The Blue Streak junior cut his time by 30 seconds to earn a Meet of Champions berth. Also MoC-bound from Saturday's Group 2 and 3 meet results are Hackettstown's Nioami Miranda and Voorhees' Chris Romero and Lauren Wagner.
Four local athletes wrapped up Meet of Champions berths Saturday at the NJSIAA Group 2 and Group 3 meets at Northern Burlington High School.
Hackettstown senior Nioami Miranda, Warren Hills junior Brian Spolarich, Voorhees sophomore Chris Romero and Voorhees freshman Lauren Wagner will be running Wednesday (2:30 p.m.) at the MoC’s new home at Central Regional High School in Bayville after top-six finishes at the group meets.
Spolarich’s spot in the 3,200-meter run is perhaps the most surprising of the results. He finished fifth the Group 3 race in 9 minutes, 19.22 seconds – a 30-second drop his from his performance at the North 2 Group 3 sectional last week. It is also the No. 2 time in the lehighvalleylive region this year and a top-25 time in all-time region history.
Miranda took third in the Group 2 200-meter dash in 25.65 to advance. She will also run the 400 at Central Regional.
Wagner was fifth in the Group 2 3,200 in 11 minutes, 22.04 seconds to advance, while Romero was also fifth in Group 2 in 9:25.68.
It is possible other area athletes will receive wild-card entries to the Meet of Champions, which will be determined Sunday.
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