For the first time in years, the NJSIAA Indoor Track and Field Meet of Champions was held in a different location that wasn’t referred to as “The Bubble.” This year, the state athletic association moved the winter finale to the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Center in Staten Island, N.Y. – an interesting choice of venue for New Jersey’s indoor championship meet.

And while it wasn’t the same place with which Pinelands Regional’s Liz Makar had become most familiar, the Wildcats’ senior didn’t feel completely out of place.

“It’s kind of bittersweet knowing my time at The Bubble is done,” Makar said of Toms River’s John Bennett Center, where…