Huge performance Tuesday at the Salem County Championships in Salem by one of New Jersey’s top sophomores.
Schalick’s David Stewart won three events and placed in a 4th to help the Cougars win the team title 102-72 over Woodstown.
Biggest highlight of Stewart’s triple win was a huge PR of 49.19 in the 400, dropping his overall PR from 50.30 indoors at the Ott Center in January and lowering his outdoor PR from 52.25 at last year’s Salem County meet at Pennsville.
That 49.19 is 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year fastest by a Group 1 runner, a South Jersey runner or a sophomore and I believe 3rd-fastest all-time in Salem County, behind Tim Reed of Penns Grove, who ran 47.94 in 1984 at the Delaware Valley Meet of Champions at Franklin Field, and Jaymes Dennison of Penns Grove, who ran 48.33 at 2013 Group 1 states at Egg Harbor.
Stewart also won the 100 in a PR 11.22 and the triple jump at 43-1 ½ and was 5th in the long jump with a 19-5 ¼.
Stewart’s previous 100 PR was an 11.28, also at last year’s Salem County meet. The 11.22 is 2nd-fastest this year in Group 1, behind Kinnelon’s Ryan Geng, who ran 11.08 earlier this month.
In the horizontal jumps, Stewart has PRs of 21-4 ½ from last year’s Salem County meet and 44-4 from a meet at Delsea last month. That 44-4 is No. 3 in New Jersey Group 1 and No. 4 in South Jersey.
At Penn, Schalick will race the 400-meter relay at 11:55 a.m. Thursday and a 4-by-4 class race at 3:39 p.m. Thursday. Listed lineups are senior Reggie Allen Jr., senior Michael Eberl, senior Kenai Simmons and Stewart in the 4-by-1 and Allen Jr., Eberl, Stewart and junior Steve Chomo in the 4-by-4.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 