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Essex County Relays
 
Columbia sweeps behind Melissa David and Terry Anderson; Clayton Parros returns 


Saturday, February 28, 2009 -Jersey City Armory,  N.J.



Results - Boys - Girls
courtesy of John Schwartz


Highlights
  • Melissa David anchors three gold medals teams for Columbia, which rolled to sixth straight title. David ran 5:28.8 on the DM, 2:29.7 on SM and 2:32.7 on the 4x800. Columbia outscored West Orange and Irvington, 58-23.
  • Terry Anderson clears meet best 6-4 on winning high jump team to clinch the first boys title for Columbia since 2000, 54-46 over runner-up West Orange. Anderson also ran on the runner-up shuttle hurdles and anchored the fourth place SM.
  • Irvington blazes to NJ #2 30.68 win in shuttle hurdles (NJ M of C hurdle winner Josh Evans anchors in 7.0), and wins in the SM (3:39.86) and 4x400 (3:31.00).  
  • Clayton Parros of Seton Hall Prep, US #2 in the 400, split 49.5 on 400 leg of the SM in his first race since injuring his right hamstring on Feb. 18.


Results



BOYS

TEAMS:  1-Columbia 54. 2-West Orange 46. 3-Irvington 44. 4-Seton Hall Prep 33. 5-St. Benedict’s Prep 23. 6-Livingston 14. 7-Montclair 10. 8-East Orange 8. 9-Belleville and West Side 4. 11-Caldwell and Weequahic  3. 13-Science 2.

800-METER RELAY: 1-Columbia (Stephen Wiggins, McNisky Jeantus, Eric Bennett and Kharique Bell) 1:33.70. 2-St. Benedict’s Prep 1:34.19. 3-Irvington 1:35.77. 4-Seton Hall Prep 1:37.36. 5-East Orange 1:37.50. 6-Belleville 1:38.17.

1,600-METER RELAY:  1-Irvington (Wilverson Baptiste, Ibn Morton, Jeff Austin and George Hamilton) 3:31.00. 2-Columbia 3:31.38. 3-St. Benedict’s Prep 3:31.38. 4-West Side 3:37.30. 5-Seton Hall Prep 3:39.93. 6-Belleville 3:40.30.

3,200-METER RELAY: 1-Columbia (Alexander Coleman, Sam Spangler, Steven Nelson, and Dana James Roberts) 8:25.68. 2-West Orange 8:25.73. 3-Seton Hall Prep 8:28.38. 4-Irvington 8:32.89. 5-Montclair 8:36.55. 6-Science 8:43.05.

SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY: 1-Irvington (Rashon Evans, Ibn Morton, Wilverson Baptiste,  and George Hamilton ) 3:39.86. 2-Seton Hall Prep 3:42.19. 3-West Orange 3:45.10. 4-Columbia 3:47.32. 5-East Orange 3:47.52. 6-Weequahic 3:48.39.

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY:  1-West Orange (Ben Kaplan, Anferne Larue, Mekail Endashaw and Curtis Richburg)  11:05.87. 2-Montclair 11:07.66. 3-Seton Hall Prep 11:07.95. 4-Columbia 11:08.89. 5-Livingston 11:33.48. 6-St. Benedict’s Prep 11:33.69.

SHUTTLE HURDLES:  1-Irvington (Evan Baytops, Fred Calixte, Ibn Morton and Josh Evans) 30.68. 2-Columbia 32.12. 3-Livingston 33.19. 4-West Orange 33.84. 5-Weequahic  35.16. 6-Caldwell 36.69.

TEAM HIGH JUMP: 1-Columbia (Terry Anderson and Steve Wiggins) 12-1. 2-West Orange 11-9. 3-Livingston 11-9. 4-Irvington 11-9. 5-Caldwell 11-3. 6-Seton Hall Prep 11-3.

TEAM SHOT PUT:  1-West Orange  (Rhema Boyo and Lenz  Joseph) 86-4. 2-St. Benedict’s Prep 86-2. 3-Seton Hall Prep 84-0 ¾. 4-East Orange 83-9 ¾. 5-East Orange 83-9 ¾. 6-Science 75-3 ¼.


GIRLS

TEAMS:  1-Columbia 58. 2-Irvington and West Orange 23. 4-Montclair 17. 5-Belleville, Livingston, Bloomfield and Mt. St. Dominic 16. 9-Verona 12. 10-Caldwell 10. 11-Nutley and Weequahic 8. 13-Glen Ridge 6. 14-Shabazz, Montclair Immaculate and East Orange 4.

800-METER RELAY: 1-Columbia  (Ayaana Smith, Jasmine Carter,  LaSha Johnson and TyVonna Johnson) 1:49.33. 2-Bloomfield 1:49.57. 3-Belleville 1:50.64. 4-Montclair Immaculate 1:51.30. 5-Montclair 1:51.35. 6-West Orange 1:54.45.

1,600-METER RELAY:  1-Columbia (Ayaana Smith, Brittany Padmore, Kelsey Jackson and Brittney Jackson)  4:08.60. 2-Belleville 4:15.60. 3-Glen Ridge 4:17.09. 4-East Orange 4:21.47. 5-Montclair 4:222.12. 6-Irvington 4:22.81.

3,200-METER RELAY: 1-Columbia (Ebony Miller, Jade Johnson, Danielle Martin and Melissa David) 10:25.31. 2-Mt. St. Dominic 10:32.81. 3-Livingston 10:40.12. 4-Montclair 11:55.60. 5-Belleville 12:01.63. No sixth.

SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY: 1-Columbia (Jasmine Carter, Kayann Richards, Jade Johnson and Melissa David) 4:26.08. 2-Mt. St. Dominic 4:35.14. 3-Montclair 4:35.15. 4-Shabazz 4:35.95. 5-West Orange 4:41.66. 6-Irvington 4:45.10.

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY:  1-Columbia (Brittney Jackson, Kelsey Jackson, TyVonna Johnson and Melissa David) 12:54.19. 2-West Orange 13:42.28. 3-Verona 13:45.45. 4-Livingston 14:32.41. 5-Belleville 14:40.77. No sixth.


SHUTTLE HURDLES: 1-Irvington (Brianna Lovell, Christelle Clermont, Eleanor Ojinnaka and Azudei Dubois) 34.23. 2-Bloomfield 35.41. 3-Verona 38.55. 4-Columbia 38.71. 5-Livingston 39.10. 6-Montclair 39.55.

TEAM HIGH JUMP: 1-Irvington (Eleanor Ojinnaka and Azudei Dubois) 9-6. 2-Nutley 8-11. 3-West Orange 8-6. 4-Livingston 8-6. No fifth or sixth.


TEAM SHOT PUT:  1-Caldwell (Mia Riley and Stephanie Alperin) 67-0 ½. 2-Weequahic 62-4 ½. 3-West Orange 61-11 1/2. 4-Columbia 58-4 ½. 5-Montclair 53-6 ½. 6-Irvington 52-9.

 






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