Anticipated match-ups

[Jaymal]

What are some of the highly anticipated match-ups that we can expect this weekend?

Of course there is the McCombs v. Shaq battle in the 200m and 400m...but both have to watch out for Luckenheimer in the 400m!

In the girls sprints you have Ogechi Nwaneri v. LaShonda Carter in the 100m and Ogechi v. Nia Ali in the 200m in Group II. Then you have frosh Audrey Wilson v. Georgina Nehmbard in the 100m and Audrey v. Georgina v. Avionne v. Tiffany Grant v. Shavon Greaves in the 200m...wow that is loaded! If Krystal Cantey is healthy, we may see her battle Symone O'Connor in the 400m!!! We may see a low 54 possibly high 53 on that one...both are capable of it!

I'd like to see Danielle Tauro v. Asia Washington in the 800m!

The long jump battle between national champ Celeste Holder and LaShonda Carter will be a classic!

[scott c]

I put a few of these up in my last couple blog entries (you can click on the signature). You will definitely see a hot race in that Tauro vs. Washington battle. It would be very nice to see Asia get below 2:10 (I already know Danielle will).

One of my favorites up in South Plainfield and one you didn't mention, is going to be Higginson vs. Tomlin in the 1,600. Completely different styles, but similar results. They both seem to be the kind of athletic girls that would excel in almost any sport...we're lucky to have them in track.

[Grote]

Girls Group 4 1600...Tauro-Smith...Ennis-Neutts...tag-team sort of thing perhaps? Marino in there as well. 3200 Saturday should be good, as well.

Boys Group 3 1600- Forys and the deep sectional from up north with Salvatore, Mo Hills, etc. Plenty of people under 4:20

Boys Group 4 1600- Perella and the Ridgewood duo, not to forget about Ryan DiOrio, coming back quickly from early injury, improving every week, now under 4:20.

Boys Non-Public B 3200- No really...Hanko leads a group with many in the low-mid 4:20's...Naranjo, the unheralded Nick Miehe from DePaul (4:23 and 9:40 to win Passaic County ahead of the aforementioned Salvatore), Somerset County Champ Scavone.

Grote

[njrunz]

What are some of the highly anticipated match-ups that we can expect this weekend?

Of course there is the McCombs v. Shaq battle in the 200m and 400m...but both have to watch out for Luckenheimer in the 400m!


How's Shaquan's leg?

[Gator]

What about the “A” 800 that could have Gibilisco , LaMastro, Webb, Roy and Pierson?

[scott c]

Girls Group 4 1600...Tauro-Smith...Ennis-Neutts...tag-team sort of thing perhaps? Marino in there as well. 3200 Saturday should be good, as well.


Tauro not expected to run 3,200...just so you know.

[Jaymal]

How's Shaquan's leg?

I don't know...dwacox...any update?

[Kniteryder]

Is it top 6 or top 8 that qualifies to the MOC's...I'm sorry I should know this :o

LOL

[HJfrick]

Group 3 TJ should be excellent! 3 guys over 46 and some *I wonder who?* are right behind. Should have 2 or 3 placers at MOC.

EDIT: HJ should be pretty good too.

[HJfrick]

Is it top 6 or top 8 that qualifies to the MOC's...I'm sorry I should know this :o

LOL
Top 6, then 6 wild cards from 2 and 3, and 6 wild cards from 1 and 4.

[colonials]

Top 6, then 6 wild cards from 2 and 3, and 6 wild cards from 1 and 4.
No, I think it is 6 wildcards total - including 4 public groups and 2 parochials. Max of 42 people per event at MOC (not counting potential 6th place ties at groups). The format you mentioned is for indoors.

[78Champ]

Top 6, then 6 wild cards from 2 and 3, and 6 wild cards from 1 and 4.

Nope.


3. TO ADVANCE TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
a. PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS - ALL EVENTS
Contestants must qualify in the State Group Championships by placing in one of the first six (6) places in any event in their Group. All ties for Sixth (6th) Place will advance.
b. Six highest performances in each event (all ties will be broken using NFHS rules) will be advanced, taken from non-medal winners from all six groups (Public 1, 2, 3, and 4, Non-Public A and B) combined

NOTE: EXCEPT POLE VAULT – Due to the limited time available to conduct this event on
Wednesday night, only the TOP Eighteen (18) medal winners will advance. No wild
Cards will be selected.


JW

[scott c]

Nope.



JW


So they've addressed the pole vault problem at the MOC but it'll no doubt be the last thing going on both Friday and Saturday at South Plainfield.

EHT has done a great job of putting in an auxiliary pole vault runway and pit so that it can handle the event, why hasn't South Plainfield been forced to do the same?

[dwacox]

I don't know...dwacox...any update?
day to day decision then probably event by event

[dwacox]

Group 4 400(girls) should be sick 9th seed is 56.5

400-METER RUN (57.4)
55.03 Symone O’Connor, Franklin-4
55.2 Krystal Cantey, Winslow Twp-4
55.21 Avionne Sloan, Camden
55.32 Asia Washington, Piscataway-4
55.41 Tiffany Grant, Ocean Twp
55.78 Josefine Kvist, Ridge
55.9 Cora Dayon, Trenton-4
55.90 Jasmine Still, Wilson
55.94 Yesenia Boynton, South Brunswick-4
56.07 Porshe Giddings, East Orange-4
56.40 Nicole Ragucci, Monroe
56.43 Michelle Losey, Piscataway-4
56.5 Kristen Crawford, Paterson Kennedy-4
Elise Fugowski, Vernon-4

[the one and only]

The Parochial A 1600m tomorrow will be very deep

[tmfcmike]

Boys Non-Public B 3200- No really...Hanko leads a group with many in the low-mid 4:20's...Naranjo, the unheralded Nick Miehe from DePaul (4:23 and 9:40 to win Passaic County ahead of the aforementioned Salvatore), Somerset County Champ Scavone.

Grote
no 1600 for Andrew?

[TdMdXc08]

the par b 3200 is gonna be fast besides the 4 big names u mentioned there is also coate who leads a good gill st bernards team with a 9:48 3200 time, andy patton from mka 9:55, john bregman from pingry who has floated around 10:00 this year and there are more right around 10:10 area, theres gonna be like 8 guys under 10 when in previous years there is like 2, same thing with the 1600 par b, its gonna be fast..big change from when my brother placed with a 2:11 in the par b 800 few years back ( laughs )

[Grote]

I didn't say no 1600 for Andrew (assuming you mean Hanko here). If I had to guess, I'd say he would run the 1600...he won last year. Not sure about the other guys and whether they'll double, other than that Coate guy that TdMdXc08 mentions.

Grote

[SRThrower]

not to be biased or anything but this should be a great competition with a handful of guys with the ability to all go over 190 and the penn relays champ pennino will be there too so looks like itll be a good competition also the group 4 shot put with pat park following up a huge performance last week....should be interesting

[GoinTheDistance]

a good match up is gonna be between mancini of cinnaminson and purves of haddonfield for the group 2 pole vault. both have cleared 15 so this should be exciting to see on saturday.