Indoor Track: Groups 1 & 4 Championships

Owen Keating of Pompton Lakes wins the boys pole vault Group 1 Championship clearing 16Õ1 feet at Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River, NJ on Sunday, February 23, 2025. Duncan Williams | For NJ Advance Media

FIRST TEAM ALL STATE

Pole vault

Owen Keating, Pompton Lakes, Sr.

Keating led the state in the pole vault from start to finish after posting a 16-6 at the Refuel with Chocolate Milk HOF Invitational that is the fourth-best mark in state history. The Binghamton University commit also bested his own Passaic County record of 15-6 in the event. Keating also won the Passaic County, NJIC, North 1, Group 1 and Group 1 titles in the event as he reset the meet record in Group 1 with a 16-1. He capped off the season with a Meet of Champions title as well.

 

 

N.J.’s All-Group 1 boys indoor track & field teams3,200:

First Team

Aidan Morrow, Hasbrouck Heights, Sr.

55-hurdles: William Cusick, Cresskill, Sr,

Pole vault: Owen Keating, Pompton Lakes, Sr.

Second Team

55: Michael Napolitano, Hasbrouck Heights, Jr.

High jump: Matthew Murillo, Hasbrouck Heights, Sr.

Third Team

400: Carter Solloway, Hawthorne, Jr.

Shot put: Evan Yuzon, Glen Rock, So.

NJIC boys indoor track & field Athlete & Team of the Year for 2024-25

The 2024-25 indoor track and field season is in the books, and NJ.com is going conference by conference to recognizing the athletes and teams who delivered the most this winter.

Below, find our boys postseason honors for the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference.

 

Athlete of the Year:

Owen Keating, Pompton Lakes, Sr.

Keating led the state in the pole vault from start to finish after posting a 16-6 at the Refuel with Chocolate Milk HOF Invitational that is the fourth-best mark in state history. The Binghamton University commit also bested his own Passaic County record of 15-6 in the event. Keating also won the Passaic County, NJIC, North 1, Group 1 and Group 1 titles in the event as he reset the meet record in Group 1 with a 16-1. He capped off the season with a Meet of Champions title as well.

Team of the Year:

Hasbrouck Heights