EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Saturday Dec. 30, 9:28 a.m.) Akeem Lindo won three individual events to help the East Orange Campus High School boys’ indoor track and field team to the team title for the third year in a row at the 9th Annual Super Essex Conference-American Division Championship meet held at the Ocean Breeze Complex in Staten Island on Dec. 3.
Lindo won the 55-meter dash in 6.43, the 200-meter dash in 21.73, and the 55-meter hurdles in 7.35.
Immyouri Etiennne won the 800-meter run and the 4×400-meter relay team also took first place for the Jaguars, who had 112 team points among the 10 teams. Seton Hall Prep was second with 76 points.
EOCHS top-six finishes
55-meter dash: First place, Akeem Lindo, 6.43; Second place, Dominic Dazzell, 6.78. Third place, Mahjid Meas-Terrell, 6.79.
200-meter dash: First place, Lindo, 21.73. Second place, Dazzell, 22.66. Third place, Fayeson Carney, 22.84.
400-meter dash: Second place, Kishaun Richardson, 49.66. Third place, Immyouri Etienne, 49.99.
800-meter run: First place, Immyouri Etienne, 2:02.49.
55-meter hurdles: First place, Lindo, 7.35. Second-place, Al-Tariq Dunson, 7.69. Fifth place, Ibrahim Fobay, 7.96.
4×400-meter relay: First place, 3:31.38.
High jump: Fourth place, Matthew Parchment, 5 feet-3 inches.
Shot put: Third place, Treymond Carter, 46-6 ¼.
On the girls’ side, EOCHS finished sixth out of 12 teams.
The Jaguars competed at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic on Dec. 29 at the New York City Armory. The boys’ sprint medley relay finished first in 3:30, which is the fastest time in the nation so far this season. Salaam won the boys’ 55-meter dash in 6.9; Lindo won the 300-meter dash in 34.05; and Treymont Carter took fourth in the boys’ shot put at 48 feet-6 inches.
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