Ridgewood junior Jessica Chau, the standout swimmer for the Maroon girls team, has her sights set on the Bergen County Meet of Champions. (FILE PHOTO/ROBIN GOTTESMAN)
The Ridgewood boys and girls teams both jumped into The Record Top 10 this week, the final poll before this Saturday’s Bergen County Meet of Champions.
The Maroons girls jumped from unranked to No. 9 and recently beat No. 10 Passaic Tech and kept No. 4 NV/Demarest within 10 points in a loss.
The Maroons boys weren’t able to upset No. 4 Passaic Tech on Tuesday, but earned a very respectable result. They scored 63 points on the Bulldogs (11-0), the third most points the county champions have allowed in a dual meet his season.
Passaic Tech still improved one position by beating Teaneck last week, while Indian Hills and Athlete of the Week Matt Smits moved up to No. 8.
One of the most interesting girls meets take place tonight (Wednesday) when No. 3 Pascack Regional faces No. 4 NV/Demarest at Passaic Tech’s pool. Both teams enter the meet undefeated in division play so it will be an interesting test for each school making final preparations before the county meet.
Boys Top 10
- Bergen Catholic (5-1)
- NV/Demarest (7-0)
- Tenafly (5-1)
- Passaic Tech (11-0)
- Teaneck (9-4)
- Northern Highlands (7-2)
- NV/Old Tappan (4-2)
- Indian Hills (7-1)
- Fair Lawn (7-2)
- Ridgewood 4-3
Girls Top 10
- IHA (5-0)
- Northern Highlands (7-1-1)
- Pascack Regional (8-0)
- NV/Demarest (6-1)
- Wayne Hills (9-0-1)
- Tenafly (4-2)
- Hackensack (9-2-1)
- River Dell/Westwood (5-4)
- Ridgewood (5-2)
- Passaic Tech (7-3-1)
Team records are UNOFFICIAL and reflect results received by The Record. Coaches can send in missing scores to farrells@northjersey.com.