Paul VI placed 2nd in both distance relays Wednesday at the state Parochial A Relays at the Bubble in Toms River.
PVI ran a school-record 9:49.44 in the 4-by-8 and 12:40.18 in the distance medley. PVI has already run 12:31.11 at Ocean Breeze. They now rank No. 2 in New Jersey in the DMR and 5th in the 4-by-8.
Freshman Grace Gutowski, sophomore Macy Huber, sophomore Giovanna Mantuano and senior Shaelan McNally ran on the 4-by-8 team, who finished behind only Oak Knoll Academy, which won the race in 9:42.28.
Mantuano, sophomore Claire Magee, Huber and McNally ran on the DMR, which took 2nd to Union Catholic’s 12:17.16.
In the 4-by-8, it looks like this was Paul VI’s first time under 10 minutes. MileSplit lists them with a 9:55.42 in 2022, but that performance doesn’t show up in the official results, and Winslow Township did run exactly 9:55.42 in that race, so it appears likely to be an error.
Paul VI finished 3rd in team scoring with 32 points.
The Eagles also placed 3rd in the 1,600-meter relay in 4:17.99 with Anna Marie Brown, Gutkowski, Cara Doyle and Magee. In the field, senior Giselle Scrivanich and junior Claudia Crabtree won the pole vault relay.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 