Sports Scores
Boys’ Swimming
South Patrick Park finished fourth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.13 at the NJSIAA Individual Swimming Meet of Champions at the Gloucester Institute of Technology on March 6. Dan Druckman finished 8th in the 100 backstroke, with a time of 53.24.
Girls’ Swimming
South (13-2) Jocelyn Yuen placed second in the 100 butterfly, with a time of 56.03, at the NJSIAA Individual Swimming Meet of Champions at the Gloucester Institute of Technology on March 6.
Boys’ Fencing
South (1-8) Steven Yang took third place in the sabre at the Tournament of Champions on March 13. Harrington Lee placed 16th in the epee.
Girls’ Fencing
South (4-4) Sharon Gao won the individual state title in foil, 8-0, at the Tournament of Champions on March 13. Gao, who won the District 2 foil competition, finished 16-0 in the competition. Kristen Kemnitzer placed sixth in the foil.
Boys’ Track
North North’s distance medley relay team finished third, with a time of 10:04.77 (under the state record) on March 11 at the New Balance National Championships at the New Balance Track and Field Center in New York. The time went under the state record of 10:06.06 set in 2009 by Morris Hills. It was Number 5 all-time. Jim Rosa ran a 3:04.11 1,200, while Joe Rosa ran 4:08.74 1,600.
Jim Rosa placed second with a time of 9:08.32 in the two-mile race at the Eastern Regionals on March 1. Joe Rosa placed fourth with a time of 9:21.44. Patrick O’Connell placed 14th in the 800, with a time of 1:59.21.
South The 4×800 team (A.J. Chavez, Eddison Gulama, Dharin Kadiyala, and Brian Schoepfer) finished third with a time of 7:57.10 — breaking both the outdoor and indoor school records — at the Eastern Regionals on March 1. The 4×400 team (Chavez, Gulama, Shoepfer, and Zach Rosenberg) placed fifth with a time of 3:26.10 to break the indoor school record with one of the five fastest times in the state.
Girls’ Track
North Simone Counts placed 10th in the 800 with a time of 2:20.97 at the Eastern Regionals in March 1.
South South performed well at the Easterns on March 1. Mariame Fadiga threw 40-feet-6« inches to break the school record, while the distance medley relay team (Ashleigh Delemos, Ingrid Simon, Emily Mauro, and Caroline Kellner), finished seventh with a time of 12:16.30 — breaking both the indoor and outdoor school record and placing in the top eight time around the state for the season. Paige Brown jumped 5-2 in the high jump to tie for ninth place.
Sports Briefs
Liz Huttner, a South graduate, had a base hit for the College of New Jersey’s women’s softball team in its win over Western New England College, 9-2, on March 12. She also had two hits in the team’s win against Thiel College, 14-10, on March 7.
North graduate Scott Kelly had a pair of hits for the College of New Jersey’s men’s baseball team in its win over Marian, 4-3, on March 11. He also reached base three times, with a hit and two walks, and scored twice in the team’s loss to Concordia University-Chicago, 9-6, on March 10. In the team’s win against Rockford College, 10-7, on March 8, Kelly finished the day with four hits, three runs scored, two runs batted in, and a stolen base. Among his hits was a two-run single. Kelly also had an RBI single in the team’s win against St. Mary’s University, 10-2, on March 6.
At the 9/10 Silver/Bronze Championships at Newark Academy in Livingston on February 26 and 27, Plainsboro resident Alex Newberg placed second in the 200 free (2:57.85). West Windsor resident Charlie Lu finished third in the 100 back (1:34.35), and West Windsor resident Katherine Xiong finished third in the 50 fly (41.31). All three swim for Peddie Aquatics Association.
Isabelle Peel, a West Windsor resident, competed in the 9-10 Champs Silver/Bronze Short Course Meet at Newark Academy on February 26 and 27. In the 10 year old Silver division, she placed first in the 200 IM 2:52.87), 50 free (30.85) and fifth in the 200 free (2:35.78). She swims for Eastern Express (EEX).
South graduate Stewart Fernandez was part of a winning doubles team, while South graduate Steven Fernandez won at singles for the College of New Jersey’s men’s tennis team. The team defeated Coe College, 7-2, on March 7.
Boys Spring Field Hockey. USA Field Hockey has identified central New Jersey as part of its national boys’ development initiative and is worked with the United States Field Hockey Association and the USA Men’s national field hockey team coach, Nick Conway, in forming a league for boys between 12 and 18 years old.
Practices will be held in the Princeton area on Sundays starting in late March and through the end of May. The team will be led by Cris Maloney, a former national-level men’s team player who, before moving to central New Jersey, twice coached teams of boys to national championships in United States Olympic Committee events.
An important goal for Maloney will be to form a travel team made up of the area’s best 16 players. The travel team will play against three teams forming in Pennsylvania. Boys from the travel team will also be able to try out for the East Coast team which will compete in the Men’s Junior National Championships.
To learn more or to sign up, visit the OAFHA website — OAFHA.org — or send an E-mail to play@OAFHA.org.
