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June 10, 2018VIDEO: Fields, Coyle combine for 3 MOC medals; nine others from county compete
By BRIAN CUNNIFF
The 2017-18 Cape May County high school sports year ended in tremendous fashion for Cape May County athletes at the track and field Meet of Champions on Saturday.
CHARLES FIELDS
Two Wildwood Catholic athletes combined for three medals at the meet held at Northern Burlington High School. The meet brings various group state champions and other qualifiers together for one final competition to determine ultimate state champions in each event.
Crusader senior Charles Fields medaled twice. The seven-time state champion essentially finished as the second-fastest runner in the state by placing second in the 100-meter dash. Fields posted a time of 10.77 seconds to finish behind winner Mario Heslop of Franklin. Heslop won in 10.66. Fields broke his own program record in the event in his qualifying heat, running in 10.69 seconds.
Fields, who won the 100 and 200 and was part of the winning 4×100 relay team at the state Non-Public B meet, also placed fifth in the 200 in 21.73. Antonio Tarantino of Paul VI won the event in 21.25.
RAKIM COYLE
Also medaling from Wildwood Catholic was senior Rakim Coyle, who placed sixth in the long jump. Coyle, who won the event at the state Non-Public B meet, leaped 23 feet, 1 ¾ inches, setting a new program record in the process. A’Nan Bridgett of West Windsor won the event at 24-0. Wildwood Catholic’s Caleb Fields was also part of the long jump field and finished 24th with a best jump of 20-10.
The Fields brothers, Coyle and Aiden Saul finished 18th in 43.57 in the 4×100.
Seven Ocean City High School athletes also participated in the Meet of Champions after qualifying out of the state Group III championship meet.
On the girls side, junior Sophia Gresham placed 19th in the long jump at a distance of 17-6 ¼ and freshman Alexa Palmieri finished 20th in the 1,600 in 5:17.19.
In boys competition, senior Matt Zelinski placed 26th in the 400 hurdles with a time of 56.72 and P.J. Short, Korey Greene, Luke Kramer and Jesse Schmeizer combined for a 14th-place finish in the 4×800 relay in 8:07.93.
