Group Finals LIVE

We're LIVE at South Plainfield High School for the Groups I, II, and III Championships, and as you can probably infer from the whole "Live" concept, I'm tapping into a functional wireless internet connection as we speak! I'm even using exclamation marks, and I HATE using exclamation marks!

The wireless feed was in and out yesterday, but as long as it holds up, we'll have live updates all day. With the help of my colleague Josh Newman (aka Jose Newman to some), we'll also have some updates from Egg Harbor and Group IV along with the parochials. On to the good stuff.

There have been a few qualifiers so far today, although no winners yet. Dennie Waite scratched from the 800 to rest after winning the 1600 yesterday, but Mark Degenhart finished fifth in the Group III 800 to carry the torch for Red Bank into the MOC.

Manny Mayers took fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 46-3. Mayers said yesterday that he didn't practice the triple jump all week and that he didn't know what to expect, so the fourth-place finish isn't much of a surprise. That means for the first time this year, Mayers will leave a major meet without at least a triple.

Keep it here for more updates from South Plainfield, and some from Egg Harbor (if Jose Newma n answers his phone).