From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

As we do every fall when Shore Coaches rolls around, we’ll post a bunch of Holmdel County Park all-time performance lists over the next few days. We start with the top all-time single-team lists, beginning with the girls.

Now, these lists are tricky because every time someone runs fast, you’re not only bumping them onto one list, you’re taking someone off that list and putting them on the next one down. Which means you’re taking someone off that list as well and moving them. It’s a lot of moving pieces and mistakes are easy to make. Then you’ve got to change all the composite times when you make a change. It’s a lot!

Nonetheless, here’s my best attempt at an all-time South Jersey girls composite list, which not surprisingly starts with Haddonfield, Cherokee and Ocean City, the three most successful and consistent girls programs in South Jersey.

As always if you see mistakes, let me know (politely) in the comment section. I’ll post the boys list later today and tomorrow I’ll have the top single-race times and Saturday morning the all-time South Jersey Holmdel individual performance lists!

18:18.4 … Haddonfield A
17:45 .. Briana Gess [2013 Meet of Champions]
18:17 … Marielle Hall [2009 Meet of Champions]
18:22 … Vanessa Wright [2004 Meet of Champions]
18:27 … Erin Donohue [1998 Meet of Champions]
18:40 … Riley Austin [2025 Meet of Champions]

18:36.4 … Cherokee A
17:55 … Megan Lacy [2010 Group 4]
18:38 … Kerry O’Day [2021 Meet of Champions]
18:43 … Nicole Clifford [2021 Meet of Champions]
18:52 … Lisa Burkholder [2004 Meet of Champions]
18:54 … Alyssa Suriano [2025 Meet of Champions]

18:37.0 … Ocean City A
18:12 … Brittany Sedberry [2004 Meet of Champions]
18:20 … Devin Grisbaum [2014 Meet of Champions]
18:42 … Maeve Smith [2023 Shore Coaches]
18:52 … Renee Tomlin [2005 Meet of Champions]
18:59 … Abby Hartman [1996 Meet of Champions]

18:38.8 … Highland A
17:28 … Megan Venables [2010 State Group 3]
18:45 … Arianna McKinney [2003 Shore Coaches]
18:48 … Grace Wassell [2021 Meet of Champions]
18:59 … Wendy Westphal [1982 Meet of Champions]
19:14 … Jenn Rawls [2008 Meet of Champions]

18:43.4 … Cherry Hill East A
18:18 … Theresa Cattuna [2006 Meet of Champions]
18:28 … Grace Yoon [2016 State Group 4]
18:38 … Addison Weiss [2025 Meet of Champions]
18:57 …. Lori Watson [1983 Meet of Champions]
19:16 … Sarah Pierce [2016 Shore Coaches Group A]

18:45.6 … Kingsway A
17:44 … Chelsea Ley [2008 Shore Coaches Group C]
18:29 … Rachel Vick [2016 State Group 4]
19:02 … Alexis Mullarkey [2015 Meet of Champions]
19:09 … Aubrey Bishop [2025 Meet of Champions]
19:24 … Aubrey Pierontoni [2021 Meet of Champions]

18:54.4 … Paul VI A
18:41 … Grace Gutowski [2025 Meet of Champions]
18:50 … Dawn Cody [1982 Meet of Champions]
18:51 … Shaelan McNally [2023 Meet of Champions]
18:54 … Giovanna Mantuano [2025 Meet of Champions]
19:16 … Macy Huber [2024 Parochial A]

18:59.2 … Shawnee A
18:38 … Casey Doyle [2007 Meet of Champions]
18:59 … Kara Bonner [2015 State Group 4]
19:02 … Julia Despirito [2013 Meet of Champions]
19:05 … Kate Ruona [2019 Group 4]
19:12 … Liz Moore [1994 Shore Coaches]

19:03.4 … Haddonfield B
18:41 … Shelby Cain [2011 State Group 2]
18:50 … Sarah Naticchia [2020 Holmdel Invitational]
18:50 … Meghan Malloy [2011 Meet of Champions]
19:01 … Riley Austin [2024 Meet of Champions]
19:07 … Allison Colflesh [2020 Holmdel Invitational]

19:06.0 … Mainland Regional
17:55 … Alyssa Aldridge [2016 Meet of Champions]
18:49 … Sofia Day [2021 Meet of Champions]
19:24 … Gillian Lovett [2022 Shore Coaches B]
19:39 … Andrea Campbell [2003 State Group 4]
19:43 … Kelly Gross [2005 Meet of Champions]

19:15.6 … Cherokee B
19:02 … Kate Rathman [2019 Meet of Champions]
19:10 … Megan Niglio [2024 Meet of Champions
19:21 … Alison Weeks [2006 Meet of Champions]
19:22 … Kelsey Niglio [2021 Meet of Champions]
19:23 … Madeline Meder [2024 Goup 4]

19:16.8 … Delsea A
18:51 … Amanda Goetschius [2006 Meet of Champions]
19:10 … Paige Senatore [2011 State Group 3]
19:25 … Celine Mazzi [2013 Shore Coaches Group C]
19:26 … Lillie Widmer [2022 Group 2]
19:32 … Ashley Deckert [2009 Meet of Champions]

19:20.8 … Bishop Eustace A
18:08 … Holly Bischof [2010 Meet of Champions]
19:10 … Katy Storti [2018 Meet of Champions]
19:20 … Ann Klocke [1995 Parochial B]
19:21 … Amanda Eltringham [1996 Parochial B]
19:28 … Kathleen Linck [1994 Parochial B]

19:20.8 … Seneca A
18:49 … Mara Schiffhauer [2013 Meet of Champions]
19:19 … Paige McCauley [2012 Meet of Champions]
19:24 … Joey Webb [2013 State Group 2]
19:29 … Sydny Warner [2017 State Group 2]
19:43 … Nicole McGrainer [2008 State Group 2]

19:22.0 … Ocean City B
19:18 … Riley Tolson [2025 Shore Coaches]
19:19 … Alexa Weber [2016 Group 3]
19:20 … Chloe Care [2024 Meet of Champions]
19:22 … Melody Sye [1983 Meet of Champions]
19:31 … Mary Kate Brelsdord [2012 Group 3]

19:22.2 …  Washington Twp. … 19:22.2
17:40 … Michelle Rowen [1982 Meet of Champions]
18:40 … Dina Iacone [2011 Shore Coaches Group A]
19:49 … Maura Keane [2019 Meet of Champions]
20:00 … Lexie Taylor [2012 State Group 4]
20:42 … Kate Cochran [2018 Shore Coaches Group A]

19:22.4 … Shawnee B
19:13 … Isabella Turner [2018 Meet of Champions]
19:19 … Nikki Theimann [1996 Group 4]
19:24 … Kim Bonner [2003 Meet of Champions]
19:28 … Karen O’Neill [1993 Group 4]
19:28 … Jenna Darcy [1999 Shore Coaches A

19:20.6 … Haddonfield C
19:08 … Peyton Weiner [2020 Colt Invitational]
19:17 … Dylan Hosty [2025 Meet of Champions]
19:22 … Anne Earp [2021 Meet of Champions]
19:27 … Ava Thomas [2022 Meet of Champions]
19:29 … Helene Usher [2021 Meet of Champions]

19:24.4 … Holy Cross
18:34 … Julia Flanagan [2025 Shore Coaches]
19:17 … Kari Vigerstol [1994 Parochial A]
19:41 … Michy Reimbold [1980 Group 3]
19:44 … Karen Fileshifter [1980 Meet of Champions]
19:46 … Andrea Dippolito [1995 Meet of Champions]

19:25.3 … Lenape A
19:01 … Caitlin Orr [2009 Meet of Champions]
19:13 … Natalie Ocasio [2012 Meet of Champions]
19:32 … Camille Franklin [2013 Group 4]
19:37 … Miya Johnson [2006 Meet of Champions]
19:43 … Emily McGee [2010 Meet of Champions]

19:30.4 … Cherry Hill East B
19:18 … Missy Shower [2007 Meet of Champions]
19:19 … Ryleigh Budsock [2025 Meet of Champions
19:24 … Alaina Chodoff [2006 Meet of Champions]
19:41 … Alexis Tepper [2021 Meet of Champions]
19:50 … Sue Pockell [1982 Group 4]

19:31.6 … Northern Burlington
17:58 … Liliah Gordon [2024 Group 3]
19:16 … Molly Cataline [2026 Holmdel Opener]
19:46 … Ashley Dunteman [2015 Shore Coaches]
19:55 … Keira Mansure [2019 Group 3]
20:45 … Kamiyah Vergo [2026 Holmdel Opener]

19:33.6  … Clearview
19:04 … Abigail Kotran [2022 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:06 … Abigail Waddington [2022 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:49 … Kaitlin Donahue [2016 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:50 … Julia Rothstein [2015 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:59 … Andrea Shute [2004 State Group 3]

19:34.4 … Cherokee C
19:27 … Olivia Parkinson [2021 Shore Coaches A]
19:31 … Erin Healy [2025 Meet of Champions]
19:35 … Megan O’Leary [2004 Meet of Champions]
19:35 … Kristin Lewis [2006 Meet of Champions]
19:44 … Malia Lyles [2002 Group 4]

19:35.0 … Sterling
18:40 … Mindy Rowand [1984 Meet of Champions]
18:54 … Madison Coppolino [2017 Meet of Champions]
19:41 … Jonalee Adames [2024 Group 2]
19:53 … Kaysie Luna [2024 Shore Coaches]
20:47 … Cara Coppolino [2023 Group 2]

19:38.8 … Shawnee C
19:30 … Michelle DiMuro [1984 Group 4]
19:33 … Robin McDowell [2003 Meet of Champions]
19:37 … Missy Whitaker [1994 Group 4]
19:38 … Morgan Arena [2014 State Group 4]
19:43 … Deanne Germano [1985 Meet of Champions]

19:39.4 … Ocean City C
19:31 … Mary Kate Brelsdord [2012 Group 3]
19:34 … Megan Hartman [1992 Meet of Champions]
19:39 … Carly Godfrey [2024 Shore Coaches]
19:46 … Mirjam Pietersma [1990 Meet of Champions]
19:47 … Alexa Palmieri [2018 Meet of Champions]

19:39.6 … Moorestown A
19:23 … Genevieve Cickavage [2014 State Group 3]
19:27 … Meghan Hughes [2001 State Group 2]
19:44 … Kelsey Rinehart [2000 Meet of Champions]
19:51 … Tara Monihan [2011 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:53 … Brianna Rogers [2007 Shore Coaches Group C]

19:41.0 … Haddonfield D
19:30 … Audrey Naticchia [2022 Group 2]
19:40 … Riley Slootsky [2022 Meet of Champions]
19:42 … Madison Kelsey [2025 Meet of Champions]
19:46 … Sabrina Miller [2021 State Group 2]
19:47 … Molly Mills [2025 Shore Coaches]

19:42.2  … Bishop Eustace
19:32 … Adrianne del Sol [1995 Meet of Champions]
19:33 … Roxanne Hughes [1994 Meet of Champions]
19:34 … Montana DiPietrantonio [2010 Parochial A]
19:55 … Courtney Kelly [2010 Shore Coaches Group E]
19:57 … Elena Cicchini [2022 Shore Coaches Group E]

19:44.8 … Kingsway B
19:27 … Ashlynne Burke [2018 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:27 … Allie Pierontoni [2019 State Group 4]
19:35 … Lauren Krott [2017 Meet of Champions]
19:50 … Destiny Stanford [2016 State Group 4]
19:52 … Erica Moore [1992 Meet of Champions]

19:47.6 … Paul VI B
19:36 … Sandy Wright [1988 Meet of Champions]
19:43 … Erin Carmody [1988 Group 4]
19:46 … Morgan Kuzma [2025 Meet of Champions]
19:54 … Giovanni Mantuano [2025 Shore Coaches]
19:59  … Peyton Blake [2025 Meet of Champions]

19:48.0 … Seneca B
19:45 … Lyndsy Horn [2009 State Group 2]
19:45 … Kayla Martin [2015 Meet of Champions]
19:46 … Emma Klouchek [2017 State Group 3]
19:48 … Stephanie Flemming [2013 Meet of Champions]
19:56 … Carley Tool [2016 State Group 3]

19:52.0 … Shawnee D
19:43 … Claire Hauser [2018 Shore Coaches Group B]
19:50 … Claire Rankin [2015 State Group 4]
19:53 … Nina Bendixen [2014 Shore Coaches]
19:55 … Katie Quinn [2003 Meet of Champions]
19:59 … Grace Kearns [2017 Group 3]

19:53.8 … Delsea B
19:39 … Felicia O’Donnell [2009 Meet of Champions]
19:47 … Brittany McCann [2001 Meet of Champions]
19:48 … Kaitlyn Rauscher [2016 Shore Coaches Group C]
19:57 … Ashlee Hitchner [2010 Shore Coaches Group C]
20:18 … Carly Nicholson [2018 State Group 2]

19:54.0 … Haddonfield E
19:49 … Elizabeth Sikkema [2007 State Group 2]
19:51 … Jess Goode [2021 State Group 2]
19:53 … Jackie Sikkema [2008 Shore Coaches]
19:55 … Alexa Gostovich [2013 Meet of Champions
20:02 … Devon Gervasi [2025 Meet of Champions]

19:58.0 … Cinnaminson
19:32 … Meghan Malloy [2010 Shore Coaches]
19:42 … Stephanie Renouf [2022 Group 2]
20:04 … Haley Adams [2014 Meet of Champions
20:13 … Anna Marino [Shore Coaches]
20:19 … Madison Edwards [2017 State Group 2

20:02.2 … Moorestown B
19:55 … Julia Kuder [1998 Meet of Champions]
20:02 … Natalie Cooper [2012 Shore Coaches]
20:02 … Caroline Hipple [2001 Meet of Champions]
20:03 … Colleen Hughes [2001 Meet of Champions]
20:09 … Noelle Reyes [2024 Group 3]

Medford Tech senior Chris Davis won the individual title at the South Jersey Vo-Tech Championships Wednesday, and sophomore Levi Seals and senior Anthony Morano led Salem Tech to the team title Westampton.

Davis ran 17:42 over 5,000 meters at Westampton Tech to out-race Gloucester Township Tech junior Joshua Stiles, who was 2^nd in 17:51.

Seals and Morano placed 3^rd and 4^th, leading Salem to a 29-66 win over Gloucester County Tech and Gloucester Township Tech, with Gloucester County taking 2^nd on a 6^th-runner tiebreaker.

Salem went 3-4-6-7-9, with senior Jean-Pierre Pozo 6^th in 19:02, junior Joseph MacNeil 7^thin 19:11 and senior Chase Pompper 9^th in 19:32.

Also in the top 10: Medford Tech senior Nicolas Cook [5^th in 18:48], Gloucester County freshman Hank Snyder-Shellito [8^th in 19:23] and Gloucester County senior Noah Rouse [10^th in 19:38].

Gloucester County outscored Medford Tech 26-51 to win the girls team title. The race was won by Medford Tech senior Hailey Fedezko, who ran 24:48.15. Gloucester County was led by senior Elizabeth Gordon and freshman Harper Lopez, 2^nd and 3^rd in 25:02 and 25:55.

Salem County Tech sophomores Paityn Harrington and Abigail Vanaman also finished in the top 5, Harrington in 4^th in 26:21 and Vanaman 5^th in 26:41.

Senior Aubrey Bishop and junior Kaitlyn Orazi both ran well under 20 minutes and finished 1^st and 2^ndin a 14-team Tri-County Conference batch meet Tuesday in Woolwich Townshp.

Bishop ran 19:25 and Orazi 19:40 and led Kingsway to dual meet wins over Clearview and Williamstown.

Also in the overall top 10: Woodstown junior Abby Marino [3^rd in 19:42], Gloucester junior Jordan Moczydlowski [5^th in 20:51], Kingsway senior Ava Buchanan [6^th in 21:03], Williamsotwn junior Julia Burgio [7^th in 21:06], Delsea sophomore Brooke Mashburn [8^th in 21:07], Highland sophomore Isabella Prendergast [9^th in 21:23] and Highland junior MaKayla McHutchison [10^th 21:28]. No 4^th-place finisher is listed.

Sophomore Bella Cera led an Ocean City sweep of the top four spots and the Red Raiders won a tri-meet against Middle Township and Hammonton Tuesday in Avalon.

With Ocean City resting most of its lead group, Cera ran 19:54 over 5,000 meters at Avalon Community Center and Ocean City went 1-2-3-4-9 for 19 points, although team scoring isn’t listed in the results.

Freshman Mackenzie Jenkins placed 2^nd in 21:04, freshman Cara Jefferson 3^rd in 21:17 and sophomore Jules Rearick 4^th in 1:53 for Ocean City.

Middle Township girls finished 5^th and 6^th, with sophomore Autumn Cannon running 22:02 and senior Eden Geisel 22:13.

Hammonton senior Ava Salita [7^th in 22:20], Middle sophomore Teagan Emmer [8^th in 22:26], Hammonton junior Riley Raffensperger [10^th in 22:39] and Ocean City senior Madison McHale [11^th in 22:47] also broke 23 minutes.

Former Haddonfield runner Kaitlyn Bonnet PR’d with a 2:37.24 Sunday and placed 19th out of close to 20,000 women at the Berlin Marathon.

Bonnet’s time is 3rd-fastest by a South Jersey marathoner, behind Rancocas Valley’s Erika Kemp, who ran 2:22.56 in Houston last year, and Laura Mason of Northern Burlington, who ran 2:37.20 at the Las Vegas Marathon in 1995.

Bonnet just missed the qualifying time of 2:37.00 for the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. The qualifying window runs through Jan. 26, 2028. The Olympic Marathon trials are scheduled for March 25, 2028, in St. Louis.

Bonnet went out in 1:17.49 for her first 13.1 miles and came back in 1:19.35 She was the 9th U.S. finisher.

Other splits: 18:19 for 5K, 36:47 for 10K, 55:18 for 15K, 1:13.48 for 20K, 1:32.27 for 25K, 1:50.56 for 30K, 2:09.45 for 35K and 2:28.58 for 40K.

So she ran her first six 5K segments between 18:19 and 18:39 before a 19:13 from 35K to 40K.

It’s not listed in her World Athletics profile, but it appears Bonnet’s previous PR was 2:40.43 at last year’s Chicago Marathon.

Bonnet, 27, was more of a middle-distance runner at Haddonfield, with a PR of 2:14.42 for 800 meters at the 2014 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield and just one season of cross country and one race on the track longer than 1,600 meters.

At Cornell, she never ran anything longer than a mile on the track, PR’ing with a 4:57.32 at an indoor meet in 2020 at Penn State. She did run XC and had PRs of 19:03 on her home course in Ithaca and 22:39 for 6K at Lehigh.

But Bonnet has no results on the roads prior to 2024.

It looks like she made her marathon debut in November 2024 in New York and ran 3:01.37. Her first half marathon on record was a 1:19.53 in New York in March 2025 and she dropped to 1:16.46 two months later in Brooklyn. A month after that she ran 34:37 in a road 10K in Queens.

She had a breakthrough race indoors at the Armory in January 2025 with a 17:09.46 for 5,000 meters and this past March PR’d at 1:13.47 in a half marathon in Coppage, N.Y.

Bonnet lives in New York and is listed as running for for 212 Athletic / Saucony.

Juniors Joe Saicic, Zacchaeus Harrigan, Gavin Rakitis and Aaron Johnson all finished in the top 20 and Glassboro placed 2nd to New Jersey No. 1 CBA Saturday at the 19th annual Bowdoin Park Invitational in Wappingers Falls N.Y.

Glassboro, with five underclassmen in its scoring group, went 3-10-13-16-22 in team scoring points, placing 2nd to CBA 25-64 and well ahead of 3rd-place Xaverian of Brooklyn and La Salle Academy of Providence, who scored 101 and 103.

Saicic placed 3rd in 16:16, beating all but one CBA runner. Harrigan was 11th in 16:57, Rakitis 16th in 17:06 and Johnson 20th in 17:19. Glassboro’s 5th runner, Christian Hughes, was the 1st freshman across the line in 27th place in 17:54.

The Haddonfield girls, led by sophomore Dylan Hosty, placed six finishers in the top nine and rolled to the Division 1 team title Saturday morning at the 19th annual Bowdoin Park Classic in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

Hosty placed 2nd over the 5,000-meter course in 19:10, and five Haddonfield girls packed from 5th to 9th. For team scoring purposes, Haddonfield went 2-3-4-5-6 for 20 points, topping 2nd-place Tri-Valley Central of Grahamsville, N.Y., 20-50.

Backing up Hosty were senior Madison Kelsey [5th in 20:43], senior Molly Mills [6th in 20:50], senior Devon Gervasi [7th in 21:06], senior Harper Benjamin [8th in 21:33] and sophomore Tatum Russo [9th in 21:36]. Senior Penelope Matthews placed 17th in 23:18.

In the Division 2 race, Paul VI placed three in the top 20, with freshman Payton Barger 5th in 19:46, junior Morgan Kuzma 101th in 20:28 and senior Grace Gutowski 14th in 20:42.

Also for PVI, sophomore Isabella Suarez ran 21:20 for 24th and junior Peyton blake was 5th finisher in 27th in 21:32. Sophomore Molly Smith ran 21:51 for 29th and sophomore Mia Waldby was 33rd in 22:44.

Paul VI scored 74 points, finishing 3rd behind Cumberland of Rhode Island (29) and La Salle Academy of Providence, R.I. (44).

Fast race in the rain and wind at Princeton University Saturday morning for Highland graduate Grace Wassell, a Wake Forest junior.

Wassell covered 6,000 meters in 21:03 and was Wake’s 3rd finisher in the Princeeton Meadows Challenge in Plainsboro.

Despite the poor conditions, Wassell ran just eight seconds off her 6K all-course PR of 20:55 from the 2024 ACC Championships in Cary, N.C.

Clearview graduate Abby Waddington, a Boston University senior, wasn’t far behind Wassell with a 21:28. She was B.U.’s 5th runner.

Junior Anya Kazemi from Bishop Eustace and senior Ava Severino from Haddon Heights placed 3rd and 4th for Lafayette Friday in its annual meet against Northampton County rival Lehigh.

Kazemi ran an all-course 6,000-meter PR of 21:42 and Severino ran 22:01 on Lafayette’s course in Easton, and they were Lafayette’s 2nd and 3rd finishers.

Lehigh won the team title 27-30.

Severino ran within one second of her 6K all-course PR of 22:00, which she ran at Lehigh last October.

Lehigh jkunior Will Mrozinski from Paul VI and senior Derek Coceano from Cinnaminson both finished in the top 10 in the men’s race as Lehigh beat Lafayette for the 27th straight year.

Mrozinski was 2nd in 25:05 over 8,000 meters and Coceano was 9th in 25:47. Mrozinski’s 25:05 is an all-course 8K PR, breaking his previous best of 25:08 from earlier this month on the same course.