Bartlett finished second last year at both the Nike National XC Championships and the Brooks XC National Championships.
The first NJ Boys XC Meet of Champions race was held in 1972 at Ocean County Park.
As a senior at Colts Neck, Forys ran 15:16 at the 2006 Meet of Champions to break the record of 15:16.2 that had stood for 18 years.
Let's take a jog down memory lane and relive the greatest moments in the 53-year history of NJ's greastest XC meet.
Leah Starkey smashed the NJ course record at Homdel Park with a jaw-dropping 16:45, and Gavin Schmitt ran 15:27 at Saturday's meet at Holmdel Park.
Leah Starkey of Ocean Township ran 16:45, the second fastest time in course history, at Saturday's NJSIAA Group Championships at Holmdel Park.
Haddonfield and Union Catholic both swept team titles at Saturday's meet at Holmdel Park.
Long-awaited showdowns will take place and there could be some historic performances on Saturday at Holmdel Park.
Finn Riely and Jasmine Parran of Union Catholic ran the fastest times of the meet on Saturday at Greystone.
Nolan Holliss and Alexandra Ferreira ran the fastest times, and Joe Pangallo and Isabella Sisto led a historic day for Hackettstown on Saturday at Greystone.
There were seven team sweeps during Sectional Saturday, including all 4 champions in North Jersey, Section 2.
NJ MileSplit's Jim Lambert takes his hand at predicting the individual and team champions for every Sectional Championship race.
Gavin Schmitt of CBA ran the 2nd fastest time in course history to repeat as boys champion, and Leah Starkey of Ocean Township repeated as girls champ.
The iconic coach, who got his start at Roselle Catholic in N.J., leaves behind a legacy of greatness that will live on forever.
Victoria Wilbeck of Bayonne won the girls title for the second straight year and Liam Angley of St. Peter's Prep won the boys race on Saturday.
Katherine Keating and Matthias Fontao won the individual titles for the second straight year at Saturday's Beregn County Meet of Champions at Darlington Park.
Cherry Hill East swept the individual titles as Addison Weiss won her second straight girls' title and Cian Sherlock won the boys race.
Columbia, 5th at the SEC Championships, bounced back to win its 4th straight boys title, and MKA won its 2nd girls championship on Friday.
Agrim Jha of WWNP finished first in the boys race for the 2nd straight year, and Sydney Young of Hopewell Valley won the girls individual title.
It's the 6th straight title for the UC girls while the UC boys won for the 2nd straight year on Thursday at Oak Ridge Park in Clark.
For the first time ever, the county meet will not be held at Warinanco Park. Oak Ridge Park in Clark will host the meet on Thursday.
Nolan Holliss of Watchung Hills ran 15:38, No. 4 in course history, and Jenny Friedman of Ridge won the girls race on Wednesday.
Advait Jayadas of J.P. Stevens and Natasha Kenny of South Brunswick won the individual titles on Wednesday at Thompson Park.
Gabby Pelov joined her brother, Alex, as a county XC champion and led Montville to the girls title on Tuesday at Greystone.
With their full lineup on display for the first time this season, the Vikings rocked a loaded field.
CBA's second 7 runners averaged 16:39, the Middletown South girls won their third-straight title, and Leah Starkey repeated as champion.
The Union County Conference Championships were held on Tuesday at Oak Ridge Park in Clark.
Andrew Ulto of West Morris and Kendall Pizzirusso of Mount Olive ran the fastest times at Tuesday's NJAC Championships at Greystone.
The Skyland Conference Championships were held on Tuesday at Phillipsburg.
The 54th running of meet on Saturday featured several eye-popping results at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
