Seniors Noah Stapleton, Simon Bernhardt and Brody Dillich each finished in the top 10 to lead Shawnee to the team title at the South Jersey Shootout in Logan Township.

Highland senior Mason Wassell was top South Jersey finisher, placing 2nd over the flat, fast 5,000-meter DREAM Park course in 15:59.

Stapleton was 4th in 16:26, Bernhardt 8th in 16:57 and Dillich 10th in 17:08 for the Renegades, who defeated Sanford School of Hockessin, Del., 55-66.

Seniors Jake Steelman and Finnegan Bracken were Shawnee’s 4th and 5th runners, Steelman in 22nd in 17:42 and Bracken 24th in 17:53.

Williamstown junior Dominic Burgo, Clearview senior Ethan Worst and Cedar Creek junior Vincenzo Vecchio also placed in the top 10 among 97 runners. Burgo was 5th in 16:32, Worst 7th in 16:49 and Vecchio 9th in 17:03.

Also under 18 minutes: Cedar Creek junior Sean Martino [11th in 17:08], Cedar Creek junior Ryan McCann [12th in 17:09], Gloucester senior Marcus Flagg [13th in 17:11], Williamstown junior Logan Pavelik [14th in 17:14], Gloucester junior Vincent Kelly [15th in 17:15], Highland sophomore Colin Roznowski [16th in 17:24], Gloucester junior Tyler Galtman [18th in 17:34], Atlantic County Tech senior Thomas Wodazak [20th in 17:39], Highland junior Andrew Dopkin [21st in 17:39], Clearview senior Ryne Handley [25th in 17:53], Williamstown junior Jonathan Delicana [26th in 17:57] and Highland sophomore Pierce Dopkin [27th in 17:57].

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.

Senior Cate Feudtner and sophomores Ryleigh Budsock and Gabriella Pizzo all broke 20 minutes over 5,000 meters, and the Cherry Hill East girls – ranked 5th in the state – finished 3rd in a merge of class races at the Battle at Ocean County Park in Lakewood.

Feudtner placed 6th in the senior race in 19:45 and Budsock and Pizzo ran 9th and 10th in the sophomore race in 19:49 and 19:55.

Cherry Hill East’s top-5 also included Ella Davidson [13th in junior race in 20:30] and Shaelea Conway [19th in junior race in 20:56]. Katherine Grottini ran 21:05 for 17th in the sophomore race.

The Eastern girls took 5th in the merge, led by Theresa Albertson [6th in sophomore race in 18:36, fastest among all South Jersey runners], Natalie Dumas [11th in junior race in 19:59], Sarah Haefele [30th in senior race in 21:22], Jordyn Waterman [21st in sophomore race in 21:30] and Emi Loverdi [36th in senior race in 21:53].

Shawnee’s Paige Cline ran 20:01 for 9th in the senior class race, and Winslow’s Ava Millner [10th in 20:06], Hammonton’s Natalie Clauhs [11th in 20:11] and Cherry Hill East’s Krystal Pagtel [13th in 20:34] also placed in the top 20.

Also under 21:30 were Shawnee’s Ava Nix, who placed 24th in the senior race in 20:56, and teammate Kayla Dilks, who was 29th in 21:15.

Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay, in his first race for Butler, placed 5th in the Fighting Illini B1G Preview Friday in Savoy, Ill.

Gabay ran 23:48 over 8,000 meters on the Orange and Blue Golf Course just south of Champaign. He was Butler’s first finisher.

Gabay graduated in the spring from Duke and is spending a graduate year at Butler in Indianapolis. That 23:48 is only four seconds off his 8K PR of 23:44 from the 2022 Paul Short Run on Lehigh’s Goodman campus.

Gabay finished only six seconds behind winner Christian de Vaal of Wisconsin and New Zealand.

At Duke, Gabay ran 3:40.73 for 1,500 meters and 7:58.94 for 3,000 on the track.

Kylee Black, a senior at Vineland, ran a lifetime all-course PR over 5,000 meters Tuesday and placed 1st in a tri-meet with Cedar Creek and Atlantic County Institute of Technology on Vineland’s course.

Black ran 20:53 and won by about 250 meters over senior teammate Gabrielle Brown [2nd in 22:01], with sophomore Olivia Masucci [3rd in 22:51] making it a 1-2-3 Vineland finish.

Senior Leah Denmead [4th in 23:44] and sophomore Lisette Echevarria [5th in 23:54] were Cedar Creek’s top finishers.

Sophomores Gianna Capoferri and Jasira Spencer ran 6th and 7th and were Vineland’s 4th and 5th finishers. Seniors Shannon Powers and Ashlyn Walker were ACIT’s top finishers in 8th and 9th and Cedar Creek’s Jenny Rae was the top freshman in the race in 10th place.

Vineland outscored Cedar Creek 19-38.

Bishop Eustace senior Ethan Caprarola, 5th in the state Parochial B meet last year at Holmdel, finished 1st of 64 runners Tuesday in an Olympic Conference batch meet.

Caprarola ran 18:44 over 5,000 meters at DREAM Park in Logan Township and won by about 10 meters over Moorestown sophomore Ethan Taylor, who was 2nd in 18:46.

Also in the top 10 were Camden County Vo-Tech Sicklerville senior Julian Rich [3rd in 18:49], Eustace senior Desmond Carey [4th in 18:50], Winslow senior Dominic Bassey [5th in 19:33], Camden County Vo-Tech Sicklerville senior Leo Vargas-Trinidad [6th in 20:05], Eustace junior Alexander Dietz [7th in 20:07], Winslow senior Eric Brown [8th in 20:22], Winslow senior David Duran [20:24] and Winslow junior Vincent Perri [10th in 20:29].

Winslow topped Moorestown 32-45 to win the team title.

In a separate race, Eastern had three of the top four finishes to edge Lenape 28-38.

Senior Ryan Haefele ran 18:16 and finished 30 meters ahead of 2nd-place Connor McCafferty, a Seneca senior, who was 2nd in 18:23.

Also in the top 10: Eastern junior Justin Fox [3rd in 18:25], Eastern senior Nicholas Sirdashney [4th in 18:41], Lenape senior Rayyan Ahmed [5th 18:53], Lenape senior Cooper McDonald [6th in 19:05], Lenape sophomore Aaron Smith [7th in 19:22], Lenape junior Christopher DiBraccio [8th in 19:42], Rancocas Valley sophomore Cody Habeck [9th in 19:45] and Eastern junior Aiden Mueller [10th in 19:46].

Haddonfield, ranked 3rd in New Jersey, placed six runners within 10 seconds in its season debut in a Colonial Conference batch meet Tuesday at West Deptford Park.

Haddonfield won the state Group 2 title last year with four underclassmen in the top five, and later this fall will be shooting for its 7th straight state title and 22nd since 1978.

Senior Bennett Wright was the overall winner in 17:46, followed by junior Benjamin Andrus [17:47], junior Ryan Gibson [17:47], junior newcomer Peter Simpson [17:47], freshman Augustan Coley [17:56] and sophomore Owen Snyder [17:56].

Wright, Gibson and Andrus placed 6th, 8th and 11th at the state meet last year, when Haddonfield raced past Bernards 39-68 at Holmdel.

After Haddonfield’s first six Tuesday, West Deptford sophomore Lane McClintock, a 1st-year cross country runner, was 6th overall in 18:05.

Also in the top 10 were Haddonfield senior Liam Paterson [18:18], West Deptford junior Gavin Yoder [18:26] and Haddonfield senior Case Hurly [18:49].

In the girls meet, No. 9 Haddonfield swept the top 11 spots, with sophomore Madison Kelsey winning in 21:48, followed by senior Dylan Melcher [21:59], sophomore Molly Mills [22:00], junior Lauren Hamblin [22:08], sophomore Harper Benjamin [22:14], junior Edith Green [22:24], senior Caroline Barker [22:29], sophomore Devon Gervasi [22:31], junior Elizabeth Pappas [22:35], junior Sofia Conrey [22:39] and junior Sophia Rowell [22:23].

Audubon took the next three places, with freshman Sophia Brassill [23:30] [yes, that’s three straight finishers named Sophia / Sofia!], sophomore Lydia Gravante [23:31] and freshman Romina Macko [23:32].

Eastern’s Theresa Albertson opened her sophomore year with a big win in an Olympic Conference batch meet Tuesday at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Albertson, who placed 7th in the Olympic Conference meet and South Jersey Group 4 sectionals as a freshman, ran 20:21 and was 1st of 57 runners from Eastern, Lenape, Seneca, Shawnee and Rancocas Valley.

Junior Natalie Dumas, in her first race since winning the 400-meter hurdles national title at the West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field in 58.32 – 4th-fastest in state history – placed 2nd in 22:17. It was her first cross country race ever.

Senior Annelise Shack, sophomore Jordyn Waterman and senior Sarah Haefele – none of whom ran XC last year – finished 6th, 7th and 8th, all between 24:08 and 24:10, giving Eastern five of the first eight finishers and 24 team points if there were team scoring.

Lenape sophomore Audrey McCorkle, who also didn’t run XC last year, placed 3rd [22:53], and junior Mary Casano [23:15] and senior Haley Wasson [23:30] of Rancocas Valley finished 4th and 5th.

Sophomore Danica DiPerna and senior Kayla Dilks of Shawnee rounded out the top 10, DiPerna in 9th and Dilks in 10th in 24:11 and 24:12.

Kingsway graduate Tom Cooke placed 24th out of nearly 4,500 runners in the men’s division of the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Sunday in Manhattan.

The 30-year-old Cooke, now listed with a Blackwood Terrace (Deptford Township) hometown, ran 4:07 along 5th Avenue from 80th Street down to 60th Street. He placed 1st out of 926 runners in the 30-34 age group.

Cooke has a track mile PR of 4:02.16 from a meet at Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del., in April 2022.

Former Shawnee runner Jason Richwall, 26, placed 60th out of 4,491 male finishers (there were 8,807 overall finishers) with a time of 4:27. He was 32nd out of 1,008 in the 25-29 age group. Richwall ran for Muhlenberg College in Allentown, then for Rowan in the spring of 2022, then Muhlenberg again.

The top woman from South Jersey was Brianna Heffernan of Woolwich Township, who placed 95th out of 4,536 women in 5:26. Heffernan, 17, placed 7th out of 135 in the 10-18 age group. Heffernan is a senior at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del.

Heffernan was a teammate in 2021 and 2022 of Sophia Curtis, the All-America triple jumper and hurdler who spent the last two years at Ocean City.

Lexi Tepper of UMBC and Kate Inglis of Catholic University both placed in the top 15 Saturday at the Cantello XC Invitational.

Tepper, a sophomore from Cherry Hill East, ran 22:08 and placed 5th overall out of 78 runners over 6,000 meters at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club in Anne Arundel County, Md., across the Severn River from Annapolis. Inglis, a senior from Moorestown, placed 15th in 23:13.

Tepper has raced twice this fall and finished no worse than 5th in either race. She won her 2024 debut last month at Mount St. Mary’s in Emmittsburg, Md., with a PR 18:13.

This was Inglis’s first race this fall. She won the steeplechase last spring at the Landmark Conference Championships in Elizabethtown, Pa. Inglis is the Catholic school record holder in the steeplechase [11:07.96] and 5,000 [17:37.32].