Sophomore Riley Fayer won three races to lead the Audubon girls to the first sectional championship in school history.
Fayer ran 2:18.00, 5:07.47 and 11:02.14 for 30 points, and Audubon won the South Jersey Group 1 Championship at Pennsauken by 16 1/3 points over Salem.
Fayer has PRs of 2:17.40, 5:04.02 and 10:58.45 so she was close to all three while tripling in one meet.
With only the 4-by-4 remaining, Audubon had 79 1/3 points, with Salem [71] and Clayton [70] within striking distance.
The Green Wave clinched the title when the listed team of freshman Sophia Rizzo, sophomore Kylie Tocco, senior Madelin Owens and senior Arianna Bittner placed 2nd in 4:06.98.
Audubon finished with an 87 1/3-71 margin of victory over Salem, which did not have a team in the 4-by-4.
Also for Audubon, Bittner won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.69 for her first sectional title. She was 3rd last year. Bittner also took 6th in the 400 in 1:00.53.
Audubon won the 4-by-8 10:03.01 with a listed lineup of freshman Isabella Legatie, freshman Lydia Gravante, sophomore Charlie Owens and senior Madelin Carter.
Sophomore Marissa DeValerio PR’d with a 16-8 ½ for 2nd place in the long jump, and junior Elizabeth Butrica cleared 9-6 for 2nd in the pole vault and also medaled with a 6th place in the hurdles with a 17.38. Carter also placed 5th in both the 800 in 2:25.61 and the 1,600 in 5:43.24.
In the field, sophomore Julianna Laxton cleared 4-10 in the high jump for 4th place, senior Jayden McCraken PR’d in the discus with a 103-10 for 5th.
Audubon also scored two points in the 4-by-1 with a listed lineup of Rizzo, senior Kira Collins, Tocco and Laxton running 51.81.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 