This issue of the series presents an athlete who takes the name of track AND field star literally, Hawthorne graduate Kaitlin Salisbury.
Today we have a piece sent in by Ryan Rafferty. He had a successful distance running career at Jackson Memorial ending his New Jersey high school career at the Meet of Champions placing 5th in the 3200 meter. That race he ran a PR of 9:10.15 breaking a long standing school record.
This entry focuses on the Rienas brothers from Northern Valley Old Tappan, two seniors who will be attending Harvard University next fall.
Today we have a submission from Montgomery's Queen Divine who ranked NJ#10 in the 100 meter hurdles this past outdoor winning her Group 4 Central Sectional at 14.55.
Next up is Jahmir Ellis a sprinter and hurdler for Deptford high school, he placed fourth at Groups this past indoor running 6.69 making it to the Meet of Champions in the 55 meter dash.
Today we have a submission from Tasha Bethea from Piscataway. She was tied for NJ#6 this past indoor season.
This entry was submitted by Jack Kerin of Indian Hills who finished this season sixth at the Meet of Champions running 1:54.69 in the 800 meter.
Our next entry is from Grace Dwyer a state champion and Meet of Champions winner in the 3200 meter.
Here is a new series on NJ MileSplit, with so many seniors heading off to bigger and better things we wanted to give everyone a chance to salute them one more time.
Salute To Seniors is a medium for "senior farewells".