Senior Julian Rich of Camden County Tech in Sicklerville finished nearly a minute ahead of the field and won the South Jersey Vo-Tech Championships individual title Thursday.
Rich ran 16:45 over 5,000 meters at Westampton Tech and finished 250 meters ahead of 2nd-place Connor Auge, a senior at Gloucester County Tech in Gloucester Township. Auge ran 17:37 and led Gloucester to the team title.
Rich’s time is an all-course 5K PR. He had run 16:46 at the Battle of Ocean Park earlier this month in Lakewood.
Gloucester went 2-6-7-8-13, which became 2-5-6-7-12 when runners not representing full teams were removed for team scoring purposes. Gloucester outscored Burlington County Tech Medford 32-53, with Camden Sicklerville 3rd at 63.
Also in Gloucester’s top five were sophomore Duke Snyder-Shellito [6th in 18:20], senior Gavin Kravchuck [7th in 18:22], senior Owen DeLuca [8th in 18:25] and sophomore Liam Robles [13th in 18:51].
Others in the top 10 included senior Luke Damato of Burlington County Medford [3rd in 17:59], Medford soph Chris Davis [4th in 18:03], Atlantic County Tech senior Thomas Wodazak [5th in 18:18], Cape May Tech junior Evan Feliciano [9th in 18:33] and Medford Tech junior Marcus Paulino [10th in 18:37].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 