Junior Luke Andresen, senior Bennett Wright, junior Ryan Gibson, junior Benjamin Andrus and junior Peter Simpson finished with a 20-second gap, and Haddonfield placed 2nd Saturday among some of the top schools on the East Coast Saturday in the Varsity II race at the Bowdoin Park Classic.
Haddonfield also placed 2nd in a merge of the two varsity races.
Despite wet, rainy conditions, all five Haddonfield runners ran between 16:32 and 16:52 over 5,000 meters at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Haddonfield was the top public school in the race.
Andresen ran 16:32 and took 10th, Wright and Gibson placed 12th and 13th in 16:33 and 16:35, Andrus was 16th in 16:37 and Simpson 22nd in 16:52.
Haddonfield, ranked 4th in New Jersey, will be seeking its 21st consecutive sectional title next month. Wright, Gibson, Andresen and Andrus all finished in the top seven at last year’s sectional race.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 