Morris County Relays team titles decided in final event

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MADISON — After Morris Hills was announced as the repeat boys champion at Morris County Relays, senior Nicholas Falcone needed a quiet moment. After holding up the plaque and leading the Scarlet Knights' cheers, Falcone knelt beside the track at Drew University's Simon Forum. He said a few words to Bob Byrnes, a longtime track and field coach and official who died unexpectedly on Dec. 18.

Falcone wore blue and yellow crystal butterfly hair clips next to his ponytail in memory of Byrnes, who he said had been the starter at Morris Hills' meets for four years.

But then Falcone, who had handed off the championship plaque to a teammate saying, "Anybody want this? I'm going to break it," jumped back into the celebratory photos. He had anchored the Scarlet Knights' winning 4x400, sprint medley and distance medley.

"I'm better in relays. I run for other people," Falcone said. "There's three guys with me, and a whole team behind me. This is my favorite meet of the year. You both need so much depth and star power too. We need everybody."

The Roxbury girls won the 4x400 to end the meet, and edge Randolph by one point, 42-41. It was the Gaels' only victory at Morris Hills Relays. However, they finished second in the sprint and distance medleys and pole vault, third in shuttle hurdles and fifth in the 4x200.

"I love this meet," Roxbury coach Derek Bischoff said. "I come from a team sport background, and this is when (track) feels like a team sport. You don't always get it in this sport."

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Sarah Nacinovich, of Chatham, chases Mount Olive, during the Morris County Relays, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in Madison. Nacinovich would eventually catch her to claim victory for Chatham in the 4x200.

➤ Chatham won both the boys and girls 4x200. Senior Sarah Nacinovich anchored for the girls in 25.84 in the penultimate heat. For the Cougars boys, who had broken the school record at Ocean Breeze earlier this winter, senior Kyle Wickham clocked a 23.39 on the anchor to hold off Delbarton by 14 hundredths.

➤ Montville senior Anthony Agnoli had the best shot put mark (59-9.25), eight feet clear of the field. West Morris juniors Maddox Santiago and Liam Blaskopf teamed up to take gold.

Girls results

Team scores: Roxbury 42; Randolph 41; Morris Hills 29; Morristown 28; Morris Knolls 26; Mount Olive 24; Chatham 22; Montville 18; Madison 8; Whippany Park 6; West Morris 5; Villa Walsh 4; Morristown Beard 3; Mountain Lakes, Hanover Park; Butler, Pequannock and Parsippany Hills 2.

4x200: 1. Chatham (Fiona Jackson, Olivia Matter, Nicolette Rowland, Sarah Nacinovich) 1:50.36; 2. Morristown 1:50.49; 3. Randolph 1:52.47; 4. Mount Olive 1:52.52; 5. Roxbury 1:53.27; 6. Morristown Beard 1:53.96.

4x400: 1. Roxbury (Leah Johnson, Skyler Lovins, Ava Weah, Tatiyana Sewall) 4:17.46; 2. Mount Olive 4:19.82; 3. Randolph 4:22.3; 4. Montville 4:25.34; 5. Morris Knolls 4:33.86; 6. Parsippany Hills 4:34.38.

4x800: 1. Morristown (Addison Emge, Charlotte Moronski, Kaleigh Policano, Julia Suttile) 10:14.29; 2. Randolph 10:19.71; 3. Morris Knolls 10:21.8; 4. Madison 10:30.45; 5. Mount Olive 10:41.62; 6. Morris Hills 10:43.9.

Sprint medley: 1. Randolph (Seannah Parsons, Jillian Liebhauser, Gabby Ball, Carly Renna) 4:20.77; 2. Roxbury 4:24.41; 3. Chatham 4:27.56; 4. Villa Walsh 4:28.14; 5. Morristown Beard 4:36.18; 6. West Morris 4:42.68.

Distance medley: 1. Randolph (Carly Renna, Mackenzie Sherrow, Samantha Cerulo, Lilah Willis) 13:11.89; 2. Roxbury 13:16.3; 3. Chatham 13:29.81; 4. Montville 13:31.58; 5. Morristown 13:35.53; 6. Mountain Lakes 13:37.14.

Juliana DeCongelio, of Morris Knolls, competes in the shuttle hurdles at the Morris County Relays, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in Madison.

Shuttle hurdles: 1. Morris Hills (Gianna Lopez, Gianna Ledford, Jackie Sheldon, Madison Faraher) 34.36; 2. Morris Knolls 34.78; 3. Roxbury 36.38; 4. Mount Olive 36.47; 5. Pequannock 36.62; 6. Parsippany Hills 36.64.

High jump: 1. Montville (Lahari Thata, Aria Federle) 9-8; 2. Morristown 9-8; 3. Whippany Park 9-6; 4. Madison 9-4; Butler 9-4; 6. Mountain Lakes 9-3.

Pole vault: 1. Morris Hills (Gianna Ledford, Jackie Sheldon) 19-0; 2. Roxbury (Jordan Sheldon, Lyla Keenan) 16-0.

Shot put: 1. Morris Knolls (Adair Para, Madlyn Rokicki) 64-4; 2. Morris Hills 59-2.5; 3. Mount Olive 56-5.5; 4. West Morris 55-6; 5. Hanover Park 54-8; 6. Randolph 51-5.5.

Boys results

Team scores: Morris Hills 50; Chatham 44; Delbarton 30; Morristown and Montville 26; Mount Olive 22; West Morris 18; Madison 14; Randolph 13; Whippany Park 10; Mendham 7; Morris Knolls 6; Mountain Lakes 4; Morristown Beard, Pequannock and Roxbury 2.

4x200: 1. Chatham (Gabe Chellakumar, Dylan Zadourian, Braeden Tierney, Kyle Wickham) 1:38.2; 2. Delbarton 1:38.34; 3. Whippany Park 1:38,39; 4. Madison 1:38.49; 5. Morris Hills 1:38.96; 6. Montville 1:39.21.

4x400: 1. Morris Hills (Alexander Gimenez, Camilo Sepulveda, Sarosh Poondla, Nicholas Falcone) 3:39.16; 2. Mount Olive 3:39.28; 3. Montville 3:44.35; 4. Morristown 3:45.04; 5. Chatham 3:45.54; 6. West Morris 3:45.83.

4x800: 1. Mount Olive (Noah Pizzirusso, Santosh Yanmula, Cole Shilley, Ryan Foley) 8:23.5; 2. Morris Hills 8:28.05; 3. Morristown 8:38.68; 4. Chatham 8:40.88; 5. Randolph 8:50.1; 6. Mendham 8:57.34.

Nicholas Falcone crosses the finish line as Morris Hills wins the distance medley at the Morris County Relays, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in Madison.

Sprint medley: 1. Morris Hills (Sebastian Matos, Ben Wans, Alexander Gimenez, Nicholas Falcone) 3:42.32; 2. Chatham 3:42.73; 3. Montville 3:53.82; 4. Whippany Park 3:57.25; 5. Morristown Beard 3:59.76; 6. West Morris 4:00.83.

Distance medley: 1. Morris Hills (Nolan Ribeiro, Luke Snyder, Hunter Iorio, Nicholas Falcone) 10:38.26; 2. Montville 11:13.63; 3. West Morris 11:24.37; 4. Delbarton 11:50.76; 5. Pequannock 11:58.27; 6. Roxbury 11:59.02.

Shuttle hurdles: 1. Delbarton (Daniel Gallic, Zachary Leach, Luke Pagano, Aidan Ponzio) 33.62; 2. Chatham 33.99; 3. Morris Knolls 34.09; 4. Mount Olive 34.36; 5. Morris Hills 35.03; 6. Randolph 35.52.

High jump: 1. Morristown (Nathan Enelamah, Matthew Kot) 11-10-; 2. Morris Hills 11-6; 3. Chatham 11-4; 4. Mountain Lakes 11-1; 5. Randolph 10-11; 6. Montville 10-9.

Pole vault: 1. Madison (James Castanon, William Arnstein) 22-0; 2. Delbarton 21-0; 3. Chatham 19-0; 4. Morristown 18-0.

Shot put: 1. West Morris (Liam Blaskopf, Maddox Santiago) 93-7; 2. Randolph 92-2.5; 3. Mendham 90-11.5; 4. Montville 88-7.75; 5. Morristown 85-8.5; 6. Roxbury 85-7.75.

This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: Morris Hills boys, Roxbury girls win Morris County Relays

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