Morris Hills, Randolph capture Morris County Relays team titles
RANDOLPH — Alexander Flynn was racing the clock before he even got on the track at Morris County Relays.
The Morris Hills senior was taking the Advanced Placement Computer Science A exam on Wednesday afternoon. So Scarlet Knights assistant coaches Aaron King and Mike Baird scrambled to come up with a plan to get Flynn in place on time.
Michele Flynn picked her son up from Morris Hills at 4 p.m., and drove him to Randolph for the meet, which was slated to start at 4:30. King had given Alexander strict instructions to jog down the hill from the parking lot in front of the high school to the track, and the begin a dynamic warmup.
The intermediate hurdles was being called before Alexander Flynn had even arrived. But he just made it to the starting line – and posted a personal-best 56.82 seconds, second overall behind Morristown junior Jason Meza. Flynn also anchored Morris Hills’ 4x200 with a late surge to win by a tenth of a second and anchored the third-place 4x400.
The Scarlet Knights won the team title for the first time since 2011, surging past Delbarton with 86 points. Host Randolph captured its 11th girls team title in 15 years.
“Last year, I didn’t compete that much. I was at the bottom of the team,” said Flynn, who wore a red scarf tied around his head while running. “I literally fell on my face (in the open 400) at the county championships. After that race, I knew I could take it to another level. … I like competing. I always love a good race.”
The Rams captured only two gold medals – in the shot put and shuttle hurdles – but scored in 12. Morris Hills was also first in the triple jump, and tied Roxbury for the best long jump total. The Scarlet Knights also placed in 12 of the 16 events.
“We scraped together points from a lot of different events,” veteran Rams coach Kevin Higgins said. “This is a great meet, because it measures a team’s depth. It’s a bit of a chess match, figuring out how you’re going to use everybody.”
Girls results
Team scores: Randolph 69; Chatham 58; Mount Olive 54; Morris Hills 50; Morris Knolls 39; Parsippany Hills 36; Mendham 31; Roxbury 25; Morristown 19; Hanover Park 18; Pequannock 16; Villa Walsh and Montville 12; Kinnelon 8; West Morris 7; Madison and Boonton 6; Parsippany 5; Whippany Park 4
4x100: 1. Mount Olive (Jianna Gorospe, Sydney Dugan, Michaela Eason, Natasha Redmond) 50.89; 2. Morris Knolls (Makenzie Adams, Angelina Petreska, Alicia Ramos, Elena Ramos) 51.42; 3. Randolph (Gabby Ball, Ariyana Jackson, Kenidi Lewis, Seannah Parsons) 52.3; 4. Morris Hills (Adianna Agbo, Madelyn Epstein, Emily Morgenstond, Shaina Sackett) 52.77; 5. Madison (Leah Fass, Alana Flynn, Kathryn McElvany, Ella Tucker) 53.11; 6. Parsippany (Amanda Dean, Sage Hendershot, Maryam Kandil, Seriana Hebert) 53.14.
4x200: 1. Chatham (Sarah Sabin, Sarah Nacinovich, Lauren Tracey, McKenna Hogan) 1:49.42; 2. Morristown (Olivia Brown, Jobella Estiverne, Nia Freeman, Jaillah Lyle) 1:50.39; 3. Randolph (Gabby Ball, Vivian Barry, Chloe Cleffi, Seannah Parsons) 1:50.8; 4. Madison (Leah Fass, Nina Tadano, Criseyda Turner, Ella Tucker) 1:51.2; 5. Montville (Grace Bush, Alexis Jones, Sky Lee, Sierra Turner) 1:51.35; 6. Mount Olive (Jianna Gorospe, Sydney Dugan, Michaela Eason, Natasha Redmond) 1:51.39.
4x400: 1. Parsippany Hills (Kira Chebishev, Amanda Hoffman, Leann Lombardi, Anya Sadowski) 4:11.66; 2. Chatham (Lauren Tracey, Elsa Spoor, Katelyn Hoffelder, Sydney Grossman) 4:12.13; 3. Mount Olive (Morgan Summer, Morgan Ryerson, Ava Welsch, Natasha Redmond) 4:12.21; 4. Mendham (Violet Sloan, Mary Swarts, Kayla Ewing, Anna Shaw) 4:24.46; 5. Roxbury (Madison Gargiulo, Allison Yiu, Madelynn Anderson, Halye Greene) 4:26.57; 6. Morris Knolls (Seleyna Bautista, Chloe Graham, Makenzie Adams, Olivia Capala) 4:30.99.
4x800: 1. Parsippany Hills (Kira Chebishev, Amanda Hoffman, Leann Lombardi, Anya Sadowski) 9:48.97; 2. Chatham (Katelyn Hoffelder, Elsa Spoor, Lauren Davis, Sydney Grossman) 10:05.64; 3. Randolph (Lilah Willis, Chelsea Renna, April Kusnier, Samantha Willis) 10:18.53; 4. Morris Hills (Alison Clark, Gaby Orama, Melina Turner, Sloan Epstein) 10:19.61; 5. Mount Olive (Jillian Penczak, Kiera Gregory, Keely Jarvis, Nicole Molter) 10:38.82; 6. West Morris (Madeline Drozdowski, Allison Tuleya, Sydney St. Jacques, Macy Sabo) 10:40.1.
4x1,600: 1. Mendham (Anna Shaw, Sophia Draxler, Lindsay Portland, Kate Shaw) 22:16.51; 2. Randolph (Lilah Willis, April Kunsier, Keili Semler, Samantha Willis) 22:41.81; 3. Morris Hills (Ivory Piskula, Melina Turner, Gaby Orama, Alison Clark) 22:45.06; 4. Villa Walsh (Blythe Dudley, Ines Lemee, Martha Smart, Erin Lyons) 22:54.3; 5. Chatham (Brooke DiBiase, Kelsea Lee, Elizabeth Yarcheski, Lindsey Bresnahan) 23:03.73; 6. Morristown (Ester Kirk, Maggie Stork, Claire Annuik, Rosalina Lifreri) 23:27.9.
Sprint medley: 1. Morris Hills (Adianna Agbo, Shaina Sackett, Shreya Sathiyan, Ivory Piskula) 4:18.42; 2. Roxbury (Madelynn Anderson, Allison Yiu, Madison Gargiulo, Halye Greene) 4:21.27; 3. Chatham (Elsa Spoor, Katelyn Hoffelder, Julia McCarron, Maddie O’Donnell) 4:25.93; 4. Parsippany (Amanda Dean, Sage Hendershot, Maryam Kandil, Maggie Letch) 4:33.26; 5. Mount Olive (Ava Welsch, Britney Uyamadu, Kamalah Williams, Nicole Molter) 4:35.32; 6. Morristown (Jaida Blair, Rosalina Lifrieri, Nia Freeman, Emma Sweeney) 4:38.27.
Distance medley: 1. Mendham (Lindsay Portland, Violet Sloan, Sophia Draxler, Kate Shaw) 13:03.95; 2. Chatham (Lauren Davis, Avery Bruzzo, Sarah Nacinovich, Sydney Grossman) 13:04.87; 3. Randolph (Chelsea Renna, Mia Mugavero, Lilah Willis, Samantha Willis) 13:11.84; 4. Villa Walsh (Ines Lemee, Clodagh Bateson, Avery Poruczynski, Blythe Dudley) 13:20.23; 5. West Morris (Sydney St. Jacques, Madeline Drozdowski, Jillian Nestor, Allison Tuleya) 13:38.29; 6. Roxbury (Elizabeth Harrington, Allison You, Halye Greene, Madison Gargiulo) 13:40.57.
Shuttle hurdles: 1. Randolph (Samantha Alley, Ariyana Jackson, Jadyn Lorent, Olivia Myerson) 1:08.16; 2. Mount Olive (Rebekah Scott, Deandra Buglovsky, Daria Cucu, Morgan Ryerson) 1:10.63; 3. Morris Knolls (Emily O’Dell, Katelyn Walter, Erica Saladino, Alicia Ramos) 1:11.47; 4. Parsippany Hills (Leann Lombardi, Sahar Naematullah, Sonali Shastri, Anya Sadowski) 1:12.33; 5. Morris Hills (Caitlyn Adamchuk, Victoria Garcia, Olivia Hnatiuk, Emmanuella Jules) 1:13.04; 6. Mendham (Julia Schoenbrodt, Gabriella Petrucci, Allison Christensen, Alona Kopeld) 1:13.64.
Intermediate hurdles: 1. Parsippany Hills (Anya Sadowski, Amanda Hoffman, Leann Lombardi) 3:25.43; 2. Mount Olive (Morgan Ryerson, Morgan Summer, Samantha Kohrs) 3:33.18; 3. Chatham (Julia McCarron, Lauren Tracey, Kate McEvoy) 3:39; 4. Mendham (Alona Kopeld, Allison Christensen, Julia Schoenbrodt) 3:39.24; 5. Randolph (Jadyn Lorent, Samantha Alley, Olivia Myerson) 3:40.76; 6. Morristown (Joanna Hong, Emma Klein, Aaliyah Murphy) 3:43.12.
High jump: 1. Chatham (Elsa Spoor, Isabel Russo, Maddie O'Donnell) 14-3; 2. Morris Knolls (Emily O'Dell, Olivia Capala, Denay Jones) 14-2; 3. Boonton (Emanuela Aleksovska, Ava Derr, D'Lani Candelario) 13-7; 4. Villa Walsh (Delaney Caughey, Jesse Kramer, Ellie Treacy) 13-5; 5. Mendham (Alona Kopeld, Gabriella Petrucci, Mary Swarts) 13-5; 6. West Morris (Eliza Olsen, Jillian Nestor, Meseret Hochenerger) 13-1.
Long jump: 1. Mount Olive (Morgan Ryerson, Britney Uyamadu, Morgan Summer) 46-1.5; 2. Morristown (Maya Summerville, Jobella Estiverne, Emma Sweeney) 45-1; 3. Randolph (Seannah Parsons, Ariyana Jackson, Vivian Barry) 44-2.5; 4. Morris Hills (Adianna Agbo, Madelyn Epstein, Isabella Mejia) 44-2.5; 5. Roxbury (Danielle Meribe, Kaitlyn Duras, Claire Silfies) 43-8; 6. West Morris (Jillian Nestor, Marisa Krentz, Sofia Sardeira) 43-4.5.
Triple jump: 1. Morris Hills (Adianna Agbo, Madelyn Epstein, Isabella Meija) 95-2.25; 2. Kinnelon (Ella Corigliano, Mia Corigliano, Meghan Heid) 94-3.25; 3. Mount Olive (Morgan Summer, Michaela Eason, Rebekah Scott) 92-6.5; 4. Whippany Park 91-10; 5. Randolph 88-9.5; 6. West Morris (Meseret Hochenerger, Marisa Krentz, Sofia Sardeira) 87-6.5.
Pole vault: 1. Montville (Daria Skrzypczak, Sofia Modrak, Laura Adrignolo) 22-6.
Shot put: 1. Randolph (Ariyana Jackson, Isabella Crosson, Khyaira Thorpe) 92-2; 2. Morris Hills (Evette Colon, Kimberly Gambrell, Elizabeth Jones) 85-3.5; 3. Pequannock (Isabella D’Alessio, Hailey Fisher, Alexandra Giannetto) 83-8.75; 4. Roxbury (Ella Izzi, Danielle Meribe, Marie Torode) 83-1; 5. Morris Knolls (Erica Saladino, Jacqueline Williams, Brielle Jones) 82-11.25; 6. Mount Olive (Cristina Reggiani, Sera Karanja, Tyra Tagoe) 81-9.25.
Discus: 1. Hanover Park (Kelly Stephen, Leanne Gregory, Julianna Behringer) 255-4; 2. Roxbury (Marie Torode, Danielle Meribe, Ella Izzi) 248-9; 3. Pequannock (Isabella D’Alessio, Alexandra Giannetto, Sophia Klecha) 241-11; 4. Morris Knolls (Erica Saladino, Trisha Patel, Brielle Jones) 241-8; 5. Randolph (Khyaira Thorpe, Isabell Crosson, Lindsey Bona) 234-7; 6. West Morris (Maddie Smith, Haille Marks, Caitlin Ashburn) 230-2.
Javelin: 1. Morris Knolls (Jacqueline Williams, Erica Saladino, Zhalae Stephen) 266-9; 2. Hanover Park (Leanne Gregory, Juliana Behringer, Kelly Stephen) 233-3; 3. Randolph (Ariyana Jackson, Madison Jenisch, Isabella Crosson) 232-7; 4. Pequannock (Isabella D’Alessio, Sophia Klecha, Alexandra Giannetto) 229-8; 5. Parsippany Hills (Leila Galarza, Averi Zitelli, Alexandra Jurow) 219-9; 6. Morris Hills (Carrie Redwood, Zoe Biddleman, Caitlyn Bogert) 214-11.
Boys results
Team scores: Morris Hills 86; Delbarton 65; Chatham 49; Morris Knolls 46; Morristown 39; Parsippany 34; Randolph and Mendham 29; Whippany Park 28; Roxbury 27; Montville and Mount Olive 12; Parsippany Hills 10; Pequannock 8; Hanover Park 6; Madison and Boonton 4; Kinnelon 3; Morristown Beard and West Morris 1.
4x100: 1. Parsippany (Sheldon Agyemang, Eric Yoon, Joziah Johnson, Brett Reid) 44.43; 2. Parsippany Hills (Simeon Washington, Sidney Powell, Jai Royal, Julio Tatis) 44.71; 3. Roxbury (Shayne Spiteri, Brandon Morales, Ryan Donnelly, Carter Olmstead) 44.81; 4. Chatham (Filip Gache, Ted Joel, Christian Greene, Anthony Nigido) 44.88; 5. Morris Hills (Justice Truesdale, Cristian Cruz, Alexander Flynn, Matthew Laux) 45.1; 6. Morristown Beard (Spencer Anderson, William Kuppenheimer, Tristen Miscia, Jack Elsevier) 45.48.
4x200: 1. Morris Hills (Justice Truesdale, Matthew Laux, Alexander Flynn, Cristian Cruz) 1:32.66; 2. Parsippany (Sheldon Agyemang, Arya Garg, Joziah Johnson, Brett Reid) 1:32.76; 3. Roxbury (Shayne Spiteri, Brandon Morales, Ryan Donnelly, Carter Olmstead) 1:33.39; 4. Chatham (Nolan Huth, Anthony Nigidio, Filip Gache, Christian Greene) 1:33.51; 5. Mount Olive (Adley Dorestant, Jojo Williams, Jayden Cordero, Michael Fico-DelGallego) 1:33.79; 6. Randolph (James Bartl, Yusuf Beg, Josh Bodnar, Sean Garbarini) 1:34.41.
4x400: 1. Parsippany (Brett Reid, Liam Hansberry, Arya Garg, Joziah Johnson) 3:26.22; 2. Morristown (Jack Donegan, Aidan Olidge-Evans, Zion Baitey, Jason Meza) 3:27.71; 3. Chatham (Nolan Huth, Charlie Henne, Adam Petitjean, Ted Joel) 3:28.71; 4. Morris Hills (Cristian Cruz, Alexander Flynn, Kyle Scheidecker, Ayden Gonzalez-Carela) 3:29.29; 5. Whippany Park (James Jeffers, Jason Griffin, Matthew Yee, Matthew Griffin) 3:31.63; 6. Randolph (James Bartl, Josh Bodnar, Daniel Byrne, Thomas Damiano) 3:31.78.
4x800: 1. Delbarton (Brian Boler, Collin Boler, Everett Jania, Sean Dooley) 8:11.45; 2. Morris Knolls (Devin Gaglione, Sean Wemmlinger, Noah Billeci, Luke Schagelin) 8:12.89; 3. Mount Olive (Christian Hertzig, Ryan Foley, Trevor Waldstein, Divyesh Narravula) 8:18.54; 4. Mendham (Callahan Porter, Daniel Lanahan, Sam Szeczepanski, Charles Schuetz) 8:26.29; 5. Randolph (Thomas Amato, Kennan Byers, Preston Gumann, Colin O’Meara) 8:42.84; 6. Chatham (Alex Krack, Aiden Maurer, Brady Byrne, Colin O’Meara) 8:42.84.
4x1,600: 1. Delbarton (John Cuzzocrea, David Collini, Sean Dooley, Brian Boler) 18:54.94; 2. Morris Hills (Nicholas Falcone, Nisval Patel, Albin Mullan, Thomas Edwards) 19:09.19; 3. Chatham (Alex Krack, Finn Valli, Marcus Valenzuela, Brady Byrne) 19:14.11; 4. Mendham (Justin Bongiovanni, Kenneth Allaway, Tommy Jendryka, Jay Kavathia) 19:15.83; 5. Morris Knolls (Sean Wemmlinger, Aaryan Pethe, Hogan Hyatt, Luke Schagelin) 19:20.04; 6. West Morris (Christian Capello, Ryan Weber, Christopher Gelo, Matthew Mancini) 19:33.37.
Sprint medley: 1. Delbarton (Collin Boler, Dillon Byrne, Sebastian Viegas, Anthony Implicito) 3:39.54; 2. Morris Hills (Matthew Laux, Sebastian Matos, Cristian Cruz, Liam Mitchko) 3:41.16; 3. Whippany Park (Matthew Yee, Jason Griffin, James Jeffers, Matthew Griffin) 3:41.52; 4. Montville (Shakim Hicks, Alex Feng, Connor Ziolkowski, Jake Shenkman) 3:42.48; 5. Kinnelon (Jack Ahart, Mohammad Almosbeh, Jai Kang, Andrew Garcia) 3:46.97; 6. Mendham (Sean Aunders, Sam Szczepanski, Phillip Alfano, Nicolas Dominguez) 3:50.04.
Distance medley: 1. Chatham (Ted Joel, Leo Valenzuela, Charlie Henne, Ryan Beegle) 10:24.64; 2. Delbarton (Brian Boler, Dillon Byrne, Sean Dooley, Collin Boler) 10:47; 3. Mendham (Aidan Lowry, Daniel Lanahan, Callahan Porter, Charles Schuetz) 10:53.72; 4. Madison (Jacob Nolan, Michael Keller, Mariano Lopez, Leo London) 10:57.77; 5. Randolph (Thomas Amato, Kennan Byers, Daniel Byrne, Preston Gumann) 10:58.76; 6. Roxbury (Joshua Palumbo, D.J. McCarthy, Max Morris, Jared Weiss) 11:09.4.
Shuttle hurdles: 1. Morris Knolls (Elijah Bastos, Gregory Palma, Bennett Zollers, Anthony Fiore) 1:04.21; 2. Morristown (Zion Baitey, Lucas Leyton, Jason Meza, Ethan Stallone) 1:06; 3. Morris Hills (Kyle Scheidecker, Eric Scheidecker, Justice Truesdale, Connor Markovski) 1:06.17; 4. Whippany Park (Michael Hoppes, Colin Hoopes, Andrew Farrell, Kyle James) 1:10.68; 5. Parsippany Hills (Karthikean Juttumahadevan, Michael Holden, Nagakishan Seemakurti, Ian Tran) 1:12.55; 6. Hanover Park (Stanley Gao, Robert McGinnis, William Getts, Michael Vuong) 1:12.71.
Intermediate hurdles: 1. Morris Hills (Alexander Flynn, Connor Markovski, Kyle Scheidecker) 2:55.1; 2. Morris Knolls (Gregory Palma, Elijah Bastos, Devin Gaglione) 2:56; 3. Morristown (Jason Meza, Ethan Stallone, Lucas Leyton) 2:56.88; 4. Roxbury (Carter Olmstead, Ryan Donnelly, J.D. Lieberwirth) 3:06.08; 5. Mendham (Alex Profito, Brian Walsh, John McChesney) 3:09.41; 6. Hanover Park (Dylan Peterson, Robert McGinnis, Paul Rinaldi) 3:11.36.
High jump: 1. Morris Knolls (John Robinson, Elijah Bastos, Michael Kaack) 16-9; 2. Whippany Park (Joseph Ciottone, Matthew Griffin, Jonathan Gomez) 16-5; 3. Mendham (Brian Walsh, Ryan Webber, Aidan Lowry) 16-4; 4. Boonton (Ethan Volante, Keith Hughes, Antonio DeLaRosa) 16-3; 5. Chatham (Harrison Garman, Michael DePasquale, Leo Straka) 16-0; 6. Delbarton (Jack Paguirigan, Aidan Barber, Anthony Implicito) 15-9.
Long jump: 1. Roxbury (Ryan Donnelly, Brandon Morales, Michael Hackett) 56-5.5; 2. Morris Hills (Connor Markovski, Matthew Laux, Justin Nguyen) 56-5.5; 3. Parsippany (Brett Reid, Sheldon Agyemang, Eric Yoon) 56-0; 4. Morristown (Shane Bonnet, Marcus Black Taylor, Zion Baitey) 55-3; 5. Mendham (Brian Walsh, Ryan Webber, Warren Peterman) 54-10.5; 6. Randolph (Kaeson McCall, Henry Tomaino, Austin Zhu) 54-10.
Triple jump: 1. Morris Hills (Connor Markovski, Justice Truesdale, Emmanuel Ospina) 117-1; 2. Randolph (Kaeson McCall, Austin Zhu, Ben Dietrich) 115-3.5; 3. Morristown (Zion Baitey, Shane Bonnet, Nathan Bain) 113-4.75; 4. Mendham (Brian Walsh, Alex Profito, Aidan Lowry) 113-0.75; 5. Pequannock (Konnan Perez, Derek Luttenberger, Jovan Avena) 111-5; 6. Kinnelon (Andrew Michalowicz, Jai Kang, Mekayel Raza) 110-10.
Pole vault: 1. Chatham (Ted Joel, Harrison Garman, Hayden Albert) 34-0; 2. Whippany Park (Luke Laterza, Jonathan Gomez, Michael Hoppes) 31-0; 3. Delbarton (Andrew Batista, Timothy Pinheiro, Paul Quense) 30-6; 4. Randolph (Daniel Albecker, Henry Tomaino, Jason Weiss) 30-0.
Shot put: 1. Delbarton (Peter Donini, Adrian Pierre, Nigel McSween) 133-4; 2. Morris Hills (Wade Malaniak, Ammar Ramadan, Keith Manasala) 131-2.25; 3. Morris Knolls (Amir Everson, Cole Newton, Charles Young) 123-10.5; 4. Mount Olive (James Rizzo, Nicholas Frattina, Jabri Joseph) 122-0.75; 5. Morristown (Ronald Morgan, Conor Richardson, Giakoby Hills) 121-9; 6. Hanover Park (Carson Winters, Peter Nemeth, Luke Riordan) 115-3.75.
Discus: 1. Delbarton (Nigel McSween, Adrian Pierre, Peter Donini) 383-11; 2. Morris Hills (Ammar Ramadan, Wade Malaniak, Louis Primerano) 359-7; 3. Pequannock (Henry Struble, Armando Vinas, Salvatore D’Alessio) 352-3; 4. Morristown (Daniel Prachthauser, Giakoby Hills, Conor Richardson) 349-1; 5. Morris Knolls (Amir Everson, Sean Manlangit, Charles Young) 342-5; 6. Hanover Park (Luke Riordan, Dylan Krajkovich, Joshua Mathai) 329-7.
Javelin: 1. Randolph (Ryan Mohr, Daniel Pinyan, Steven Bakelaar) 388-0; 2. Montville (Cole Vas, Oliver Zhang, Matthew Chmielewski) 385-11; 3. Chatham (Luke Pike, Matt Krill, Luc D’Costa) 385-5; 4. Morris Hills (Ammar Ramadan, Colin O’Connor, Jeffrey Jeeva) 377-5; 5. Hanover Park (Patrek Abdou, Dylan Krajkovich, Luke Riordan) 359-8; 6. Morristown (Jack Donegan, Justin Bataille, Ronald Morgan) 356-10.
This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: NJ track and field: Morris County Relays 2023
