Jordan Hadfield runs away from the field to win 2nd straight Salem County race, leads Schalick to team title!!!!!!

Schalick senior Jordan Hadfield cruised to her 2nd straight Salem County title Wednesday, winning by about 80 meters over Abby Marino of Woodstown. And she led Schalick to the team title as well.

Hadfield covered 5,000 meters at Salem County Vo-Tech in Mannington Township in 19:15, with Marino 2nd in 20:34.

Schalick went 1-5-6-8-10 and outscored Woodstown 25-34. Schalick’s places in team competition were 1-4-5-7-8.

Schalick actually had seven of the first 12 finishers, with senior Jordan Goode [5th in 23:40], freshman Emma Cain [6th in 24:34], sophomore Ava Melnick [8th in 25:06], senior Olivia Hill [10th in 25:31], junior Emma O’Neill [11th in 26:42] and sophomore Jaedyn Wallace [12th in 26:50] following Hadfield across the line.

Also in the top 10 were Salem Vo-Tech Sarah Seiden [3rd in 22:08], Woodstown Anabel Schaal [4th in 23:08], Woodstown Arianna Mott [7th in 25:00] and Salem Gabriella Bartlett [10th in 25:31].

Hadfield, the state Group 1 champ last spring at both 1,600 and 3,200 meters, has placed in the top three in every race she’s entered this year. Next month she’ll shoot for her 2nd straight state Group 1 XC title. She didn’t run cross country until her junior year.

Led by Karson Chew, Jacob Marino and Cole Lucas, Woodstown boys record lowest score in 53-year history of Salem County Championships!!!!!!

The Woodstown boys set a meet record for lowest team score at the 53rd annual Salem County Championships Wednesday in Manningham Township.

Woodstown went 1-2-3-5-6 for 17 points, breaking the record of 19 points set by Pennsville in the 2007 race at Schalick. Mark Kearney, T.J. Mowers, Matt Powers, Jon Scull and Justin Schmid went 1-3-4-5-6.

For Woodstown Wednesday, junior Karson Chew, junior Jacob Marino and senior Cole Lucas swept the top three spots in the 5,000-meter race at Salem County Vo-Tech, Chew inning in 17:00, Marino 2nd in 17:15 and Lucas 3rd in 17:27.

Schalick junior Salvatore Longo broke up the Wolverine sweep with a 4th-place finish in 17:50 before sophomore David Farrell and senior Jon Farrell completed the top 5 in 5th and 6th, David in 18:02 and Jon in 18:42.

Woodstown finished with a 17-41 margin of victory over 2nd-place Schalick, with Salem County Vo-Tech 3rd with 77 points.

Also in the top 10 were Schalick senior Chase Walker [7th in 18:49], Schalick sophomore Collin Bittle [8th in 18:58], Salem senior Samuel Cooke [9th in 19:01] and Schalick junior Chase Riley [10th in 19:05].

And the 50-fastest South Jersey girls at the Shore Coaches Invite!!!!!!

And now the 50-fastest South Jersey girls at Shore Coaches this weekend! As always, let me know if you notice any mistakes or omissions!

Fastest freshman: Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 19:48
Fastest sophomore: Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 19:39
Fastest junior: Madeline Meder [Cherokee], 19:37
Fastest senior: Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 18:20

Fastest from Atlantic County: Paige Pacquing [Egg Harbor Twp.], 20:57
Fastest from Burlington County: Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 18:20
Fastest from Camden County: Macy Huber [Paul VI], 19:40
Fastest from Cape May County: Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 18:47
Fastest from Cumberland County: Olivia Solomon [Millville], 27:54
Fastest from Gloucester County: Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], 20:12
Fastest from Salem County: Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 19:44

Fastest from BCSL Freedom Division: Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 20:26
Fastest from BCSL Liberty Division: Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 18:20
Fastest from Cape-Atlantic: Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 18:47
Fastest from Colonial Conference: Jonalee Adames [Sterling], 19:43
Fastest from Friends League: Siyao Li [Moorestown Friends], 32:37
Fastest from Olympic Conference: Megan Niglio [Cherokee], 19:31
Fastest from Tri-County Conference: Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 19:44

18:20 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 1st, Varsity C
18:46 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2nd, Varsity C
19:25 … Chloe Care [Ocean City], 4th, Varsity C
19:30 … Megan Niglio [Cherokee], 4th, Varsity A
19:37 … *Madeline Meder [Cherokee], 5th, Varsity A
19:39 … **Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 5th, Varsity C
19:40 … *Macy Huber [Paul VI], 5th, Varsity D
19:43 … Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 3rd, Varsity F
19:43 … Jonalee Adames [Sterling], 6th, Varsity D
19:47 … **Grace Gutowski [Paul VI], 7th, Varsity D
19:48 … ***Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 7th, Vasity C
19:52 … Kaysie Luna [Sterling], 8th, Varsity D
19:52 … Nilaa Ponnappan [Camden Catholic], 9th, Varsity E
20:11 … *Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], 6th, Varsity B
20:12 … **Theresa Albertson [Eatern], 6th, Varsity A
20:25 … Gabrielle DeJoseph [Moorestown], 10th, Varsity B
20:25 … *Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 14th, Varsity E
20:29 … *Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 10th, Varsity A
20:30 … Juliana Sieminski [Delsea], 13th, Varsity C
20:32 … **Ryleigh Budsock [Cherry Hill East], 11th, Varsity A
20:32 … ***Hope Edwards [Moorestown], 13th, Varsity B
20:49 … Kaylee Russen [Washington Twp.], 16th, Varsity A
20:52 … ***Peyton Blake [Paul VI], 18th, Varsity D
20:54 … ***Morgan Kuzma [Paul VI], 19th, Varsity D
20:55 … ***Erin Healy [Cherokee], 18th, Varsity A
20:57 … *Paige Pacquing [Egg Harbor Twp.], 19th, Varsity A
20:56 … Noelia Reyes [Moorestown], 22nd, Varsity B
21:00 … *Devyn Per [Egg Harbor Twp.], 20th, Varsity A
21:02 … **Madison Kelsey [Haddonfield], 20th, Varsity E
21:02… Cate Feudtner [Cherry Hill East], 23rd, Varsity A
21:02 … **Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], 24th, Varsity B
21:05 … **Molly Mills [Haddonfield], 21st, Varsity E
21:07 … *Maya Kumar [Cherokee], 26th, Varsity A
21:09 … Paige Cline [Shawnee], 25th, Varsity B
21:09 … Grace Wojciechowski [Cherokee], 27th, Varsity A
21:10 … Lilla Porter [Clearview], 20th, Varsity C
21:15 … Tylin Reagan [Haddonfield], 22nd, Varsity E
21:16 … **Gabriella Pizzo [Cherry Hill East], 29th, Varsity A
21:17 … Katherine Asher [Haddonfield], 24th, Varsity E
21:20 … *Giovanna Mantuano [Paul VI], 25th, Varsity D
21:24… Rachael Wilson [Washington Twp.], 35th, Varsity A
21:25 … Delaney Harbison [Williamstown], 29th, Varsity B
21:27 … Kayla Leonhardt [Northern Burlington], 24th, Varsity C
21:28 … **Devon Gervasi [Haddonfield], 29th, Varsity E
21:33 … *Macie Straight [Collingswood], 31st, Varsity E
21:34 … **Katherine Grottini [Cherry Hill East], 37th, Varsity A
21:36 … Dylan Melcher [Haddonfield], 32nd, Varsity E
21:37 … ***Makayla Zell [Moorestown], 33rd, Varsity B
21:37 … **Addison Lambert [Egg Harbor Twp.], 39th, Varsity A
21:39 … ***Ella Mokienko [Mainland Reg.], 30th, Varsity C
21:39 … **Emily Lutner [Triton], 31st, Varsity C

The 50 fastest South Jersey boys at this year’s Shore Coaches Invite!!!!!!

Here’s a look at the 50-fastest South Jersey boys who raced at Shore Coaches Saturday at Holmdel County Park. Girls list coming later tonight!

Anybody missing???

Fastest freshman: Jack Tindall [Cherokee], 15:54
Fastest sophomore: Benjamin Realley [Cherokee], 16:37
Fastest junior: Erik Preisner [Ocean City], 16:38
Fastest senior: Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 16:31

Fastest from Atlantic County: Sean Martino [Cedar Creek], 17:22
Fastest from Burlington County: Jack Tyndall [Cherokee], 15:54
Fastest from Camden County: Brandon Lyons [Cherry Hill East], 16:33
Fastest from Cape May County: Erik Preisner [Ocean City], 16:38
Fastest from Cumberland County: Arjun Patel [Millville], 16:53
Fastest from Gloucester County: Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 16:31
Fastest from Salem County: Jacob Marino [Woodstown], 17:46

Fastest from BCSL Freedom Division: Ries Fox [Maple Shade], 19:17
Fastest from BCSL Liberty Division: Jacob Wickersham [Cinnaminson], 16:59
Fastest from Cape-Atlantic: Erik Preisner [Ocean City], 16:38
Fastest from Colonial Conference: Reggie Hernandez [Haddon Hts.], 16:54
Fastest from Friends League: Aaron Linden [Moorestown Friends], 17:57
Fastest from Olympic Conference: Jack Tindall [Cherokee], 15:54
Fastest from Tri-County Conference: Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 16:31

15:54 … ***Jack Tindall [Cherokee], 2nd, Varsity A
16:31 … Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 2nd, Varsity F
16:33 … Brandon Lyons [Cherry Hill East], 8th, Varsity A
16:37 … **Benjamin Realley [Cherokee], 9th, Varsity A
16:38 … *Erik Preisner [Ocean City], 5th, Varsity C
16:39 … Brody Bogos [Cherry Hill East], 10th, Varsity A
16:49 … *Alvin Lin [Cherry Hill East], 14th, Varsity A
16:51 … **Keenan Neuman [Ocean City], 8th, Varsity C
16:52 … Liam Tindall [Cherokee], 16th, Varsity A
16:53 … Arjun Patel [Millville], 10th, Varaity B
16:54 … *Dominic Burgio [Williamstown], 18th, Varsity A
16:54 … Reggie Hernandez [Haddon Heights], 7th, Varsity F
16:55 … Mason Wassell [Highland Reg.], 10th, Varsity C
16:59 … *Will Nelson [Cherry Hill East], 20th, Varsity A
16:59 … *Jacob Wickersham [Cinnaminson], 11th, Varsity F
17:01 … Ethan Buck [Ocean City], 11th, Varsity C
17:01 … Noah Stapleton [Shawnee], 11th, Varsity B
17:03 … **Sean Sooy [Cherokee], 22nd, Varsity A
17:04 … *Matthew Littlehales [Delsea], 13th, Varsity C
17:07 … Enzo Corona [Cherokee], 23rd, Varsity A
17:11 … *Colin Moore [Cherry Hill East], 24th, Varsity A
17:13 … **Cian Sherlock [Cherry Hill East], 26th, Varsity A
17:13 … Ethan Worst [Clearview], 17th, Varsity C
17:19 … Zach Hutchinson [Ocean City], 21st, Varsity C
17:19 … Dylan Saber [Williamstown], 29th, Varsity A
17:20 … Case Hurley [Haddonfield], 7th, Varsity E
17:22 … Benjamin Weiner [Cherokee], 30th, Varsity A
17:22 … *Sean Martino [Cedar Creek], 8th, Varsity E
17:23 … Hunter Bostwick [Washington Twp.], 31st, Varsity A
17:24 … Julian Rich [Camden County Vo-Tech / Sicklerville], 6th, Varsity D
17:26 … **Nathan Aschmann [Ocean City], 25th, Varsity C
17:28 … *Logan Bromley [Cherokee], 34th, Varsity A
17:28 … *Ryan McCann [Cedar Creek], 11th, Varsity E
17:28 … Brandon Smith [Cinnaminson], 22nd, Varsity F
17:30 … Nikhil Rahman [Cherry Hill East], 1st, JV A
17:32 … *Vincenzo Vecchio [Cedar Creek], 13th, Varsity E
17:34 … Tate Midora [Cherokee], 2nd, JV A
17:34 … *Milo Poerner [Cherry Hill East], 39th, Varsity A
17:37 … *Marcus Flagg [Gloucester], 10th, Varsity D
17:38 … **Chase Cooley [Paul VI], 24th, Varsity F
17:38 … **Michael Romano [Ocean City], 28th, Varsity C
17:40 … **Ryan Duffy [Kingsway], 33rd, Varsity B
17:40 … Ethan Caprarola [Bishop Eustace], 14th, Varsity E
17:41 … **Caden Briggs [Paul VI], 25th, Varsity F
17:45 … Owen James [Haddon Heights], 28th, Varsity F
17:45 … *Matthew McDevitt [Egg Harbor Twp.], 45th, Varsity A
17:46 … Leonardo DiCello [Haddonfield], 15th, Varsity E
17:46 … *Logan Pavelik [Williamstown], 46th, Varsity A
17:46 … *Jacob Marino [Woodstown], 31st, Varsity F
17:47 … Caleb Wiederholt [Northern Burlington], 36th, Varsity B
17:48 … **Jamar Mack [Middle Twp.], 17th, Varsity E

Gabrielle Joseph, Hope Edwards, Noelia Reyes lead Moorestown girls to strong 3rd-place finish in Shore Coaches B race!!!!!!

Strong race for the Moorestown girls Saturday in the B race at Shore Coaches, with the Quakers placing 3rd behind Princeton and Ridgewood and taking 10th among every school from six races.

Senior Gabrielle DeJoseph, freshman Hope Edwards and senior Noelia Reyes led the way, DeJoseph in 10th [20:26], Edwards 13th [20:33] and Reyes 22nd [20:57]. Freshman Makayla Zell [33rd in 21:38] and junior Lilliana Stack Maya [37th in 21:54] made it five scorers in the top 40, and they were backed up by sophomore Sophia DiFiore [49th in 22:35] and senior Sarah Brown [61st in 23:08].

Moorestown averaged 21:05 for its five scorers, 11th-fastest among all schools who raced at Holmdel County Park Saturday, and the performance elevated the Quakers from 18th to 14th in the MileSplit state rankings.,

The top South Jersey finisher in the B race was Williamstown junior Sophia Aldridge, who was 5th in 20:12.

Also in the top 50: Kingsway sophomore Aubrey Bishop [24th in 21:03], Shawnee senior Paige Cline [25th in 21:09], Williamstown senior Delaney Harbison [29th in 21:26], Kingsway senior Alaina Zabielski [35th in 21:48], Shawnee freshman Kelsey Beer [42nd in 22:05], Shawnee senior Kayla Dilks [44th in 22:17] and Williamstown sophomore Julia Burgio [45th in 22:18].

Haddonfield boys take 3rd in Shore Coaches E race without their top five runners!!!!!!

The Haddonfield boys placed 3rd in the Varsity E race at Shore Coaches Saturday with a 61-second gap between their 1st and 5th runners and a 17:57 team average.

Pretty impressive, right?

What makes it more impressive is that Haddonfield didn’t run any of its top group.

Haddonfield is racing at the Manhattan College Invitational Sunday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and it doesn’t make sense to for them to schedule two hard efforts on challenging courses a week apart.

So Haddonfield used its second group, who are all very good runners in their own right and would be in the top five on most other New Jersey teams.

Senior Case Hurly led the way for Haddonfield in 7th place in 17:20, senior Leonardo DiCello was 15th in 17:45 and senior Linus Kucer and sophomore Owen Snyder both ran 18:09 and placed 28th and 29th. Junior Michael Sinnes rounded out Haddonfield’s top 5 in 36th place in 18:21.

Haddonfield’s likely top five in New York next weekend will be junior Luke Andresen, senior Bennett Wright, junior Ryan Gibson, junior Benjamin Andrus and junior Peter Simpson.

Haddonfield is ranked 2nd in New Jersey and 1st among public schools.

Cedar Creek placed 5th in Varsity E, with juniors Sean Martino, Ryan McCann and Vincenzo Vecchio all in the top 15. Martino ran 17:23 for 8th, McCann 17:29 for 11th and Vecchio 17:33 in 13th. Senior Evan Hendrickson [49th in 18:46] and senior Brayden Parker [93rd in 19:49] rounded out Cedar Creek’s top 5.

Also under 18 minutes was Bishop Eustace senior Ethan Caprarola [14th in 17:41].

Macy Huber, Grace Gutowski lead Paul VI to 5th Shore Coaches team title and 2nd in a row!!!!!!

Junior Macy Huber and sophomore Grace Gutowski placed 5th and 7th Saturday and led Paul VI its 5th Shore Coaches team title and 2nd in a row.

Huber ran 19:41 – a 49-second Holmdel PR – and Gutowski 19:48 – an 80-second Holmdel PR – and Paul VI averaged a school-record 20:31 and outscored Rumson-Fair Haven 65-80 to win the Varsity D team title. Rumson is ranked 16th in the state. Paul VI wasn’t ranked in the most recent MileSplit state poll.

Paul VI also won Group A in 1982 and 1987, Group C in 1997 and Group D last year. Their 20:31 average was 6th-fastest of 132 schools that fielded a full team in the six girls races Saturday at Holmdel County Park and 3rd-fastest among South Jersey schools, behind Ocean City’s 19:53 – fastest ever by a South Jersey school at Shore Coaches – and Cherokee’s 20:28.

Freshmen Peyton Blake and Morgan Kuzma finished virtually together, taking 18th and 19th in 20:53 and 20:55 in what was their first race ever at Holmdel, and junior Giovanna Mantuano locked up the team title in 22nd place in 21:21 in her first race of the year.

Paul VI’s top five was backed up by another freshman, Johanna Trampe, who ran 22:20 and placed 39th, and sophomore Kara Salamone, 45th in 23:00.

PVI had all seven in before anybody else in the race had their 5th runner across the line. Their 1:40 gap from 1 through 5 was lowest in the field.

Sterling placed 3rd in the D race, with seniors Jonalee Adames 6th in 19:44 and Kaysie Luna 8th in 19:53. Also in the Silver Knights’ scoring group were senior Isabella Patruno [40th in 22:32], senior Amber Wilsey [44th in 22:52] and freshman Riley Sharp [59th in 23:32].

Also, West Deptford sophomore Taylor Sierzega placed 30th in 21:45 and Gloucester senior Dejia Robert was 34th in 22:03.

Joshua Cason from Camden County Vo-Tech runs Rowan’s fastest time at Lehigh in at least 20 years at Paul Short!!!!!!

Rowan senior Joshua Cason, a graduate of Camden County Vo-Tech, became Rowan’s fastest runner at Lehigh since at least 2005 Saturday at the Paul Short Invitational.

Cason placed 16th of nearly 400 runners in the White race in 25:02. That’s the fastest time on record by a Rowan runner on Lehigh’s 8,000-meter course in Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Township. I went back to 2005 and couldn’t find a faster time by anyone from Rowan at Lehigh.

The fastest previous Rowan time at Lehigh I could find was a 25:16 by Lenape’s Kevin Lauer in 2019.As usual, Rowan’s athletics web site was zero help.

Cason, a Sicklerville native, ran more than a minute and a half faster Saturday than in his only previous race at Lehigh, a 26:43 at last year’s Paul Short.

His 25:02 is an all-course 8K PR. He ran 25:07 last year at the NCAA Division 3 Metro Region Championships at DREAM Park in Logan Township, a much faster course.

Cason was NJAC 3,000 champ indoors last year at Ocean Breeze. This is his 2nd year at Rowan.He started at Camden County College but it appears he only ran track and not cross country while he was there.

Rowan placed 12th in the White race and tops among NJAC teams. Junior Matthew Conway from Haddon Heights ran 25:49 and was the Profs’ 2nd finisher, freshman Colin Patterson, also from Haddon Heights, was 4th man across in 26:09, Caleb Clevenger was Rowan’s 5th finisher in 26:14, junior Giancarlo Vega from Timber Creek ran 26:23 and sophomore Scott Hubbard from Audubon 26:25.

Glassboro’s Ty Blackman takes 2nd in Shore Coaches F race with 2nd-best S.J. time of the day!!!!!!

Glassboro senior Ty Blackman ran a Holmdel PR and placed 2nd in the Varsity F race Saturday at the 56th annual Shore Coaches Invitational.

Blackman ran 16:31 and finished 2nd to Madison senior Jacob Nolan, who won the race in 16:22.

His previous Holmdel best was 16:33 at last year’s Meet of Champions. He’s 2nd-fastest in Glassboro history at Holmdel, behind only former teammate Elijah Whitaker, who ran 16:14 last year at Shore Coaches when he placed 2nd in the F race to Woodbury’s Peyton Shute.

Blackman’s time was No. 15 overall among runners in all seven varsity races and 2nd-fastest among South Jersey runners, behind only Cherokee’s Jack Tindall, who set the course freshman record of 15:54.

The only faster Group 1 runner was Hasbrouck Heights’ senior Aidan Morrow, who won the Varsity G race in 16:23. Whitaker, Blackman and Morrow all placed among the top 5 in last year’s state Group 1 XC race on the same Holmdel course. Shute, Morrow and Blackman placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the state Group 1 3,200 last spring in Somerset.

Also under 17:30 in the F race: Haddon Heights senior Reggie Hernandez [7th in 16:54], Cinnaminson junior Jacob Wickersham [11th in 16:59] and Cinnaminson senior Brandon Smith [22nd in 17:28].

The top South Jersey finisher in the G race was Moorestown Friends freshman Aaron Linden, who was 11th in 17:57 in his first high school 5,000. He was one of only six freshmen who ran sub-18 Saturday.

Also in the top 20 was Audubon junior Logan Camm, 17th in 18:30.

CHEROKEE’S JACK TINDALL DESTROYS LEGENDARY HOLMDEL COUNTY PARK FRESHMAN COURSE RECORD!!!!!!!!

Cherokee’s Jack Tindall destroyed a historic Holmdel County Park freshman course record Saturday at the Shore Coaches Invitational.

Tindall, in his first high school 5,000, ran 15:54 and placed 2nd in the Group A race, destroying the freshman record of 16:15 set by New Jersey legend Craig Forys 21 years ago.

At the 2003 Monmouth County Championships, Forys ran 16:15 and placed 2nd to Red Bank’s Joe Kingsbery. He matched that time a week and a half later in the Shore Conference Championships, when he placed 5th behind Kingsbery, Rob Dennis of Red Bank, Will Melofchik of CBA and Chris Pisano of Toms River North.

Forys went on to earn 11 All-America honors at Michigan. His 8:24.09 steeplechase in 2014 as a post-collegiate is 3rd-fastest ever by a New Jersey native and earned him a No. 4 U.S. ranking. In 2016, he placed 6th in the steeple at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Forys also ran 13:34.21 for 5,000 meters.

The previous South Jersey freshman record at Holmdel was set just last year when Ryan Duffy of Kingsway ran 16:22 in the B race at Shore Coaches and then lowered it to 16:19 at the state Group 4 race.

Tindall beat that by nearly half a minute.

He placed 2nd in the A race to senior Lukas Disko of Bridgewater-Raritan, who ran 15:54. Disko ran 9:13.61 for 3,200 meters last spring and placed 5th in the Meet of Champions.

Overall, Tindall’s time was 4th-fastest of the seven boys races behind Ridgewood senior Luke Pash [15:45], Ridge senior Brenden McMahon [15:50] and Disko. All three who ran faster are seniors. Pash ran 4:04.49 for 1,600 meters last spring and McMahon ran 9:04.07 for the full two miles indoors.

His time is No. 37 in South Jersey history and No. 12 in Burlington County history. He’s the 9th Cherokee runner to break 16 minutes at Holmdel.

And the Varsity A race didn’t start until 2 p.m. on a very warm afternoon that wasn’t conducive to fast times.

Despite five of the first 23 finishers, Cherokee placed 2nd in the Varsity A race, 49-65, behind Westfield.

Cherokee had the 2nd-fastest average among all schools in all the races at 16:43, behind only Westfield’s 16:38.

Cherry Hill East packed its five runners in 38 seconds and placed 3rd with 68 points, just behind Cherokee. Westfield, Cherokee and Cherry Hill East went 1-2-3 in the full merge, 155 for Westfield, 203 for Cherokee and 218 for East. Ocean City, which won the Group C race, was 7th in the merge.

Not only was Tindall the top freshman in all the races, Cherokee’s No. 2 runner, Benjamin Realley, was the top sophomore, 9th in 16:35.

Senior Liam Tindall placed 16th for the Chiefs in 16:52, sophomore Sean Sooy was 22nd in 17:03 and senior Enzo Corona 23rd in 17:07. They were backed up by senior Benjamin Weiner, who was 30th in 17:23, and junior Logan Bromley, 34th in 17:29.

Cherry Hill East packed its five scorers from 16:34 to 17:12 and actually had its top six within 40 seconds.

Seniors Brandon Lyons and Brody Bogos both finished in the top 10, Lyons 8th in 16:34 and Bogos 10th in 16:40. Junior Alvin Lin ran 16:50 for 14th, junior Will Nelson 20th in 17:00 and junior Colin Moore 24th in 17:12, with sophomore Cian Sherlock 26th in 17:14.

Scored as a dual meet, Cherokee edges East 27-28.

Williamstown junior Dominic Burgio also broke into the top 20, running 16:55 for 18th place, and senior teammate Dylan Saber ran 17:20 for 29th.

Also under 17:30 was Washington Township senior Hunter Bostwick, who placed 31st in 17:24.