by Jim Lambert | Apr 29, 2017 | Spring Track
Something highly unusual happened during Friday’s marquee high school race at the Penn Relays. Instead of watching the leaders during the anchor leg of the girls 4×400 Championship of America, the crowd at Franklin Field fixated on the last-place runner. That was...
by Jim Lambert | Apr 9, 2017 | Spring, Spring Track
Union Catholic Olympian Sydney McLaughlin opened her outdoor season by crushing another national high school record by running 38.90 to place first in the 300-meter hurdles at the Arcadia Invitational on Saturday night in California. The Kentucky-bound McLaughlin,...
by Jim Lambert | Sep 18, 2016 | Spring Track
Teen star Sydney McLaughlin, who this summer became the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic track and field team since 1972, was honored by Union Catholic High School on Thursday morning at the school in Scotch Plains. McLaughlin, a senior at Union Catholic,...
by Jim Lambert | Jul 19, 2016 | Spring Track
Sydney McLaughlin, a 16-year-old junior at Union Catholic High in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, accepted her trophy two days after earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic team for the Rio Games in the 400-meter hurdles. She qualified for the World Junior Championships later...
by Jim Lambert | Jul 19, 2016 | Spring Track
Sydney McLaughlin almost didn’t run the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. Now, after setting a world junior record in the 400-meter hurdles, she’ll be the youngest American track athlete to compete in an Olympics since 1972, the Wall Street...
