Track: Highlights from the Bergen County Meet of Champions

HACKENSACK -- It's been a week now since the sensational Lou Lanzalotto Bergen Meet of Champions at the Ed Church Track at Hackensack High School and the excitement hasn't yet faded.

The meet, started by Church and several other coaches in 1970 and the Girls Meet of Champions, started nine years later by the late Lou Molino of Ramsey, the late Dick Hitt of Rutherford and a very young reporter named Paul Schwartz. It merged into its current form in 1992.

It's doubtful that of the previous meets had the level of excellence and excitement as the 31st edition of the merged meet.

Layla Giordano of Old Tappan and Benji Shue of Bergen Catholic exploded record throws in the shot put and discus as the meet got underway with the field events at 3:30, and there were North Jersey season leaders in half of the 14 events.

After a pause to honor the County divisional winners in the both the Jack Yockers Bergen County Relays and the Gene Littler Bergen group championships, and a moving rededication of the newly resurfaced track in honor of Church, the 18 running events also sparkled with 11 more North Jersey bests.

In all, two Bergen County records and six meet records fell.

Here are some highlights:

Giordano and Shue put on a show

The Giordano and Shue families have gotten close over the last two years.

"We're both going after the same things,'' said Layla Giordano, the Old Tappan senior. "Our dads love talking track and we hang out a lot at track meets with my sisters, Ben and his little brother.''

Both Layla Giordano and Benji Shue have destroyed the Bergen County record books in the shot and discus.

At the Bergen Meet of Champions, Ben went first, in the discus. While he didn't break his county record of 201-11, producing his first ever series with multiple 200 foot throws, with a best of 201-9, besting his own meet record by more than 14 feet.

Then it was Layla's turn and she recorded an awesome shot put series that included successive personal bests of 47-1 3/4, 47-10 1/2, 48-1 and then on her final throw an absolute bomb that had the large crowd surrounding the shot put area waiting anxiously for the measurement.

Official Mark Scully took advantage of the moment, reading the mark as five 0 even or 50 feet, prompting a great roar. It was a Bergen County record by more than a foot as she became only the fourth girl in state history to break the 50 foot barrier. The old record was 48-10 1/2, set by Amarys Berry of Hackensack when she won the 2016 group 4 state title.

Shue turned to the shot at the same time Giordano went to the discus. As Layla was throwing 162-10, 164-2 and 167-4, breaking own previous meet record of 156-3 each time and finishing just three feet from her own Bergen record, Shue was destroying his personal best in the shot.

The Bergen Catholic junior came into the competition with an all-time best of 64-3, and left with that throw trailing each of his six throws that evening.

First it was a PR of 64-11 3/4, then a toss of 67-6 that put him in the state lead and within a foot of the 39 year old Bergen record, set by Andy Papathanassiou at the State group 1 meet at Rutgers in 1985. He followed with throws of 65-6, 65-10 and 65-6 before he unfurled his own bomb on the final throw that touched earth at 68 feet even, just three inches from Papathanassiou's county mark, which stood as the state record for 13 years until it was broken in 1998.

Afterwards was Giordano was effusive in her joy while Shue was as usual, matter of fact.

"I never really expected something like this,'' said Giordano, whose major meet personal best was 45-6 before the meet. "I have been doing high 40s in practice and with the right conditions, I knew I could go farther.''

"People forget that I'm the state champ in shot too.''

Shue expected a breakthrough in the shot, saying after the discus and before the shot, that he expected a big night in the latter event because practice had been going so well.

"Ever since practices after Penn Relays I knew I was going to do something special in the shot,'' said Shue. "To be three inches away is frustrating, but it keeps driving me where I want to go.''

Layla's twin, Maya, also made some history with her personal best throw of 40-10 in the shot for second. The Giordanos join just two other sister duos as throwing more than 40 feet in the same meet. Kelly and Jessica Fazekas of Demarest were the first pair of sisters to do it in 2002 and the Cintron sisters of Elizabeth, Lizzelle and Michelle followed the next year.

For their efforts, Giordano won the Paul Schwartz Field Event Award for the second straight year while Shue won the Ed Church Field Event Award for a record third straight time.

Busy Monaco breaks through in pole vault

Since she began high school more than a year ago, Dumont sophomore Jenna Monaco has added events, championships and medals with nearly every meet. Her versatility and talent was on full display at the Bergen Meet of Champions as she dashed from the long jump to the pole vault, earning three medals, two personal bests and one title.

After grabbing a fourth place in the long jump, with her jump of 17-9 3/4 only 4 1/2 inches behind the winning mark, Monaco edged Isabella Formoso of Bergen Tech on misses in the pole vault with a high school best of 11-1, missing only once at the winning height. She then took second behind defending state champion Abby Dennis of Old Tappan in the 100 hurdles with a personal best and school record 14.88 clocking.

"I'm grateful for the opportunity to be here and compete against the best girls in the County,'' said Monaco, who'll set sail at higher goals when she competes at the group 2 sectionals at Vernon Friday and Saturday.

Villavicencio learns a lesson and vaults to the top

It's only been about a year since Alan Villavicencio started pole vaulting.

"I was looking for a sport and my sister suggested I try vaulting,'' said the Tenafly junior. "I tried it, liked it and started getting better right away.''

So much so that last winter he thought he had won a group 3 indoor state title.

"I started celebrating when my opponent (Clearview's Daniel Couse) missed his second attempt at 13-6 after I had cleared,'' said Villavicencio ruefully. "Then he made 14 feet on his final attempt and beat me.''

That lesson bore fruit at BMOC after co-favorite Ben Mandler of Pascack Hills missed for a second time at 14-3 after the pair cleared 13-9 on their first attempt.

"This time I caught myself,'' said Villavicencio, who thought the competition would go to misses. "but when I cleared 14-3 on my second attempt, I could relax.''

Mandler missed this third try and Villavicencio had his title. And a decision. Go for a personal best at 14-6 or try to break the 52 year old school mark set by Mark MacCracken in 1972 that stood as the Bergen County mark for 20 years.

Villavicencio chose the former and cleared 14-6 on his first try before missing three times at 14-8.

"Maybe I would have made 14-8 on my 14-6 jump but 14-6 has been my goal for a while and it qualifies me for other things,'' said Villavicencio. "It's a nice milestone.''

"But that school record is going down."

Paneque stands alone

In the 53 meets since the Bergen County Meet of Champions started in 1970, only one boy has ever won both the high and long jumps in the same season and no boy had ever won the high, long AND triple jump at all. Demarest junior Liam Paneque became the first boys to achieve the jumps triple sweeping with leaps of 6-3, 22-11 1/4 and a personal of 47-2, respectively. Paramus Catholic star Rae Corbo won all three jumps in the girls meet in 2010.

"The hardest thing to do was competing in the high jump at the same time I was in the long jump," said Paneque, who jumped 47-2 on his first try at the triple jump to put that competition away early, enabling him to skip his final three attempts in the event. "I made 5-9 in the high jump and passed 5-11 to take my first three jumps in the long jump and then made 6-1 and 6-3, but when I went to take my three final jumps in the long jump and came back to the high jump it was over.''

"I was in a little bit of a slump in the triple until today and seemed to be stuck in the 45s,'' he continued. "But I've become more consistent at or past 23 feet in the long jump and I'm looking for another breakthrough there.''

Tozduman and Attali see everything coming together at the right time

Julia Tozduman became the first Lyndhurst girl to win a field event in nearly 20 years by long jumping 18-2 1/4 to win a tight competition over a loaded field including Monaco, 2022 winner Abby Romero of IHA, 2023 champ Grace McQueeney of River Dell and two-time state group 1 champ Lexy Samperi of Hasbrouck Heights and she was thrilled.

"It feels awesome,'' said the Sacred Heart commit. "Everything is coming together now that I'm a senior. It's been four years since I started and all the training and work I've done is paying off.''

Even though it was a tight competition with the top five within six inches of each other, Tozduman actually had three jumps better than the second best jumper in the event.

The performance was similar for Demarest junior Kailey Attali, who had the best two jumps in the triple jump with her first attempt of 37-4 proving enough to win the event by 6 1/4 inches.

"This is a big step forward for me,'' said Attali, whose brother Jack won the 110 highs last year. "Jack drives me because I see his success and I want him to be proud of me. We all have a commitment to do well for the team and we care a lot about each other.''

Football wide receiver recruit can also throw things

Evan Brooks will play wide receiver at LIU (CW Post) next fall. But the Old Tappan senior can also throw well, so well that the Golden Knights had a couple of option passes in the playbook.

His longest throws come in the javelin, however as he showed with a personal best toss of 173-1 to win BMOC, with his first throw in finals, after he came into the final throws seeded fifth of the seven remaining competitors.

"It's become my favorite event in the sport,'' said Brooks, who also high and long jumps. "When I throw a football I mainly use just my arm but in the javelin, wrist control is important and I have to get my hips and legs involved.''

"I was spurred by the (177 foot throw) Brady Shine of Hasbrouck Heights had at counties and now I'm the Bergen champion with a chance to go much farther.''

Castillo and Marchan set meet records and come close to county marks in 400 showdowns

First Jaden Marchan of Leonia showed why he is one of the top quartermilers in the USA when he blew out a good field and ran a personal best 47.30 in the boys race, just .12 off of the Bergen County record set in 1988 by Hackensack's Walter McCall.

Minutes later, Kylie Castillo of Ridgefield and Gina Certo of Holy Angels waged a spectacular race of their own, with Certo leading for nearly the entire race before losing form in the final stages as Castillo stayed steady and overtook the defending champion in 54.98 seconds, just .30 behind the 31-year-old county mark set in 1993 by Teaneck's Dana Riley, who went on to win the NCAA 800 meter championship in her last race for the University of Texas. Certo finished in a personal best 55.06, third on the all-time Bergen list.

"Knowing that tonight was my last Meet of Champs I knew it was my last opportunity to win it so I just gave it my all,'' said Castillo. "I felt stronger in the last 100 meters than I have all season and I saw her wobbling a little, so we both kind of dove at the finish line.''

Ayanna Chape of Hackensack, the third member of the Bergen trio that finished 2-3-4 at last year's State Meet of Champions, (Castillo was second, Chape third and Certo fourth) skipped the 400 to run and win the 200 in a personal best 25.12.

"My back was a little tight and I wanted to focus on the 200 because everyone knows I can run the 400 and the 600 (indoors) and I wanted to show I can run the 200 as well,'' said Chape, whose rivalry with Castillo is expected to continue next year as Chape heads to Brown with Castillo headed to Columbia. "It's really an honor to win on my home track because I really love Hackensack track and I want to be a role model for everyone else.''

"It's great to have girls to run with like Ayanna and Gina,'' said Castillo. "Bergen track and field is a close knit community and I'm so thankful I've had a chance to be part of it.''

Castillo earned the Tom Zaccone Award for her efforts, while Marchan, who also won the 200 and split a sizzling 47.24 to help the Lions win a surprise medal in the 4-x-400, earned the Mike Glynn Award for top Boys Track performance.

Intermediate hurdle winners share a British touch

Seniors Anna Bryan-Jones of Northern Highlands and Max Daniels of Indian Hills haven't met, but they share more than just their gold medals in the BMOC 400 hurdles races.

Both trace their roots to Great Britain with Max and his family moving here six years ago and Bryan-Jones' parents hail from England as well.

And both showed that they may be capable of performing at the next level, although both will have to walk on at their Division 1 schools of choice.

"I'm headed to Brigham Young University and hope to show them enough at their track camp next month that they'll let me walk on,'' said Daniels, who recorded a 54.47 personal best to easily win the boys race by 10 meters. "I came out of the first three hurdles as fast as I could and then tried to hold on,'' said Daniels, who credits endurance training at Indian Hills and training with former two-time BMOC hurdles champ Dave Lado in private training for his breakthrough season. "You can't win if you go out too slow.''

Bryan-Jones also got out fast and won easily, in a personal best 63.86 seconds. The race served as a major confidence booster for the Rutgers-bound athlete, who had excellent seasons in volleyball and swimming this year before returning to her best sport.

"I had a pretty good year as a sophomore and finished second in this race to my teammate (Molly Bennett),'' said Bryan-Jones. "Then I didn't see a lot of improvement last year until the very end of the year and I wanted to see my times drop this year.''

"This year I'm seeing my work pay off, and coach (Tom) Viscardi believes in us so much he makes me believe in myself,'' she said. "I don't want to let him or myself down.''

Kurtz gets healthy, regains confidence

Patrick Kurtz had breakthrough seasons in both cross-country and winter track, earning all-North Jersey honors in the fall season. He was fell on his way to a second selection in the winter and was leading the state in the 800 meters when disaster struck.

On the first lap of the state group 2 indoor championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River in February, Kurtz took a step and felt a really sharp pain in one of his Achilles tendons. The result: the end of a promising season and six weeks of no running.

"I did the elliptical and the bike and a little swimming and got healthy,'' said Kurtz, "But I had been so strong and then it was gone. I wasn't sure I could come back to the level I had reached because I was surprised it happened the first time. I had never gotten hurt before.''

Kurtz had lost confidence even though he was healthy again and then at the B division 1,600 at the Gene Littler Bergen County groups championships on May 10, he went out hard from the beginning of the race and won the title going away. The following day, in the 800, the old Kurtz was back, controlling the race and running an outdoor season;s best in that event as well.

AT BMOC, he blistered the field with a 57.40 opening lap and came back even faster, running 1:54.61 to win handily and reestablish himself as one of the state's best at 800 meters.

Becton star makes history after getting cut

Mika Tampadong had always been a volleyball player, and the Becton junior first went out for track as a freshman to stay in shape for her preferred sport.

And promptly got cut.

"I was injured and was finally ready to come back my freshman year, but Mr. (Dave) Dorsey told me he thought it best that I not finish the season,'' said Tampadong. "I remind him of that every single day.''

Shades of Michael Jordan.

Now healthy, Tampadong came back the following winter and started earning personal bests in every race she ran, ultimately finishing fifth in the state group 1 3,200 meter run in February, 2023.

"I kept getting better and I became centered through running,'' said Tampadong who became Becton's first ever girls BMOC champion by winning the 3,200 in 11:13.35, a huge personal best.

Tampadong came out for cross-country for the first time last fall and ended up running in the top half of the field at the State Meet of Champions, earning all North Jersey honors. She was second in the state group 1 3,200 during a great winter season but came up just short of All-Bergen honors and this spring has gotten better in the 800, 1,600 and, 3,200, winning all three events at the NJIC National meet and the 3,200 race at the Bergen C meet, while PRing again in a runner-up finish in the 1,600.

Choosing the longer event at BMOC, Tampadong duelled most of the race with Ramapo junior Brianna Potaki, the Winter Track all North Jersey 3,200 selection. The Becton standout made her move with about 600 meters to go and when she took the bell lap with 400, turned around to assess her position.

"I was 100% surprised that no one was there,'' she said, "I was so happy but I knew I had to focus ahead and finish the race.''

Tampadong did just that, opening her 15 meter lead to nearly 50 over runner-up Isabel Michel of Bogota with Potaki fading to third. "I know there's so much more that I can do this season.''

Next stop -- a sub 11 minute 3,200.

As for coach Dorsey: As Tampadong has learned how to get faster and faster, he's gotten farther. "I'll never do that again. If a kid is ready to run and shows up for practice, that kid will stay on the team and run.''

Holy Angels girls and Hackensack boys step forward in the relays

Certo got a second chance at gold in the 4-x-400 relay after her close call in the 400 and with teammates Amaris Hiatt, Alexandra Ddardanian and Ella Buoncuore not only won the race over archrival IHA with a North Jersey leading 3:56.70, but took down a school record in the process.

"Every day after practice, we see a plaque in the gym showing what the record was and we touched it, saying we're coming for you,'' said Certo, who got the team off to a big lead early, running 55.72/ for her split. "It took me about 20-30 minutes to recover after my 400, drink an orange Gatorade and get back in it.''

"After Penn Relays (when the Angels ran a 4:00.70 and lost to IHA in a tight finish) we gained so much confidence after we got a seven second PR, and it propelled us forward.''

Angels and IHA battled throughout the race before Buoncuore, the most improved runner on the team, blasted a 57.68 anchor leg to secure the victory.

The Angels quartet had even more motivation. "We ran for coach Schuman and his wife,'' said Certo, referring to head coach Howie Schuman and his late wife, Fran. Schuman, who has coached in North Jersey for more than 60 years, has been out most of the school year, first to care for his then sick wife, who passed away in late September after a long battle with cancer and then suffered significant health problems of his own including significant back surgery last month.

"Before we stepped out on the track, we said 'run for Fran, run for Schu,'' said Certo.

Hackensack's boys team of sophomore twins Dustin and Devin Decambre, senior Dylan Guarquila and sophomore Seven Garcia had it's own type of motivation.

The Comets have won more 4-x-400 titles than any other Bergen County school (10) but none since 1998. This quartet was determined to end that streak.

The Comets did, in style, leading wire-to-wire in a North Jersey leading, 3:20.62.

"Coach always says it's our track, our homefield and we should take advantage of it,'' said Devin Decambre, and Guarquila added "When the track is being dedicated to someone like Ed Church, I felt it was an honor to run faster.''

Garcia, who split a personal best 48.58 on his anchor leg to give the Comets a 15 meter win over Bergenfield, was running angry after an uncharacteristic seventh place finish in the 200 less than a half hour earlier. "I haven't been really good in the first race I've run all season but I went all out in the relay and it felt amazing.''

With three of the four runners only sophomores, expect the Comets to be in the mix to deliver another win in the race next year.

"We want everything in the next two years, the Bergen County record, state championship, everything,'' said Garcia.

Summaries

Boys

100: 1. Michael Napolitano, Hasbrouck Heights, 10.98; 2. Andrew Jeremiah Boakye, Bergen Catholic, 11.02; 3. Marco Feliciano, Ridgefield Park, 11.08; 4. Michael Miceli, Old Tappan, 11.08; 5. Joshua Williams, Teaneck, 11.24; 6. Shakeem Simms, St. Mary's, 11.46.

200: 1. Jaden Marchan, Leonia, 21.77; 2. Boakye, 21.98; 3. Antonio Colon, Paramus Catholic, 22.33; 4. Bryan Porter, Bergen Catholic, 22.34; 5. Joseph D'Angelo, Don Bosco, 22.53; 6. Alijah Abraham, River Dell, 22.54.

400: 1. Marchan, 47.30 (meet record, old record, 47.94 by Kevin Condal, Hasbrouck Heights, 2010); 2. Corey Sanders Jr., Paramus Catholic, 48.79; 3. Adam Kaufman, Demarest, 49.31; 4. Maurice Williams, Dwight Morrow, 49.80; 5. Jan Siek, Don Bosco, 50.44; 6. Kai Sperling, Rutherford, 50.56.

800: 1. Patrick Kurtz, Pascack Valley, 1:54.61; 2. Michael Forde, Tenafly, 1:55.92; 3. Ryan Welch, Ramapo, 1:56.08; 4. Liam Schwabik, River Dell, 1:56.83; 5. Luke Davis, Demarest, 1:57.19; 6. Jack McKenna, Ridgewood, 1:58.37.

1,600: 1. Ryan Locicero, Don Bosco, 4:20.89; 2. Jack Dowd, Don Bosco, 4:22.25; 3. Marcus Koshy, Pascack Valley, 4:22.97; 4. Enrico Parrella, Demarest, 4:25.47; 5. Dylan Guarquila, Hackensack, 4:26.06; 6. Jason Enrile, Bergenfield, 4:28.42.

3,200: 1. Joshua Tejada, Teaneck, 9:22.37; 2. Aidan Morrow, Hasbrouck Heights, 9:23.78; 3. Jimmy Hernandez, Bergenfield, 9:33.76; 4. Ben Habler, Glen Rock, 9:39.75; 5. Preston Neal, Bergen Catholic, 9:40.37; 6. Matthias Fontao, Don Bosco, 9:41.98.

110 HH: 1. Tyler Caswell, Glen Rock, 14.48; 2. Victor Souza, Ridgewood, 14.53; 3. James Alati, Rutherford, 15.20; 4. Amadou Traore, Fort Lee, 15.26; 5. Sean Tandy, Bergen Catholic, 15.45.

400 IH: 1. Maximus Daniels, Indian Hills, 54.47; 2. Goran Saric, Old Tappan, 56.09; 3. Anthony Senatore, Bergen Tech, 57.09; 4. Marco Bozza-Caballero, Rutherford, 57.32; 5. Irasel Sawyers, Bergenfield, 57.70; 7. Charlie Denekamp, Midland Park, 58.92.

Shot put: 1, Benji Shue, Bergen Catholic, 68-0 (meet record, old record, 65-8 1/2 by Andy Papathanassiou, Emerson, 1985) ; 2. Jack Small, Old Tappan, 57-10 3/4; 3. Marco DeCroce, Demarest, 52-0; 4. Everton Bills, Teaneck, 49-9 1/4; 5. Alexander Riba, Dumont, 48-9 3/4; 6. Stan Davis, Dwight Morrow, 48-2 1/2.

Discus: 1. Shue, 201-9 (meet record, old record, 187-10 by Shue, 2022); 2. Lamont Lester, Don Bosco, 163-7; 3. Small, 163-1; 4. DeCroce, 151-9; 5. Oscar Solis, Hasbrouck Heights, 147-10; 6. Nadiir Miller, Hackensack, 145-11.

Javelin: 1. Evan Brooks, Old Tappan, 173-1; 2. Brady Shine, Hasbrouck Heights, 170-0; 3. Colin Krause, Pascack Valley, 168-2; 4. William Cusick, Cresskill, 167-1; 5. Julius Catuogno, Midland Park, 166-7; 6. Brian Winge, River Dell, 162-10.

High jump: 1. Liam Paneque, Demarest, 6-3; 2. Brendan Alef, Demarest, 16-1; 3. Tristan Oliver, Bergen Catholic, 6-1; 4. Jack Monolucas, Lodi, 5-11; 5. Luke Adami, Northern Highlands, 5-9; 6. tie between Malik Sheppard, Don Bosco and Lasana Darboe, Ridgefield, 5-9.

Long jump: 1. Paneque, 22-11 1/4; 2. Anthony Santana, Lyndhurst, 22-0 1/2; 3. Aaron Pena, Bergen Tech, 21-4 3/4; 4. Saundrae Palmer Jr., Dwight Morrow, 21-3 1/4; 5. Jacob Ceylan, River Dell, 21-0 1/2; 6. Shawn Sowah, Hackensack, 20-9 3/4.

Triple jump: 1. Paneque, 47-2; Adam Shaw, Pascack Valley, 45-4 1/2; 3. Joshua Yoon, Cresskill, 45-1 1/4; 4. Sawyers, 43-1; 5. Matt Murillo, Hasbrouck Heights, 43-0; 6. Isaiah Alvarez, Don Bosco, 42-9 1/4.

Pole vault: 1. Alan Villavicencio, Tenafly, 14-6; 2. Ben Mandler, Pascack Hills, 13-9; 3. Michael Dao, Pascack Hills, and Raymond Stellmach, Ridgewood, 12-9; 5. Ben Raser, Glen Rock, 12-3; 6. Gavin Lyle, Ramsey, 12-3.

4-x-400 relay: 1. Hackensack (Devin Decambre, Dustin Decambre, Guarquia, Seven Garcia), 3:20.61; 2. Dwight Morrow, 3:22.53; 3. Demarest, 3:24.01; 4. Leonia, 3:25.65; 5. Old Tappan, 3:26.10; 6. Bergenfield, 3:26.34.

Girls

100: 1. Abby Dennis, Old Tappan, 12.08; 2. Lexy Samperi, Hasbrouck Heights, 12.44; 3. Joli Joyner, Paramus Catholic, 12.58; 4. Miracle Scott, Leonia, 12.66; 5. Jordan Myers, Paramus, 12.71; 6. Sophia Ditchfield-Agboh, 12.78.

200: 1. Ayanna Chape, Hackensack, 25.12; 2. Piper Portacio, IHA, 25.46; 3. Joyner, 25.68; 4. Sydney Dungey, Paramus Catholic, 25.73; 5. Makayla Newman, Ramsey, 25.87; 6. Kyle Castillo, Ridgefield, 26.07.

400: 1. Castillo, 54.98 (meet record, old record, 55.39 by Amy Salek, Ramapo, 2008); 2. Gina Certo, Holy Angels, 55.06; 3. Rebecca Maclaren, Northern Highlands, 58.47; 4. Gabrielle Rothstein, Demarest, 58.68; 5. Scott, 59.19; 6. Julia Mattiloi, Ramapo, 59.28.

800: 1. Bridget Cannon, Ramapo, 2:14.85; 2. Sophee Estrems, Demarest, 2:19.54; 3. Maeve Schoeler, Ridgewood, 2:19.55; 4. Cellina Rabolli, Ridgewood, 2:20.39; 5. Peyton Wennersten, Ridgewood, 2:21.12; 6. Daniella Cameron, Leonia, 2:22.69.

1,600: 1. Christina Allen, River Dell, 5:01.54; 2. Katherine Keating, Ridgewood, 5:06.20; 3. Kate Marie Monaco, Ramsey, 5:08.13; 4. Ayla Cooke, Ridgewood, 5:12.54; 5. Avery Sheridan, Ridgewood, 5:12.91; 6. Mackenzie Bua, Hasbrouck Heights, 5:13.39.

3,200: 1. Mika Tampadong, Becton, 11:13.36; 2. Isabel Michel, Bogota, 11:23.42; 3. Brianna Potaki, Ramapo, 11:26.39; 4. Lexi Powers, Hasbrouck Heights, 11:33.36; 5. Eilat Kissil, Ridgewood, 11:42.76; 6. Alyssa Maybeck, Indian Hills, 11:47.55.

100 hurdles: 1. Dennis, 14.49; 2. Jenna Monaco, Dumont, 14.88; 3. Iza Samu, Glen Rock, 15.19; 4. Brooke Wichmann, Westwood, 15.25; 5. Dungey, 15.27; 6. Ellie Shkreli, Hasbrouck Heights, 15.89.

400 hurdles: 1. Anna Bryan-Jones, Northern Highlands, 1:03.86; 2. Elizabeth Burgess, IHA, 1:05.54; 3. Samiya Bovell, River Dell, 1:05.90; 4. Kennedy Lubkemann, Ridgewood, 1:05.95; 5. Kelsey Bennett, 1:06.17; 6. Sandra Vitolo, Ramapo, 1:03.19.

Shot put: 1. Layla Giordano, Old Tappan, 50-0 (meet and Bergen County record, old meet record, 46-9 by Jessica Molina, Westwood, 46-9; old Bergen County record, 48-10 by Amarys Berry, Hackensack, 2016); 2. Maya Giordano, Old Tappan, 40-10; 3. Elliot Eddy, Hasbrouck Heights, 39-0 1/2; 4. Afua Anyadike, Bergen Tech, 37-9 1/2; 5. Grace Gilbert, Ramapo, 37-2; 6. Samantha Russo, Hasbrouck Heights, 36-9 1/2.

Discus: 1. L. Giordano, 167-4 (meet record, old record, 167-4 by Giordano, 2023); 2. Julia Sobilo, IHA, 120-9; 3. Anyadike, 115-2; 4. Bree Cooney, Ridgefield Park, 114-9; 5. Eddy, 114-2; 6. M. Giordano, 108-7.

Javelin: 1. Clarissa Guerrero, Westwood, 120-0; 2. Lindsey Kontos, Midland Park, 109-6; 3. Rachel Schlett, Fair Lawn, 106-6; 4. Charlotte Papin, Ridgewood, 102-4; 5. Julia Zeug, Ramsey, 100-6; 6. Maya Forte, Rutherford, 100-0.

High jump: 1. Caroline Ognibene, Old Tappan, 5-3; 2. Analise Feliz, Becton, 5-3; 3. Wichmann, 5-3; 4. Brianna Burrell, Paramus Catholic, 5-1; 5. Olyvia Burrell, Emerson, 4-11; 6. Ashleigh Gorman, Ramsey, 4-11.

Long jump: 1. Julia Tozduman, Lyndhurst, 18-2 1/4; 2. Grace McQueeney, River Dell, 18-0 3/4; 3. Samperi, 18-0 1/4; 4. Monaco, 17-9 3/4; 5. Abby Romero, IHA, 17-6 1/2; 6. Kaitlyn Shelley, Cliffside Park, 17-4.

Triple jump: 1. Kailey Attali, Demarest, 37-4; 2. Yasemin Ugurlu, Lyndhurst, 36-9 3/4; 3. Romero, 36-4 3/4; 4. Tozduman, 35-8; 5. Gracie Taylor, Becton, 35-3 1/2; 6. Asya Akar, Lyndhurst, 35-2 1/4.

Pole vault: 1. Monaco, 11-1; 2. Isabella Formosa, Bergen Tech, 11-1; 3. Dylan Golden, Tenafly, 10-7; 4. Jamie Kim, Old Tappan and Allie Tuite, Old Tappan, 10-7; 6. Emerson Wiatrak, Ridgewood, 9-7.

4-x-400 relay: 1. Holy Angels, (Certo, Amaris Hiatt, Alexandra Darmanin, Ella Buonocore), 3:56.70; 2. IHA, 3:57.59; 3. Northern Highlands, 3:58.40; 4. Ridgewood, 4:00.06; 5. Old Tappan, 4:00.64; 6. Ramapo, 4:02.20.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ track: Highlights from the Bergen County Meet of Champions