Records fall at Rebel Indoor Shot Put Series
Shannon Watt of Jackson Memorial and Old Bridge's JorgeMerino broke their own class record at the 2008 Rebel Indoor Shot Put Series on Jan. 18.

The second of four meets this winter at Howell High School sawWatt top the Junior Girls Class mark of 41-6 ½ that she had set in the first meet of the year. Watt followed that with her 43-1 at the Jan. 18 meet. Lacey's Marisa Roberts was second (29-1), almost 14 feet behind Watt.

Old Bridge's Merino had equaled the Junior Boys Class record of 50-4 at the first meet. He had matched the mark of Arthur L. Johnson High School's (Union County) Oliver Haney. With his 51-1 in the second meet, he has the record to himself. Jackson Memorial's Shane Carle was second (47-10 ½).

Sophia Belaid of BrickMemorialmade it two straight in FroshGirlswith a 31-6.Runner up was Priscilla Napoli ofHowell (26-9).

Also winning for the girls were Amanda Spoto of St. Joseph HillAcademy (Staten Island, N.Y.) in Sophomore Girls (32-11) and Kiara Fountain of Williamstown (34-7 ½) in Senior Girls.

Old Bridge boys had a big night, winning three of the four classes. Besides Merino, the Knights won the Frosh and Sophomore classes.

Sikandar Hayat topped James Seals of Barnegat, 31-8 to 30-7, to finish first in Frosh Boys.

Daniel D'Amato won Sophomore Boys with a 42-1 throw. Jackson Memorial's Jerrance Brown was second over Old Bridge's MichaelHunt via the tiebreaker (second-best throw) after both had done 40-1.

Colts Neck's Frank Snead got off a 45- 5 ½ to win Senior Boys over Barnegat's Mike D'Esposito (40-8 ½).

Last night was the third meet of the series. The fourth and final meet is Feb. 21, starting at 6:30 p.m. (check in at 6).

For more information on the Rebel Indoor Shot Put Series, call John Hein at (732) 919-2131, ext. 8525, or Joe Napoli at (732) 207-3925.