From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Senior Anya Kazemi placed 3rd and Bishop Eustace placed all five scorers in the top 16 to win the Division 1 team title Saturday at the South Jersey Open.

Kazemi ran 19:21 – by far her fastest 5,000 ever on any course – and finished behind only overall winner Jordan Hadfield, a junior at Schalick [18:50], and junior Nilaa Ponnappan of Camden Catholic [19:14], who both also ran all-course PRs.

For Eustace, junior Donna Presenza took 8th in 22:52, sophomore Sophia Kaloustian 12th in 23:44, senior Amelia Ingersoll 13th in 13:46 and freshman Embry Doody 16th in 23:58.

Eustace finished with a 40-54 margin of victory over 2nd-place Wildwood Catholic, with Camden Catholic 3rd with 73 points.

Also in the top 10 were Holy Cross sophomore Julia Flanagan [4th in 20:23], Maple Shade junior Crystal Benito [5th in 21:26], Buena senior Melissa Krail [6th in 22:38], Wildwood Catholic sophomore Angelina Richards [7th in 22:43], Holy Cross junior Anna Fonseca [9th in 22:52] and Wildwood Catholic senior Ally Grandizio [10th in 23:23].