Paul VI’s Colton Johnson, Pitman’s Sebastien Reed and Delsea’s Noah Deckert all finished in the top 10 Friday at the John “Paddy” Doyle Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronz.
Johnson, a St. Joe’s junior, took 4th in 25:22.1, Reed, a Monmouth junior, placed 6th in 25:38.9 over five miles and Deckert, a St. Joe’s senior from Delsea, was 7th in 25:42.0.
Also in the top 20 were Army’s Andrew Littlehales, a sophomore from Delsea, and Matthew Coffey, a St. Joe’s senior from Camden Catholic. Littlehales ran 25:59.6 for 14th and Coffey was 17th in 26:04.2.
Army won the team title by 42-64 over St. Joe’s, with Johns Hopkins 3rd with 71 and Monmouth 4th with 87 points.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 