What a great weekend for our athletes… Im really proud of all these guys… honestly they battled and many of them beat higher seeds and I can’t be more excited for a lot of these guys making their 1st Region tournament. We had 6 District champs including Rob who now is a 4x district champ and Shane who is a 3x champ with one more season to go…
Im only updating the athletes still competing for winter sports… For us its all wrestlers and one small but mighty track athlete!
Important Links:
State Rankings (Rob and Shane at #1 160lbs and 170lbs)
-All shore conference wrestling stuff including brackets: http://www.theshoreconference.com/
-BT wrestlers regions: (all district winners have a prelim bye… prelims will be Wed night and quarter finals Friday night and then semis, wrestle backs,and finals on Saturday)
-Region 7 – Toms River North
-Region 6 – Jackson HS
Region 4 – Union HS
-Region 5- Franklin HS
*** The only non-wrestler winter athlete still competing:
Elena Dimitri-Elena is having a terrific freshman season in XC now in winter track.She has gotten 6th in 3200 at Monmouth County Championships, 6th place in the Shore Conference Championships in the 3200, and she won the Metropolitan Inv Mile in NYC with a 5:24.10!Now she qualified for the 3200 at Meet of Champs (MOC)
High School
Paul Jakub – Howell Wrestling SO 152 LBs –Paul had a great district bouncing back after a tough week to beat the #1 seed and win District 25…He will be the #2 seed in a tough Region 7..
Shane Reitsma- Howell Wrestling JR 170 LBs- Shane has been ranked #1 in the shore and in NJ all season at 170.He won District 25 and will be the #1 seed in Region 7.
Eddie Hummel- Roselle Park Wrestling SO 132 LB-Eddie won his district 13 tournament and will be seeded #1 in Region 4.He is coming on very strong at the end of the year!
Rob Kainniard- Wall Wrestling JR 160 LB- Rob is Rutgers bound next year and he is coming off a 2nd place finish at states last year.Rob won his District and will the #1 seed in Region 6.He is now a 4x district champ and going for the Shore Conference All-Time wins leader this weekend I believe.He will surpass another BT legend Kyle Slendorn.
Jake Glantzman- Wall Wrestling JR 132 LB- Jake had a great district tournament knocking off the 1 seed and placing 2nd after not advancing last season!Jake will wrestle in prelims on Wed night.
Mike Bruno- Wall Wrestling SO 120LB – Mike placed 3rd in district with a big pin to seal it. Mike will wrestle another BT athlete Wed night at Region 6 prelims.
Jake Whitworth- Wall Wrestling FR 152 LB- Jake looked sharp at districts winning District 21 and he will be the #3 seed in Region 6 with a bye until Friday night.
Tyler Ferris- Wall Wrestling JR 113LB-Tyler had a nice tournament this weekend placing 2nd at District 21.He will wrestle Wed night in the Region 6 prelims.
Kareem Ghaida- Manalapan Wrestling JR 132 LB – Kareem placed 2nd in District 20 and will be the 7 seed in Region 5.He will wrestle in the prelims on Wed night.
Alec Meyers- Old Bridge Wrestling SR 145 LB-Alecs great season continued this weekend placing 2nd in the District 17…He will be the 4th seed in Region 5 but will have to wrestle in prelims wed night.
Nate Levie- Neptune Wrestling FR 126 LB-Nate has had a great Freshman season making the Region 6 tournament by placing 3rd at District 23.
Jackson Brandt – Lacey Wrestling JR 170 LB- Jacksons strong season continued into districts placing 2nd.He will be the 8th seed in a very tough Region 7 170 lb bracket!He will wrestle Wed night in prelims…
Maximus Bean- CBA Wrestling JR 126 LB-Bean placed 3rd in District 22 again this year making Region 6.He will wrestle another BT athlete in prelims Wed night.
Dino Poniros- Ocean Twp Wrestling SR 195/220 LB- Dino placed 3rd in District 24 and will wrestle Wed night in the prelims of Region 6.
Gio Poniros- Ocean Twp Wrestling FR 106 LB-Gio won a wrestle off for the right to wrestle at District 24 and placed 3rd.So he will be wrestling Wed night of the Region 6 prelims.
Jack Kelly- Rumson Wrestling SO 160 LB-Jacks breakout season continues as he won District 18 and became the #1 seed in Region 5 at 160lbs.Jack wasn’t even ranked in the beginning of the season in the Shore…He will have a bye through until Friday night in the quarter finals.