Galya of Freehold Township 7th in High Jump at State Track & Field Championships

Freehold Township High School senior Jonathan Galya was seventh in the high jump at the State Track & Field Championships Thursday at Old Bridge's Lombardi Field. Galya cleared 6-feet 6-inches, two inches less than the winning jump.

Freehold Borough High School junior Eric Kahana was 10th in the 400 meter run with a time of 49.18, more than a one-second improvement from his qualifying time in the Group Meet last weekend.

David Benjamin and Kelly Berg both competed for Freehold Township in the high hurdles: Benjamin in the boys 110 hurdles, Berg in the girls 100 hurdles. Both finished 16th place in identical times of 15.07.

Graham Huggins-Filozof ran in the 1600 meter run placing 20th with a time of 4:37.61.

The Freehold Township boys 4x800 meter relay team placed 16th with a time of 8:14.43.

Ryan Barrera competed in the pole vault but did not clear the opening height of 13 feet.

In a strange turn of events, the meet was postponed due to severe weather in the middle of the seeded heat of the boys 3200 meter run. With less than two laps to go in the race, lightening in the area forced officials to stop the race and eventually postpone the meet.

The meet is scheduled to resume Monday, June 13 at 6 p.m. at Old Bridge's Lombardi Field. Events to be completed include the boys and girls 3200, and 4x400 relays, boys shot put, boys long jump, girls triple jump, and girls javelin.

The Freehold Township girls 4x400 meter relay team, which is seeded second based on their Group Meet qualifying time, will return on Monday looking for a gold medal.