Netters:
Once again this year, Woodrow Wilson HS of Camden has turned in an
outstanding all-around relay performance in New Jersey, placing no worse
than 7th in the state performance lists in seven of the standard eight
events and second in three of them.
The performances, in turn, were 48.32 for 400M (4th), 1:42.59 for
800M (3rd), 3:53.94 for 1600R (5th), 9:19.5 for 3200M (2nd), 4;)2.89 for the
1600M SMR (2nd), 12:27.14 for the DMR (7th) and 1:01.17 for the SHR (2nd);
The 1600 time would probably have been faster but Wilson was shut
out of state meet at the group level because its entry card went missing
before the final check-in. (In NJ<M the season's big effort comes in the
all-group meet)/
The absence of any mark for the 6400(or 4M)R was due to lack of
opportunity rather than talent. The race is not available in too many meets
in our state. Wilson had the "horses" with Linbdsay Thomas running 5:07.82
in a scratch race, Takesha Carter 5:11.67 and Taneshia Pittman under 5:15.
(The fourth leg is ca[able of around 5:20)
Wilson also posted a 1:46.46 in the 800M SMR which was run for the
first time at the Nationals.
Quite a record and particularly so for a middle-sized (Gr. III
in our state) inner-city school.
Ed Grant
