Willingboro junior Eric Foster completed the 100-110 hurdles double Saturday at the state Group 2 meet at Delsea.
Foster won the 100 with a 10.94, edging Raritan senior Kieran Falzon, who was 2nd in 11.00 and he came back and won the 110-meter hurdles in a PR 14.04, finishing clear of Demarest senior Jack Attali, 2nd in 14.16.
Foster becomes Willingboro’s first junior double winner at states since Mike Morrison won the Group 3 high jump at 7-0 and long jump at 22-11 ¾ at the 2002 meet in South Plainfield. (Malachi James won the 100 and 200 last year as a freshman.)
Foster is also the first Willingboro boy ever – indoors or out – to win both high hurdles and sprint races at the state championships.
Foster was just 1-100th of a second off his 100 PR of 11.93 from sectionals. His previous 110 highs PR was 14.55 at South Jersey Open, also at Delsea, in May.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 