Depth, Talent Leads South Brunswick Boys Track to 4-0 Start

Using its talent and incredible depth, the South Brunswick High School boys track team is off to a 4-0 start.

"We are 4-0 and are improving meet to meet," South Brunswick Coach Wilfredo Rivera said. "Our captains (Tre Tisdale, Kaseem Davis, Chris Barrood, Adam Dickert) are doing a great job of setting the tone. We have a ton of guys (Jay Donofrio, Jose Baxter, Juan Baxter, and Phil DeFroscia) that have improved since last season and we expect them to continue leading the way."

South Brunswick really showed off its talent and depth in a 121-19 win over Monroe on Apr. 10. South Brunswick had 28 different boys score in the meet.

South Brunswick managed to take the top three spots in the 100, 200, high jump, 800, 1600, 3200, javelin and pole vault.

Scott Cannon won the 100 (11.2). Hassan Funchess (second) and Rich Duverger (third) also had times of 11.2.

Kaseem Davis (22.7), Jose Baxter (23.1) and Funchess (23.2) swept the 200. Baxter added a second (58.4) and Davis a third (1:03.6)  in the 400 hurdles. Baxter also had a second (15.4) and Davis a third (16.1) in the high hurdles.

Christian Larbie won the high jump (6') and triple jump (40' 7 1/2"). Davis
was second (5' 10") and Duverger (5' 8") third in the high jump. Jeremy
Steiner-Otto was third in the triple jump (31' 10 3/4").

South Brunswick really got to show off its depth and talent in the distance
races. Amazingly, South Brunswick swept the top three spots in the 800, 1600 and 3200 using nine different runners. Mohammad Ziab (2:07.2), Nicholas Neville (2:07.7) and Hiten Doshi (2:09.4) earned the top three spots in the 800.

Tyler Blackburn (4:43.8), Chris Barrood (4:52.7) and Brendan Dempsey (5:00.9) took the top three spots in the 1600. Philip DeFroscia (10:26.1), Shahzaib Safi (10:50.5) and Bryan Colhoun (10:51.9) swept the 3200.

Jay Donofrio (167' 8"), Adam Dickert (140' 5") and Robert Puzio (129' 7")
earned the top three spots in the javelin.

Nick Carbone (10'), Darrell Harper (10') and Kevin Wainczak (9') swept the
pole vault.

Tre Tisdale (52.1) and Matt Tamasi (52.5) took the top two spots in the 400. Those two runners also teamed up with Barrood and Ziab to win the 4x400 in a time of 3:39.6.

Jaleel Alston (20' 1 1/2") and Duverger (18' 5") earned the top two spots in the long jump.

South Brunswick also placed two athletes in the shot put and discus. Erich
Kaiser won the discus (124' 11") and Gourab Das was third (102' 1"). Dickert won the shot (48' 9 1/2") and Kyle Tortorelli was second (42' 9 3/4").

South Brunswick is coming off a 2011 season in which it was 8-0 and third in the Greater Middlesex Conference Championship. Because of the depth and talent of the 2012 squad, Rivera has set the goals high.

"The Vikings look to contend for the Red Division, GMC Coaches Relays and GMC Individual Championships," Rivera said.