Pitt Places Second in Group IV Triple Jump

The South Brunswick High School boys track team has stretched out its season to the final day. Six Viking track standouts will represent South Brunswick at The Meet of Champions, which will be held at the Carl Sandburg Middle School in Old Bridge on Thursday.

The Meet of Champions will have all of the top qualifers from the group meets, held this past weekend. The meet will include South Brunswick's Jonathan Pitt, Jaleel Alston, Jose Baxter, Kaseem Davis, Tre Tisdale and Matt Tamasi.

"Jonathan Pitt continued his great season with a new school record in the triple jump," South Brunswick Coach Wilfredo Rivera noted.

Pitt placed second in the Group IV triple jump with a distance of 47 5 3/4".

Jaleel Alston also earned a spot in the Meet of Champions by placing sixth in the long jump with a distance of 21' 1".

The top six finishers in each event at the group meets automatically advance to The Meet of Champions. The top non-medal winners from all the groups also had the chance to advance as wild cards, based on their performance.

"The team was fortunate to earn wildcards into the Meet of Champions in the long jump for Jonathan Pitt, and the 4x400 team of Jose Baxter, Kaseem Davis, Matt Tamasi and Tre Tisdale," Rivera said.

Pitt placed seventh in the long jump with a distance of 21 feet, an inch away from sixth place and teammate Jaleel Alston.

The 4x400 team of Baxter, Davis, Tamasi and Tisdale placed ninth, but advanced because of its 3:22.73 time.

South Brunswick had nine athletes qualify to compete in the Group IV finals. Included in this group were Adam Dickert and Victor Battagliotti, who both competed in the discus and shot put.

Dickert had a distance of 49 feet in the shot put. He threw the discus 139' 3".

Battagliotti had a distance of 46' 2" in the shot put. He threw the discus 135 feet.

Davis (high jump) and Harper (pole vault) also had earned the right to compete in the Group IV meet.