MANSFIELD — It takes a special breed of competitor to achieve success on the track and in the field.
Burlington Township's Courtney James and Fiona Flynn of Cinnaminson mastered that art during the Burlington County Scholastic League championships Saturday at Northern Burlington.
"I love racing both of them and the endurance from the 400 hurdles always helps me with my 100 hurdle race," James said. "Our team has gotten really small over the last couple weeks so it would mean a lot to us to win a lot of these events and possibly the division with how small our team has gotten."
Her Falcons' teammate Keyanna Meade won the Liberty Division long and triple jump to go with a third-place mark in the high jump.
Flynn's victories in the Patriot Division long and triple jump complimented a third-place finish in the 100 hurdles.
Flynn was one of many individuals who helped the Pirates win the Patriot Division team title.
Madison Edwards took first in the 3,200, Meredith Updike won the 100 hurdles and Shelby Sills earned top spot in the high jump.
"Our team is a lot stronger this year and going into this meet we wanted to try and get really good times and marks out there for the even bigger events coming up, like sectionals, we want good seed times so today we were told to go all out," Flynn said.
Rancocas Valley took the same approach in the Liberty Division. The Red Devils dominated on the track behind Aliyah Taylor's sweep of the sprint events.
The distance team did its part. Alana Thompson won the 800, Morgan Gallagher took the 1,600 and Paige Hammond finished first in the 3,200.
In the Freedom Division, Palmyra's Olivia Falicki won the 800 and 1,600 while Julia Adams and Deja Bailey won the discus and pole vault for the Panthers.
Florence's Zohal Najem took first in the 3,200 in the Freedom Division competition.