Essex County Winter Track

Nordenbring races to MKA's first county title Held at Seton Hall University, South Orange Oskar Nordenbring, a freshman at Montclair Kimberley, became the first-ever Cougar to win an Essex County winter track title when he broke the tape in the 3200 meter run in a time of 10:13.38. His teammate Doug Wolf made it a 1-2 MKA finish as he picked up the silver medal with a clocking of 10:19.32. Senior Maxwell Booker of Bishop Francis not only defended his county title, he set a new meet record of 6.39 seconds when he sprinted across the finish line in the 55-meter dash. Chris Turner, a junior at Seton Hall Prep, passed defending champion Eric Green of Clifford Scott 10 meters from the finish in a stirring stretch run to claim the gold medal in the 400 meter dash with a time of 50.3 seconds. Julius Scott led St. Benedict's Prep to the team title when the senior broke the meet and Gray Bee's record in winning the shot put with a toss of 56-4.

Boys Team Standings: 1. St. Benedict's Prep (58); 2. Columbia (54); 3T. Bishop Francis (24); 3T. Clifford Scott (24); 3T. Montclair Kimberley (24); 3T. Seton Hall Prep (24); 7. Irvington (16); 8. Shabazz/Newark (12); 9. Montclair (10); 10. Belleville (8); 11T. Millburn (6); 11T. West Orange (6); 13T. Nutley (4); 13T. West Essex (4); 15. Bloomfield (2); 16T. Cedar Grove (1); 16T. Newark Tech (1) 55 Meter Dash - 1. Maxwell Booker (BF) 6.39; 2. Anthony Adighibe (CO) 6.54; 3. Andre Francis (IR) 6.59; 4. Tyree Davis (MO) 6.61; 5. Chris Turner (SH) 6.63; 6. Tokunbo Obi (SH) 6.69 400 Meter Dash - 1. Chris Turner (SH) 50.3; 2. Eric Green (CS) 50.5; 3. Lance Wigfall (CS) 50.9; 4. Takpor Yealu (CO) 51.6; 5. Lawrence Gibson (SB) 52.7; 6. Chris Valentine (SH) 52.8 800 Meter Run - 1. Noah Waters )SB) 2:01.08; 2. Takpor Yealu (CO) 2:02.44; 3. Guy Antoine (CO) 2:02.62; 4. Swayne Andrews (SB) 2:07.11; 5. Brian Delaney (SB) 2:08.60; 6. Jeff Delaney (MO) 2:08.99 1600 Meter Run - 1. Guy Antoine (CO) 4:31.12; 2. Noah Waters (SB) 4:32.80; 3. Oskar Nordenbring (MKA) 4:37.29; 4. Charles Poris (MO) 4:37.94; 5. Kevin Fortkiewicz (BL) 4:38.05; 6. Michael Bonconsky (NU) 4:46.88 3200 Meter Run - 1. Oskar Nordenbring (MKA) 10:13.58; 2. Doug Wall (MKA) 10:19.32; 3. John DeFillipis (WO) 10:32.26; 4. Gerrie Cummings (SB) 10:34.67; 5. Khurram Khan (BE) 10:36.41; 6. Kevin DeAnna (CG) 10:37.25 55 Meter High Hurdles - 1. Kevin Boykins (BF) 8.00; 2. Troy Murray (CO) 8:05; 3. David Rodbart (MI) 8:05; 4. Scott Welfell (WE) 8.10; 5. Matt Mitchell (CO) 8:31; 6.Donald Peterson (NU) 8.38 1600 Meter Relay - 1. Clifford Scott (Shuquan Davis, Lance Wigfall, Christopher Awe, Eric Green) 3:27.22; 2. Columbia 3:32.90; 3. St. Benedict's Prep 3:34.11; 4. Bishop Francis 3:35.24; 5. Seton Hall 3:35.56; 6. Newark Tech 3:40.81 High Jump - 1. Andre Francis (IR) 5-10; 2T. Richard Ben-Aime (SH) 5-8; 2T. Neron Escalera (SB) 5-8; 2T. Ray Teemer (BE) 5-8; 5. Kevin Murphy (SH) 5-8; 6. Idris Cato (Shabazz) 5-6 Shot Put - 1. Julius Scott (SB) 56-4; 2. Asmar Jones (SB) 55-7; 3. Ken Perez (SB) 47-3 3/4; 4. Leonard Bell (Shabazz) 47-0; 5. David Sposato (NU) 46-10 1/2; 6. Robert Oliver (MO) 45-1 1/2

Columbia races to 10th straight title in Essex Couunt meet Held at Seton Hall University, South Orange Columbia claimed its 10th straights Essex County Girls Winter Track & Field title on Thursday, February 1, 2001 on the campus of Seton Hall University in South Orange. Junior Courtney Epps and frosh Raven Lea dominated the distance events, combining to post 34 points in the Cougars scoring column with Epps winning the 1600 meter run in 5:24.33 and Raven claiming the gold medal in the 3200 meter run with a clocking of 11:33.05. Senior Sienna Robinson of Immaculate Conception/Montclair, defended her title in the shot put competition. The NJSIAA Group I champion flipped the eight-pound ball 34-5 3/4. West Orange's Tiffany Clark won the 400 meter dash the hard way. The junior competed in the unseeded heat and raced through the tape in 1:01.59 to pick up the gold medal. Montclair's Jennifer Whitlock, the NJSIAA Group IV champion, successfully defended her title when she glided over the 55 meter hurdles to a first place finish in 8.31 seconds.

Girls Team Standings: 1. Columbia (60); 2. Montclair (45); 3. West Orange (44); 4. Irvington (19); 5. Science/Newark (18); 6. Bloomfield (14); 7. Livingston (11); 8T. Immaculate Conception/Montclair (10); 8T. West Essex (10); 10. Nutley (9); 11T. East Orange (8); 11T. East Orange (8); 13T. Glen Ridge (6); 13T. Mount St. Dominic (6); 13T. Verona (6); 16T. Cedar Grove (4); 16T. Clifford Scott (4); 18. Newark Tech (3); 19T. Belleville (1); 19T. Caldwell (1) 55 Meter Dash - 1. Jennifer Whitlock (MO) 7.28; 2. Shanda Jackson (EO) 7.34; 3. Tiffany Clark (WO) 7.61; 4. Keena Drive (CO) 7.82; 5. Sara Volkert (MSD) 7.85 400 Meter Dash - 1. Tiffany Clark (WO) 1:01.59; 2. Shani Spence (WO) 1:02.04; 3. Michanda Young (Science) 1:02.15; 4. Lauren Damniels (CO) 1:03.31; 5. Renee Koonze (BL) 1:03.83; 6. Lejuan Samuels (MO) 1:04.09 800 Meter Run - 1. Amina Tryman (MO) 2:26.31; 2. Shani Spence (WO) 2:26.35; 3. Janice Lee (LI) 2:30.17; 4. Willette Miller (Science) 2:32.07; 5. Sara Diaz (NT) 2:33.24; 6. Julia Haase (BL) 2:35.79 1600 Meter Run - 1. Courtney Epps (CO) 5:24.33; 2. Erin Kurnarewicz (BL) 5:28.93; 3. Raven Lea (CO) 5:32.23; 4. Gina Giordano (LI) 5:39.59; 5. Courtney Kopf (NU) 6:12.90 3200 Meter Run - 1. Raven Lea (CO) 11:55.05; 2. Courtney Epps (CO) 12:03.05; 3. Tini Anne Cavallo (WE) 12:08.05; 4. Kerry Maybaum (WE) 12:08.09; 5. Erin Kubarewicz (BL) 12:11.88 55 Meter High Hurdles - 1. Jennifer Whitlock (MO) 8.31; 2. Elizabeth Riva (MI) 9.48; 3. Amanda Klinger (VE) 9.62; 4. Sarah Bieber (CG) 9.77; 5. Andrea Osei (CO) 9.84; 6. Marie Michel (IR) 10.00 1600 Meter Relay - 1. West Orange (Gizelle Joshua, Sharifa Spence, Shani Spence, Tiffany Clark) 4:16.78; 2. Science 4:20.24; 3. Columbia 4:21.55; 4. Clifford Scott 4:24.77; 5. Montclair 4:25.41; 6. Newark Tech 4:28.22 High Jump - 1. Marie Michel (IR) 5-2; 2. Santiana DeFranse (IR) 5-0; 3. Robin Cohen (GR) 4-8; 4. Liz Crawford (MSD) 4-8; 5. Kirsten Murray (NU) 4-6; 6. Kristin Lewis (CA) 4-6 Shot Put - 1. Sienna Robinson (IC) 34-5 1/4; 2. Sara Haza (MO) 32-9 3/4; 3. Melissa Irving (NU) 31-9 1/4; 4. Alicia Craddock (MO) 31-7 3/4; 5. Stacy Marcus (WO) 30-6 1/2; 6. Erin-Arie Hansford (BE) 29-9 1/4

Conference Affiliations for Essex County High Schools

Colonial Hills Conference

Iron Hills Conference

Northern New Jersey Interscholastic (NNJIL)

Northern Hills Conference

Watchung Conference