Led by senior Jack Gaffin in 23rd place, Cherry Hill East placed 6th out of 23 teams Saturday morning in the Nike Cross Northeast Regionals.
Gaffin ran 17:04 on the 5,000-meter course at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
Senior Dylan Hagan placed 39th in 17:21, senior Ethan Anderer 42nd in 17:24, junior Michael McCurdy 54th in 17:35 and senior Jacob Cheng 66th in 17:47 for East, which had a 43-second gap between its first and fifth scorers.
Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, R.I., won the team title with 73 points. Cherry Hill East scored 199 points.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 