Old Tappan's Caroline Ognibene is only North Jersey athlete with two individual medals

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Soph Caroline Ognibene is only North Jersey athlete with two individual medals

One could call Caroline Ognibene’s performance at the Group 3 Championships the best in her short but storied career. After all, the Old Tappan soph set personal records in the long jump and pole vault while placing third in the high jump.

That’s a complete performance. However, nothing compared to her performance at SMOC, where she set personal records while being in two places simultaneously. Ognibene was the only North Jersey athlete at the State Meet of Champions to place in the top eight in multiple individual events.

“The goal was to place at states in both events and doing both of those throughout the entire season helped me get to where I am today,” Ognibene said.

Ognibene first placed fourth in the high jump of 5-6 in one end zone and then rushed to the pole vault pit beyond the opposite end zone, where she and her fellow Golden Knights vaulter Jamie Kim, who medaled at SMOC for the fourth straight year, placed sixth and seventh, respectively, with a vault of 11-0.

It was at least the fourth time she had raced back and forth during the competition. "She did all that and got her steps in, too'', joked OT boys head coach Pete Dunn.

“It was a great send-off and definitely motivating for next year,” Ognibene said.

Source Link: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/track/2025/06/05/nj-track-keating-and-shue-score-dramatic-wins-at-state-meet-of-champions/84027663007/

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