Track & Field: Can’t-miss meets, what to watch for in Week 6

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Welcome to the county and conference championship stretch of the N.J. track and field campaign.

It’s the start of three weeks of theater before sectionals and it always results in some of the best times and marks you’ll see all year. Athletes are working towards championship form and teams are making the same effort.

The Week 6 slate is epic and it’s going to tell us a lot about where the top squads in the Garden State stand. Below, find the meets you won’t want to miss these next four days.

Gene Littler Bergen County Championships

When: Friday & Saturday, May 10-11

Where: Old Tappan

The Bergen County meets are so stacked that they’re divided into five groups. Between both genders, there will be seven Top-20 squads competing over the two days at NVOT. The girls teams are No. 12 Immaculate Heart, No. 13 Old Tappan and No. 17 Demarest. We’ll see the likes of No. 6 Demarest, No. 15 Bergen Catholic, No. 17 Ridgewood and No. 18 Old Tappan for the boys. Meet and school records are always in jeopardy across the board at this meet, but everyone will have their tape measurers out for the discus. Bergen Catholic junior Benji Shue seems to be knocking on the door of a colossal throw to supplant the PR 204-10 he threw at a tri-meet last month while Old Tappan senior Layla Giordano continues to hunt the girls state record.

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