As Ocean Township’s Leah Starkey approached the final chute at Thompson Park, the crowd already sensed they were witnessing something extraordinary.

Whispers rippled through the spectators—“She’s already here, wow,” one onlooker murmured—as Starkey rounded the final turn well ahead of pace.

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