Six OCHS athletes in Meet of Champions Saturday

By TOM WILLIAMS

A half-dozen Ocean City High School athletes will compete in three events on Saturday during the NJSIAA Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington Regional High School.

Sophia Gresham (above) qualified for the MOC by finishing fourth in the long jump at the South Jersey meet. She leaped 18 feet, 2 inches in that meet to better her own school record.

Matt Zelinski (above, with assistant coach Shawn Matthews) will run in the 400 meter hurdles. He finished fourth in the South Jersey Meet last weekend.

And the boys 4×800 relay team (above) will be in action. P.J. Short, Korey Greene, Luke Kramer and Jesse Schmeizer finished sixth in the sectional meet.

The MOC begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Northern Burlington with the top six from each sectional meet competing in each event. Northern Burlington is located at 160 Mansfield Road East in Columbus.

OCHS Winners at NJSIAA MOC
Boys
2008                Brett Johnson (1600 meters)
2003                John Richardson (800 meters)
2003                John Richardson (1600 meters)
1986                Leon Brown (200 meters)
Girls
2004                Brittany Sedberry (3200 meters)
1998                Lauren McHale (800 meters)
1994                Megan Hartman (1600 meters)