Junior Lilli Santomaura led a 1-2 finish in the long jump, placed 2nd in the 100 and 200 and ran a leg on the 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team to lead Haddon Township to the team title in the small-school Division 1 competition at the Camden County Championships Saturday.
Haddon Township piled up 102 points at its home facility, and Audubon edged Paul VI 68-65 for second place.
Santomaura won the long jump at 16-8 ½, and junior teammate Hailey Bresch was second with a 16-0 ¼ jump. Santomaura ran 12.70 in the 100 and 26.11 in the 200, finishing behind Camden Catholic junior Olivia Bent-Cole in both. Bent-Cole ran 12.56 and 25.49.
Township juinior Meghan Lex won the 3,200 in 11:54.30 and placed 3rd in the 1,600 in 5:37.03. Paul VI sophomore Shaelan McNally ran 5:09.70 to win the 1,600.
Freshman Jessica McGary jumped 32-7 ¾ to win the triple jump and cleared 4-8 for 2nd place in the high jump.
Senior Kaelin Marshall placed 2nd in the 400 hurdles in 1:09.38 and was 5th in the 100 hurdles in 18.61, freshman Maddie Kamulda and senior Grace Gentlesk took 4th and 5th in the javelin with throws of 81-5 and 78-6.
Junior Sara Weideman ran 2:33.09 for 2nd in the 800, sophomore Genevieve Gentlesk was 4th in the 3,200 in 12:37.85, and Santomaura, Marshall, junior Elise Curran and Weideman ran 4:34.82 for 3rd in the 1,600-meter relay.
Audubon Aysiah Maldonado tripled the throws, winning the shot put with a 30-11 shot put, the discus at 102-6 and the javelin at 107-10.
Collingswood Mia McConnell doubled the hurdles races, winning the highs in 17.45 and the intermediates in 1:07.29.
Other winners were Paul VI freshman Anna Marie Brown [PR 59.35 in 400], Camden Catholic junior Leah Clear [2:31.18 in 800] and Paul VI junior Kamryn Cieslik [PR 5-2 ¼ high jump].
Also, Camden won the 1,600-meter relay in 4:20.62 with junior Deonna Fooks-Benbow, freshman Denirah Jones and seniors Jakara Nock and Ciani Pruitt.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 