From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Senior Stella Stolarick, sophomore Riley Austin and junior Audrey Adams were each part of three relay teams that finished in the top three, helping Haddonfield win its ninth state relays title since 2000.

The Haddonfield girls placed in the top three in every event other than the shot put and defeated 2nd-place Point Pleasant Borough, 62-41, with Willingboro 3rd with 40 points in the State Group 2 Relays at the Bubble in Toms River Saturday.

Stolarick and Austin both ran on the winning distance medley and 3,200-meter relay teams and the 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team. Adams contributed to the 2nd-place high jump relay and 3rd-place sprint medley and shuttle hurdles teams.

Stolarick and Austin were joined by senior Ava Thomas and senior Anna Stolarick on the DMR, which ran 12:51.18, and by Anna Stolarick and junior Tylin Regan on the 4-by-8, which ran 10:00.43.

Adams and junior Maeve Hurly both cleared 4-8 in the high jump – that’s a PR for Hurly in her second lifetime high jump competition – for a winning combined height of 9-4.

Haddonfield also won the pole vault relay with junior Rebecca Hoover tying her PR at 11-6 and senior Mia Bompensa clearing 9-6.

Haddonfield placed 3rd in the 800-meter relay [1:49.59], the shuttle hurdles [34.10], the sprint medley [4:21.36] and the 4-by-4 [4:12.99].

Junior Nicolette Pinkerton, junior Molly Minor, senior Ava Peifer and senior Chloe Kamp ran the 4-by-2, Adams, Pinkerton, Hoover and Hurly the shuttle hurdles, Thomas, Peifer, Adams and Camp the sprint medley and Stella Stolarick, Austin, Minor and junior Penny Davis the 4-by-4.

Haddonfield also won Group 1 state relays titles in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2016 and Group 2 in 2017, 2020 and 2022. Haddonfield’s nine titles are 4th-most ever behind Willingboro [11], Columbia [10] and Hopewell Valley [10].

For Willingboro, freshman Maya Bolden, sophomore Kaila Speight, sophomore Jaden Murry and junior Nester Wea won the 800-meter relay in 1:45.44 and the 4-by-4 in 4:06.11 and junior Chanel Swain [38-2] and senior Aniya Jolla [29-7 ¼] teamed up to win the shot put. Junior Sunny Oyibo, senior Naa’rah Andrews, Murry and Wea placed 2nd in the shuttle hurdles in 33.47.