Haddonfield confirmed its status as one of the top cross country teams in the Northeast with a 4th-place finish Saturday afternoon at Nike Cross Regionals.
Junior Ben Andrus, junior Ryan Gibson, junior Luke Andresen, senior Bennett Wright and junior Peter Simpson packed in 38 seconds, and the Bulldogs placed 4th in the Northeast Regional at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
Andrus ran 16:22.6 for 23rd place, Gibson 16:45.4 for 41st, Andresen and Wright 16:47.8 and 16:47.8 back-to-back in 46th and 47th and Simpson 17:00.4 in 62nd.
The race draws schools from New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Cherry Hill East seniors Brody Bogos and Brandon Lyons placed 42nd and 50th, Bogos in 16:46.1 and Lyons 16:51.1.
Also under 17 minutes was Glassboro senior Ty Blackman, 53rd in 16:56.1.
Sophomore Keenan Neuman and junior Erik Preisner led Ocean City in 17:06.4 and 17:12, and sophomore Benjamin Realley led Cherokee in 17:13.7.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 