South Jersey will send a large contingent of 76 runners up to Holmdel Saturday for the 52nd annual Meet of Champions.
That includes 41 boys and 35 girls, with four boys teams, three girls teams, 13 individual boys and 14 individual girls.
The boys race is scheduled for 11 a.m. with the girls race at noon on the hilly, winding 5K course at Holmdel County Park.
Viper Timing is once again doing the timing – no idea why – so we’ll all hope for the best and hopefully we get results by the middle of next week.
Over the next couple days, I’ll be posting lists of every South Jersey boy and girl that’s ever placed in the top 25 at a Meet of Champions and every team that’s ever competed at a MoC.
But first, here’s a look at every South Jersey runner expected to race this weekend at Holmdel. Corrections, omissions, changes please let me know in the comment section! Thanks!
Boys Teams
Cherokee [won Group 4]
**Benjamin Realley
*Logan Bromley
***Jack Tindall
Liam Tindall
**Sean Sooy
Enzo Corona
Benjamin Weiner
Haddonfield [Group 2]
*Benjamin Andrus
Bennett Wright
*Ryan Gibson
*Peter Simpson
*Luke Andresen
*Aaron Keith
**Andrew Blum
Cherry Hill East [1st wild card]
Brandon Lyons
Brody Bogos
*Will Nelson
*Alvin Lin
*Milo Poerner
**Cian Sherlock
*Colin Moore
Ocean City [3rd wild card]
Ethan Buck
**Keenan Neuman
*Erik Preisner
**Nathan Aschmann
Zach Hutchinson
**Michael Romano
***Nevin Millstein
Boys Individuals
Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 2nd, Group 1
*Jacob Marino [Woodstown], 9th, Group 1
Isaac Linden [Moorestown Friends], 2nd, Parochial B
Ethan Caprarola [Bishop Eustace], 4th, Parochial B
Desmond Carey [Bishop Eustace], 8th, Parochial B
**Ryan Duffy [Kingsway], wild card
*Jacob Wickersham [Cinnaminson], wild card
*Rex Takakjy [Cherry Hill West], wild card
Noah Stapleton [Shawnee], wild card
Ethan Worst [Clearview], wild card
Mason Wassell [Highland], wild card
*Sean Martino [Cedar Creek], wild card
Dylan Saber [Williamstown], wild card
Girls Teams
Cherokee [3rd wild card]
*Madeline Meder
Megan Niglio
***Erin Healy
*Maya Kumar
Grace Wojciechowski
**Genisa John
Emily Butler
Paul VI [6th wild card]
*Macy Huber
**Grace Gutwoski
***Peyton Blake
***Morgan Kuzma
**Kara Salamone
***Johanna Trampe
Verina Belmonte
Ocean City [7th wild card]
Chloe Care
***Riley Tolson
Maeve Smith
Zoe Zammit
**Peighton Clemens
**Lillian Flora
7th runner
Girls Individuals
Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 2nd, Group 1
Macie McCracken [Wildwood], 6th, Group 1
Jonalee Adames [Sterling], 10th, Group 2
Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 1st, Group 3
Sofia Day [Mainland Reg.], 10th, Group 3
*Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 4th, Parochial B
**Theresa Albertson [Eastern], wild card
*Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], wild card
**Ryleigh Budsock [Cherry Hill East], wild card
Noella Reyes [Moorestown], wild card
*Ashley Doyles [Delran], wild card
Gabrielle DeJoseph [Moorestown], wild card
Nilaa Ponnappan [Camden Catholic], wild card
Juliana Sieminski [Delsea], wild card
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 