The boys finished 8-0 in the regular season and won its third straight Super Essex Conference (SEC) championship, in the Liberty Division. The Bengals also finished fourth in the Essex County championship meet, as well as sixth in the Essex County Relays.
The Essex County coaches acknowledged a number of Bengals for post-season accolades.
Earning first-team, All-Essex honors were Charles Lisa, a senior, who broke his own school record in the pole vault by clearing 13 feet. Second team honors went to Alexander Travers, a junior, in the intermediate hurdles and the 4x400 relay team of Joshua Ibeh, a senior, sophomore Jeremy Tejada and juniors James Fields and Travers.
The girls were also outstanding, winning a fourth straight SEC Liberty crown. Bloomfield also finished third in the Essex County Relays, fifth in the county championship meet and seventh in the state sectionals.
Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher, a junior who ultimately earned a medal at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, was named first team by the county coaches, in the 100 high hurdles. Victoria Feliciano, a senior, was second team for her performance, in the javelin.
Obviously, there were plenty of team awards, too.
For the girls, Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher was the team's overall MVP. Her accolades appear below.
Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher (junior)
-undefeated: regular season (100 High Hurdles)
-1st place: SEC Liberty Championship (100 High Hurdles)
-5th place: Essex County Relays - 1 event (High Jump)_
-1st place: Essex County Championship (100 High Hurdles)
-2nd place: North I, Group IV State Sectionals (100 High Hurdles)
-3rd place: North I, Group IV State Sectionals (4x100)
-8th place: Group IV Championships (4x100)
-6th place: Group IV Championships (100 High Hurdles)
-8th place: State Meet of Champions (100 High Hurdles)
-11th place: State Meet of Champions (4x100)
Here are the rest of the girls awards:
MVP-Field : Victoria Feliciano (senior)
MVP-Track : Alana Dennis (freshman)
*placed 7th @ New Balance Nationals Outdoors - 100 High Hurdles - Freshman Division*
Coaches Award : Candace Chapman (senior)
Best Newcomer : Inez Brewster (freshman)
Most Improved: Thalia Bell (soph) & Madison Bernhard (soph)
Most Points [this season] Alana Dennis (freshman) - 170.55
100-Point Club : [in Spring season]
-Alana Dennis (freshman) 170.55
-Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher (junior) 118.455
-Ashley Toro (junior) 116
-Angel Cruz-Fletcher (senior) 112.955
300-Point Club : [in a varsity career - spring only)
-Kailyn Sayers (senior) - 357.36
-Angel Cruz-Fletcher (senior) - 338.515
-Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher (junior) - 314.285
For the boys, Charles Lisa was the team MVP. He was undefeated in the pole vault and finished first in the SEC, Essex County Relays (along with Nicholas Obiedzinski), county championship meet, state sectionals and took seventh in Group 4. He was also the Bloomfield High Athlete of the Month, for May and was honored with a scholarship from the Class of 1969 Cross Country/Track & Field.
The other awards for the boys are as follows:
MVP-Field : Dave Louis (senior)
Co-MVP-Track : James Fields (junior) & Alexander Travers (junior)
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