Haddonfield senior Seth Clevenger outraced Haddon Heights junior Jack Bolling, with both going under 16 minutes Tuesday over 5,000 meters at Pennypacker Park in Haddonfield.

Clevenger ran 15:39, an all-course 5K personal best, and Bolling was second in 15:55, his first time under 16 minutes on any course.

Haddonfield went 1-3-4-5-8, with George Andrus 3rd in 16:18, Robert DiMedio 4th in 16:27, Donald Jellig 5th in 16:29 and Andrew Sullivan and Liam Dougherty both running 16:50, Sullivan getting the nod for 8th.

Also in the top 10 were Leonardus Kittles, Colin Patterson and Ryan Wells of Haddon Heights, who placed 6th, 7th and 10th overall out of 71 runners from six schools. They ran 16:32, 16:33 and 16:53.

Haddonfield outscored Haddon Heights, 21-37. In other meets run concurrently, Gateway-Woodbury topped Lindenwold, 24-35, and Haddon Township topped Sterling 15-48.

Audubon’s Scott Hubbard edged West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb in a battle of two of South Jersey’s top seniors Tuesday in a batch meet.

Hubbard ran 17:08 and Cobb 17:10 over 5,000 meters at West Deptford.

Hubbard was coming off a 16:58 for second place in the Shore Coaches G race and Cobb a 16:48 for second in the D race.

Hubbard and Cobb finished nearly a minute ahead of the rest of the field, but Audubon packed three runners between 18:03 and 18:06, with seniors Clifford Gilmore and Tyler Wells and junior Joseph Gaspari taking third, fourth and fifth.

Team scoring wasn’t kept, but Audubon went 1-3-4-5-8 for 21 points in hypothetical team scoring.

Also in the top 10 were West Deptford senior Daniel Abdmessih [6th in 18:21], Collingswood sophomore Elijah Forrest [7th in 18:32], Paulsboro junior Derrik Horton [9th in 18:41] and West Deptford sophomore Raymond Senatore [10th in 18:54].

Sterling’s Jessica Klenk, Eastern’s Kierstin Clem and Moorestown’s Jamie Wun led Stockton to second place out of 28 teams in the Highlander Challenge Saturday over 5,000 meters at Branch Brook Park in Newark.

Klenk ran 18:46 to place ninth overall out of more than 200 runners, Clem placed 13th in 19:07 and Wun 19:15 for 14th.

Division 1 Seton Hall won the team title with 40 points and Division 3 Stockton was second with 77.

The Stockton women are ranked 5th in the Metro Region according to the latest U.S. Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association poll.

It’s been quite a whirlwind for Northern Burlington freshman Liliah Gordon, who ran 19:00 at Holmdel Saturday and won the Group B race at the Shore Coaches Invitational. You can read about her race here.

Gordon broke a 27-year-old NBC course record at Holmdel – Colleen Sunderland ran 19:20 back at states back in 1994 – and ran the fastest time at Holmdel by a Burlington County freshman in 14 years.

How did she approach her first high school 5,000? When did she start running? What did she think of the Bowl? Is she surprised by her success? Is she planning on running indoor and outdoor track?

In a terrific interview with MileSplit’s legendary Jim Lambert following her race Saturday at Holmdel County Park, Gordon answered all of these questions and much more!

Watch Lambo’s interview with Liliah here!

https://nj.milesplit.com/videos/505665/interview-with-liliah-gordon

Sophomore Olivia Parkinson, senior Nicole Clifford and junior Kelsey Niglio all placed in the top 10 to lead Cherokee to the Group A team title at the 45th annual Shore Coaches Invitational Saturday.

It’s the first Shore Coaches team title in the Cherokee girls XC program’s history.

Parkinson ran 19:27 over the historic 5,000-meter Holmdel County Park course and placed 4th, Clifford ran 19:57 for 6th and Niglio ran 20:24 for 9th.

Soph Kerry O’Day was 17th in 20:52 and freshman Megan Niglio was 38th in 21:28 in her first lifetime race over the challenging Holmdel course.

Cherokee’s five scorers averaged 20:25, and the Chiefs outscored second-place North Hunterdon 73-140.

Cherokee’s average time was 3rd-fastest of all the schools in all six varsity races Saturday.

19:59 … Lakeland [1st Group E]
20:08 … Haddonfield [1st Group D]
20:25 … Cherokee [1st Group A]
20:27 … Kent Place [2nd Group F]
20:31 … Lawrenceville School [1st Group F]
20:40 … Rumson Fair-Haven [2nd Group D]
20:41 … Mendham [1st Group B]
20:51 … Union Catholic [2nd Group E]
20:56 … Freehold Township [3rd Group A]
20:53 … Montgomery [4th Group A]

Eastern senior Sophia Staiger and Cherry Hill East senior Madison McNiff also finished in the top 20. Staiger ran 20:34 for 13th and McNiff ran 20:50 for 16th.

In her first lifetime high school race over 5,000 meters, Northern Burlington freshman Liliah Gordon ran 19:00 at historic Holmdel County Park Saturday, winning the individual title in the Shore Coaches Invitational Group B race.

Her time is fastest by a South Jersey freshman at Holmdel County Park since Grace Yoon of Cherry Hill East ran 18:28 at the 2016 state Group 4 meet and fastest by a Burlington County freshman at Holmdel since Casey Doyle of Shawnee ran 18:39 at the 2007 Meet of Champions.

Gordon, now 4-for-4 this fall in invitationals, shattered the Northern Burlington school record for Holmdel by 20 seconds. Colleen Sunderland ran 19:20 at the 1994 state Group 2 meet, when she placed second to Jaime Weisgerber of Woodstown.

Gordon finished about 35 meters ahead of Clifton junior Remy Dubac, who placed second in 19:08. Her first three invitationals this fall were run at either 3,200 meters or 2 1/2 miles.

Her time was 4th-fastest among the six girls varsity race. Angelina Perez of Lakeland ran 17:37 and Cate DeSousa of Red Bank Catholic ran 18:49, both in the Group E race and Charlotte Bednar of Lawrenceville School ran 18:42 in the F race.

Three other South Jersey runners dipped under 20 minutes on the challenging, hilly Holmdel course, which has hosted the Shore Coaches meet since 1979.

Kingsway junior Aubrey Pierontoni ran 19:41 for third, Clearview junior Abby Waddington ran 19:49 for fourth and Mainland freshman Sofia Day ran 19:54 for fifth.

Also in the top 20 were Shawnee junior Kate Ruona [9th in 20:15] and Mainland sophomore Gillian Lovett [18th in 20:44].

Triton senior Dennis Fortuna ran 16:02 and led a 1-2 South Jersey finish with West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb in Group D at the Shore Coaches Invitational Saturday.

Fortuna won by about 200 meters over Cobb, who was second in 16:48.

Fortuna became Triton’s first Shore Coaches winner ever and broke the Triton Holmdel County Park school record of 16:15, set in 2010 by Robert Rawls at the Meet of Champions.

Cobb broke the West Deptford record at Holmdel. The previous mark was 16:51 set by Aaron Kinsley at the 1995 Meet of Champions.

Cobb’s previous best at Holmdel was a 17:14 at the 2019 Shore Coaches.

The Shore Coaches Invite, states and Meet of Champions were all cancelled last year.

Triton also had sophomore Ethan Wence 20th in 18:12, senior Forrest Miller 29th in 18:23 and junior Antonio Nieves 31st in 18:28. For team scoring purposes, they scored 16, 25 and 27 points, and Triton finished 4th in team scoring with 146 points.

Haddonfield placed six runners in the top 10 and Haddonfield averaged 20:08 on the way to a record-setting 18-point total in Group D at the Shore Coaches Invitational Saturday.

The previous lowest winning score in Group D was 27 by Voorhees in 2003.

Junior Helene Usher, sophomore Anne Earp and junior Sabrina Miller placed third, fourth and fifth in 19:49, 19:54 and 20:01, with sophomore Sarah Fetter, senior Jess Goode and sophomore Audrey Naticchia also placing in the top 10. Fetter ran 20:20 for 7th, Goode 20:37 for 9th and Naticchia 20:39 for 10th.

As far as team points go, they finished 1-2-3-5-7. Haddonfield had a 48-second gap between 1 and 5.

Haddonfield graduated most of its sectional championship team from last year. Only Earp, Miller and Goode were on the Haddonfield team that ran at sectionals last year, and only Earp was a scorer.

Usher was part of the lineup at last year’s  Holmdel Invitational, which served as an unofficial Meet of Champions. Haddonfield won that with Earp, Usher and Goode in the lineup.

Haddonfield outscored second-place Rumson-Fair Haven 18-41 to win its eighth Shore Coaches title.

The Haddonfield girls also won Shore Coaches in 1982 in Group B, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 in Group E and 2019 in Group D.

It looks like Haddonfield’s 20:08 average is their fastest at Holmdel since the 2013 team averaged a South Jersey record 19:35 at the Meet of Champions and 19:56 at the state Group 2 meet.

It was also 2nd-fastest of the day Saturday:

19:59 … Lakeland [1st Group E]
20:08 … Haddonfield [1st Group D]
20:25 … Cherokee [1st Group A]
20:27 … Kent Place [2nd Group F]
20:31 … Lawrenceville School [1st Group F]
20:40 … Rumson Fair-Haven [2nd Group D]
20:41 … Mendham [1st Group B]
20:51 … Union Catholic [2nd Group E]
20:56 … Freehold Township [3rd Group A]
20:53 … Montgomery [4th Group A]

West Deptford senior Hope Siner also placed in the top 20, taking 18th place overall in 21:43.

Overall winner Seth Clevenger blazed a sub-16 on the historic Holmdel County Park 5,000-meter course and led Haddonfield to the team title in Group E Saturday at the 51st annual Shore Coaches Invitational.

Clevenger ran 15:55 and all five Haddonfield scorers placed in the top 15, all running 17:31 or faster.

The team title is Haddonfield’s 12th at Shore Coaches.

Clevenger’s time equals the 5th-fastest ever by a Haddonfield runner at Holmdel and is fastest in 11 years.

Here are the all-time top-10 Haddonfield performers at Holmdel:

15:41 … Jon Vitez, 2009
15:42 … Ben Potts, 2010
15:48 … Chris Platt, 2001
15:54 … Skip Stiles, 2001
15:55 … Breton Bonnett, 2001
15:55 … Seth Clevenger, 2021
15:58 … Martin Ridell, 2019
16:01 … Matt Nussbaum, 2010
16:05 … Jim Smith, 1979
16:06 … Greg Halla, 2012

Senior Tobias Janssen placed 5th in 17:04, junior Robert DiMedio 7th in 17:09, sophomore Mat Sullivan 13th in 17:28 and junior George Andrus 15th in 17:31. Sixth runner Junior Donald Jellig wasn’t far back, 25th in 18:06.

Haddonfield outscored long-time Group 2 rival Cinnaminson, 41-120. The Pirates had junior Alex Boyko [6th in 17:05] and junior Matt McCarron [19th in 17:49] in the top 20.

Clevenger outraced Voorhees senior Jack Tavaglione, finishing 25 meters ahead. Tavaglione was second in 16:01.

Camden Catholic senior Billy Clewell finished third in 16:49. Bishop Eustace senior Anthony Faust [9th in 17:11], Lower Cape May senior Zeb Hinker [12th in 17:22] and LCM junior Jack Cura [17th in 17:40] were also in the top 20.

Haddonfield also won 1978, 1989, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017 and 2018. All were in Group E except 1978 [C], 1989 [D] and 1998 [F].

Senior Scott Hubbard placed second overall, and Audubon placed three scorers in the top 20 to win the Group G team title Saturday at the Shore Coaches Invitational.

Hubbard ran 16:58 over the challenging Holmdel County Park course, taking second to Jonathan Dayton’s Colin Riley, who ran 16:37.

The team title is the first ever for Audubon at Shore Coaches. The Green Wave outscored second-place Lawrenceville School 85-112.

Junior Joseph Gaspari and senior Clifford Gilmore placed 18th and 19th for Audubon in 18:05 and 18:08, senior Tyler Wells was 26th in 18:21 and senior Aaryn Myers placed 33rd in 18:42, backed up by sophomore Aiden Williams one second back.

Paul VI junior Joseph Wigginton was also in the top 20, placing 13th in 17:56. Paul VI placed fifth overall with 187 points.