The East Orange Campus boys 4x100-meter relay team, which repeated as North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state champion on May 15-16, finished in third place at the Group 4 state championships last weekend at Franklin High School in Somerset. (Photo Courtesy of EOCHS head boys track and field coach Lance Wigfall)
IRVINGTON/EAST ORANGE — East Orange Campus High School and Irvington High School track and field athletes gave stellar efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset, Friday and Saturday, May 29-30.
The following are all of the EOCHS and IHS athletes who competed at the meet:
EOCHS
Boys
In the 100-meter dash, senior Auchauian Simmons took eighth place in the 100-meter dash finals in 11.05. He advanced to the finals after taking fifth place in 10.96 out of 16 runners.
Senior Jeremiah Kelley took seventh in the 200-meter dash in 22.29 out of 18 runners and he was 14th in the 400-meter dash in 52.00.
Senior Ian Desir was 12th in the 800-meter run in 1 minute, 59.69 seconds.
The 4×100-meter relay team took third place in 42.12 out of 22 teams.
The 4×400-meter relay team was 21st in 5:31.67.
The 4×800-meter relay team was 19th in 8:31.51.
Girls
The 4×100-meter relay team was 14th in 49.69.
The 4×400-meter relay team was 22nd in 4:23.12.
Sophomore Chimzitalu Confidence Izuehie was 21st in the shot put at 30 feet, 3.5 inches.
IHS
Boys
Sophomore O’Neil Henderson took third place in the triple jump at 46-6 out of 20 competitors.
Junior Leonidas Williams was 15th in the 100-meter dash preliminaries in 11.32.
Sophomore Jaquan Page was 19th in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries in 15.30.
Senior Joiner Ilys was 14th in the 400-meter hurdles in 56.54.
The 4×100-meter relay team was 22nd in 44.14.
Girls
Senior Sharifa Trocard took third place in the 800-meter run in 2:13.75 out of 20 runners and she took seventh in the 400-meter dash in 58.16 out of 17 runners.
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