Boys Virtual County Meet: Team Scores for Spring Track 2025
A couple weeks ago, the Mercer Track Coaches Association selected the top individuals and relays in the county this past spring. (Check out that list here.) But who were the top teams in Mercer County?
The purest and most straightforward answer is to look at the results of the CVC Championships. After all, that’s when almost everyone was forced to compete head-to-head, under pressure, and with just one shot at a good result. Notre Dame won the boys championship there, followed by Princeton, Allentown, and Nottingham. Those schools earned the right to say they are among the best in Mercer County.
But there are some drawbacks to using the CVC Championships as a measure of the county’s best teams. That meet was a week earlier than usual this year, so some athletes were still rounding into peak form ahead of groups and the Meet of Champions. Some athletes had an off day at CVCs but otherwise had a remarkable season. And, most obviously, the CVC Championships did not include several schools in Mercer County.
Another way to measure the top teams in the county is to compare their athletes’ best results across the whole season, which is what the Track Mercer leaderboard has been doing. There are, of course, caveats that come with comparing results across different outdoor meets. Sprint times are affected by the wind, distance times are affected by tactics, and every event is affected by the weather. So it’s not a perfect comparison, but it’s a fun and insightful comparison!
Here are the results from a virtual meet using the final BOYS leaderboards for Spring Track 2025. While real meets usually only score the top 6 in each event, this virtual meet scored the top 12, in order to give credit to more athletes and schools. The point distribution was 15-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Below the scoreboard are highlights of the primary point-scorers at each of the top 6 schools.
Congratulations to everyone who wound up on the leaderboards this year!
| No. | School | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame |  | 193.8 |
| 2 | Lawrenceville |  | 143.8 |
| 3 | Princeton |  | 136.6 |
| 4 | Allentown |  | 126.8 |
| 5 | WW-P North |  | 111.3 |
| 6 | WW-P South |  | 106.5 |
| 7 | Ewing |  | 90.8 |
| 8 | Peddie |  | 90.1 |
| 9 | Hightstown |  | 83.5 |
| 10 | Nottingham |  | 79.5 |
| 11 | Hamilton West |  | 48.3 |
| 12 | Lawrence |  | 45.8 |
| 13 | Hopewell Valley |  | 43.5 |
| 14 | Robbinsville |  | 39 |
| 15 | Steinert |  | 34 |
| 16 | Hun |  | 29 |
| 17 | Trenton |  | 23 |
| 18 | Thrive Charter |  | 13 |
| 19 | Princeton Day |  | 9 |
#1 Notre Dame (193.8 points). The CVC champs were led this year by their All-American hurdle crew, which consisted of Christopher Young, Zamir Jones, Bryce Marsh, and Aldric Crawford. Those boys went 1-4-5-10 for the 110mH in Mercer County. Crawford and Young were also #1 and #5 in the 400mH, plus Matt Ryba at #6. Combined, they racked up almost half of the total points available over the two hurdle events!
But the Irish would have been the top Mercer County team even without the hurdles. All those top hurdlers scored in other events, including Marsh at #2 in the high jump and Young at #3 in the 400m. Kendrick Mullen actually tied with Marsh for #2 in the high jump. The Irish’s relay teams were #1 in the 4x400m and #2 in the 4x100m. Jayden Davis and Max Whittle both were major contributors on those relays in addition to scoring points individually, in the 200m for Davis and the 800m/1600m for Whittle. Cameron Bailey was top 6 in all three throws.
#2 Lawrenceville (143.8 points). The Prep A state champs weren’t on Notre Dame’s level this year, but they could have taken anyone else in the CVC. They were county’s top team when it came to jumps, led by Ayo Britto as #1 in the high jump and Aslan Aksu as #1 in the pole vault. They also had the second-best distance group, led by Ayodele Joa-Griffith as the top 800m runner in the county, Owen Eldridge with the #4 3200m time, and Arunav Sarkar scoring in both the 800m and 1600m. In the sprints, Michael Bradley went #2 in the 100m and #6 in the 200m, and Joa-Griffith finished #6 in the 400m. The Big Red also got major points from Ben Lahlou as #2 in the discus and Corey Woodson as #5 in the 110mH, and Shailen Zimmerman as #6 in the long jump.
#3 Princeton (136.6 points). Princeton was a close 3rd in the county despite scoring only a single point in the sprint and distance events. They easily made up for that by dominating in the throws. Sean Wilton was the clear MVP, finishing a distant #1 in both the shot put and discus, but Princeton also had five other boys who picked up points in the discus or javelin: Eddie Del Cid, Rio Giamarese, Simon Obregon, Devin Levy, and Judah Marks. Outside of the throws, the hurdle duo of Yi-Tian Xiong (#2 in both 110mH and 400mH) and Ari Rosenblum (#8 in 110mH and #4 in 400mH) gave Princeton the second-best hurdle squad behind Notre Dame, while Ishaq Inayat finished #2 in the long jump and #4 in the triple jump.
#4 Allentown (126.8 points). Allentown staked its claim as the Mercer County sprint school this spring, racking up the most points there. Gavin Alvarez, the CVC MVP, finished the year as #1 in the 100m, #1 in the 200m, and #2 in the 400m. Matthew Woode and Cedric Mbachu were #4 and #6 in the 100m, and they all teamed up with Scott Jordan to run the #1 4x100m time. Allentown also established itself as the county’s javelin school after Mason Marcantonio, Evan Miller, and Dylan Voehl went 1-2-6 in that event.
#5 WWP North (111.3 points). WWP North had the top distance team in the county this spring, which generated the vast majority of their points. The distance boys were led by Subomi Allison (#2 in both the 800m and 1600m) and Agrim Jha (#1 in the 3200m and #3 in the 1600m). They were joined by Luke Ferrer and Jordan Andrade to run the #1 time in the 4x800m. Paul Wittenberg was top 8 in both the 1600m and 3200m. Outside of the distance ranks, they also had one of the county’s best sprinters in Aryan Hiray (#4 in the 400m).
#6 WWP South (106.5 points). Behind Allentown, WWP South was the next best sprint school. Julius Kinsler led the way as the top 400m runner and the #3 200m runner. Josiah Cureton scored points across all three flat sprints, and Aydun Hines was #9 in the 200m plus a key member of their relay teams, which went #3 in the 4x100m and #2 in the 4x400m. Outside of the sprints, Shravan Pradeep scored big by placing top 4 in both the 1600m and 3200m.
#7 Ewing (90.8 points). Ewing was led by Dasan Jones, who racked up major points in in the sprints by finishing #3 in the 100m, #2 in the 200m, and #7 in the 400m. Tyson Brown was #3 in the 400mH, and he and Calvin Kallie both scored in multiple hurdles and jumps events. Ewing’s distance squad didn’t score any points individually, but they had the depth to stack a 4x800m team that ended up #5 in the county.
#8 Peddie (90.1 points). Peddie’s well-rounded team was one of just three schools to score at least four points in every event group. Their biggest scorers were thrower Parker Hamilton (#2 in the shot put, #10 in discus) and sprinter Jelani Cine (#3 in the 110mH, #9 in the 400m).