Seniors Christian Langston, Xavier Wyatt and Julian Conigliaro were on three relay teams that placed in the top three, Delsea’s field event team scored 26 of a possible 30 points Sunday and the Crusaders won their 5th state relays title since 2010 at the Bubble.
Delsea scored 50 points at the Bubble in Group 3, finishing well clear of 2nd-place Morris Knolls, which finished with 31. Winslow was 3rd with 24 and Timber Creek 5th with 19.
Delsea also won state relays titles in 2010, 2011 and 2020, all in Group 2. The only South Jersey schools with more relays championships than Delsea are Willingboro [18], Haddonfield [7] and Woodbury [5]. Bishop Eustace, Bridgeton, Kingsway and Winslow also have four.
Langston, Xavier Wyatt, senior Dante McGrenehan and Conigliaro gave the Crusaders their one win on the track, placing 1st in the 800-meter relay in 1:31.38 in a 1-2-3 finish with Timber Creek [1:33.2] and Winslow Township [1:34.90].
Delsea also won the shot put relay with junior Jonathan Harris [55-5 ½] and senior Greg Masso [50-3 ½] combining to throw 105-9.
In the pole vault relay, sophomore Mason Murray tied his PR with a 13-0 clearance, and senior Carlos Reyes cleared 12-6 for a combined 25-6.
Delsea also took 2nd in the high jump with senior Wayne Adair clearing 5-10 and sophomore Quincy Matthews
Delsea placed 3rd in the 1,600-meter relay with Langston, Wyatt, McGrenehan and Conigliaro running 3:30.46 and 3rd also in the sprint medley with Langston, Wyatt, Conigliaro and sophomore Matthew Littlehales anchoring.
Winslow won the sprint medley in 3:39.03 with junior Chukwuemeka Ajaegbulemh, junior Dominic Bassey, junior Jayden Poteat and senior Darrell Jackson Jr., and took 3rd in the 800-meter relay with a 1:34.90 with Poteat, freshman Jabril Hammond, Jackson Jr and sophomore Jacoby James.
Timber Creek won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:28.23 and placed 2nd in the 800-meter relay in 1:33.27. Senior Nasir Ali, senior Isiah Marcellus, junior Kysim Khan ran on the 4-by-200 and Ali, Marcellus, Khan and senior Robert Wakefield on the 4-by-400.
Absegami placed 2nd in the shot put relay with senior Gabriel Wilkins [PR 53-7 ¾] and junior Vincent Kronk [39-1] and Hammonton was 3rd with junior Anthony Liakhonovich [PR 50-6 ¾] and junior Christian Medina [40-7 ½].
Clearview placed 3rd in the pole vault relay with senior Daniel Couse hitting an indoor PR of 13-6 ½
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 