CNHS Winter Track Team Puts on an Impressive Performance at Sectionals
February 7, 2018
This past Saturday, the Colts Neck winter track team participated in the Central Jersey Group III Champs (Sectionals) at the Toms River Bubble. After working so hard for the entire winter season, the CNHS athletes put in an amazing effort and made our school proud with their results. The girls team placed third overall with 47 points total. The boys team was not far behind; they placed seventh overall.
Some notable achievements from the girls include Colleen Megerle’s 2nd place status in the 1600 and 800 meter run; Natalie Shapiro’s 4th place in the 1600 and 6th place in the 800; Arianna Sakoutis’ 4th place in the 800; Delia Russo’s 2nd place in the 3200 meter run; Catie Anderson’s 3rd place in the 3200; Kavita Shah’s 6th place in the 3200; the 4 by 400 meter relay team’s 4th place ranking, and Camryn McCloskey’s 4th place in the pole vault.
As for the boys, Matt Schaefer achieved 4th place in the 3200 meter run, Tyler Higley achieved 2nd place in the pole vault, and John Pezzolanti achieved 3rd place in the pole vault.
These were just a few of the amazing 49 CNHS Winter Track athletes at this meet. The entire list of competitors, with the events that they each competed in, are listed as follows:
Event | Girl Competitors | Boy Competitors |
400 Meter Run | Erica Sammarco
Kelsey Nager Lindsey Price |
Mike Post
Michael Neustater Kyle Stivala |
1600 Meter Run | Colleen Megerle
Natalie Shapiro Veronica Banat |
Kyle Roeder
Matt Bogdan Aidan Tucker |
800 Meter Run | Colleen Megerle
Arianna Sakoutis Natalie Shapiro |
Rob Schandall
Liam Perkinson Will Dean |
55 Meter Dash | Sasha Lerner
Izzy Pecoraro Lindsey Price |
Justin Dibsie
Rudy Vitale |
3200 | Delia Russo
Catie Anderson Kavita Shah |
Matt Schaefer
Matt Hartman Jack Hayes |
4 by 400 (relay) | Izzy Pecoraro
Arianna Sakoutis Colleen Megerle Mya Mancini |
Justin Dibsie
Matt Schaefer Mike Post Jason Visco |
Pole Vault | Camryn McCloskey | John Pezzolanti
Tyler Higley |
High Jump | Izzy Pecoraro
Bella Lind |
none |
Shot Put | Catherine Grillo
Alexandra Largey |
Trent Jannarone
John-Victor Muzones Shaun Burke |
55 Meter Hurdles | Emily Schulte
Camryn McCloskey |
None |
Congratulations to all of the athletes that made this happen, and to Coach Schlentz, Coach Hein, and Coach Lykes for coaching the competitors throughout the winter season!