Local High School Track and Field Athletes
14 JULY 2021 | TheJournalNJ.com
Wrap Up Spring Season
BY TIM MORRIS
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began to believe his team could win the Monmouth County Outdoor
Track and Field Championship.
“We knew we were good,” Convey said. “I thought we would be in the
mix for the team championship. When we went one-two-three in the hurdles,
I thought we might have a legitimate shot at winning it.”
North was not just a legitimate contender but the real thing, holding
2014. Holmdel came in third with 67.5 points.
“It was an exciting meet,” said Convey. “It was a team effort. We had 10
girls scoring points. We did well in the sprints, hurdles and jumps, and we
scored in the relays.”
The hurdles have become a trademark for Middletown North in the last
decade, and the tradition proved to be stronger than ever with the sweep
of the 100 hurdles led by Hailey Guerrieri’s win in 15.53. Teammates Olivia
Kelty (16.20) and Kathleen Mayhew (16.73) placed second and third.
Guerrieri said that talk of the sweep came up just before they ran the
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hew fourth. It was Mayhew, Guerrieri said, who mentioned going one-twothree.
It wasn’t just a pep talk; the Lions went out and did it, gaining
the added prize of 24 big team points.
Guerrieri’s and Rett Schnoor’s versatility also produced big points
for the 2021 champions. Guerrieri would go on to win the triple jump
relay (50.60).
Schnoor, who shined in the last two indoor seasons in the 55-meter
dash, had yet run to compete outdoors in the longer 100 and 200
sprints (last year’s outdoor season was canceled due to the pandemic)
and couldn’t wait to see if she could carry that 55-meter speed to the
longer sprints. It’s a question no longer. The Lion won the 100-meter
dash in 12.55 and took second to Holmdel’s Sydney Goldson (25.26-
25.58) in the 200.
“I like the longer distances so much,” said the senior, who is
headed to Monmouth University next year to continue her track career.
“There’s not that much difference between the 100 and 55. The
approach to the 200 is different, and I’m getting the hang of it.”
Schnoor also wanted to test her long jumping talents, and to her
surprise she proved to be the county best, leaping 17-10.
“The long jump has been the biggest surprise to me. It’s really
fun,” she remarked.
While Schnoor and Guerrieri piled up the points, as Convey noted,
the Lions had a number of different girls come through with points.
Mayhew, in addition to her third place in the hurdles, earned fourth in
the triple jump (32-6 ½). Mayhew and Kelty teamed up with Caruso
and Gigante to take fourth in the 4x400 (4:09.97).
The Lions distance runners got in the scoring act with Chloe Baeta,
Gigante, Savannah Kenny and Madison Marcotte taking sixth in the
fourth in the pole vault (7-6), and Patricia Walsh, who earned sixth in
the javelin (105-2).
Goldson was a two-time champion herself, following up her 200
victory by capturing the 400 dash in 56.01. The Hornet also ran second
to Schnoor in the 100 (12.80), giving the sprinters a split of their 100
and 200 duels.
Also winning an individual championship was Mater Dei Prep’s
Bridgette Blumetti, who captured the win in pole vault (9-0).
The Monmouth County Championships were held over two days,
May 14 and 15, at Middletown High School North.
The winning continued for the Lions at the NJSIAA North Jersey
Group 3 Sectional Championships held on their home track.
Middletown North won the state sectional by the slimmest of
margins, just one point, over West Morris Mendham High School.
Schnoor led the way for the Lions, winning three championships.
Individually, she swept the 100 and 200 sprints. She clocked 12.58 in
the century and 25.78 in the 200. The senior joined forces with Caruso,
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ished second in the long jump, traveling 17-10.
Also claiming an individual state sectional championship was
Walsh, who took the javelin title with a throw of 95-8.
Middletown Students
Awarded Scholarships for
Pursuing Healthcare Studies
Newman Springs Dental Care awarded Victoria Medl the $500
scholarship for a Middletown High School South graduating senior
planning a career in healthcare and Savãna Scalice, of Middletown
High School North, the same award. This includes medicine,
dentistry, chiropractic, physical therapy and other areas of healthcare.
Medl will be attending Rutgers University in the fall where she will
be studying pre-medical with a goal of becoming a physician.
Scalice will be attending Sacred Heart University in the fall where
she plans on studying health sciences for the pre-physician assis-
tant program.
This is the 12th year the scholarship has been awarded. The award
was presented on June 9 by the school’s guidance department on behalf
of Dr. Mitchel Friedman, of Newman Springs Dental Care.
Friedman is a 1976 graduate of the township public school
system. His mother, Sheila Friedman Rubin, taught in Middletown her
entire career.
Newman Springs Dental is located at 539 Newman Springs Rd.
in Lincroft. For more information, call 732-741-6444 or visit NewmanSpringsDental.
com.
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