Einreinhofer 14th, Bonser 17th at Meet of Champions

Delana Einreinhofer placed 14th in the 3,200 meters and Brady Bonser 17th in the pole vault to pace the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Wallkill Valley Regional High School outdoor track and field team. (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions on Wednesday, June 12 at Pennsauken High School.

Einreinhofer, a junior, clocked 11:06.05 while Bonser, a senior, clocked 12-6.

The M of C is the final event of the outdoor athletics season.

Bonser automatically qualified for the M of C by winning the pole vault event with a 14-0 effort at the NJSIAA Group 1 championships June 7-8 at Franklin High School in Somerset.

Einreinhofer had placed second in the 1,600 meter (5:09.85) and 3,200 meter (11:04.42) races at the group championships.

By finishing first or second, Bonser and Einreinhofer automatically qualified for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions.

Other Wallkill Valley finalists at the NJSIAA group championships June 7-8 were Lorenzo Flores-DeBenedictis (eighth in the 200 meters), Kellan Brown (11th in the high jump) and the team of Delight Oti, Bonser, Brown and Flores-DeBenedictis. (14th in the 4×100 meter relay).

Other group championship winners were Sarina Sanders (sixth in high jump, sixth in triple jump); Lore Hicks (11th in the 100 meter hurdles, 21st in the 100 meter dash); Fiona Postas (16th in javelin); Sydney Vierzchalek (sixth in high jump); Hicks, Vierzchalek, Ashley Sutherland and Sanders (ninth in the 4×100-meter relay); Sutherland, Vierzchalek, Taylor Bonser and Sanders (11th in the 4×400-meter relay); and Bailey Cook, Kayleigh Newsome, Haley Murphy and Madison LaRocca (14th in the 4×800-meter relay).

Jefferson Shatzel

Kiley Shatzel of Jefferson Township High School finished her junior season with a bang, finishing fifth in the 400-meter hurdles and 12th in the 400-meter dash at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions.

Shatzel ran a time of 1:02.12 in the 400 meter hurdles and a time of 58.79 in the 400 meter dash. Eastern Region’s Natalie Dumas won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.98 and also won the 400-meter dash in 53.16.

Mike Nwankwo, a senior at Jefferson, also competed at the M of C, placing 26th in the shot put with a 47-11 effort. Joshua Huisman of St. Rose won that event with a throw of 67-03.75.

Shatzel qualified for the M of C by winning the 400-meter hurdles at the NJSIAA Group 2 Championships June 7-8 at Delsea High School in Franklinville with a time of 1:02.60 and placing second in the 400 meters in 56.28.

At the NJSIAA Sectional Championships May 31-June 1 at Vernon Township High School, Shatzel won the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.53 and the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.57 in addition to winning the 200 meters in 25.28.

Nwankwo qualified for the M of C by placing fourth in the shot put at the group championships with a score of 53-5 after winning the event at sectionals with a throw of 51-5.5.