Three Haddonfield girls broke 19 minutes, the Bulldogs’ five scorers averaged 19:13 at West Deptford Park and Haddonfield raced to the Colonial Conference title Thursday.
Haddonfield went 1-2-3-4-5 to win last year’s meet and only one girl from that race was in Haddonfield’s top-5 this year.
It looks like Haddonfield has never lost this meet in years where official team scoring has been kept.
Junior Ava Thomas, freshman Riley Austin, junior Audrey Naticchia and senior Helene Usher swept the top four spots, Thomas running 18:43, Austin 18:49, Naticchia 18:51 and Usher 19:17. Sophomore Dylan Melcher and junior Sarah Fetter both ran 20:27 for 8th and 9th.
Haddonfield finished with an 18-59 margin of victory over 2nd-place Haddon Heights. Sterling [79] and Haddon Township [87] were next.
Also in the top 10 were Haddon Heights senior Ava Severino [5th, 19:37], Haddon Township senior Meghan Lex [6th, 19:43], Haddon Township junior Genevieve Gentlesk [7th, 20:14] and Sterling sophomore Cara Coppolino [10th, 10:38].
Haddonfield is ranked No. 2 in New Jersey and No. 3 in the Northeast Region by Milesplit.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 