She may not be on this year’s U.S. Olympic Team, but a 27 year-old Ocean City native won a huge triathlon event in Hungary on Sunday. Renee Tomlin won the Tiszaujvaros ITU World Cup triathlon over an international field for her second ITU World Cup victory. Joe Maloy from Wildwood Crest did not compete Sunday…
Nia Ali is headed to Rio. The 2006 graduate of Pleasantville High School earned a spot on the United States Olympic Team. She finished third in the 100 meter hurdle finals on Friday in Eugene, Oregon. Ali finished a little more than two tenths of a second off the pace.
Another South Jersey athlete moved one step closer to making the U.S. Olympic Team on Thursday. 2006 Pleasantville graduate Nia Ali advanced to the semifinals of the 100-meter hurdles at the Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon. In March the 27 year-old Ali won the 60 hurdles at the world indoor track and…
On Wednesday the Bill Kuhn Brigantine Beach Patrol Invitational lifeguard race was won by the home team for the fifth consecutive year. The event consists of five relay races, with the Brigantine Beach Patrol winning three events and taking second place in the other two. Lavallette took second place overall among a field that included Wildwood,…
The Cape May Superathlon kicked off the 2016 lifeguard competition season with a win by the host beach patrol. Rob Moran, a 27 year-old Cape May lifeguard, won the run-row-swim event in 45 minutes, 7 seconds after qualifying for the race for the first time in his career. Moran is an attorney from Haddonfield and…
A former head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers is coming back to be the team’s assistant head coach. Philly.com reports that Jim O’Brien will return to the Sixers bench to serve as the assistant head coach of the team. O’Brien led the Sixers to a winning record in the 2004-05 season.
Middle Township junior Bridget Ruskey has been named the Press Female Athlete of the Year. During the past year, Ruskey led the Lady Panthers to Cape-Atlantic League titles in soccer, basketball and lacrosse. She has verbally committed to play Division I lacrosse at LaSalle University after she graduates next year.
Ocean City High School’s lights-out pitcher Sean Mooney was named as the Press Baseball Player of the Year. Mooney led his team to a South Jersey Group III title with a 9-1 record and an ERA of 0.63. Wildwood’s Chris Mormile made the All-Star Team as a utility player, and Wildwood’s career leader in hits…
Ben Simmons will be coming to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers have reportedly told the LSU basketball star that he will be the top overall pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft. Simmons averaged over 19 points per game and with the Tigers last season.
Another leading boys basketball coach from the Cape Atlantic League is calling it quits. George McNally will not return to the Egg Harbor Township boys basketball program after amassing 252 wins over a 22 year career. Earlier this year, Tom Feraco resigned as coach of the Middle Township program.