Northern Burlington junior Liliah Gordon moved into the all-time top-10 on the South Jersey Holmdel County Park performers list with her 18:18 to win C race at the Shore Coaches Invitational Saturday.
We think?
There are all kinds of issues with timing and results, which is why we haven’t posted anything on Shore Coaches yet, but if the results we do have are correct, Gordon won the Varsity C race by 50 meters over Middletown South senior Rosemary Shay, the Meet of Champions 3,200 runner-up last spring.
The win is Gordon’s second at Shore Coaches. She ran 19:00 to win the 2021 Varsity B race. Northern’s only other Shore Coaches winner was Colleen Sunderland, who ran 20:50 to win the D race in 1993.
Assuming the results are correct, Gordon’s time is fastest by a South Jersey girl at Holmdel since Alyssa Aldridge of Mainland Regional ran 17:55 at the 2016 Meet of Champions. It’s fastset by a South Jersey girl at Shore Coaches since 2010, when Megan Venables of Highland ran 17:50 and Megan Lacy 18:12 in the same race.
Ocean City’s Maeve Smith placed 3rd in the C race Saturday in 18:42 and Mainland duo Sofia Day and Gillian Lovett took 4th and 5th, Day in 18:51 and Lovett 19:48. Mainland is listed as placing 3rd with 133 points.
There are definitely some results that look wrong – I find it hard to believe 19:56 won the Varsity B race -but here’s a look at all the sub-19 times currently listed in the results:
(Coaches who see errors or omissions are encouraged to contact Viper Timing at Vipertimingnj@gmail.com.)
Alleged Sub-19 South Jersey times Saturday
18:18 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 1st, Varsity C
18:23 … Emma Zawatski [Freehold Township], 1st, Varsity A
18:26 … Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 1st, Varsity E
18:29 … Rosemary Shay [Middletown South], 2nd, Varsity C
18:36 … Courtney Kaiser [Union Catholic], 2nd, Varsity E
18:42 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 3rd, Varsity C
18:51 … Julia Scrudato [Montgomery], 2nd, Varsity A
18:51 … Sofia Day [Mainland Regional], 4th, Varsity C
18:56 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 1st, Varsity D
18:57 … Olivia Murray [Pingry School], 1st, Varsity F
All-Time Top-10 South Jersey Performers at Holmdel
17:27.83 … Megan Venables [Highland Reg.], 2010
17:40 … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
17:44 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2008
17:45 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2013
17:55 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2010
17:55 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland], 2016
18:08 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2010
18:12 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2004
18:16 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2009
18:18 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2006
18:18 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2023
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 