Date: 04 Jun 97 23:18:40 EDT

From: "Edward  J. Grant" [email protected]

Subject: t-and-f: NJ Alll-Group (Long)



Netters:

	The New Jersey scholastic season ended this evening inalmost perfect

weather conditions (contrary to advance predictions) with oustanding

performances from shot-putter Kevin DiGiorgio of Bayonne and all-around rnning

star Fred Sharpe of Paulsboro.

	DiGiorgio, whose state "record" of 68-7 1/4 had caused some controversy

in the gr. IV meet last Saturday because it was esimated rather than exactly

measured (His throw hit a wooden block used as a bounday for the rather confined

shot put area), this time left no questions with tosses of 68-10 and 68-111 on

an expanded area. Three junior topped 60-feet in the competition, Jon Kalnas of

Paulsboro llifting his PR to 54-10 1/4 and Keith Rzewuski of St. Joseph,

metuchen, passing the barrier for the first time at 60-7.

	Sharpe had a simply incredible evening. He opened with a 51.62 win over

Penn relays IH winner Greg Christie of Perth Amboy, followed that about an hour

later with a 4:15.73 for 3rd in the 1600M and finished off witha 1:53.50 win in

the 800M. Sharpe is also a junior, but in his fourth year of HS and thus

inelgible to compete next year.

	The girls had nothing to match these heroics, but Aleah Williams of

Montclair bucked a slightwind for an 11.91-24.18 sprint double, teammate Mikele

Barber took the 400 in 54.05 and Charmaine Walker of Plainfield took the 100H in

13.67. 

	The night ended with a rousing 1600R which saw Natalie Defenbaugh of

Columbia make up a full yard with her last two strides in the girls' race for a

3:49.70 victory over Willingboro and Tyrone Ross run a 47.2 anchor to give

Metuchen a come-from-behind 3:15.15 win over Camden.



					BOYS

	100M: Football star John Stone of Mainland outclassed the field with a

10.69 win over another gridiron ace, Cooper Rego of St. Joseph, Montvale, in

10.69. 

	1-Stone 10.69. 2-Rego 10.90. 3-Eric McCoo, Red Bank 11.02. 4-Hakim

Johnson, Elizabeth 11.07. 5-Jeremy Cooper, Kingsway 11.08. 6-Jason Flagg,

Pemberton 11.08.



	200M: It was Stone again here by a wide margin over SouthJersey rivals

Scott McCray of Camden and Louis Smith of Burlington Twp.

	1-Stone 21.59. 2-McCray 22.11. 3-Smith 22.22. 4-Johnson 22.30. 5-Farod

James, Newark central 22.33. 6-Flagg 22.38.



	400M: Ross repeated easily here with the best time in the state this

year, 47.48.

	1-Ross 47.48. 2-Charlz Hester, Toms River South 48.09. 3-Chris Harris,

Franklin 48.79. 4-Christie 49.05. 5-Stephon Mark, Snyder 49.19. 6-Geoff

Valentine, Williamstown 49.25.



	800M: This was to be a race between Sharpe and Ryan Smith of Morristown.

However, Smith ran into trouble at the start, buming into another runner and was

far back when the field hit the backstretch. He made up a lot of ground on the

backstretch oif the second lap, but the effort cost him and he faded in the last

strides and lost 2nd to Tom Redmond of Bergen catholic. Sharpe had gone out in

52.0 and was also tiring at the end.

	1-Sharpe 1:53.50. 2-Redmond 1:54.20. 3-Smith 1:54.34. 4-Scott Lipford,

ocean City 1:54.74. 5-Wayne Riley, Willingboro 1:55.17. 6-Cavrel Silvera, Fort

Lee 1:55.87.



	1600M: The key move in this race came when Karl Savage of Eastern charged

into the lead on the third lap, allowing Matt Elmuccio of Westfield and Steve

Slattery of Mt. Olive to feed off hi. Sharp went by 1200 in 3:10, but was passed

on the final turn by the other two. Sharpe, conserving energy in fourth place,

came on to take third but did not get near the leader. Elmuccio's win was his

3rd in a row in the race and his time, 4:11.25, the best of his career. Slattery

a junior, ran a PR 4:12.90.

	1-Elmuccio 4:11.25. 2-Slattery 4:12.90. 3-Sharpe 4:15.73. 4-Savage

4;16.05. 5-Brian bennett, Christian brothers 4:16.27. 6-Rick Gibson, Ridge

4;17.13.



	3200M: Adam Daniels of Seton hall knew he had to remove the sting from

the kick of Overbrook sophomore Murad Campbell, but failed to do it with a

series of midway 70-second laps. Campbell cruised along in third or fourth most

of the way, then moved up, took the lead ion the final turn and won compfortably

in 9:15.66. The splits were negative: 4:40-4:35.

	1-Campbell 9:15.66. 2-Daniels 9:18.47. 3-Ed Letts, Middle Twp 9:19.12.

4-Jon Fasulo, Hunterdon Central 9:20.87. 5-Tom DelSordo, Morristown 9:21.25.

6-Karl Savage, Eastern 9:24.36.



	HH: This was a repeat of the indoor Eastern meet with Todd Matthews of

Notre Dame just nipping Sultan Tucker of Delsea in 13.65 (-1.5 wind). 

	1-Matthews 13.65. 2-Tucker 13.66. 3-Scott McCray, camden 14.04. 4-Charles

Oglesby, Egg Harbor 14.32. 5-Mike Aguilar, Lakewood 14.35. 6-Curtis Custis,

Bridegton 164.64.



	IH: Christie had a five yard year when they hit the homestretch, but

Sharpe simply flew over the last two hurdles and won by six yards. His time was

4th-best in NJ history.

	1-Sharpe 51.62. 2-Christie 52.59. 3-David Rose, Livingston 53.72. 4-Andy

Carson, Woodbury 53.84. 5-Joe Lewis, Pleasantville 53.98. 6-Shawn Mayer,

Hillsboro 54.10. 



	HJ: This was a battle of basketball-playing Reggies: Garrett of Franklin

and Williams of Highlands. Both cleared 7-0, but Garrett won on fewer misses.

Another cager, soph Robert Jordan of Millville, was 4th at 6-10.

	1-Garrett 7-0. 2-Williams 7-0. 3-Tim Upshur, Hamilton 6-10. 4-Jordan

6-10. 5-Linden Richmond, Passaic 6-8. 6-Cory Hubert St. John Vianney 6-6.



	PV: Chris LaCosta of Scotch Plains, the most consistyent vaulter in the

state this spring, won when he was the only one to clear 14-6.

	1-LaCosta 14-6. 2-Dan Her, Toms River East 14-0. 3-Adam Zajicek,

Ridgefield Park; Ron lanyi, Ewing; Josh Ross, Westwood 13-6. 6-Al Cannin,

Manchester twp; Pat dempsey, Scotch Plains 13-6.



	LJ: Again, consistency paid off as Eric McCoo of Red Bank, the only one

to top 23-0 in the six group meets last saturday, was the only one again at

23-4.

	1-McCoo 23-4. 2-Louis Smith, Burlrington twp 22-10 1/2. 3-Mikkel Brown,

Glen Rock 22-2 1/2. 4-Brian carney, Frannklin 22-2. 5-Kevin hester, Manchester

Twp 22-1. 6=Ghassan Lighbourne, Matawan 22-3/4.



	SP: Some 500 people crowded around the area as DiGiorgio let fly with

successive throws of 67-5, 68-10, 68-3 and 68-11.

	1-DiGiorgio 68-11. 2-Kalnas 64-10 1/4. 3-Rzewuski 60-7. 4-Mike George,

Hanover Park 56-3 1/4. 5-Peter Nosal, Hanover Park 55-1/2. 6-Dion Hackett,

Piscataway 54-1.



	DT: Hamilton sophomore Terrance Glover, who had hit 186-6 earlier in the

season, but had been well below that figure until the group meet last Saturday,

exploded again with a 182-7 to win by almost seven feet from Mike Grorge of

Hanover Park. DiGiorgio was 3rd at 169-8.

	1-Glover 182-7. 2-George 175-11. 3-DiGiorgio 169-8. 4-Terrin Walker,

Bridgeton 161-1. 5-Howard Clark, Pennsauken 160-9. 6-Maurice Jones, Asbury Park

160-2.



	JT: Jay Mafaro of Kittatinny showeds his Gr. II win over defending AG

champ John Dixon of Ridgefield Psrk last Saturday was no one-shot deal as he won

again with his first 200+ throw.

	1-Mafaro 204-2. 2-Steve Siara, Hanover Park 193-1. 3-Dixon 188-1. 4-Tom

Haggerty, Boonton 186-7. 5-Jon Brown, Franklin 183-11. 6-Kevin Gyyurina, Shawnee

183-3.



	1600R: Metuchen looked beaten when it trailed by 15 yards or more on the

opeing leg. But Ryan Manatch got it back in the running on the second leg and

Keith Krieger pulled up with a few yards of Camden on the third with a 48.1

carry. That left it to Ross who was more than equal to the task with a 47.2

anchor.

	1-Metuchen 3:15.15. 2-Camden 3:15.95. 3-Lenape 3:18.80. 4-Toms River

South 3:19.49. 5-FRanklin 3:19.85. 6-Pennsauken 3:20.27.



	The girls results will follow tomorrow a.m.

							Ed Grant