During the NSJIAA Group Indoor Track Championships, the only two local squads to score points were led by their seniors. While the Barnegat boys squad scored 9.5 points to place 12th in Group II, the Southern Regional girls mustered 5 points to finish 23rd in a very deep and difficult Group IV.
For the Bengals, senior Gunnar Pearson was the big scorer on Feb. 18, when he placed second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.56, just .70 behind winner Corey McGhie of Rahway.
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