UC Girls Win SMR’S At NB Nationals
By Jim Lambert
Union Catholic, which produced a mind-boggling 16 All-Americans, pulled a serious flex move in the girls SMR by putting three teams in the top seven as all three ran times that are top 7 in state history!!! That’s right, UC had 12 girls on three different SMR teams run three of the fastest seven times in NJ history!!! How crazy is that!!!
Junior Taylor Cox, junior Taylor Aska, freshman Rhia Randolph, and freshman Paige Sheppard combined to run 3:54.62 to give Union Catholic’s the title, a new state record and the fifth fastest time in U.S. high school indoor history. UC also had a team finish third in the SMR in 3:59.99, No. 3 in state history, and 4:02.80, No. 7 in state history.
Cox and Aska combined to run 49.49 on their 200 legs, Robinson split 55.55 for 400, and Sheppard finished it off with a 2:09.60 carry as the Vikings destroyed the state record of 3:57.19, set by Columbia when it finished first at the 2014 New Balance National Championships at the New York Armory.
UC also had a team finish third in the SMR in 3:59.99, No. 3 in state history, and 4:02.80, No. 7 in state history.
That’s right, UC had 12 girls on three different SMR teams run three of the fastest seven times in NJ history!!! How crazy is that!!!
Union Catholic also broke the state record in the 4xmile when Emmy O’Hearn, Paige Sheppard, Cayleigh Kaiser, and Sophia Thompson combined to place fifth in 20:19.02.
