Rohan Tucker from Madison won three gold medals at the NJAC East Championships, while Morristown's Kayla Ewing also secured three golds in her events. Matthew Kot from Morristown added to the success by winning gold in the 110-meter hurdles.
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ROCKAWAY — Rohan Tucker has a simple goal for every meet: "to win everything, basically. That's it." The Madison senior left the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference East Championships with a trio of gold medals.
Tucker swept all three sprints, though he had a little trouble with the clock in the 200 meters on May 6. It had started early for his heat, giving him and the rest of the runners disappointing times.
After being advanced to the an extra finals heat, Tucker crossed the line in 21.99 seconds.
Morristown senior Kayla Ewing also left Morris Hills with three golds, in the 200 meters and both hurdles races. Ewing, who plans to compete at Columbia University, is part of a new Colonials' hurdles trend. After finishing second in the intermediates on May 5, Morristown junior Matthew Kot took home gold in the 110-meter hurdles the following day.
"I knew the field was deep, but I had to put in my best effort," Kot said. "We're really developing the whole hurdle team. We pull each other forward to be the best we can."
The Morris Hills boys became the first back-to-back team champion at the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference track and field championships.
Stephen Shih was Morris Hills' lone champion, but that was enough for the boys to become the first back-to-back NJAC team champions in the meet's 16-year history. Led by Shih, who took gold in the long jump for the second year in a row, the Scarlet Knights scored points in 13 of the 16 events.
They had also won Morris County Relays last week.
"I'm ready for the pressure," said senior Marcus Petit-Frere, who was second in discus and had a PR for fourth in shot for his first individual medals at a championship meet.
"I'd heard it was a little closer, so the points really mattered. I pushed a little more."
The West Morris girls earned their first NJAC plaque with just 17 competitors. Accustomed to piling up points behind Alanna Parkes, Kelly Kaasmann and other sprinters, the Wolfpack showed off depth at the two-day meet.
Senior Addison Weber and junior Brooke Wilson moved way up from their seeds, running the last mile together to place fifth and sixth in the 3,200 on May 6. Wilson dropped a 30-second PR, and declared 2026 West Morris' year.
Rohan Tucker from Madison won three gold medals at the NJAC East Championships.
Kayla Ewing won gold in the 200 meters and both hurdles races at the NJAC East meet.
Rohan Tucker faced a timing issue as the clock started early for his heat in the 200 meters.
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The Wolfpack girls had claimed the small-school plaque at Morris County Relays a week ago. West Morris also posted the fastest Morris/Sussex 4x100 and 4x400 times at Penn Relays, bringing home a wagon wheel trophy for a heat win in the latter.
"It's amazing," Weber said. "Normally at these big meets, our distance team isn't that strong. We're stronger and better and faster than ever."
➤ Chatham senior Marcus Valenzuela, who has signed with American University, won both distance races.
➤ Randolph junior Carly Renna won the 1,600 on Tuesday and the 800 on Wednesday, both times holding off Montville freshman Gabriella Pelov.
➤ Montville senior Anthony Agnoli was first in the shot put and discus.
West Morris brought home the girls team title at the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference East Championships, despite having just 17 competitors.
Team scores: West Morris 81; Morristown 52; Morris Knolls 49; Pope John 38.5; Randolph 35; Roxbury 31; Montville 30; Mountain Lakes 26.5; Chatham 25; Morris Hills 22; Villa Walsh 20; Parsippany 18; Madison 17; Morristown Beard 15; Parsippany Hills and Mount Olive 13; Mendham 10
100 meters: 1. Alanna Parkes (West Morris) 12.71; 2. Daniela Bracken (Parsippany Hills) 12.73; 3. Georgia Hostler (West Morris) 12.89; 4. Jazmine Laroche (Mount Olive) 12.94; 5. Wendy Graziani (Morris Knolls) 13.01; 6. Gabrielle Monroe (Mount Olive) 13.09.
200 meters: 1. Kayla Ewing (Morristown) 25.28; 2. Alanna Parkes (West Morris) 25.41; 3. Jacqueline Reid (Parsippany) 26.03; 4. Daniela Bracken (Parsippany Hills) 26.08; 5. Gianna Mancuso (Roxbury) 26.48; 6. Lucy Arps (Chatham) 26.61.
400 meters: 1. Casey Carney (Pope John) 56.24; 2. Sarah Nacinovich (Chatham) 56.26; 3. Kelly Kaasmann (West Morris) 56.94; 4. Caroline Sardeira (West Morris) 57.09; 5. Kayla Ewing (Morristown) 57.23; 6. Julia Covey (Morristown Beard) 58.05.
Carly Renna of Randolph competes in the 800 meter run during day one of the NJSIAA track and field state sectionals at Vernon High School, Glenwood, N.J., May 16, 2025.
800 meters: 1. Carly Renna (Randolph) 2:13.59; 2. Gabriella Pelov (Montville) 2:15.02; 3. Julia Covey (Morristown) 2:16.51; 4. Isabella Bolstad (Madison) 2:17.2; 5. Casey Carney (Pope John) 2:18; 6. Addison Emge (Morristown) 2:18.79.
1,600 meters: 1. Carly Renna (Randolph) 5:01.6; 2. Gabriella Pelov (Montville) 5:03.6; 3. Violet Page (Mountain Lakes) 5:10.23; 4. Blythe Dudley (Villa Walsh) 5:11.04; 5. Addison Emge (Morristown) 5:13.21; 6. Amanda Knapp (Roxbury) 5:15.26.
3,200 meters: 1. Violet Page (Mountain Lakes) 11:05.39; 2. Julia Ireland (Pope John) 11:17.19; 3. Amanda Knapp (Roxbury) 11:17.49; 4. Sophia Burgo (Chatham) 11:33.08; 5. Addison Weber (West Morris) 11:34.61; 6. Brooke Wilson (West Morris) 11:36.22.
4x400: 1. West Morris (Kelly Kaasmann, Emma Liberato, Caroline Sardeira, Kaylee Vieira) 3:56.8; 2. Montville 4:07.27; 3. Morristown 4:07.72; 4. Morris Knolls 4:07.73; 5. Chatham 4:09.32; 6. Parsippany Hills 4:10.69.
100-meter hurdles: 1. Kayla Ewing (Morristown) 14.38; 2. Jacqueline Reid (Parsippany) 14.6; 3. Alanna Parkes (West Morris) 14.76; 4. Tatiyana Sewall (Roxbury) 15.51; 5. Jackie Sheldon (Morris Hills) 15.69; 6. Wendy Graziani (Morris Knolls) 15.69.
400-meter hurdles: 1. Kayla Ewing (Morristown) 1:05.29; 2. Tatiyana Sewall (Roxbury) 1:05.93; 3. Kelly Kaasmann (West Morris) 1:06.45; 4. Jacqueline Reid (Parsippany) 1:06.52; 5. Fiona Jackson (Chatham) 1:06.84; 6. Gabby Ball (Randolph) 1:08.27.
High jump: 1. Nawel Ibazatene Lefebvre (Morristown) 5-6* (tied meet record: 5-6, Carlie Wilson, Sparta, 2019); 2. Cecelia Marran (Mendham) 5-0; 3. Lahari Thata (Montville) 5-0; 4. Nicole Driscoll (Madison) 4-10; 5. Jackie Sheldon (Morris Hills) 4-10; 6. Jessica Tsang (Mountain Lakes) and Casey Carney (Pope John) 4-8.
Long jump: 1. Georgia Hostler (West Morris) 17-8.5; 2. Sara Pietraszewski (Morris Knolls) 17-7; 3. Gianna Benfatti (Roxbury) 17-2.75; 4. Tessa MacMullin (Pope John) 16-8.75; 5. Jaime Louwrens (Morris Knolls) 16-7; 6. Azariah Andrews (Villa Walsh) 16-2.25.
Triple jump: 1. Tessa MacMullin (Pope John) 36-9; 2. Alicia Dormevil (Chatham) 35-8; 3. Vishaka Dixit (Morris Hills) 34-10; 4. Juliana DeCongelio (Morris Knolls) 34-3.5; 5. Nicole Driscoll (Madison) 34-2.5; 6. Marika Blair (Morristown) 33-5.75.
Pole vault: 1. Gianna Ledford (Morris Hills) 11-7; 2. Hailey Simmons (Villa Walsh) 10-0; 3. Nicole Driscoll (Madison) 10-0; 4. Jordan Sheldon (Roxbury) 9-6; 5. Eve Trautman (Morris Knolls) 9-6; 6. Sadie Chase (Madison) 9-0.
Shot put: 1. Adair Para (Morris Knolls) 36-11.75; 2. Jazmine Laroche (Mount Olive) 34-7; 3. Ariana Vucetaj (West Morris) 34-3.5; 5. Jayda Lambo (Randolph) 34-0; 5. Gisele Scott (Mendham) 33-9.25; 6. Taylor Salazar (Morris Hills) 32-8.25.
Discus: 1. Lyla Wills (Mountain Lakes) 112-0; 2. Imani Crosby (Morristown Beard) 111-2; 3. Adair Para (Morris Knolls) 103-0; 4. Johanna Olsen (West Morris) 101-5; 5. Monet Dickerson (Morris Knolls) 101-4; 6. Taylor Salazar (Morris Hills) 100-0.
Javelin: 1. Layla Tavares (Randolph) 105-0; 2. Angelica Rua (Morris Knolls) 103-5; 3. Maeve Dam (Villa Walsh) 100-6; ; 4. 5. Kamilla Mizak (Pope John) 98-2; 5. Johanna Olsen (West Morris) 96-4; 6. Emma Naughton (Villa Walsh) 95-11.
Rohan Tucker, of Madison, competes in the 400 meter race, during the Meet of Champions, Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Staten Island.
Team scores: Morris Hills 78; Madison 51; Mount Olive 47; Chatham 46.5; Morristown and Delbarton 36.5; Pope John 32.5; Mendham and Morris Knolls 24; Roxbury 22; Randolph 21; Montville 20; Sparta 16; West Morris 12; Parsippany 10; Mountain Lakes 6; Hanover Park 5; Morristown Beard and Parsippany Hills 4
100 meters: 1. Rohan Tucker (Madison) 10.84; 2. Le-Shem Little (Sparta) 11.17; 3. Ben Wans (Morris Hills) 11.24; 4. Kyle Dunn (Hanover Park) 11.36; 5. Adam Braccioforte (West Morris) 11.36; 6. Michael Vogt (Mendham) 11.49.
200 meters: 1. Rohan Tucker (Madison) 21.99; 2. Le-Shem Little (Sparta) 22.06; 3. Kyle Wickham (Chatham) 22.45; 4. Ben Wans (Morris Hills) 23.33; 5. Isaiah Campbell (West Morris) 23.38; 6. Adam Braccioforte (Hanover Park) 23.55.
400 meters: 1. Rohan Tucker (Madison) 48.0; 2. Rhone Armijo (West Morris) 50.48; 3. Mouhamed Sarr (Parsippany) 50.69; 4. Ryan Foley (Mount Olive) 50.74; 5. Daniel Arroyo (Pope John) 50.79; 6. Kyle Wickham (Chatham) 50.8.
800 meters: 1. Ryan Foley (Mount Olive) 1:53.77; 2. Kennan Byers (Randolph) 1:56.6; 3. Hunter Iorio (Morris Hills) 1:57.91; 4. Jack Moore (Morristown Beard) 1:58.41; 5. Sarosh Poondla (Morris Hills) 1:58.83; 6. Sivert Ramos (Roxbury) 1:58.97.
1,600 meters: 1. Marcus Valenzuela (Chatham) 4:16.58; 2. Sean Wemmlinger (Morris Knolls) 4:20.74; 3. Nicholas Falcone (Morris Hills) 4:21.9; 4. Kennan Byers (Randolph) 4:22.16; 5. Micah Pardue (Morristown) 4:27.53; 6. Jacob Conti (Randolph) 4:28.61.
3,200 meters: 1. Marcus Valenzuela (Chatham) 9:13.55; 2. Sean Wemmlinger (Morris Knolls) 9:22; 3. Nicholas Falcone (Morris Hills) 9:29.79; 4. Thomas Haines (Chatham) 2:35.11; 5. Nolan Ribeiro (Morris Hills) 9:40.79; 6. Andrew Ulto (West Morris) 9:41.11.
4x400: 1. Mount Olive (Anthony Murray, Bryce David, Cadence Rupprecht, Ryan Foley) 3:24.23; 2. Morris Hills 3:25.22; 3. Pope John 3:25.56; 4. Parsippany 3:26.73; 5. Morristown 3:28.46; 6. Randolph 3:33.06.
110-meter hurdles: 1. Matthew Kot (Morristown) 14.98; 2. Aidan Ponzio (Delbarton) 15.37; 3. Cadence Rupprecht (Mount Olive) 15.38; 4. Zachary Richards-Powell (Parsippany Hills) 15.39; 5. Jeremiah Au (Morris Hills) 16.08; 6. Braden Huang (Hanover Park) 16.13.
400-meter hurdles: 1. Cadence Rupprecht (Mount Olive) 55.59; 2. Matthew Kot (Morristown) 57.13; 3. Nathan Beland (Madison) 57.72; 4. Stephen Shih (Morris Hills) 58.23; 5. Thomas Proscia (Chatham) 58.43; 6. Tyler Wright (Pope John) 59.59.
High jump: 1. Nathan Enelamah (Morristown) 6-4; 2. Martin Hindenlong (Delbarton) and Daniel Akpan 6-4; 4. Stephen Shih (Morris Hills) 6-4; 5. Kevin Grundy (Chatham) and Matthew Kot (Morristown) 6-0.
Long jump: 1. Stephen Shih (Morris Hills) 22-4.5; 2. Aidan Ponzio (Delbarton) 22-3; 3. Christopher Rodman (Morris Knolls) 22-2; 4. Caden Blaise (Mendham) 22-2; 5. Kevin Grundy (Chatham) 22-11.75; 6. Kyle Desrivieres (Madison) 21-4.
Triple jump: 1. Kevin Grundy (Chatham) 47-1.5; 2. Caden Blaise (Mendham) 44-0.5; 3. Lajohn Alexis (Morris Hills) 43-1.5; 4. Tyler Wright (Pope John) 42-1.5; 5. Ethan Beachem (Mount Olive) 41-6.5; 6. Michael Szoke (Randolph) 40-7.5.
Pole vault: 1. Seamus Corcoran (Pope John) 13-6; 2. James Castanon (Madison) 13-0; 3. William Arnstein (Madison) 12-0; 4. Reed Ogden (Mendham) and Dever Hanlon (Delbarton) 11-6; 6. Ethan Poplawski (Pope John) and Alexander Makovsky (Delbarton) 11-6.
Anthony Agnoli, of Montville, was able to throw 58-11.25, good for second place, Sunday, March 8, 2026, at the Meet of Champions in Staten Island.
Shot put: 1. Anthony Agnoli (Montville) 55-10; 2. Matthew Donnelly (Roxbury) 55-6.75; 3. John Aymil (Mendham) 50-8.5; 4. Marcus Petit-Frere (Morris Hills) 47-8; 5. Justin Swayze (Randolph) 47-1.75; 6. Evan Kennedy (Pope John) 47-0.
Discus: 1. Anthony Agnoli (Montville) 163-7; 2. Marcus Petit-Frere (Morris Hills) 152-8; 3. Matthew Donnelly (Roxbury) 148-3; 4. Sam Lagattuta (Mount Olive) 146-1; 5. John Aymil (Mendham) 145-9; 6. Gavin Janosy (Morristown) 142-0.
Javelin: 1. Daniel Gallic (Delbarton) 170-10; 2. Seamus Corcoran (Pope John) 169-11; 3. Joseph Nigro (Mountain Lakes) 167-8; 4. Emmanuel Samaniego (Randolph) 158-6; 5. Aquinas Clancy (Morris Knolls) 153-5; 6. Legrand Castor (Mount Olive) 140-4.
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