Irvington HS girls track team takes third place; boys finish in fourth place at Essex Championships

IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys and girls indoor track-and-field teams enjoyed impressive performances at the Essex County Individual Championships held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

The girls team finished in third place in the girls’ team standings.

On the girls’ side, the 4-x-400-meter relay team finished in first place in 4:15.96, according to nj.milesplit.com. 

In the 55-meter hurdles, Nalanie Clement took second place in 8.99 seconds and Nouseline Georges took fourth place in 9.37.

Clement took third place in the 200-meter dash in 26.44. Anaika Bazile placed sixth in the 55-meter dash in 7.74.

Montclair and Columbia tied for first place with 38 points and Irvington had 29 points.

The boys finished in fourth place.  Cashieve Blair took second place in both the 200-meter dash in 22.41 seconds and the 400-meter dash in 50.35. Jaheim Burke took third place in the 55-meter dash in 8.25. The 4-x-400-meter relay team took fifth place in 3:36.87. 

Seton Hall Prep finished with 83 points to win the team title. Montclair was second with 41 points, East Orange Campus took third place with 33 points and Irvington had 24 points.