Submitted by Moorestown High School boys track coach Troy Pappas.
![MHS track Brandon Outlaw](https://cdn.centraljersey.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2019/03/0PLEIC0qxYolcuTVi.jpg)
Four hundred meter runner Brandon Outlaw, racing in an unseeded heat, placed 5th in 48.52 at the New Jersey Meet of Champions on Wednesday June 3 at Jost Field in South Plainfield.
He is currently ranked no. 1 in South Jersey, no. 12 in New Jersey and no. 23 U.S. Sophomore. He broke his own school record that he set with a 48.90 4th place effort at the NJ Group 3 Championships at Jost Field. Brandon broke the 75-year-old Moorestown High School record of 49.2 set by Joe Call in 1940.
Pole vaulter co-school record holder Kyle Loveland placed 8th at 13 feet 6 inches in the Meet of Champions with Moorestown’s first pole vault medal at the meet. He is ranked tied for no. 1 in South Jersey and tied for no. 5 in New Jersey. He is the co-record holder in the pole vault with TJ Hagan (2010, 14' 0").
![MHS track Jack Ballenger](https://cdn.centraljersey.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2019/03/0vo9uR8-7qSXXFCkO.jpg)
The 4×100 relay of John Cedano, Brandon Outlaw, Melvin Sheppard and Skyler Clark also qualified for the New Jersey Meet of Champions in with a season best 43,48 at the Group 3 Championships. It was the 4th time in the last 6 season that the Moorestown boys 4×100 has qualified.
Also at the Group 3 meet, a new school record was established in the 4×800 relay. The new record of 8:06.86 was set by Harrison Morris, Diego Arvelo, Jack Ballenger and Kevin Fox. It broke the previous mark of 8:08.6 from 1982. The relay placed 9th in NJ Group 3 Championships, just missing a Meet of Champions qualifying mark by 1.2 seconds.
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The Moorestown boys track team competed at the South Jersey Group 3 Sectional Championships at Central Regional High School in Bayville. Kyle Loveland (junior) won the Sectional Championship in Pole Vault with a vault of 14 feet, tying the school record set by TJ Hagan in 2010.
Kevin Fox (sophomore) and Harrison Morris (junior) each qualified in 3 events — the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 4×800 relay. Joining them on the relay are Diego Arvelo (sophomore) and Jack Ballenger (freshman). The team’s time of 8:11.84 was Moorestown’s fastest time since 1982. The 4×100 relay of John Cedano (senior), Brandon Outlaw (sophomore), Melvin Sheppard (junior) and Skyler Clark (junior) advanced with a season best time of 44.14. Sheppard also advanced in the 100 meters while Outlaw qualified in the 400 meters.
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All of these athletes advanced to the NJ Group 3 Championships that will be held at South Plainfield High School.
Running a time of 3:28.29, its fastest since 2004, the Moorestown 4×400 relay of Kevin Fox, Jack Ballenger, Brandon Outlaw and Zion Howard (sophomore) just missed advancing to the state championship meet by 0.25 seconds.
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On April 28, the Moorestown Boys Track fell to Pennsauken 77, Moorestown 63, but achieved some great victories. Moorestown winners were: Kyle Boyle-Loveland won the pole vault with a county best vault of 13 feet; Eli Etienne won the discus; Joe Salera took the shot put; Harrison Morris was first in the 3200 meters; Kevin Fox won the 800 meters; Brandon Outlaw took first in the 400 meters; and Diego Arvelo won the 1600 meters.