Bloomfield senior Alexander Travers beams after winning the 400-meter hurdles at the Essex County Championships on May 8.
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School senior track standout Alexander Travers gave a good effort at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state Meet of Champions at Pennsauken on Wednesday, June 4.
Travers competed in the boys 400-meter hurdles, placing 17th in a time of 56.83. He was the lone BHS athlete who competed at the meet, which consisted of the top two finishers in each event and the next-best 18 finishers in all the group meets combined from May 30-31.
Travers had a great season. At the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division championships at Schools Stadium in Newark on May 2, he won the 400-meter hurdles in 56.39 and took third place in the 400-meter dash in 52.75, to help the BHS boys team win the team title.
Travers also won the 400-meter hurdles at the Essex County Championships at Schools Stadium on May 8 and 12, as the Bengals won the team title for the first time since 2001.
At the NJSIAA’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state championships at Livingston, May 16-17, Travers took third place in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.88. He advanced to the NJSIAA’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset, placing 11th in 55.15.
Photo Courtesy of Bloomfield HS track coach Terry Iavarone
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