Boston, Mass., Aug 2, 2021 / 17:13 pm
Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin will have her entire New Jersey high school cheering - and praying - for her when she competes for a gold medal in Tokyo on Tuesday night.
Students and staff of Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains will join a crowd of supporters at a local tavern to watch the live broadcast of McLaughlin’s 400-meter hurdle race, scheduled to take place at 10:30 p.m. EST.
— Sydney McLaughlin (@GoSydGo) October 28, 2019
“The students are very excited and we’re all praying for her,” Sister Percylee Hart RSM, the school’s principal, told CNA in an Aug. 2 interview.