Junior Jack Bolling, senior Leonardus Kittles and junior Colin Patterson all placed among the top seven and led Haddon Heights to the team title in Division 2 at the South Jersey Open Saturday.
Bolling ran 16:19 at DREAM Park in Logan Township for 4th place, Kittles ran 16:26 for 6th and Kittles 16:26 for 6th.
They were backed up by junior Ryan Wells in 11th [17:10] and senior Zachary Rehn in 13th [17:20], with junior 6th man Jonathon Hastings 16th in 17:36.
Heights’ packed its five scorers in 61 seconds with a terrific 16:48 team average and outscored 2nd-place Manchester Township 36-51.
That 16:48 average is 10th-fastest ever run in the short four-year history of DREAM Park’s 5,000-meter course. Here’s a look at the top five:
16:00 … Cherokee, 2019 [Olympic Conference Championships]
16:14 … Cherokee, 2018 [Olympic Conference Championships]
16:23 … Cherry Hill East, 2019 [Olympic Conference Championships]
16:32 … Cherry Hill East, 2020 [Olympic Conference Championships]
16:35 … Cherokee, 2020 [Olympic Conference Championships]
16:38 … Cherry Hill East, 2020 [Olympic Conference Batch Meet]
16:42 … Washington Twp., 2020 [Olympic Conference Championships
16:43 … Cherokee, 2020 [Olympic Conference Batch Meet]
16:47 … Washington Twp., 2020 [Olympic Conference Batch Meet]
16:48 … Haddon Heights, 2021 [South Jersey Open]
Manchester’s Nick Loffredo was the overall winner in 15:40, with Woodbury soph Peyton Shute 2nd in 15:53, Timber Creek senior Cole Mylan 3rd in 16:18 and Mainland senior Linden Wineland 5th in 16:23.
Also in the top 10 for Mainland were senior Vaughn Blanchet [9th in 16:59] and junior Elliot Post [10th in 17:09].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 
Shouldn’t Haddonfield boys be on this list for their 16:34 avg at Sectionals in 2020? Cherokee also averaged 16:47 at that meet.
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