WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School girls track and field team won the girls team title at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state championships on Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, at Livingston.
The Mountaineers accumulated 111 points. Passaic County Tech was second with 92 points.
The following are the top six finishes for WOHS:
Junior Corbin Raston won the 100-meter dash in 12.06 seconds, while freshman Celeste Owens took third place in 12.54.
Sophomore Rhia Randolph won the 200-meter dash in 24.73 and Raston took second place in 24.79.
Randolph and Raston also finished in first place and second place in 55.03 and 56.23, respectively, in the 400-meter dash, while senior Tayla Wilson took third place in 58.58.
Sophomore Cassidy Ortiz took sixth place in the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 21.94 seconds.
Junior Ava Neretic took fourth place in the 1,600-meter run in 5:22.76 and she took fifth place in the 3,200-meter run in 11:53.08.
Senior Kaia Alcime took third place in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.84.
The 4×100-meter relay team took first place in 48.35. The runners were sophomore Layla Anderson, Owens, senior Anisha Ellis and Raston.
The 4×400-meter relay team took second place in 4:00.09. The runners were Wilson, Ortiz, sophomore Grace Moran and Alcime.
The 4×800-meter relay team took fifth place in 10:15.45. The runners were Alcime, junior Rebecca Hinfey, junior Violet Kholenstein and Ortiz.
Ellis took fifth place in the high jump at 4 feet, 10 inches.
Anderson took fourth place in the long jump at 16-9.
Sophomore Chase Jones took second place in the triple jump at 34-11.
Senior Alicia Brown took second place in the pole vault at 10-6.
On the boys side, the Mountaineers finished in 10th place overall.
The following are their top six finishes:
Junior Ahkir Morgan took fourth place in the 100-meter dash in 11.34.
Senior Andres Acosta took fourth place in the 400-meter dash in 50.11.
Senior Lyfe Smith took third place in the 800-meter run in 1:55.51.
Senior Ethan Sampson was sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 56.84.
The 4×800-meter relay team took first place in 8:04.14. The runners were junior Evan Kerr, senior Sahli Negassi, Acosta and Smith.
Junior Nolan Sulit was sixth in the pole vault at 10-0.
Note: The top six finishers in each event qualified for the NJSIAA’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, May 30-31.
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