattery
of Mt. Olive took the track in Gr. III with a statement to make after
losing his sectional race to Tim Styyler of Cranford a week earlier. he
made it with plenty to spare in a 915.78 win. Next best to these was Todd
Henderson of Notre Dame on Saturday with a 923.14 in Parochial A
        IV-1-Campbell 919.16. 2-Baldwin 929.63. 3-Miller 933.56.
III-1-Slattery 915.78. 2-Styler 921.61. 3-Cary Snyder, Demarest 924.71.
II-1-Hahn 936.84. I-1-Joao Neves, Bound Brook 946.16. Par A-1-Henderson
923.14. 2-Matt Day, Pope John 927.67. 3-Driscoll 931.77. Par B-1-Rob
Dobson, Mater dei 936.10.
                        HH
        Matthews simply flew away from the Parochial Acfield, then came
back a few minutes later with his 100M win. Nanyne Brown, who could be part
of a national record SHR team next spring, was the only other winner under
14.00, but Gr. I produced a MR of 14.26 from Aaron Biddle of Bordentown.
(In this meet, each group had its own set of records and they are rferred
to as meet records even with the obviously duplication, or should we
sexplication).
        IV 1-Guy Rose, wayne Hills 14.23. 2-Calvin Look, South Brunswick
14.57. 3-Raffael Craif, Millville 14.58. III-1-Brown 13.92. 2-Jennings
14.20. 3-Anwar Moore, camden 14.21. 4-Woodward 14.42. 5-Brendan King,
Lakeland 14.44. II-1-Dave D'Ambirisi, manchester 14.48. 2-Andy mcCarthy,
Allentown 14.54. I-1-Biddle 14.26. Par A-1-Matthews 13.60. Par B-1-Jason
Gomez, St. Joseph Hammonton 15.5.
                                IH
        Danyne Brown was the fastest here by .24 overt Lewis, setting up a
close race on Wednesday along with Chris brunt of CBA who ran away with
Parochial A in 45.53. A sub-53.0 race is likely.
        IV 1-Marqueth Tard, Trenton 54.90. 2-Maurice McClain, Elizabeth
54.95. III-1-Brown 53.05. 2-Jennings 54.88. 3-King 54.92. II-1-Lewis 53.2.
2-McCarthy 54.79. I-1-Marcus Dowe, Penns Grove 55.57. Par A-Brunt 54.53.
Par B-1-Paul Anderson, Pingry 57.19.
                                hj
        Junior Robert Jordan of Millville, the Penn winner at 7-2 1/4,
settled for 6-10 here, a height matched by Woodward in gr. II and
approached by Craig, Hester and dave DeSarno of CBA, the Parochial A
winner, all of whom topped 6-8. Jordan took a swipe at 7-1/4, which would
have been a Gr. IV reciord and wiped out the mark of the recently-deceased
Eric Taylor-Perry of Montclair.
        IV 1-Jordan 6-10. 2-Craig 6-8. 3-Terrence Howard, Rancoas Valley
6-6. III-1-Woodard 6-10. 2-Frank Kurilla, Toms River South 6-6. 3-Joe
Steohenson, Delsea 6-6. II-1-Hester 6-8. I-1-Theo Purnell, Paulsboro 6-6.
Par A-DeSarno 6-8. 2-Regan Barry, CBA 6-6. Par B-1-John Ellison, Mater Dei
5-10.
                        PV
        Chris Gates of New Providence topped 15-0 for the first time in the
FRiday session and none one could matchj it, though Ed Keefe of St. John
Vianney came clkose on Saturday in Parochial A at 14-9.
                IV-1-Eric Reissek, Vineland 14-0. 2-Frank Dumbreski,
Huntertdon Central 14-0. III-1-Aaron Pedrick, Williamstown 14-6. 2-Tom
Barden, central Regional 14-0. II-1-Rob Campora, Berkeley Hts 14-0.
I-1-Gates 15-0. Par A-Keefe 14-9MR. Par B-1-Anthony Brauch, Eastern
Christian 11-0.
                        LJ
        Jodan and Hester were the only jumpers over 23-0 as the weather
took a real toll on the top athletes, all of whom were competing in several
events. With more concentration n Wednesday, there would be an approach to
24-0. The big loss in the event was Eric McCoo of Red Bank, who was
obviously resting a slight injury for an upcoming all-star football game
with New York.
        IV 1-Jordan 23-5 1/4. 2-Tyrone Johnson, Paterson kennedy 22-6.
III-1-Woodward 22-4 1/2. 2-Jason Taitt, Sparta 22-0. II-1-Hester 23-1 1/4.
I-1-MacArthur Busch, Salem 22-8. 2-Smith 22-7. Par A-1-Matthews 21-10. Par
B-1-Jim Bushoven, Eastern Chritian 20-9.
                        Shot Put
        It will again be DiGiiorgio and Kalnas against the field. Both were
in top form on Saturday, though a little below their PRs. Keith Rzewuski of
St. Joseph,s Metuchen, the state's other 60-footer, is in a bit of a slump,
but should pick up when he faces the other two head-on.
        IV-1-DiGiorgio 68-7 1/4TR. 2-Howard Clark,Pennsauken 56-2 3/4.
III-1-Terence Glover, Hamilton 55-7 1/4. II-1-Shane Vegari, Matawan 53-5
3/4. I-1-Kalnas 63-8 1/2. Par A-Rzewuski 58-1. Par B-1-Devon Johnson,
Montclair IMmaculate 49-9.
       
                        DT
        Terrence Glover of Hamilton answered DoGiorgio's blast with a 187-1
in gr. III, an event which started Friday night and ended Saturday monring
due to the storm. Howard Clark of Pennsauken, at 176-6, was the only other
one over 170-0.
        IV-1-DiGiorgio 180-4. 2-Clark 176-6. 3-Mike Curtis, Bloomfield
162-8. III-1-Glover 187-1. II-1-Terrin Walker, Bridgeton 164-10. I-1-Kalnas
161-10. Par A-1-Jim Fischer, Bergen catholic 160-5. Par B-1-Randy Picinic,
St. Mary's Rutherford 138-3.
                        JT
        This event hasn't been the same since they introduced the
rubber-tipped implement a couple of years ago. Only one thrower approahed
200 feet, Nick Serpico of Verona with 198-10 in Gr. I.
        IV-1-Joe Trivellini, Vineland 186-9. 2-J.D. Murdoch, Ridgewood
186-0.  III-1-Joe Carollo, Parsippany 188-8. II-1-Brian Jamison, Kingsway
185-7. I-1-Nick Serpico, Verone 198-10. Par A-1-Mike Kenyon, St. John
Vianney 181-5. Par B-1-Steve Wolf, Montclair Immaculate162-4.
                        1600R
        Plainfield seems suck on the 317.0 with at least its 5th race at
or near that figure this year in its Gr. IV win. Trenton was the only othet
team under 320 at the end of two long hot days and did it without its
putative 46.0 runner, Jahmeer Reynolds, who disappeared into the mists
after two early season surfacings.A numbr of teams will strengthen their
lineups with athletes who stuck to individual events this weekend.
        IV-1-Plainfield 317.13. 2-Trenton 319.25. 3-Montclair 321.13.
4-Piscataway 321.54. 4-Lenape 322.84. III-1-Camden 321.31. 2-Egg Harbor
321.74. 3-Camden Wilson 323.17. II-1-Manchester Twp 3;24.17. I-1-Metuchen
325.93. Par A-1-Paramuc Catholic 322.70. Par B-1-Pingry 332.03.         
                               
        Note Full results are available (or soon will be) at
www.monmouth.com/~scullion/
                                        Ed Grant