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Courtney Macaluso

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Hopatcong Track Star Heads to Group I Championships

Courtney Macaluso will compete in two events Feb. 16.

Hopatcong High School senior Courtney Macaluso doesn’t want her winter track season to end just yet. Thanks to her stellar performance at the North I, Group I Sectional Championships, it won’t. Macaluso qualified for the Group I Championships by placing fourth in the 400 meter dash, notching a season best 1:03.53. Macaluso also qualified in the 55 meter dash and grabbed a second-place silver medal in the event with a time of 7.74 seconds. The championships will be held Saturday, Feb. 16 at 9 a.m. at the Bennett Complex in Toms River. Hopatong High School Junior Jade Webster also represented at the Sectional Championships, establishing personal bests in the shot put (26’11.25; 10th place) and 55 meter dash (8.37 seconds). Up-and-coming …

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Macaluso Breaks School Sprint Record

The junior snaps a 16-year Hopatcong High School mark.

Make room for a new name in the Hopatcong High School girls track record books. Junior sprinter Courtney Macaluso snapped the school's 100-meter dash record Monday, recording a 12.7. Danielle Stoveken set the old mark of 12.8 in 1996. Macaluso enters Wednesday's dual meet against Newton—the Chiefs' last of the season—undefeated in the 100 and the 200-meter dash, despite missing one meet due to injury. "She is our best sprinter, no doubt about it," girls head coach Peter Oesen said. "When put into the individual events, she competes at a high level. "She's got a tremendous ability and, you know, it's not a surprise that she broke the record. She runs all winter long and goes to meets in the winter time even though the school does not have a…

genesko

11:43 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012

From the looks of it, she has a shot at making it to Group 2 championships in all 3 sprints. Keep it up Courtney!   more ›

Friday, March 2, 2012

More Medals for Hopatcong's Macaluso

The junior took gold, silver and bronze at the USATF Northeast Zone Championships in Toms River.

She ended the season in style. And with some precious medals. Hopatcong's Courtney Macaluso scored a trio of medals at the USATF Northweast Zone Championships in Toms River on Feb. 26. The junior grabbed a silver medal in the 55-meter dash, matching her personal-best 7.68 seconds. Then she nabbed gold in the young women's division of the 40-meter run. After trailing for a while, Macaluso charged ahead, finishing in 1:04.08 in the event. And she landed third in the 200-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 27.47—just .01 off of her career-best mark. Top six finishers in each event qualified for the USATF Youth National Championships in Illinois on March 10. Macaluso is a member of the Polar Bears Track Club. Hopatcong High School doesn't …

Valerie Quinn

9:56 pm on Saturday, March 3, 2012

Awesome Courtney!!! Congratulations!!   more ›

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