As the winter sports moves into its final weeks, February is when champions rise to the forefront. Southern Regional track and field athletes Joe Miele and David Springstead rose to the top on Feb. 11 during the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV Indoor Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River.
Miele, a senior, captured the sectional shot put crown with a distance of 51 feet, 1 inch, easily surpassing Rancocas Valley’s Jesse Eardic, whose final distance was 49 feet, 10¼ inches. Last year, Miele finished fifth in the sectional meet.
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