Senior Alyssa Boucher broke 20 minutes for the first time and won Senior Race at the South Jersey Shootout Saturday, leading Williamstown to the team title.
Boucher ran 19:19 on the 5,000-meter course at DREAM Park in Logan Township. She ran 20:04 on Tuesday in a Tri-County Conference batch meet at Cumberland Regional in what appears to be her first cross country race.
Boucher, Camden Catholic Nilaa Ponnappan and Schalick Jordan Hadfield all ran sub-19:30. Ponnappan was 2nd in 19:22 and Hadfield ran 19:27 for 3rd.
Sterling junior Jonalee Adames and Clearview senior Allison Roes also broke 20 minutes, Adames placing 4th in 19:36 and Roes 5th in 19:51.
Williamstown defeated Sterling 41-68 to win the team title, with Delsea [78], Clearview [79] and Haddon Township [92] also under 100 points.
Sophomore Sophia Aldridge took 6th for Williamstown in 20:05, and junior Delaney Harbison, freshman Julia Burgio and senior Paige Franklin packed in 23rd, 24th and 25th to complete Williamstown’s scoring pack [1-4-11-12-13 in team places].
Also in the top 10 were Holy Cross senior Sara Sherlock [7th in 20:13], Haddon Township senior Genevieve Gentlesk [8th in 20:39], West Deptford senior Isabella Mackey [9th in 20:44] and Sterling junior Isabella Patruno [10th in 20:48].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 