Brandon Lyons and Brody Bogos placed 4th and 5th in the senior class race Friday at the Battle at Ocean County Park, and Cherry Hill East finished a close 2nd in the team merge of the three class races.
Lyons ran 15:34 and Bogos 15:37 over 5,000 meters at Ocean County Park in Lakewood, the 5th- and 6th-fastest times of the day.
East’s top 5 also included Alvin Lin [2nd in junior race in 15:50], Cian Sherlock [2nd in sophomore race in 16:14] and Will Nelson [10th in junior race in 16:25], with Milo Poerner [11th in junior race in 16:26] and Colin Moore [12th in junior race 16:29] also under 16:30.
Also under 17:30 in the senior race were Julian Rich of Camden County Vo-Tech – Sicklerville [17th in 16:47], Winslow’s Dominic Bassey [18th in 16:53], Eastern’s Ryan Haefele [21st in 16:58], Winslow’s David Duran [30th in 17:25].
Top South Jersey finishers in the junior race were Rex Takakjy [16th in 16:54], Eastern’s Justin Fox [18th in 17:07] and Winslow’s Vincent Perri [19th in 17:21].
Jon Chalmers and Aneesh Rajagopal of Cherry Hill East placed 9th and 10th in the sophomore race in 17:22 and 17:29.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 