Haddonfield took pack running to crazy extremes Tuesday with 11 runners crossing the finish line in a 14-second span in a five-team Colonial Conference batch meet in Haddonfield and Cherry Hill.
Senior Leonardo DiCello and junior Aaron Keith took the first two spots for the Bulldogs, who going deeper in the race had 14 runners finishing in a 31-second span.
DiCello covered 5K at Pennypacker Park in 17:36, with Keith 2nd in 17:39. Junior Marcus Flagg of Gloucester took 3rd in 17:39, Haddonfield senior Linus Kucer was 4th in 17:40 and Haddon Township junior Luke Wolfram placed 5th with a 17:40.
The next eight finishers were from Haddonfield, all of them running between 17:42 and 17:50: Sophomore Andrew Blum [6th, 17:42], junior Peter Simpson [7th 17:42], junior Benjamin Andrus [8th, 17:42], junior Ryan Gibson [9th, 17:43], senior Bennett Wright [10th, 17:43], junior Brandon Stoner [11th, 17:45], junior John Leibrandt [12th, 17:50] and junior Michael Sinnes [13th, 17:50].
Also under 18 minutes were Gloucester junior Vincent Kelly [14th, 17:51], Gloucester senior Trey Fitzpatrick [15th, 17:56] and Haddonfield junior Luke Andresen [16th, 17:58].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 