May 30,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. , The Ridgewood High School Boys and Girls track teams each won state sectional titles this Saturday.
This was the first sectional title for the RHS Girls since 2006, ending a seven-year run for Randolph; the RHS Boys win puts the squad back on top of the group after losing to Randolph last year. Before that loss, they had won five consecutive sectional titles.The RHS Boys team ended the season posting a perfect record.
Outstanding efforts were made ; senior Sam Halvorsen won the girls 1,600 meters in 5:03.12 and placed third in the 3,200 in 11:09.04 behind teammate Olympia Martin (10:58.62) and Bergen Tech’s Abigail McLaughlin.
Halvorsen was also part of the 4×800 relay team along with Leah Rosenfeld,Meghan Adams, and Evelyn Kotch, which set the meet record with a winning time of 9:32.84.
Olympia Martin won the 3,200 meters in 10:58.62 coming from behind to do it. Never leading until the final lap when she passed McLaughlin.
Michael Thurston won the 800 for the boys with a time of 1:54.45. He also anchored the victorious 4×400 relay team (3:20.97) which held off Paterson Eastside by about a mere half a second .
Kobi Grant won an exciting 100 in 11.09 for Ridgewood in which the top four sprinters were all separated by a half-second. Grant finished fourth in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.43, and anchored the 4×100 relay team to victory in a season-best 43.90 ,finishing second behind Mount Olive (43.32).