Emmanuel Marin from Bogota won the 400 intermediate hurdles at the NJIC championships with a time of 61.3 seconds on April 6, 2026.
Key points
Emmanuel Marin won the 400 intermediate hurdles
Winning time was 61.3 seconds
Event took place on April 6, 2026
Championships held in New Jersey
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Track: Highlights from the NJIC championships
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, starts the 400 intermediate hurdles, which he won in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
Ana Michel is on her way to a victory in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Hussain Salam and Raymond Ehrmann lead the 800 meter run just before the halfway mark, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, approaches the last of the intermediate hurdles. Marin went on to win the 400 meter race, in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
Q&A
Who won the 400 intermediate hurdles at the NJIC championships?
Emmanuel Marin from Bogota won the 400 intermediate hurdles.
What was Emmanuel Marin's winning time in the 400 intermediate hurdles?
Emmanuel Marin's winning time was 61.3 seconds.
When did the NJIC championships take place?
The NJIC championships took place on April 6, 2026.
Where are the NJIC championships held?
The NJIC championships are held in New Jersey.
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Zohaib Salam is on his way to a victory in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Bogota Head Track and Field Coach, Pat Rochford, is shown just before the start of the first track meet at Joseph C. Feigel Field in more than 30 years, Monday, April 6, 2026.
Emma Fowler, of Bogota throws the shot put, Monday, April 6, 2026.
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, leaps over the last of the intermediate hurdles. Marin went on to win the 400 meter race, in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
Hussain Salam is on his way to a second place finish in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Sofia Kimbell, is on her way to victory in the 100 meter high hurdles, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Palisades Park Head Track and Field Coach, Matt Travis, is shown during the first track meet at Joseph C. Feigel Field, in more than 30 years, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
A runner's shoe is shown on the track at Joseph C. Feigel Field, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Ana Michel is on her way to a victory in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
Saray Michel is on her way to a second place finish in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
A runner's shoe is shown on the track at Joseph C. Feigel Field, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
For the first time in more than 30 years, a track meet took place at Joseph C. Feigel Field, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, starts the 400 intermediate hurdles, which he won in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, starts the 400 intermediate hurdles, which he won in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Ana Michel is on her way to a victory in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Hussain Salam and Raymond Ehrmann lead the 800 meter run just before the halfway mark, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, approaches the last of the intermediate hurdles. Marin went on to win the 400 meter race, in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Zohaib Salam is on his way to a victory in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Bogota Head Track and Field Coach, Pat Rochford, is shown just before the start of the first track meet at Joseph C. Feigel Field in more than 30 years, Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Emma Fowler, of Bogota throws the shot put, Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Emmanuel Marin, of Bogota, leaps over the last of the intermediate hurdles. Marin went on to win the 400 meter race, in 61.3 seconds, Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Hussain Salam is on his way to a second place finish in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Sofia Kimbell, is on her way to victory in the 100 meter high hurdles, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Palisades Park Head Track and Field Coach, Matt Travis, is shown during the first track meet at Joseph C. Feigel Field, in more than 30 years, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
A runner's shoe is shown on the track at Joseph C. Feigel Field, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Ana Michel is on her way to a victory in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
Saray Michel is on her way to a second place finish in the 1600 meter run, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
A runner's shoe is shown on the track at Joseph C. Feigel Field, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
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Bogota runs first home track meet in more than 30 years
For the first time in more than 30 years, a track meet took place at Joseph C. Feigel Field, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Bogota.
The girls NJIC Patriot championship meet on April 27 at Emerson might have been the most competitive meet in North Jersey history. Eight of the nine teams entered scored between 41 and 74 points in the final standings and going into the 4-x-400 relay, five teams had a mathematical chance of winning the title.
But it was Waldwick, which had gone undefeated during the dual meet season clinched its first title since 2019 by taking third, one place behind Dwight-Englewood to cement its 74-72 win over the Bulldogs. New Milford was third with 69 points, followed by Cresskill with 68 and Leonia with 63.
"Every single person who scored points for us won us the meet,'' said first year spring head coach Paul Marino. "We knew that every team had certain events that were their strong points and we had to take advantage of ours.''
Going into the traditional final event, the 4-x-400 relay, Cresskill and Waldwick were tied with 68 points with New Milford (65), Dwight-Englewood (64) and Leonia (62) within striking range.
But only two events earlier, Waldwick seemed out of it. But the Warriors took a pair of places in the 200, including a win from freshman Julia Elsasser and a fourth place finish from Trinity Cocchini-Leibowitz, who battled back from a near disaster in the 100 hurdles which cost her a win.
Waldwick followed that with a 3-4-5 performance from Brenna Heelan, Hannah Reale and Anna Moran in the 3,200 with all three runners edging Paige Barnes of Dwight-Englewood giving the Warriors a crucial 12-1 edge on the team that proved to be their toughest challenger.
"We don't usually run Hannah and Anna in the 3,200 but we had to (today) because the points were so spread out among the teams,'' said Marino. "We knew Leonia would go 1-2 (with Daniella Cameron and Eleanor Jang) but we knew we had to get three places and at least two of them had to beat Paige.''
Reale and Moran ran together the entire race right behind Heelan and still had enough left to be in Waldwick's 4-x-400 relay about 40 minutes later.
The meet wasn't decided until the final few steps as Park Ridge edged Dwight-Englewood by .23 seconds while Waldwick was only 1.63 seconds behind in third. Had the Bulldogs won the relay, Waldwick still would have been divisional champions but the meet title would have been shared.
Leonia outscored New Milford, 24-3 in the three jumping events for a 151-139 win in the boys, the Lions' second in three years.
The two teams had handled all season and all meet with Leonia taking a 72-68 win in the dual meet but losing to New Milford in the Bergen County Relays. Sophomore Jaysen Tomas took seconds in the long and high jump and was fourth in the triple jump, while junior Nicholas Ustiuzhanin had a pair of fifths.
Calvin Daou (1,600) and Gabriel Jang (shot) were Leonia's only individual event winners, while the Lions captured the 4-x-400 relay.
Hawthorne girls and Glen Rock boys show strength in the Colonial division
A mass senior pre-season exodus put Hawthorne's girls in early season rebuilding mode when six or seven girls decided not to come out for their final high school season.
But the two who did, Thrower Julia Korpics and jumper Mackenzie Doyle not only returned for their senior season but led the otherwise young Bears to a 156-135 win over perennial contender Glen Rock for their first solo divisional title since 2022. The two seniors combined for 44 points and the rest of the scorers were all freshmen and sophomores.
Korpics stamped herself as a Passaic County and State Group 1 contender in the shot and discus by winning with huge throws of 38-4 1/2 and 112-11, adding the school shot put mark to the discus record she broke earlier in the season. She also added a second in the javelin. Doyle took second to sophomore teammates Schuyler Reed (long jump) and Audrey Parsons (triple jump) in both jumps.
"I'm so happy for the seniors who stayed,'' said veteran coach Gus Schell. "Julia thought she going to play ice hockey in college but now schools are talking to her about track. Mackenzie won't do track in college but embraced the competition from her teammates and helped them get better while she competed so well herself.''
Korpics, Reed and Parsons combined for six titles, all but one in the field.
Glen Rock boys power to fourth straight Colonial title behind record throw by Yuzon
Glen Rock boys head coach Brian Weinberg, standing in the infield, turned to check out the throws at the shot put area just outside the track. State indoor champion Evan Yuzon was standing in the ring ready to make his next attempt.
"I saw him make the throw and I said to my assistant, 'that looks pretty far','' said Weinberg with a laugh. No kidding. The junior uncorked a stunning throw of 64 feet two inches, nearly four feet beyond his personal best and became the fourth best performer in Bergen County history. "He's had a monster year and his performances just seem to get better and better.''
Yuzon also won the discus with a personal best of 163-6, and is closing in on the school record of 176-2 set by Kyle Patel in 2018. Yuzon is only a junior and now ranks among the top 20 shot putters in the nation this season.
His performance was part of an overwhelming 154-71 victory for the Panthers over a surprising Manchester team for their 11th divisional title in 12 years.
Glen Rock won eight of the 15 individual events with seniors Jacob Sasunov (200/400), Neil Saxena (800) and Leighton Kelly (high jump) joining juniors Yuzon, Toby Caswell (100) and Kacper Majewski (1,600) as event winners.
"This is a big confidence booster going into counties and states,'' added Weinberg. "I think we can do a lot this spring.''
Lyndhurst girls and Becton boys dominate National division meets
Rich Tuero is a Lyndhurst alumnus and was an assistant football coach on staff with legendary Golden Bears track and football coach Tom Shoebridge about 15 years ago.
"I wasn't a track coach but we were at his house at Lavallette (at the Jersey Shore) and he convinced me and my wife to become assistant coaches for him that day,'' said Tuero, "And when my job in practice was over he made stick around for everything else, showing me things with events like the hurdles and pole vault that I knew nothing about.''
When "Shoe' finally gave up the head coaching job five years ago, Tuero, now also the head football coach at Lyndhurst, took on the head boys and girls track job as well. It's worked out well.
On April 28, the Golden Bear girls reversed a close dual meet loss to Rutherford and defeated the Bulldogs, 163-131 for their 12th straight NJIC divisional meet title, although the two teams will share the divisional crown.
"I owe it all to coach Shoe,'' said Tuero, who got great performances from Nikalena Iacono, Jaylin Vuono Reid and the distance team and scored in every event but the 400 and 800 to earn the meet win. "He created a sense of pride in Lyndhurst track and had the vision to make the program what it is today.''
Iacono and Vuono Reid combined for three wins and 62 points in the throws, jumps and hurdles but the unsung heroes were the junior 1,600 and 3,200 trio of Cathia Nogueira, Madison Mason and Taylor Paglio, who combined to outscore Rutherford, 35-10 in the two longest events.
"Our distance coach, Isaiah Aviles (another Lyndhurst alumnus) has done a great job of changing up the distance training for the girls and it's reflected in their results,'' he said.
In just five years, Becton, under the direction of boys head coach Quin Geraghty and girls head coach Dave Dorsey has gone from an afterthought to a potential dynasty.
The boys dominated the National division for the second time in three years with a record breaking 191 1/2-110 1/2 margin over Lyndhurst, winning seven events and scoring in each one of them.
"We lost some great seniors from last year's team but the kids keep coming out and coming on,'' said Geraghty. "Seeing guys like Yannick (Fall) and Dimitry (Bernard) excel on the level they do, has encouraged other guys to try and reach their level of competition and continues to build momentum.''
Fall has become one of the state's top hurdlers and his times at the one-day league meet, in many ways the hardest meet of the year (14.73 in 110 hurdles qualifying, 54.17 in the 400 hurdles and 22.81 in the 200 (his fourth race of the day) have lifted him into the conversation for state group titles and even a State Meet of Champions possibilities in the long hurdles.
Bernard, a junior, who was third in the indoor State Group 2 high jump in the winter, has cleared a New Jersey major meet best of 6-6 this spring but stopped after winning the high jump on April 28 to nurse a minor injury.
And they've spawned even more talent. Junior Dylan Duque Franco was a kid with a lot of ability his first year with little understanding of the sport, Geraghty says. "But he had the desire to be good in the 400 and the 400 hurdles and caught on in the 110 hurdles late last spring.'' At the league meet he was right behind Fall in all three of his events, scoring 20 points for the Wildcats.
Junior Elijah Davis also had a huge meet, winning the pole vault, javelin and taking third in the 100 hurdles, insuring a Wildcat sweep. Senior Fernando Ramos-Garcia won the 800 and should be capable of running 1:58 later in the season. And versatile junior Sean Palsi placed in the javelin, 200 and triple jump.
"The kids have shown great composure and readiness all season and now their work is paying off as we get to championship season,'' said Geraghty.
Hasbrouck Heights boys and girls remain unbeaten in NJIC history
Someday, the Hasbrouck Heights boys and girls track and field team will not win an NJIC divisional title. Someday the Aviators may actually lose a dual meet.
Not this year, however. Hasbrouck Heights swept the American division titles for the 16th straight time on April 28, and extended its dual winning streaks to 289 for the girls and 144 for the boys.
The boys won half of the 16 events and outscored Bogota, 240-131, led by senior Michael Napolitano, who won the 100, 200 and 400. Jalil Baldwin won the long and triple jump, Brandon Jera took the 110 meter high hurdles, Sonnie Perrelli the pole vault and Brady Shine the javelin.
The girls outpointed Bogota, 267 1/2-126 1/2, despite an excellent distance triple by the Bucs' Ana Michel. Juniors Gina Minichiello (200, 400 hurdles, long jump) and Alivia Mazza (100 hurdles, high jump and triple jump) were triple winners for the Aviators, while Evelette Broncato took the shot and discus, Sarah Vinas took the 400 and Abigail Wanco the pole vault.
Summaries
Here are the team scores and top five performances from the four divisions at the NJIC championships plus any other division winners.
Boys
Team Scoring
COLONIAL DIVISION: Glen Rock (GR) 154, Manchester (MAN) 71, Garfield (GAR) 63 1/2, Hawthorne (HAW) 58 1/2, Saddle Brook (SB) 48, Pompton Lakes (PL) 30, Hawthorne Christian (HC) and Butler (BUT) 24, Eastern Christian (EC) 23.
PATRIOT: Leonia (LEON) 151, New Milford (NM) 139, Dwight-Englewood (DE) 47, Midland Park (MP) 39, Waldwick (WALD) 30, Park Ridge (PR) and Emerson (EMER) 28, Saddle River Day (SRD) 10.
AMERICAN: Hasbrouck Heights (HH) 240, Bogota (BOG) 131, Elmwood Park (EP) and Ridgefield (RF) 34; Lodi (LO) 24, Wood-Ridge (WR) 22, Palisades Park 2.
NATIONAL: Becton (BEC) 191 1/2, Lyndhurst (LYND) 110 1/2, Rutherford (RUTH) 72, St. Mary's (SM) 56, Wallington (WALL) and Secaucus (SEC) 22, Weehawken (WEE) 14., North Arlington (NA) 6.
100: Michael Napolitano (HH), 10.73; Jonathan Huertas (SM), 10.93; Toby Caswell (GR), 11.05; Ivan Bempah (NM), 11.11; Jacob Sasunov (GR), 11.25.
High jump: Junta, 6-2; Jaysen Tomas (LEON), Leighton Kelly (GR) and Jayden Rosario (HAW), 6-0; Dimitry Bernard (BEC) and Jonny Gage (RF), 5-10.
Long jump: Julian Perry (BEC), 21-2 1/2; Cesar Brown (SM), 20-3 1/2; Tuohy, 20-3; Dawens Michel (RUTH), 20-1 1/2; Matthew Suh (DE), 20-0. (Jalil Baldwin (HH), 19-10.