Luke Andresen broke 16 minutes for the first time on any course and led Haddonfield to a 19-47 win over Haddon Heights in a four-team Colonial Conference batch meet Tuesday at Pennypacker Park in Haddonfield and Cherry Hill.

Andresen won the race in 15:55 in a field of 66 runners, finishing 250 meters ahead of 2nd-place Reggie Hernandez, a Haddon Heights senior.

Andresen’s previous all-course PR for 5,000 meters was 16:17 last October on the same course.

Also under 17 minutes were Haddonfield junior Ryan Gibson [3rd in 16:54], Haddonfield junior Benjamin Andrus [4th in 16:54] and Haddonfield senior Bennett Wright [5th in 16:56].

Also in the Bulldogs’ top seven were junior Peter Simpson [6th in 17:08], senior Linus Kucer [8th in 17:13] and junior Michael Sinnes [10th in 17:31].

Haddon Heights runners who joined Hernandez in the top 10 were freshman Zacchaeus Harrigan [7th in 17:09] and senior Owen James [9th in 17:19].

Others who ran under 18 minutes: Audubon junior Logan Camm [11th in 17:41], Haddonfield sophomore Owen Snyder [12th in 17:46], Audubon junior James Barone [13th in 17:46], Haddonfield reshman Augustan Coley [14th in 17:49], Haddonfield senior Leonardo DiCello [15th in 17:49], Haddonfield junior John Leibrandt [16th in 17:50], Haddonfield junior Brandon Stoner [17th in 17:50], Haddonfield junior Aaron Keith [18th in 17:50], Haddonfield sophomore Andrew Blum [19th in 17:51], Paulsboro senior Stephen Lane [20th in 17:53] and Haddon Heights senior Lewis Iannucci [21st in 17:57].

Collingswood junior Macie Straight finished more than a minute ahead of the rest of the field in a Colonial Conference batch meet Tuesday in West Deptford.

Straight ran 20:18 over 5,000 meters at West Deptford Park and finished about 300 meters ahead of 2nd-place Taylor Sierzega, a West Deptford sophomore.

Also in the top 10 were Sterling seniors Kaysie Luna [3rd in 21:51] and Jonalee Adames [4th in 21:51], Gloucester senior Dejia Robert [5th in 22:47], Haddon Township sophomore Tanner Lajoie [6th in 23:54], Sterling seniors Isabella Patruno [7th in 23:57] and Amber Wilsey [23:58], Gloucester senior Cameron Harris [9th in 24:32] and Haddon Township sophomore Biz Maher [10th in 24:45].

Team scoring was not kept, but Sterling would have won with 33 points over Haddon Township with 69.

In a meeting of three of Gloucester County’s top runners, Kingsway sophomore Ryan Duffy edged Clearview senior Ethan Worst and Washington Township senior Hunter Bostwick with all three running sub-17 minutes over 5,000 meters at Cumberland Regional in Upper Deerfield.

Duffy ran 16:52, Worst 16:54 and Bostwick 16:58 in the front of a giant batch meet with over 150 runners.

Team scoring wasn’t kept, but unofficially Woodstown wins 74-78 over Kingsway, followed by Clearview [91] and Highland [100].

Williamstown junior Dominic Burgio placed 4th in 17:08, with Woodstown runners taking three of the next four spots. Senior Cole Lucas was 5th in 17:23, junior Karson Chew 7th in 17:28 and junior Jacob Marino 8th in 17:31.

Also in the top 10 were Delsea junior Matthew Littlehales [6th in 17:27], Washington Township senior Joshua Baseshore [9th in 17:31] and Williamstown junior Logan Pavelik [10th in 17:32].

Also under 18 minutes were Kingswa junior Michael Driscoll [11th in 17:40], Gloucester County Tech sophomore Duke Snyder-Shellito [12th in 17:48], Highland senior Andrew Kellem [13th in 17:49], Highland junior Andrew Dopkin [14th in 17:50], GCIT senior Connor Auge [15th in 17:51], Clearview senior Sun Daneil [16th in 17:52], Kingsway senior Anthony Messina [17th in 17:55], Schalick junior Salvatore Longo [18th in 17:57], Clearview senior Ryne Handley [19th in 17:59] and Clearview junior Tyler Galtman [20th in 17:59].

Haddonfield left its most of its top runners at home and still placed 5th out of 40 schools Saturday at the Regis Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park.

With Bennett Wright, Benjamin Andrus, Ryan Gibson, Peter Simpson and Liam Paterson sitting this one out, Haddonfield placed its top five runners in a 19-second span on the historic 2.5-mile Vanny course in the Bronx, N.Y.

Junior Brandon Stoner ran 14:02 and placed 26th, with senior Michael Sines [30th in 14:05], senior Leoanrdo DiCello [45th in 14:14], senior Case Hurly [46th in 14:17] and junior John Leibrandt [51st in 14:21] rounding out the Bulldogs’ top five. Junior Aaron Keith was just a few seconds back in 55th in 14:28. There were nearly 400 runners in the race.

St. Francis Prep of Manhattan won with 115 points, followed by St. Anthony’s of South Huntington, Nassau County, N.Y. [129], Don Bosco Prep of Ramsey [136], Xavier of Manhattan [184] and Haddonfield.

Haddonfield won the sophomore race, 76-117, over McKee/Staten Island Tech. Andrew Blum and Owen Snyder placed 3rd and 8th in 14:27 and 14:51. Other Bulldog scorers were Philip Gottschalch [21st in 15:29], Lucas Laganella [22nd in 15:32] and Luca DiCello [34th in 15:48], with Luke Patterson a few spots back in 38th in 15:56.

Haddonfield placed 6th out of 30 schools in the freshman race, with Augustan Coley 2nd in 8:37 over 2,500 meters. Ian Blair placed 8th in 9:21, giving the Bulldogs two of the top 10 finishers. Haddonfield scored 239 points.

Highland graduate Grace Wassell, a sophomore at Wake Forest, placed 9th out of 121 runners Friday at the Firetower Run in Boone, N.C.

Wassell ran a lifetime-best 21:19 for 6,000 meters on State Farm Field, Appalachian State University’s home course.

This was Wassell’s 4th 6,000 and her fastest by more than a minute. She ran 22:.21 at the XC23 College & Open in Charlottesville, Va., last October.

Wassell was Wake’s 6th runner. The Demon Deacons went 1-2-4-6-7-9-11 and outscored host Appalachian State 20-63 to win the team title.

Wake Forest is ranked 5th in NCAA Division 1 Southeast Region by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

As a freshman, Wassell ran 4:29.46 for 1,500 meters in a meet in Charlotte in April, equivalent of a 4:51.02 full mile.

Junior Macy Huber placed 2nd and sophomore Grace Gutowski 3rd, and Paul VI – with three freshman in the top five – won the team title Saturday at the 34th annual Briarwood Invitational.

Huber ran 20:15 over 5,000 meters at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia and Gutowski 20:27, and PVI outscored 2nd-place South Western of Penn Township, York County, Pa., 57-63, to win the girls championship race.

Freshmen Peyton Blake, Morgan Kuzma and Johanna Trampe placed 14th, 18th and 23rd, Blake in 22:13, Kuzma 22:25 and Trampe 22:51. It was the first high school race for each of them.

Washington Township senior Kaylee Russen ran 21:36 for 6th, Woodstown sophomore Lilian Norman was 17th in 22:22, Woodstown freshman Abby Marino 21st in 22:37 and Washington Township senior Rachael Wilson placed 27th in 23:19.

Paul VI also won the freshman race over 3,000 meters, with all five girls running between 14:12 and 15:37. McKayla McHutchinson [7th in 14:12], Juliana Hyde [12th in 14:43], Isabella Pedicelli [13th in 14:44], Francesca Cianfrani [14th in 14:51] and Keira Valvardi [17th in 15:37] formed PVI’s freshman team.

Courtney Waddington and Layla Chain of Washington Township placed 6th and 8th in the freshman race, Waddington in 14:08 and Chain in 14:13.

In the varsity boys race, Paul VI senior Sean Alemi ran 17:17 for 16th place.

Trevor Del Borrello and Nick Ablaza from Paul VI placed 3rd and 5th in the boys freshman race in 10:39 and 10:56.

Cinnaminson’s Jacob Wickersham ran two miles in 10:13 and easily won the junior class race at the Thompson 2-Miler at Thompson Park in Jamesburg.

Wickersham finished about 60 meters ahead of 2nd-place Caden Gueci of Point Pleasant Borough, who ran 10:24.

His 10:13 was 5th-fastest among more than 500 boys who competed in four class races.

Wickersham is coming off a 2023 track season where he ran 9:31.36, 8th -fastest among all sophomores in New Jersey.

Cinnaminson’s Ryan Scaricaciottoli, Edward Abu-Abas and Alexander Lonardo placed 11th, 14th and 21st in the sophomore race and combined for 41 team points when individuals are removed, good for 3rd place in sophomore team scoring behind Colts Neck and Hopewell Valley.

Cinnaminson’s one runner in the senior race, Brandon Smith, ran 10:34 and placed 11th. The Pirates also took 4th in the freshman race, with Lucas and Keith Fried 17th and 18th and James Coller 30th.

Northern’s Caleb Wiederholt ran 10:34 and placed 9th in the senior class race, with teammates Noah Taylor 19th in 10:52 and Colin Brennan 45th in 11:53, and the Greyhounds placed 5th in senior class team scoring.

Northern junior Jimmy Cataline was 7th in the junior race in 10:57.

Moorestown packed seven girls in the top 21 and won the team title, and Schalick senior Jordan Hadfield was the top South Jersey runner Saturday in the South Jersey Shootout in Logan Township.

Moorestown, led by junior Lilliana Stack Maya in 5th and senior Gabrielle DeJoseph in 6th, outscored Voorhees 38-44. The two teams were tied at 24 through four runners, but freshman Makayla Zell finished nearly a minute ahead of Voorhees’ 5th runner to lock up the team title over 5,000 meters at DREAM Park in 18:38. Voorhees is ranked 20th in New Jersey.

Delsea edged Sterling 102-106 for 3rd place.

For Moorestown, Stack Maya ran 19:29 for 5th place, DeJoseph ran 19:31 for 6th and freshman Hope Edwards also finished in the top 10 with a time of 20:18 in her 3rd varsity race.

The Quakers’ 4th runner was sophomore Sophia DiFiore [13th in 20:41], with Zell 5th. They were backed up by sophomore Siyana Sheth in 19th [20:59] and senior Sarah Brown 21st [21:12].

For team scoring purposes, Moorestown went 3-4-7-10-14-15-17.

Hadfield, the state Group 1 champ last spring in both the 1,600 and 3,200, finished a fraction of a second behind winner Daphne Roskowski of Voorhees. Officially, Roskowski ran 18:38.53 and Hadfield 18:38.65.

That means they were separated by about 15 inches at the finish line.

Holy Cross junior Julia Flanagan ran 19:23 for 4th, Camden Catholic senior Nilaa Ponnappan 19:39 in 7th, Williamstown junior Sophia Aldridge 19:40 to place 8th and Sterling’s Jonalee Adames was 9th in 19:47.

Other South Jersey girls under 22 minutes: Williamstown junior Delaney Harbison [12th in 20:38], Clearview senior Lilla Porter [14th in 20:43], Delsea senior Juliana Sieminski [15th in 20:46], Vineland senior Kylee Black [16th in 20:52], Williamstown sophomore Julia Burgo [20th in 21:06], Triton sophomore Emily Lutner [22nd in 21:13], West Deptford sophomore Taylor Sierzega [23rd in 21:16], Delsea senior Laney Vecchio [24th in 21:18], Maple Shade senior Crystal Benito [25th in 21:30], Lindenwold junior Daisy Delarosa [26th in 21:33], Highland junior Lyana Gutierrez [27th in 21:33], Gloucester senior Dejia Robert [28th in 21:34], Sterling senior Isabella Patruno [30th in 21:47] and Highland senior Audrey Musmeci [31st in 21:49].

The Cherokee boys, ranked 4th in New Jersey, shattered the course record in the RVA Relays under the lights Saturday evening at Pole Green Park in Hanover County, Va.

Senior Liam Tindall, sophomore Benjamin Realley, junior Logan Bromley, senior Enzo Corona and freshman Jack Tindall ran 2,500 meters each in 36:13 – that’s an average of 7:14.6 – and broke the course record shared by Deep Run of Glen Allen, Va., and Cherokee, who both ran 36:59 in 2019.

The top five schools ran under that 5-year-old course record on Saturday.

Each of Cherokee’s runners ran between 7:09 and 7:17.

Liam Tindall led off with a 7:17, followed by Realley in 7:15, Bromley in 7:14, Corona in 7:17 and Jack Tindall in 7:09.

Realley, Bromley and Corona all ran the fastest time for their legs. Liam Tindall was 8th-fastest of all 58 leadoff runners and Jack Tindall’s time was 10th-fastest among all anchors.

According to the MileSplit database, Jack Tindall’s 7:09 is fastest in course history by a freshman. The previous record is listed as 7:28 by Max Etka of Midlothian (Va.) High School in 2015.

Gainesville (Va.) High placed 2nd in 36:45, an average of 6 ½ seconds slower per runner than Cherokee.

Cherokee also won the B&C Relay for runners outside their team’s top-5 with an average time of 38:50 – an average of 7:46 per leg. Good enough to place 27th in the A race.

Sophomore Sean Sooy [7:19], sophomore Gavin Danielewicz [8:05], senior Anthony DiBattista [7:42], sophomore Leo Vyvyan [8:10] and senior Tate Midora [7:31] ran for Cherokee’s B&C team.

Just using its top five freshmen and sophomores from the two races, Cherokee would have gone 7:09, 7:15, 7:19, 8:05, 8:10 for an average of 7:35 and placed 16th in overall team scoring.

The Cherokee girls placed 4th with senior Megan Niglio, junior Maya Kumar, senior Grace Wojciechowski, freshman Erin Healy and junior Madeline Meder running a combined 44:19.

Niglio led off with an 8:27 split, followed by Kumar in 9:01, Wojciechowski in 9:11, Healy in 9:00 and Meder in 8:37.

Cherokee’s 44:19 is 5th-fastest in course history. Overall girls winner Padua of Wilmington, Del., set the course record Saturday at 43:09.

Cherokee’s B&C team finished 7th, with junior Sofia Recinto [9:34], sophomore Genisa John [9:41], senior Emily Butler [9:45], sophomore Gabrielle Urban [10:01] and senior Veronica Ashcraft [10:27].

Padua’s 2nd leg was run by senior Brianna Heffernan, who lives in Woolwich Township, Gloucester County. She ran her 2,500 meters in 8:52, 2nd-fastest among 2nd legs.

West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb placed 3rd in the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invite Saturday in Hanover, N.H., helping MIT beat Dartmouth in its 2024 season opener.

MIT, ranked 12th in the country, defeated Dartmouth, 18-40.

Cobb, a junior, ran 25:48 over 8,000 meters on Dartmouth’s hilly course at Hanover Country Club along the eastern banks of the Connecticut River that forms the Vermont-Connecticut border.

Cobb ran within 11 seconds of his 8K PR of 25:37, which he ran at the 2022 New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conference Championships in Attleboro, Mass.

On Saturday, MIT swept the top three places behind freshman Renne Cooper [25:43], senior Sam Coutts [25:46] and Cobb.

Last spring, Cobb set a school record by running 9:00.17 for the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a meet at in Williamstown, Mass.

MIT is ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division 3 East Region and 12th in the country by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA].