State Relays Results & Videos

The Union Catholic girls won the final two events on the track to secure its third straight title and the boys placed second at the NJSIAA Non-Public A Relay Championships on Thursday night at the Bennett Center in Toms River.

The UC girls were clinging to a 43-42 lead over Monmouth County powerhouse Red Bank Catholic when the Vikings closed out the meet by winning the sprint medley relay in 4:15.64 and the 4×400 relay in 4:03.75 to win the team title, 63-42, over runner-up RBC.

In addition to its victory in the SMR and 4×400, the UC girls also won the 4×200 in a N.J. No. 1 1:44.58, and the shuttle hurdles in 31.83, and placed second in the distance medley relay and third in the 4×800.

For the Vikings, Olympian Sydney McLaughlin ran 24.2 in the 4×200 and 55.8 for the 400 in the SMR. Amaya Chadwick led off the shuttle hurdles with a 7.6 and ran 26.2 in the 4×200. Felicia Quainoo ran 7.6 in the hurdles, 26.8 in the 4×200, and 61.8 in the 4×400. Leena Morant split 2:19.9 in the SMR, and  2:26.1 in the 4×800. Cassie Lamadieu ran 59.2 for 400 in the DMR, and 60.0 in the 4×400, and Jerika Lufrano anchored the DMR with a 5:20.2 carry and ran 2:29.4 in the 4×800.

On the boys side, the Vikings had a strong meet, placing second in the distance medley, 4×800 and 4×400 on the way to a runner-up finish to defending champion Christian Brothers Academy, 86-52. In the DMR, UC’s time of 10:29.49 is No. 3 in N.J. this season.

For UC, freshman Elijah Brown had a strong meet for UC, splitting 52.5 for his 400 leg in the distance medley, and ran 50.9 in the 4×400. Justin Cadas anchored the DMR with a 4:24.5 carry and ran 2:01.3 in the SMR. Freshman Conor Reilly cleared 12-0 in the pole vault. Greg Gibbs ran 1:58.5 for 800 in the SMR. Nate Papachristos ran 3:12.8 in the DMR and 2:02.1 in the 4×800, and Makay Johnson split 22.5 in the 4×200, and 50.9 in the 4×400.