Junior Caleb Widerholt was the overall winner, junior Colin Brennan placed 3rd and sophomore Jimmy Cataline 7th, and Northern Burlington raced to the team title Wednesday in the Liberty Division race at the Burlington County Scholastic League Championships.
Widerholt ran 16:53 and finished eight meters ahead of sophomore Jacob Wickersham of Cinnaminson, who was 2nd in 16:58, with Brennan a close 3rd in 16:59.
Northern outscored Medford Tech 43-59 to win the team title, with Cinnaminson 3rd with 66 points.
The team title is Northern’s first since 2018, when the Greyhounds beat Rancocas Valley 33-41 in the Liberty Division race on the same 5,000-meter course at New Egypt High School in Plumsted Township, Ocean County.
Widerholt is Northern’s first individual winner since Beepul Bharti won the 2014 Liberty Division race at New Egypt in 16:01.
Last time Northern won both the team title and had an individual winner was 2013, when Harrison Scott and Chris Martin went 1-2 in 15:32 and 15:34 and Northern outscored Moorestown 23-44 in the Liberty Division competition.
Cataline ran 17:22 for 7th place and NBC’s other scorers were junior Noah Taylor in 12th place in 17:36 and sophomore J.P. West, who placed 21st in 18:30.
Others in the top 10: Medford Tech junior Luke Damato [4th in 17:04], Palmyra senior Colin Broadbelt [5th in 17:15], Maple Shade senior Aidan Cloke [6th in 17:19], Medford Tech junior Cole Malinowski [8th in 17:33], Cinnaminson junior Brandon Smith [9th in 17:34] and Delran sophomore Chase Dubuque [10th in 17:35].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 