From left to right: Ibrahim Fobay, Akeem Lindo, Al-Tariq Dunson, and Cory Poole pose after winning the Shuttle Hurdle Relays at the New Balance Nationals.
The East Orange Campus High School boys’ track and field program has the best hurdlers and 400-meter runners in the nation.
That was proven at the New Balance Nationals as the Jaguars won both the shuttle hurdles relay and the 4-x-400-meter relay this weekend at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, N.C.
On the second day of the meet Saturday, June 17, the team of senior Cory Poole, and juniors Akeem Lindo, Al-Tariq Dunson and Ibrahim Fobay combined to win the shuttle hurdles relay in a time of 56.58. Oxion Hill, of Maryland, was second in 57.18, and Oscar Smith, of Virginia, was third in 58.29 in a field of 27 schools.
On the final day of the meet Sunday, June 18, the 4-x-400-meter relay team raced to victory. Immyouri Etienne, a junior, ran the first leg; Poole ran the second leg; sophomore Kishaun Richardson ran the third leg and Lindo ran the anchor leg in 46.90 for a total time of 3:11.69, edging Miami of Northwestern, Fla. by .02. Newburgh Elite, of N.Y., was third in 3:12.69 in the field of 37 schools.
On the first day of the meet, Friday, June 16, the EOCHS Swedish Sprint Medley Relay finished third overall in 1:53.08. The team was comprised of Lindo, Willesley Lindo, who is Akeem’s brother, Poole, and Etienne. Parkview Express, of Georgia, was first in 1:52.39 and Western Branch, of Virginia, was second in 1:52.82 in a field of 26 schools.
A week earlier, the University of Florida-bound Poole defended his titles in the 110-meter high hurdle and 400-meter intermediate hurdles and was part of the winning 4-x-400 relay team at the NJSIAA state Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington County Regional HS in Columbus on June 10. Poole ran a meet-record 50.72 in the 400 hurdles. Etienne, Richardson and Willesley Lindo were the other runners on the 4-x-400 at the Meet of Champions.
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