Senior Ty Blackman placed 33rd in the Meet of Champions Saturday, the best finish by a Glassboro runner in 29 years.
Blackman ran 16:34.65 at Holmdel County Park and was the top South Jersey runner not from Haddonfield, Cherokee or Cherry Hill East, who all qualified for the 53rd annual Meet of Champions as full teams.
His finish is the best by a Glassboro runner since Pat Ryan took 15th in the 1995 race (in 16:38, slower than Blackman ran in 33rd).
Also running as an individual was Cinnaminson junior Jacob Wickersham, who placed 44th in 16:42.50, a Holmdel PR.
Shawnee senior Noah Stapleton ran 16:49.88, fastest by a Shawnee runner at Holmdel since Mark Miller’s 16:41 at the state Group 3 meet in 2016.
Clearview senior Ethan Worst [16:54.05], Cherry Hill West junior Rex Takakjy [16:56.65] and Williamstown senior Dylan Saber [16:59.99] all also ran sub-17.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 