Kingsway’s Kylie Anicic, in her first post-collegiate race, placed 13th Monday morning in the USATF 20K Championships in New Haven, Conn.

Anicic, who won 18 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference titles and was a six-time All-America in two years at Edinboro, covered the 20,000-kilometer course in 1:14.54.

The 24-year-old Anicic and former BYU All-America Aubrey Frenthaway – 14th in NCAA Division 1 XC last year in Charlottesville – were the two-youngest runners to finish in the top 20.

Anicic, who grew up in Mickleton, is now listed with a hometown of Kingwood, W. Va.

Anicic began her college athletic career playing soccer at Temple before briefly running for Towson and then blossoming at Edinboro, where she started for the 2022 indoor season.

Anicic on Monday finished just three spots out of prize money range.

Keira D’Amato, the U.S. half-marathon record holder, won the race in 1:06.25. She also won in 2022, setting the course record of 1:04.29, which is the U.S. 20K record.

Rancocas Valley’s Erika Kemp set the New Jersey 20K best in New Haven in 2021 when she placed won the race in 1:06.20. That’s No. 6 on the U.S. 20K all-time performance list.

The USATF 20K Championships are held concurrently with the 47th annual Saxon Law New Haven Road Races, which includes a 5K, 20K and half marathon. Over 5,000 runners participated in the various open races Monday morning.

 

Haddonfield’s Anna Stolarick recorded a top-10 finish out of 84 runners Saturday in her collegiate debut for Holy Cross at the Wheaton & Babson Season Opener.

Stolarick ran 12:00.68 over the hilly 3,000-meter course at Coogan Cross Country Course at Highland Park in Attleboro, Mass., and placed 10th overall and 4th among runners from Holy Cross, in Worcester, Mass.

Holy Cross went 2-4-7-10-14 and outscored 2nd-place Suffolk University of Boston, 32-57, to win the eight-team invitational.

Stolarick helped Haddonfield win the state Group 2 XC title in 2022 and 2023.

Seton Hall’s Julia Smith, a senior from Schalick, ran a 6,000-meter PR and placed 9th out of 116 runners Saturday at the 28th annual Salisbury (Md.) University Fall Classic.

Smith ran 21:43.7 over 6,000 meters at WinterPlace Park & Equestrian Center and was Seton Hall’s second finisher.

Her previous 6K PR for any course was 21:46.30 in November at the NCAA Division 1 Mid-Atlantic Championships at Lehigh’s course in Bethlehem (and briefly in Lower Saucon Township).

This was Smith’s first race in more than four months. She ran a 5K PR of 17:50.42 at Rider last April but didn’t race again last spring.

Seton Hall placed 3rd with 85 points, behind Maryland [24] and John Hopkins [53].