Matawan wins Lion Invitational; Robinson Performer of the Meet.

4/25/09

Much like Mother Nature, the Matawan turned up the heat this weekend at the Lion Invitational. The Huskies won the team competition and posted several winners and season bests. It was a great day of preparation for the athletes, it gave them a taste of both the weather and competition that they will see over the next several weeks as the team begins the championship segment of our season. The highlight of the meet for Matawan was Kyle Robinson who won both the 110 meter hurdles, with a time of 14.3 seconds, and the long jump, with a distance of 22 feet 2 inches. For his efforts, Kyle was awarded the Performer of the Meet. Kyle also placed 5th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.30 seconds and jumped 5'10" in the High Jump.

The Huskies also saw contributions from other athletes. In the 100 meter dash finals, Kyle Hardy and Jared Allison ran 11.12 and 11.25 respectively. In the finals of the 110 meter Hurdles, Robinson was joined by teammate Jon Smith who clocked a time of 15.7 seconds. In the 200 meter dash, Matawan's fastest time was posted by Brian Ramcheran who ran 22.4 seconds in the event. The junior also won the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.8 seconds. Also placing in the 400 was senior Will Alston who ran 53.0 seconds. Freshmen Solomon Simpkins ran 53.4 seconds to win the Freshmen 400 meter dash.

In the 800 meter run, junior Greg McCormack ran a season best 2:04 seconds. He was accompanied by junior Omar Emera who also posted a breakthrough performance of 2:10 seconds. This was a solid 6 second personal best for Omar who has only been competing since March in this sport. In the 3200 meter run, Senior Sean Donohue posted a time of 9:50 seconds to place 4th in the event. This was a 14 second personal best for Donohue who is continuing to have a great season. Also running season bests in the event for Matawan included juniors Evan Norwood (10:46) and Dhaval Shah(10:55). Sophomore Mike Harris also posted a personal best in the event with a time of 11:22.

In the field events, Derek Garland and Andre Hodge placed first and fifth with their throws of 52'5" and 51' respectively. In the Jumps, Matawan placed first second, and third in the Long Jump. Following Robinson was MacArthur Underwood(21'9.5") and Brian Carlson(21'4.5"). Matawan also placed well in the Triple Jump. Carlson jumped a distance of 41'4.5". He was joined by Jon and Tyrone Smith who posted jumps of
39'9" and 37'8" respectively. Matawan's top performer in the Pole Vault was Vinny Schifini who jumped 13'0". He was joined by John Bartlett (12'6") and Dylan Spadaccini (11'). The Matawan Huskies will be on the Track again Monday to complete the Dual Meet season against Rumson and Manasquan at Rumson. Complete list of Matawan Performances