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DeFabio Fifth in 1600M at State Championships

Also, Robert Hovanec 20th in 400 Meter Run

Watchung Hills Regional High School senior CJ DeFabio finished fifth at the Meet of champions, the state track and field championships Thursday at Old Bridge's Lombardi Field.

Despite the heat with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, DeFabio improved on his school record time from the group meet last weekend by almost a full second, finishing in a time of 4:15.43.

"The heat didn't bother me during the race, but after we finished it took me at least 15-minutes to start to recover," DeFabio said after the race.

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Robert Hovanec placed 20th in the 400 meter run with a time of 50.24.

Melissa George competed in the high jump for the Warriors, however she was unable to clear the opening height of 5-feet.

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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 2 laps to go in the race, lightning in the area forced officials to stop the race and eventually postpone the meet.

The meet is scheduled to resume at 6 p.m. Monday at 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.

All the Warrior athletes completed their events before the weather suspension.

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