Being just a freshman, Sarah Frost is just starting her long run for the East Brunswick High School girls track team. Frost is just thankful she has some talented teammates to join her in the adventure.
Frost, Bianca Nfonoyim and Alyssa Silver are all East Brunswick distance runners that earned medals while competing in the Greater Middlesex Conference Championships, held May 14 at South Plainfield.
"I see their success and they are very supportive," Frost said of her older teammates. "We pick up each other's spirits. They are great role models."
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Obviously, Frost is a quick learner. She won the 3200 in a time of 11:48.77. She also added a fourth in the 1600 (5:30.53).
"I hoped I could get a good time, but I never expected to win," Frost said.
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Out of the 18 teams that scored in the GMC, East Brunswick was fourth. South Brunswick ended up winning the team competition with 137.5 points. Piscataway was second (61 points), North Burlington third (48.83) and East Brunswick fourth (37.33).
Frost scored 14 points for East Brunswick. Nfonoyim was second in the 1600 (5:18.76) and third in the 800 (2:19.17), which also produced 14 points. Silver's fourth in the 3200 (12:09.95) added four more points.
Jessica Eker added a fourth-place tie in the pole vault (7' 6"). Kelsey McDonald was fifth in the javelin (101' 7"). Safiat Muhammed was sixth in the 100 hurdles (16:57).
The top six finishers in each event earn medals Lauren Drain (1:06.8 in the 400 hurdles), the 4x400 (4:12.59) and Kyra Kevin (7' 6" in the pole vault) all placed seventh.
"The team was really happy because we had a lot of personal records," Frost noted.
"We're hoping (to carry this success into the sectionals on May 27-28). We all want to do really well there. I think we will."
