Track & Field: Top 10 early season relay teams and individuals

The 2026 spring track and field season is less than three weeks into its 10 week sprint with the Dr. Boverini Passaic Relays already in the books and the Jack Yockers Relays is set for April 17-18 at River Dell.

The state sectionals on May 14-15 are less than a month away with the State Meet of Champions set for an extraordinarily early finish on June 3, less than three months after the winter SMOC.

Early season team scores

(top 5 finishers)

Pawlowski Relays

at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, April 4

BOYS: Becton 104, Ridgewood 79, Passaic 66, Paramus and Park Ridge 60.

GIRLS: Westwood 81, Becton 75, Ridgewood 64, IHA 61, Bergen Tech 59.

Season Opener

at Church Track and Field Complex, Hackensack, April 4

BOYS: Passaic Tech 102, Bloomfield 89, Hasbrouck Heights 70, Lyndhurst 32, Kearny 31,

GIRLS: Passaic Tech 103, Bloomfield 88, Hasbrouck Heights and Lyndhurst 64, Hawthorne 60.

Aviator Relays

at Depken Field, Hasbrouck Heights, April 10

BOYS: Ramsey 68, Hasbrouck Heights 66, Becton 59, Glen Rock 50, New Milford 42.

GIRLS: Hasbrouck Heights 99, Ramsey 96, Lyndhurst 65 1/2, Westwood 38, Midland Park 29.

Comet Relays

at Church Track & Field Complex, Hackensack, April 11

BOYS: Ridgewood 85, Bogota 56, Paramus 53, Leonia 52 1/2, Fair Lawn 51.

GIRLS: IHA 113, Ramapo 94, Bergen Tech 86, Ridgewood 48, Teaneck 46.

Here are the top 10 North Jersey relay performances in each event on the track with three person relays in the field events. State rankings are in parentheses if available. * — denotes hand time.

Girls

4-x-100: 1. Passaic Tech, 49.13 (4); 2. Paramus Catholic, 49.35 (6); 3. IHA, 50.34* (t-19); 4. Westwood and Teaneck, 50.54* (t-25); 6. Northern Highlands, 50.77; 7. Holy Angels, 50.86; 8. Hasbrouck Heights and Ramapo, 51.24*; 10. Hawthorne, 51.50.

4-x-200: 1. Westwood, 1:43.84* (6); 2. Passaic Tech, 1:44.84* (8); 3. Ramsey, 1:49.04*; 4. Hawthorne, 1:49.54*; 5. Bergen Tech, 1:50.44*; 6. Dwight Morrow, 1:50.94*; 7. Bergenfield, 1:51.14*; 8. Glen Rock, 1:51.94*; 9. West Milford, 1:52.18; 10. Becton, 1:52.74*.

4-x-400: 1. Passaic Tech, 4:08.48 (9); 2. Westwood, 4:08.54* (10); 3. Hasbrouck Heights, 4:09.44* (13); 4. IHA, 4:12.94* (24); 5. Becton, 4:14.64*; 6. Lakeland, 4:15.14; 7. West Milford, 4:16.91; 8. Paramus, 4:20.04*; 9. North Arlington, 4:21.14*; 10. Clifton, 4:24.50.

4-x-800: 1. Ridgewood, 9:30.63 (3); 2. West Milford, 10:08.32 (19); 3. Clifton, 10:12.23 (23); 4. Ramsey, 10:16.34*; 5. Lakeland, 10:22.43; 6. Lyndhurst, 10:27.64*; 7. Ramapo, 10:28.14*; 8. Passaic Tech, 10:29.04*; 9. Wayne Hills, 10:31.91; 10. Tenafly, 10:32.54..

4-x-1,600: 1. Waldwick, 22:43.74* (1); 2. Ramapo, 23:03.64* (4); 3. Ramsey, 23:10.14* (5); 4. West Milford, 23:26.04* (6); 5. Passaic Tech, 24:37.54* (10); 6. Hasbrouck Heights, 24:42.74* (12); 7. IHA, 24:43.54* (13); 8. Glen Rock, 25:15.24* (14); 9. Bogota, 25:40.34* (18); 10. Wayne Valley, 25:52.64* (20).

Sprint medley: 1. IHA, 4:19.74*; 2. Westwood, 4:23.44*; 3. Wayne Hills, 4:26.35; 4. Passaic Tech, 4:27.06; 5. West Milford, 4:27.64*; 6. Clifton, 4:28.04; 7. Passaic Valley, 4:28.64*; 8. North Arlington, 4:29.04*; 9. Bogota, 4:30.14*; 10. Rutherford, 4:32.44*.

Distance medley: 1. Ridgewood, 12:34.02 (5); 2. Ramapo, 12:55.94* (11); 3. Leonia, 13;04.64* (16); 4. Westwood, 13:14.74* (20); 5. West Milford, 13:20.48; 6. Tenafly, 13:42.64*; 7. Bergen Tech, 13:48.54*; 8. Ramsey, 13:51.04*; 9. Clifton, 13:52.17; 10. Lakeland, 13:55.26.

Shuttle hurdles: 1. Passaic Tech, 1:03.34*; 2. Paramus Catholic, 1:05.94*; 3. Ridgewood, 1:05.98; 4. Hasbrouck Heights, 1:11.44; 5. IHA, 1:12.04*; 6. Hawthorne, 1:12.44 and Lyndhurst, 1:12.74*; 8. Midland Park, 1:14.24*; 9. Ramsey, 1:15.14*; 10. North Bergen, 1:15.54.

3-x-400 IH: Ramapo, 3:25.12*; 2. Passaic Tech, 3:25.32; 3. Hasbrouck Heights, 3:28.02*; 4. Ridgewood, 3:30.42*; 5. Passaic Tech, 3:35.72*; 6. Lakeland, 3:38.50; 7. Wayne Hills, 3:39.23; 8. Ramsey, 3:39.72*; 9. West Milford, 3:42.11; 10. Lyndhurst, 3:49.42*.

Shot put: 1. Ramapo, 107-9 1/4; 2. Bergen Tech, 101-6 1/2; 3. Hasbrouck Heights, 96-10 1/2; 4. Hawthorne, 94-3; 5. Lyndhurst, 94-0 1/2; 6. Teaneck, 94-0; 7. Passaic Tech, 93-8 1/2; 8. New Milford, 91-6; 9. Saddle Brook, 86-3 1/2; 10. Old Tappan, 84-11.

Discus: 1. Bergen Tech, 349-10; 2. Teaneck, 305-7; 3. Old Tappan, 284-11; 4. Ramapo, 272-6; 5. Hawthorne, 264-2; 6. New Milford, 249-1; k7. Manchester, 242-3; 8. Ridgewood, 241-5; 9. Hasbrouck Heights, 239-8; 10. Becton, 230-9.

Javelin: 1. Midland Park, 285-3; 2. Passaic Tech, 279-8; 3. Hasbrouck Heights, 276-2; 4. West Milford, 274-10; 5. Paramus 270-10; 6. Wayne Hills, 270-6; 7. Bogota, 260-0; 8. IHA, 253-9; 9. Cresskill, 249-9; 10. River Dell, 249-7.

High jump: 1. Passaic Tech, 14-10; 2. Ramsey, 14-4; 3. Mahwah, 14-2; 4. Hawthorne, 13-10; 5. Ramapo, 13-9; 6. Cresskill, 13-6; 7. Westwood, 13-4; 8. Bogota and Tenafly, 13-3; 10. Rutherford, 13-0.

Long jump: 1. Passaic Tech, 47-9 1/2; 2. Ramsey and Bergen Tech, 46-7; 4. Ramapo, 46-3; 5. Indian Hills, 45-9 3/4; 6. Hasbrouck Heights, 45-6; 7. Lyndhurst, 44-10 1/2; 8. Park Ridge, 44-9 1/2; 9. Dwight Morrow, 44-8; 10. Pascack Hills, 44-4 1/2.

Triple jump: 1. Passaic Tech, 100-9; 2. Wayne Hills, 98-2; 3. Lakeland, 97-8; 4. IHA, 97-1 1/2; 5. Lyndhurst, 97-0 3/4; 6. Ramsey, 96-5 1/2; 7. Hasbrouck Heights, 95-1 1/2; 8. Pascack Hills, 93-8 1/4; 9. Cresskill, 93-2 1/2; 10. Ramapo, 93-1.

Pole vault: 1. Dumont, 26-0; 2. Ridgewood and Becton, 23-6; 4. Indian Hills, 22-0; 5. Lyndhurst, 21-6; 6. Hawthorne and Midland Park, 21-0; 8. Hasbrouck Heights, 20-0; 9. Paramus Catholic, 18-6.

Boys

4-x-100: 1. Demarest, 43.14* (t-3); 2. Paramus Catholic, 43.42 (12); 3. Passaic Tech, 43.62 (19); 4. Hasbrouck Heights, 43.74* (21); 5. Passaic, 43.86; 6. Dwight Morrow and Ramsey, 44.24*; 8. Ramapo, 44.44*; 9. Bergenfield and Hackensack, 44.64*.

4-x-200: 1. Dwight Morrow, 1:31.6* (14); 2. Passaic and Hackensack, 1:32.0* (t-19); 4. Glen Rock, 1:32.1* (21); 5. Bergenfield, 1:32.2* (24); 6. Hasbrouck Heights, 1:32.7*; 7. Ramsey, 1:33.1*; 8. Passaic Tech, 1:33.23; 9. Paramus, 1:33.4*; 10. Becton, 1:33.6*.

4-x-400: 1. Paramus Catholic, 3:30.73; 2. Lakeland, 3:32.78; 3. Hasbrouck Heights, 3:33.0*; 4. West Milford, 3:33.36; 5. Paramus, 3:33.5*; 6. Passaic Tech, 3:34.2*; 7. Clifton, 3:36.82; 7. North Bergen, 3:37.79; 8. Kennedy, 3:38.95; 9. Wayne Hills, 3:39.33; 10. Wayne Valley, 3:39.94.

4-x-800: 1. Hackensack, 8:01.4* (2); 2. New Milford, 8:31.0*; 3. West Milford, 8:35.21; 4. Passaic Tech, 8:35.6*; 5. Wayne Hills, 8:35.96; 6. Glen Rock, 8:44.5*; 7. Bogota, 8:50.0*; 8. Lyndhurst, 8:51.7*; 9. Park Ridge, 8:52.9*; 10. Indian Hills, 8:55.4*.

4-x-1,600: 1. Passaic Tech, 18:53.4* (2); 2. Indian Hills, 19:08.1* (4); 3. New Milford, 19:28.7* (10); 4. Ramsey, 19:32.4 (12); 5. Dumont, 19:42.9* (17); 6. Mahwah, 19:52.0* (20); 7. Lyndhurst, 20:00.0* (22); 8. Bogota, 20:05.1* (23); 9. Leonia, 20:10.0* (24); 10. Fair Lawn, 20:37.3*.

Sprint medley: 1. West Milford, 3:36.54; 2. Hasbrouck Heights, 3:41.2*; 3. Ramapo, 3:42.6*; 4. Lakeland, 3:43.84; 5. Fort Lee and Leonia, 3:45.1*; 7. Wayne Hills, 3:45.35; 8. Ramsey, 3:45.5*; 9. Passaic Tech, 3:46.26; 10. Glen Rock, 3:46.3*.

Distance medley: 1. Bergen Tech, 11:16.8*; 2. Passaic Tech, 11:17.83; 3. Northern Highlands, 11:20.51; 4. Indian Hills, 11:22.9*; 5. Wayne Hills, 11:23.45; 6. Dumont, 11:28.6*; 7. Ridgewood, 11:30.7*; 8. New Milford, 11:34.3*; 9. Ramsey, 11:40.4*; 10. Lakeland, 11:41.32.

Shuttle hurdles: 1. Becton, 1:02.17; 2. Ridgewood, 1:04.5*; 3. Ramsey, 1:08.6*; 4. Passaic Tech, 1:09.57; 5. Manchester, 1:10.35; 6. Dumont, 1:10.7*; 7. Kennedy, 1:11.6*; 8. Pascack Hills, 1:11.8*; 9. Lyndhurst, 1:12.1*; 10. Hasbrouck Heights, 1:13.0*.

3-x-400 IH: 1. Ridgewood, 2:55.3*; 2. Becton, 2:56.2*; 3. Passaic Tech, 3:00.6*; 4. West Milford, 3:00.81; 5. Ramsey, 3:02.0*; 6. Manchester, 3:02.27; 7. Hasbrouck Heights, 3:04.6*; 8. Hawthorne, 3:08.02; 9. Bogota and New Milford.

Shot put: 1. Hackensack, 131-10 1/2; 2. River Dell, 126-6 1/2; 3. Glen Rock, 125-9; 4. New Milford, 124-6; . Ridgewood, 124-0 1/4; 6. Passaic valley, 123-10 3/4; 7. Passaic Tech, 121-10 1/2; 8. Lakeland, 120-0 1/2; 9. Old Tappan, 119-4 3/4; 10. Paramus, 117-11 1/4.

Discus: 1. Hackensack, 354-9; 2. Paramus, 348-11; 3. River Dell, 342-1; 4. New Milford, 333-10; 5. Ridgewood, 330-5; 6. Old Tappan, 320-2; 7. Passaic Valley, 317-5; 8. Paramus, 315-7; 9. Hasbrouck Heights, 312-3; 10. Lakeland, 310-6.

Javelin: 1. Hasbrouck Heights, 425-7; 2. Bogota, 421-4; 3. River Dell, 396-0; 4. Becton, 392-2; 5. West Milford, 378-1; 6. Hawthorne, 373-10; 7. Midland Park, 372-1; 8. Mahwah, 367-2; 9. Lyndhurst, 366-0; 10. Passaic Valley, 354-0.

High jump: 1. Becton, 17-6; 2. Bergen Tech, 16-6; 3. Lodi and Midland Park, 16-2; 5. Glen Rock, 16-0; 6. Hasbrouck Heights and Tenafly, 15-10; 8. Ridgewood, 15-9; 9. Dwight-Englewood, 15-4.

Long jump: 1. Demarest, 65-2; 2. Old Tappan, 64-0 1/2; 3. Dwight Morrow, 59-5 1/4; 4. Becton, 59-0; 5. Passaic, 58-1 1/2; 6. Passaic Tech, 56-6 3/4; 7. Lakeland, 56-4; 8. Hasbrouck Heights, 55-6 3/4; 9. Dumont, 55-5; 10. Fort Lee, 55-4 3/4.

Triple jump: Demarest, 133-6 1/2; 2. Passaic Tech, 127-11; 3. Pascack Hills, 117-10 1/2; 4. Lakeland, 117-3; 5. Kennedy, 116-5 1/2; 6. Dwight-Englewood, 116-4 1/2; 7. Park Ridge, 115-5 1/2; 8. Becton, 113-4 1/4; 9. Hasbrouck Heights, 112-0; 10. Passaic Valley, 109-11 1/2.

Pole vault: 1. Indian Hills, 31-0; 2. Mahwah, 28-0; 3. River Dell, 26-0.

Here are the top 10 North Jersey individuals in the field events as of April 14, 2026 (major meets only). State ranking in parentheses.

Top individuals

Girls

Shot put: 1. Grace Gilbert, Ramapo, 41-5 3/4 (3); 2. Afua Anyadike, Bergen Tech, 40-10 1/2 (4); 3. Cassie Bergstein, Ramapo, 38-6 1/2 (10); 4. Julia Korpics, Hawthorne, 38-2 (12); 5. Nikalena Iacono, Lyndhurst, 36-10 (25); 6. Freja Jepsen, Bergen Tech, 36-2; 7. Victoria Cole, Teaneck, 36-0 1/2; 8. Gabrielle Alty, New Milford, 35-11; 9. Riley Butler, Midland Park, 35-6; 10. Mia Corcoran, Glen Rock, 34-6 1/4.

Discus: 1. Anyadike, 136-0 (3); 2. Jepsen, 127-3 (7); 3. Korpics, 123-10 (10); 4. Gilbert, 123-0 (11); 5. Rianna Kirkorian, Pascack Hills, 116-6 (13); 6. Meva Turegun, Demarest, 104-2; 7. Diana Sanson, Wayne Valley, 103-0; 8. Iacono, 97-9; 9. Zuri Thorn, Becton, 97-1; 10. Butler, 95-3.

Javelin: 1. Peyton Lowenstein, West Milford, 133-2 (1); 2. Tori Hackett, Midland Park, 127-9 (2); 3. Elanna Henry, Garfield, 122-0 (4); 4. Ashley White, Wayne Hills, 114-2 (8); 5. Hannah Hermann, Cresskill, 110-10 (13); 6. Sadie Valentin, Paramus, 109-8 (15); 7. Lilah Thompson, Midland Park, 104-0; 8. Ashley Shine, Hasbrouck Heights, 1003-6; 9. Cienna Thimme, Midland Park, 101-7; 10. Mackenzie Vellis, Rutherford, 100-2.

High jump: Anna Totyik, Butler, Naiovi Arredondo, Indian Hills and Keaira Marshall, Cresskill, 5-0 (t-12); 4. 10 tied at 4-10.

Long jump: 1. Isabella Zrebiec, Northern Highlands, 17-8 3/4 (10); 2. Mikaella Francisco, Clifton, 17-7 (t-11); 3. Erika Gargano, Demarest, 17-6 1/4 (t-13); 4. Gina Minichiello, Hasbrouck Heights, 16-11 1/2; 5. Lia Gadot, Tenafly and Isabella Riotto, Pascack Hills, 16-8; 7. Ava Gagliano, Northern Highlands, 16-6 1/4; 8. Kaii Banks, Dwight Morrow, 16-6; 9. Sydney Lalla, Passaic Tech, 16-5 1/4; 10. Jules Pensari, Ramsey and Nora Blanz, Northern Highlands, 16-3.

Triple jump: 1. Blanz, 36-7 1/2 (4); 2. Zrebiec, 36-6 3/4 (5); 3. Adesola Afonja, Dwight-Englewood, 36-1 3/4 (9); 4. Francisco, 35-10 (10); 5. Gargano, 35-8 1/2 (11); 6. Gagliano, 35-1 3/4 (18); 7. Alicia Gonzalez, Lakeland, 34-9; 8. Gadot, 34-7; 9. Ariyonna Williams, Passaic Tech, 34-5; 10. Molly Quinn, IHA and Hanna Akegnan, Lyndhurst, 34-1.

Pole vault: 1. Jenna Monaco, Dumont, 10-0 (t-8); 2. Keiry Nunez, Dumont, Gianna Sanders, Becton and Fiore Riffard, Cresskill, 9-0 (t-24); 5. Schuyler Reed, Hawthorne; and Juliana Paavova, Indian Hills, 8-0.

Boys

Shot put: 1. Evan Yuzon, Glen Rock, 61-9 (1); 2. Patrick Szabo, Wallington, 48-0; 3. Sebastian Rubio, Paramus Catholic, 47-4 1/4; 4. Joshua Ricketts, Passaic Tech, 47-4; 5. Gabriel Jang, Leonia, 47-0 1/4; 6. Jadyn Eason, Hackensack, 47-0; 7. Shane Small, Old Tappan, 46-5; 8. Jake Johnson, New Milford, 45-4 1/2; 9. Rocco Testa, Passaic Valley, 45-1; 10. Anthony DeBenedetto, Paramus, 44-5 3/4.

Discus: 1. Yuzon, 154-5 (8); 2. Szabo, 149-11 (t-8); 3. Thomas Reinhardt, Lakeland, 140-10; 4. Ricketts, 139-6; 5. Johnson, 133-10; 6. Rubio, 133-5; 7. Jeremy Friedberg, New Milford, 126-6; 8. Eason, 121-0; 9. DeBenedetto, 120-0; 10. Lemar Lumsden, Bergenfield, 119-9.

Javelin: 1. Brady Shine, Hasbrouck Heights, 203-6 (2); 2. James Gibbons, Don Bosco, 171-3 (8); 3. Jayden Gonzalez, Bogota, 169-4 (11); 4. Elijah Davis, Becton, 155-1; 5. Lumsden, 148-3; 6. Andrew Maskal, Hawthorne, 148-1; 7. Jacob Junta, Midland Park, 146-4; 8. William Heinzelmann, West Milford, 143-11; 9. Kelvin Chan, Mahwah, 140-10; 10. Noah Melendez, Lyndhurst, 140-3.

High jump: 1. Dimitry Bernard, Becton, 6-4 (t-1); 2. Xavier Valdez, Bergenfield, 6-2 (t-13); 3. Jayden Rosario, Manchester, and Leighton Kelly, Glen Rock, 6-0 (t-25); 5. Junta, 5-10.

Long jump: 1. Brendan Alef, Demarest, 23-9 1/2 (1); 2. Christakis Nicolaou, Old Tappan, 22-9 (4); 3. Mathias Belgrave, Paramus Catholic, 21-10 (t-17); 4. Gavin Paneque, Demarest, 21-9 1/2 (20); 5. Brandon Willerton, Pascack Hills, 21-1; 6. Leo Etter, Old Tappan, 21-0 1/2; 7. Max Finkleman, Paramus, 20-11; 8. Eliam Zabaleta, Wood-Ridge, 20-9; 9. Julian Perry, Becton, 20-7; 10. Oscar Zacharski, Butler, 20-6.

Triple jump: 1. Alef, 49-3 1/2 (1); 2. Paneque, 45-0 1/2 (8); 3. Ethan Justin, Passaic Tech, 43-8 (21); 4. Willerton, 42-10 1/2 (25); 5. Jayden Taylor, North Bergen, 42-9 3/4; 6. Tyson Watkins, Passaic Tech, 42-6; 7. Zacharski, 41-9 1/2; 8. Ahmad Williams, Passaic Tech, 41-9; 9. Julian Fontanez, Demarest, 41-1 1/2; 10. Jaden Picinich, Northern Highlands, 41-1 1/4.

Pole vault: 1. Michael Moussou, Passaic Tech, 13-4 (1); 2. Ethan Ribitzki, Lakeland and Luciano Zizza, Ramsey, 12-6 (t-13); 4. Nicholas Jung, Lakeland, 11-6; 5. Dan Stella, Ramsey, 11-0.