As a junior at Clifton last year, she won the North Jersey, Sec. 1 Group 4 title, the State Group 4 title, and was fifth at the Meet of Champions in 18:13.
The star at Union Catholic ran a Holmdel Park sophomore course record 15:35 last fall, and broke the state outdoor sophomore record in the 2-mile last spring.
Arianna, Amirah, and Ariel Sharpe, who starred at Clayton High, are now attending Auburn University, where their father Fred once starred.
The St. Rose star finished 4th at the XC Meet of Champions last year, making her the top returning finisher. O'Connor won 8 state titles as a junior last year.
Floyd Whitaker, a graduate of Highland Regional, soared 52-6.25 on his final attempt to secure fifth place in the TJ on Friday night in Cali, Colombia.
Craig, who competed at NJ's Millville High School for 2 years, competed in the heptathlon, and Highland Reg. alum Whitaker earned a spot in the TJ final.
McCoy, who starred at Winslow High School and Auburn University, was named as an assistant coach for the Wolfpack.
Athing Mu became the first American woman to ever win the 800, and Sydney McLaughlin split 47.91 on the anchor leg of the winning 4x400 relay.
Sydney McLaughlin ran an earth-shattering 50.68 to demolish her own world record and win the 400-meter hurdles at the World Championships on Friday night.
NJ's Athing Mu, Ajee' Wilson, and Curtis Thompson are all competing in the finals this weekend at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
The 22-year-old McLaughlin nearly broke the meet record by running 52.17 in the semifinals. She seems poised for another run at history in Friday's final.
Sydney McLaughlin, the world record holder in the 400 hurdles, easily won her first round heat in the 400 hurdles on Tuesday at the World Championships.
Josh Awotunde, who starred at NJ's Delsea High School, unloaded a monster throw of 73-1.75 to place 3rd in the shot put at the World Championships on Sunday.
Jessica Woodard added to her remarkable season, and Keturah Orji avoided elimination with a clutch performance in the women's triple jump on Saturday.
Jessica Woodard earned a spot in the women's shot put final with a throw of 62-7, and Josh Awotunde threw 69-5.75 to advance to Sunday's men's shot put final.
Thompson, who starred at Florence High and was a 2020 Olympian, unloaded a monster heave of 287-9 on Saturday.
The University of Florida-bound Perez broke the NJ record in the 3,200 indoors and outdoors, and she won the NB National title in the 3,200.
The University of Princeton-bound Foster won 4 national titles this year, 2 indoors and 2 outdoors, and broke the NJ triple jump record indoors and outdoors.
Ryan Allen, Floyd Whitaker, Bryanna Craig, who starred at Millville, will represent the U.S. at the Under 20 World Championships.
McLaughlin broke the world record in the 400 hurdles, Orji broke the meet record in the triple jump, and Mu scored a heart-pounding win in the 800.
New Jersey won seven national championships over the weekend, including two by Lawrenceville's Greg Foster.
The quartet of Kaleigh Gunsiorowski, Maameyaa Nyinah, Asydiah Pray-Brown, and Peyton Hollis combined to run 8:54.67 on Saturday night in Philadelphia.
James, Serrao, Zuckerman, Mikay, Licata, Rakitis, Sadikov, Boler, Oduro, Tucker, Clevenger, Paneque, Ellis, Hartley all won at Saturday's 53rd meet.
Perez, Nwachuku, Puryear, Brown, Woods, and more starred at Saturday's 53rd Meet of Champions at Franklin HS.
Andrew McCabe, Patrick Doran, James Kisker, and Jackson Barna combined to run 9:56.63, one of the fastest times in N.J. and U.S. history, on Friday night.
The 53rd Meet of Championships is scheduled for Saturday, June 18 at Franklin High School.
Perez ran 10:03.18 to win the girls two-mile title, and Wischusen ran a NJ soph. record 8:56.41 to place fourth in the boys 2-mile on Friday night.
The senior at Lawrenceville soared 51-0.75 on his final attempt to take down the NJ record on Friday at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
UC's Caudell Cajuste, Myles Plummer, Shane Brosnan, and Jimmy Wischusen combined to run 17:12.34. CBA was second, and Cherokee was 2nd in the girls 4xmile.
Many of NJ's top athletes have weighed in on what their plans are for the Meet of Champions and the National Championships.