Junior Riley Austin won her 2nd straight individual title and sophomore Madison Kelsey and senior Katherine Asher also placed in the top 5, and the Haddonfield girls won their 32nd sectional title and 15th in a row Saturday at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Despite not using several of its top runners, Haddonfield went 1-4-5-7-10-14-15 and outscored 2nd-place Sterling 26-55, with Seneca 3rd with 128 points.

Austin ran 18:13, Kelsey placed 4th in 19:37 and Asher 5th in 19:52. Elizabeth Pappas was 7th in 20:00 and Edith Green 10th in 20:21. Haddonfield’s 6th and 7th runners weren’t far behind, Caroline Barker 14th in 20:35 and Lauren Hamblin 15th in 20:44.

Haddonfield has swept the Group 2 individual and team titles 19 times in the last 26 years.

Sterling went 2-3 with seniors Kaysie Luna 2nd in 18:35 and Jonalee Adames 3rd in 18:43, and Gloucester senior Dejia Roberts [6th in 20:00], Collingswood junior Macie Straight [8th in 20:07], West Deptford sophomore Taylor Sierzega [12th in 20:28] and Sterling senior Isabella Patruno [13th in 20:30] were all also in the top 15.

Others under 22 minutes: Middle Township junior Olivia Orton [17th in 21:00], Salem County Vo-Tech senior Sarah Seiden [18th in 21:01], Cedar Creek senior Leah Denmead [19th in 21:14], Sterling senior Amber Wilsey [20th in 21:16], Gloucester senior Cameron Harris [21st in 21:24], Seneca junior Catherine Hodges [22nd in 21:30], Sterling freshman Riley Sharp [23rd in 21:32] and Haddon Heights senior Grace Duffy [24th in 21:43].

No school in New Jersey has won as many sectional titles as Haddonfield. Ridgewood is 2nd with 28.

Thomas became the seventh Haddonfield girl to win at least two consecutive South Jersey titles. Olympian Erin Donohue won four straight from 1997 through 2000 (the first two in Group 1, the second two in Group 2), Vanessa Wright won four straight from 2002 through 2005 and Olympian Marielle Hall followed with another four straight. Meghan Malloy won back-to-back races in 2011 and 2012 and Briana Gess won four in a row from 2013 through 2016. Finally, Sarah Natacchia won two in a row in 2019 and 2020.

Anna Earp won Group 2 in 2021, Ava Thomas in 2022 and Austin in 2023 and 2024, so that’s four straight for Haddonfield and 23 of the last 26 going back to 1999.

Haddonfield won its first sectional title in Group 1 in 1982 and also won Group 1 in 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 and 1998 and has won Group 2 in 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The Bulldogs swept the individual and team titles in 1999, 2003, 2005 through 2008, 2010 through 2016 and 2019 through 2024.

Junior Erik Preisner, senior Ethan Buck and sophomore Keenan Neuman swept the top three spots, all between 15:27 and 15:35, and Ocean City coasted to its 9th sectional title Saturday in Logan Township.

Preisner ran 15:27, Buck 15:33 and Neuman 15:35 and the Red Raiders coasted to a 29-72 win over Shawnee in the South Jersey Group 3 meet at DREAM Park.

This is the first time three runners from the same school have run 15:35 or faster in the same race at DREAM Park.

Ocean City, ranked 11th in New Jersey, became the first school in the meet’s 59-year history to record a 1-2-3 sweep in South Jersey Group 3.

The last 1-2-3 finish in any group at South Jersey sectionals was in 2013, when Haddon Township’s Luke Petela, Owen Long and Andrew Shaw took the top three spots in the Group 1 race at Delsea.

Sophomores Nathan Aschmann and Michael Romano placed 11th and 12th for the Red Raiders. Aschmann in 15:59 and Romano in 16:04.

Ocean City averaged 15:43.99, 2nd-fastest in course history behind the 15:42.17 that Cherokee recorded in the Group 4 race earlier in the day.

The four-fastest single-race team averages in course history were all recorded Saturday.

15:42.17 … Cherokee, 2024 South Jersey Group 4
15:43.99 … Ocean City, 2024 South Jersey Group 3
15:44.60 … Cherokee, 2024 Olympic Conference
15:47.01 … Cherry Hill East, 2024 South Jersey Group 4
15:48.06 … Cherokee, 2022 Group 4 Sectionals
15:52.43 … Haddonfield, 2021 Group 2 Sectionals
15:52.70 … Haddonfield, 2022 Group 2 Sectionals
15:54.96 … Cherokee, 2023 Group 4 Sectionals

Ocean City’s 6th runner, senior Zach Hutchinson, placed 14th in 16:08 and finished ahead of the 3rd runner from all 16 other schools (and ahead of the 2nd runner from 13 schools). Nevin Millstein ran 17:14 and was the top freshman in the race.

Top non-Ocean City runner was Shawnee senior Noah Stapleton, who ran 15:46 and placed 4th.

Also in the top 15 and locking up individual qualifiers for states were Delsea junior Matthew Littlehales [6th in 15:50], senior Highland Mason Wassell [7th in 15:51], Shawnee senior Simon Bernhardt [8th in 15:58], Clearview senior Ethan Worst [9th in 15:59], Cherry Hill West junior Rex Takakjy [10th in 15:59], Highland junior Andrew Dopkin [13th in 16:05] and Sicklerville Tech senior Julian Rich [15th in 16:10].

Also running under 17 minutes: Winslow Township junior Vincent Perri [17th in 16:31], Winslow Township senior Dominic Bassey [18th in 16:35], Shawnee senior Elias Knoll [19th in 16:36], Clearview Ryne Handley [23rd in 16:51], Highland senior Andrew Kellem [24th in 16:53], Shawnee senior Jake Steelman [25th in 16:57] and Highland sophomore Liam Murphy [26th in 16:59].

Ocean City has won nine sectional titles in the last 21 years – 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024.

But Preisner is Ocean City’s first individual winner since Miles Schoedler won his 2nd in a row in 2010. Other Ocean City winners: John Richardson in 2001 and 2002, John Pennekohl in 2006 and Brett Johnson in 2007 and 2008.

Junior Madeline Meder and senior Megan Niglio delivered Cherokee’s first 1-2 finish ever and carried the Chiefs to their 5th sectional title and 4th in the last five years.

Meder won the race in 18:07.69 – fastest of the day and 6th-fastest in course history –Niglio was 2nd in 18:20 and Cherokee won 45-80 over 2nd-place Cherry Hill East in the South Jersey Group 4 meet at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Cherokee is ranked No. 4 in New Jersey. Cherry Hill East is No. 18.

Meder’s 18:07.69 is the fastest time any South Jersey girl has run on any course this fall and it’s her all-course PR. She ran 18:15.37 on the same course when she won the Olympic Conference title last week.

The last South Jersey girl to run faster on any course was Cherry Hill East’s Sarah Pierce, who won the 2016 South Jersey Group 4 race at Delsea in a hand-timed 18:05.

The last Cherokee girl to run faster was Megan Lacy, who ran sub-18 several times with a lifetime best of 17:35 at the 2010 Olympic Conference Championships at Gloucester County College in Deptford.

Meder and Niglio are the first teammates to run 1-2 in a South Jersey Group 4 race since 2009 with Lenape’s Natalie Ocasio and Caitlin Orr at Delsea.

After Meder and Niglio, Cherokee had a mini-pack with freshman Erin Healy, junior Maya Kumar and senior Grace Wojciechowski in 13th, 14th and 15th in 19:22, 19:23 and 19:27.

Sophomore Ginisa John and senior Emily Butler also raced for Cherokee, John taking 31st in 20:21 and Butler 35th in 20:38.

All seven Cherokee runners posted lifetime bests on DREAM Park’s 5K course.

Cherokee’ top five averaged 18:56.29, 5th-fastest team average in course history and 2nd-fastest on Saturday, behind Ocean City’s 18:41.83 in Group 3.

18:19.90 … Haddonfield, 2022 South Jersey Group 2
18:41.83 … Ocean City, 2024 South Jersey Group 3
18:51.74 … Haddonfield, 2021 South Jersey Group 2
18:53.19 … Clearview, 2022 South Jersey Group 3
18:56.29 … Cherokee, 2024 South Jersey Group 4

Eastern runners placed 3rd and 4th, with sophomore Theresa Albertson running 18:34 and junior Natalie Dumas 18:49.

Cherry Hill East was paced by sophomore Ryleigh Budsock, 5th in 19:01, and senior Cate Feudtner, 12th in 19:22.

Also in the top 15, guaranteeing a spot at states: Williamstown junior Sophia Aldridge [7th in 19:03], Washington Township senior Kaylee Russen [7th in 19:09], Egg Harbor junior Paige Pacquing [9th in 19:13], Vineland senior Gabrielle Brown [10th in 19:19] and Kingsway sophomore Aubrey Bishop [11th in 19:19].

Others under 20 minutes: Lenape sophomore Audrey McCorkle [16th ion 19:28], Vineland sophomore Olivia Masucci [17th in 19:29], Egg Harbor junior Devyn Per [18th in 19:29], Cherry Hill East junior Ella Davidson [19th in 19:43], Vineland senior Kylee Black [20th in 19:49], Cherry Hill East sophomore Gabriella Pizzo [21st in 19:50], Kingsway senior Alaina Zabielski [22nd in 19:54] and Cherry Hill East freshman Emmie Wang [23rd in 19:56].

Cherokee won its first sectional title in 2003 and has won in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024.

Previous Cherokee individual winners at sectionals are Lisa Burkholder in 2003 and Lacy in 2010 and 2011.

Another year, another sectional title.

The Haddonfield boys, ranked 2nd in New Jersey, rolled to their 21st consecutive South Jersey Group 2 title Saturday and scored fewer than 30 points for the 13th time.

Ryan Gibson and Benjamin Andrus finished 1-2 – both under 15:50 – and Case Hurly and Michael Sinnes also placed in the top seven as Haddonfield scored 27 points at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Even with Luke Andresen, Bennett Wright and Peter Simpson sitting this one out, Haddonfield averaged 16:11.50 for its five scorers.

Haddonfield outscored 2nd-place Haddon Heights 27-80 with Cedar Creek a close 3rd with 86.

Gibson won the race in 15:38, becoming the Bulldogs’ 21st individual champion, and Andrus ran 15:47 for 2nd.

Hurly was 5th in 16:13, Sinnes 7th in 16:34 and Linus Kucer 12th in 16:44. They were backed up by Leonardo DiCello [14th in 16:47] and John Leibrandt [18th in 16:59].

Second-place Haddon Heights was led by Reggie Hernandez in 4th with a 16:10 and Zaccheaus Harrigan in 8th in 16:36.

Also in the top 15 and earning a trip to states (if their team doesn’t qualify): Cedar Creek Sean Martino [3rd in 16:05], Pleasantville Melvin Lewis [6th in 16:18], Cedar Creek Vincenzo Vecchio [9th in 16:36], Middle Township Jamar Mack [10th in 16:41], Cedar Creek Ryan McCann [11th in 16:43], West Depford Lane McClintock [13th in 16:46], Haddon Heights Owen James [15th in 16:49].

Others under 17:30 were Gloucester Marcus Flagg [16th in 16:53], Gloucester Vincent Kelly [17th in 16:55], Medford Tech Luke Damato [19th in 17:08], Collingswood Graham Reynolds [20th in 17:19], Seneca Dominic Lera [21st in 17:24] and West Deptford Gavin Yoder [22nd in 17:25].

Haddonfield won four straight titles from 1999 through 2002, then lost to the Jon Anderson-led Cinnaminson team in 2003 before now winning 21 straight.

In all, the Bulldogs have won a state-record 42 sectional titles – 1967 in Group 3, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1997 and 1998 in Group 1, then in Group 2, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and the current 21 in a row.

Other Haddonfield sectional champs: Bob Peterson in 1967, Jim Smith in 1977, 1978 and 1979, Eric Bonnette in 1995 and 1996, Chris Platt in 2000, 2001 and 2002, Mike Burke in 2004, Jonathan Vitez in 2007, 2008 and 2009, Ben Potts in 2010, Greg Pelose in 2015, Martin Riddell in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Seth Clevenger in 2021 and George Andrus in 2022.

Lowest scores in South Jersey sectional history
16 … Haddonfield, 2008 [Group 2]
17 … Haddon Township, 1971 [Group 2]
20 … Pennsville, 2006 [Group 1]
20 … Haddonfield, 2010 [Group 2]
20 … Haddonfield, 2018 [Group 2]
21 … Haddonfield, 2009 [Group 2]
21 … Haddon Township, 2011 [Group 1]
22 … Haddonfield, 2023 [Group 2]
23 … Highland, 1989 [Group 3]
23 … Haddonfield, 2013 [Group 2]
23 … Ocean City, 2018 [Group 3]
23 … Haddonfield, 2019 [Group 2]
25 … Mainland Regional, 2003 [Group 4]
25 … Ocean City, 2019 [Group 3]
26 … Clearview, 1965 [Group 2]
26 … Burlington Twp., 1966 [Group 1]
26 … Haddonfield, 2014 [Group 2]
26 … Kingsway, 2017 [Group 4]
27 … Burlington Twp., 1967 [Group 1]
27 … Overbrook, 1968 [Group 2]
27 … Haddon Township, 1988 [Group 1]
27 … Highland, 1988 [Group 3]
27 … Haddonfield, 2001 [Group 2]
27 … Haddonfield, 2015 [Group 2]
27 … Haddonfeld, 2024 [Group 2]
28 … Haddonfield, 2021 [Group 2]
28 … Haddon Township, 2010 [Group 1]
28 … Haddon Township, 2012 [Group 1]
28 … Haddon Township, 2014 [Group 1]
29 … Burlington Twp., 1967 [Group 1]
29 … Williamstown, 1971 [Group 1]
29 … Cinnaminson, 2003 [Group 2]

Freshman Jack Tindall ran the fastest time on any course by a New Jersey freshman in at least 25 years (and probably ever), and Cherokee won its 6th straight South Jersey Group 4 title and 14th overall Saturday with the fastest single-race time in DREAM Park history.

Tindall won the race in 15:26 and Cherokee topped Cherry Hill East 32-42 in a battle of New Jersey’s 5th- and 6th-ranked teams.

Cherry Hill East went 2-3 with seniors Brody Bogos and Brandon Lyons, but Cherokee put its next three before East’s third runner – senior Liam Tindall [5th in 15:40], sophomore Benjamin Realley [6th in 15:41] and senior Enzo Corona [8th in 15:43]. Senior Benjamin Weiner and sophomore Sean Sooy placed 12th and 14th for the Chiefs in 15:58 and 16:01.

Cherokee averaged 15:42.17, breaking its own single-race course record of 15:44.60 that they set at the Olympic Conference Championships earlier this month.

For Cherry Hill East after Bogos and Lyons, junior Will Nelson placed 10th in 15:50, junior Alvin Lin 11th in 15:51 and sophomore Cian Sherlock 16th in 16:05.

Cherry Hill East averaged 15:47.01, 3rd-fastest in course history behind only Cherokee’s two performances this year.

Tindall broke his own freshman course record of 15:32.50 set at the Olympic Conference meet. His 15:26 is the fastest time by a New Jersey freshman on any course on record. The MileSplit database goes back to 2000.

Cherokee and Cherry Hill East runners took 14 of the first 23 spots in the race.

Also in the top 15 and headed to states are Millville senior Arjun Patel [9th in 15:48], Kingsway sophomore Ryan Duffy [13th in 15:59] and Williamstown junior Dominic Burgio [15th in 16:01].

Cherokee won its first sectional title in 1988 and has since won championships in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Cherokee’s six straight sectional titles is the 3rd-longest streak in South Jersey sectional history. Haddonfield has won 21 in a row in Group 2, and Haddon Township won seven straight in Group 1 from 2008 through 2015. Haddonfield also won six straight in Group 1 from 1982 through 1987.

Since 1997, Cherokee has won 13 of 28 Group 4 titles.

Ocean City senior Maeve Smith edged Mainland Regional senior Sofia Day for the 2nd straight year, and the Ocean City girls placed four runners in the top five to win their 13th sectional title at the Group 3 sectionals at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Smith ran 18:16 and Day 18:22 in the latest showdown between two of New Jersey’s top runners.

Smith becomes Ocean City’s first repeat champion since Brittany Sedberry won three straight from 2002 through 2004.

Ocean City – ranked 2nd in New Jersey and 1st among public schools – had four runners under 18:40 and averaged 18:41.83, 2nd-fastest in course history behind Haddonfield’s 18:19.90 at 2022 Group 2 sectionals. Haddonfield has yet to race Saturday.

Senior Chloe Care placed 3rd in 18:26, sophomore Carly Godfrey 4th in 18:37, freshman Riley Tolson 5th in 18:38 and senior Zoe Zammit 14th in 19:28 for the Red Raiders.

Care, Godfrey, Tolson and Zammit all ran lifetime 5K all-course bests.

Ocean City scored 27 points, and Moorestown packed five in 34 seconds and took 2nd with 50 points.

Senior Gabrielle DeJoseph and junior Lilliana Stack Maya placed 6th and 7th for the Quakers in 18:52 and 19:12.

Also in the top 15 and advancing to states (if their teams don’t qualify) are Delsea senior Juliana Sieminski [8th in 19:13], senior Hammonton Natalie Clauhs [9th in 19:14], Moorestown senior Noelia Reyes [10th in 19:20], Moorestown freshman Hope Edwards [11th in 19:21], Mainland sophomore Ceclia Foreman [12th in 19:23], Winslow senior Ava Millner [13th in 19:27] and Shawnee senior Paige Cline [15th in 19:32].

Others under 20 minutes: Moorestown freshman Makayla Zell [16th in 19:34], Highland senior Audrey Musmeci [17th in 19:37], Ocean City sophomore Lillian Flora [18th in 19:37], Clearview senior Lilla Porter [19th in 19:39], Highland junior Lyana Gutierrez [20th in 19:47], Moorestown junior Celia Frederico [21st in 19:50] and Delsea senior Laney Vecchio [22nd in 19:55].

Ocean City also won South Jersey Group 3 titles in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023.

The only New Jersey schools with more sectional championships are Ridgewood [28], Northern Highlands [16], Haddonfield [23] and Shawnee [15].

Previous Ocean City individual winners include Melody Sye in 1982, Mary Jo Dougherty in 1986 and 1987, Kelly Dougherty in 1988, Megan Hartman in 1992 and 1993, Abbey Hartman in 1995, Sedberry from 2002 through 2004, Bridget Flynn in 2013, Devin Grisbaum in 2014 and Alexa Palmieri in 2018.

Macie McCracken became Wildwood’s first-ever sectional champion, and the Audubon girls, led by freshman Sophia Brassill, won their first South Jersey title in 43 years Saturday morning in Logan Township.

McCracken, a senior, ran 18:38 at DREAM Park and finished 70 meters ahead of defending state Group 1 champion Jordan Hadfield, who took 2nd in 18:54.

McCracken placed 2nd to Haddon Township’s Megan Lex at 2022 Group 1 sectionals and was 2nd to Hadfield last year and went to place 5th at the state Group 1 meet. Her 18:38 is 2nd-fastest ever at DREAM Park by a Group 1 runner behind Hadfield’s 18:33 at sectionals last year.

Audubon didn’t have a runner in the top six but won a wide-open team race by putting five between 7th and 17th in a 65-second gap.

Brassill ran 20:58 and placed 7th, and senior Josephine Albanese, sophmore Lydia Gravante, freshman Romina Macko and sophomore Sophia Rizzo took 11th, 13th, 16th and 17th in 21:24, 21:30, 22:02 and 22:03.

Audubon’s tight pack put the Green Wave atop a close three-way battle with 53 points to 66 for Haddon Township and 69 for Woodstown. Maple Shade was also in double figures with 94 points.

Audubon, led by Terri Endt in 2nd place and Shirley Tsonis in 7th, won on a 6th-runner tiebreaker with Manchester Township at Pennsauken in 1981 after they were tied at 55 through five runners. Karen Jackson placed 32nd for Audubon to beat Manchester’s sixth runner.

Haddon Township junior Blake Kemery and sophomore Tanner Lajoie placed 9th and 10th in 21:04 and 21:13, and Woodstown had sophomore Lilian Norman and freshman Abby Marino 5th and 6th in 20:26 and 20:43.

Also in the top 15 and advancing to the state meet: Maple Shade senior Crystal Benito [3rd in 19:44], Maple Shade sophomore Juliana Catalani [4th in 20:20], Wildwood senior Leiah Pawlus [8th in 21:01], Woodstown sophomore Anabel Schaal [12th in 21:29], Cape May County Tech junior Kirstyn McHale [21:36] and New Egypt junior Alana Burnett [15th in 21:47].

Senior Ty Blackman won the Group 1 race by over a minute and led Glassboro to its first sectional cross country title in 43 years Saturday morning at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Blackman ran 15:42 – 2nd-fastest ever by a Group 1 runner at DREAM Park – and Glassboro edged Haddon Township by two points.

Last time Glassboro won a South Jersey title was 1981, when Brian Kirkpatrick and Jim Davis both placed in the top 10 and the Bulldogs defeated Maple Shade 70-88 at Pennsauken.

Blackman finished about 250 meters ahead of 2nd-place junior Shaun Maloney of Haddon Township, who ran 16:47.

His 65-second margin of victory is the largest in the 59-year history of the South Jersey Group 1 meet. In 2005, James Buinicky of Maple Shade won by 63 seconds over teammate Dave Delisi in the Group 1 sectional at Delsea.

Blackman is Glassboro’s 3rd straight individual winner. Former teammate Elijah Whittaker won in 2022 and 2023

Junior Jaeden Wesley, freshman Joseph Saicic and junior Jason Martin also placed in the top 10 for Glassboro, Wesley 5th in 16:53, Saicic 9th in 16:57 and Martin 10th in 17:00.

Freshman Aaron Johnson clinched the team title with his 17th-place finish in 17:28.

For Haddon Township, senior Manolo Foote placed 4th in 16:53, junior Luke Wolfram 11th in 17:09, freshman James Strimel 12th in 17:11 and junior Aidan Curran 15th in 17:25. Sixth man junior James Clausen gave Township six in the top 16 in 17:27.

Glassboro’s two-point is closest in Group 1 since 2009, when Haddon Township edged Pennsville on a 6th-runner tiebreaker. Haddon Township had won SJ-1 12 of the previous 16 years

Woodstown was a close 3rd with 63 points.

Also in the top 10 were Woodstown Karson Chew [3rd in 16:53], Woodstown Jacob Marino [6th in 16:55], Woodstown Cole Lucas [7th in 16:56] and Audubon Logan Camm [8th in 16:57].

Others under 18 minutes: Schalick Salvatore Longo [13th in 17:19], Pitman Rhys Blackman [14th in 17:20], Maple Shade Jack Wessner [18th in 17:38], Maple Shade Ries Fox [19th in 17:46], Audubon Brayden Ervin [20th in 17:54] and Paulsboro Stephen Lane [12st in 17:57].

Junior Macy Huber and sophomore Grace Gutowski finished 1-2, both well under 18:30, and Paul VI had seven of the top 12 placers Saturday morning in the Bob Kiessling South Jersey parochial championships in Logan Township.

Huber won the race in 18:10.38, 9th-fastest in course history and fastest on the DREAM Park 5K layout in the Bob Kiessling event. Anna McDonald of Germantown Friends won the 2021 race in 18:11.40.

Gutowski ran 18:21.46 and Paul VI placed five runners between 6th and 12th – freshman Peyton Blake [6th in 19:06], freshman Morgan Kuzma [8th in 19:29], sophomore Kara Salamone [10th in 20:13], freshman Johanna Trampe [11th in 20:15] and senior Verina Belmonte [12th in 20:44].

The results don’t show any team scoring but unofficially it looks like Paul VI scored 24 points since Holy Cross didn’t field a full team.

Paul VI, ranked 5th in the state, won its 2nd straight Kiessling title and 18th overall. The meet started in 1982 as the Knights of Columbus Invitational but there was no team scoring from 1987 through 1995 (and no meet some of those years).

Paul VI also won in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.

Laura Sallade of the Wilberforce School in Princeton placed 3rd. Sallade’s father Chris was the 1990 state Group 4 champion at 1,600 meters for Shawnee.

Holy Cross junior Julia Flanagan placed 4th in 18:39 and Camden Catholic senior Nilaa Ponnappan 5th in 18:42.

Other South Jersey runners under 22 minutes were Bishop Eustace freshman Grace Marsden [13th in 21:02], Paul VI freshman MaKayla McHutchison [14th in 21:08], Holy Cross senior Anna Fonseca [15th in 21:13], Bishop Eustace freshman Haylee Marakovits [16th in 21:42], Paul VI sophomore Lucy Crothers [17th in 21:44] and Camden Catholic junior Brynn Deiwert [18th in 21:51].

Earlier today, we posted the fastest all-time DREAM Park boys composite averages, and now we have the girls list

The Logan Township 5K course is flat and fast and a handful of schools have averages below 19 minutes per person, including Haddonfield’s ridiculous 18:19.56 average.

These lists will definitely be shuffled Saturday with sectionals as well as the parochial races going off starting at 10 a.m.

Haddonfield A 18:19.56
18:06.37 … *Ava Thomas, 2022 Group 2 Sectionals
18:15.42 … *Riley Slootsky, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
18:23.24 … ***Riley Austin, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
18:26.09 … **Anna Earp, 2021 Group 2 Sectionals
18:26.70 … Helene Usher, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals

Cherokee A 18:22.90
18:15.37 … *Madeline Meder, 2024 Olympic Conference
18:22.64 … *Kate Rathman, 2018 Olympic Conference
18:24.22 … Nicole Clifford, 2021 Olympic Conference
18:24.36 … Megan Niglio, 2024 Olympic Conference
18:27.92 … Kerry O’Day, 2023 Olympic Conference

Haddonfield B 18:44.73
18:27.67 … *Audrey Naticchia, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
18:37.00 … Sarah Naticchia, 2020 Group 2 Sectionals
18:46.01 … Jess Goode, 2021 Group 2 Sectionals
18:53.29 … *Sabrina Miller, 2021 Group 2 Sectionals
18:59.70 … Allison Colflesh, 2020 Group 2 Sectionals

Paul VI 18:44.96
18:09.58 … Shaelan McNally, 2023 Olympic Conference
18:20.06 … *Macy Huber, 2024 Olympic Conference
18:52.15 … Grace Gutowski, 2024 Olympic Conference
19:01.30 … **Giovanna Mantuano, 2023 Bob Kiessling Invitational
19:21.72 … *Katie Sparks, 2019 Olympic Conference

Clearview 18:53.19
18:01.50 … Abbigail Waddington, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
18:35.03 … Abigail Kotran, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
18:45.55 … *Margaret Wisniewski, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
19:16.29 … *Allison Roes, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
19:47.60 … Aubrey Donahue, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals

Bishop Eustace 18:57.13
18:49.13 … Katy Storti, 2018 Olympic Conference
18:53.20 … Arianna Cane, 2022 Bob Kiessling
18:53.24 … Elena Cicchini, 2022 Olympic Conference
19:02.88 … Anya Kazemi, 2023 Bob Kiessling Invitational
19:07.19 … Clare Morelli, 2018 Olympic Conference

Shawnee 19:01.83
17:52.89 … Isabella Turner, 2018 South Jersey Shootout
18:29.10 … Kate Ruona, 2020 Olympic Conference Batch
18:59.36 … Claire Hauser, 2019 Olympic Conference
19:45.35 … Paige Cline, 2023 South Jersey Open
20:02.46 … Grace Kearns, 2018 Olympic Conference

Cherry Hill East A 19:01.84
18:15.54 … Alexis Tepper, 2022 Group 4 Sectionals
19:04.88 … MaryKathleen McCurdy, 2019 Olympic Conference
19:11.31 … **Ryleigh Budsock, 2024 South Jersey Open
19:14.60 … Madison McNiff, 2021 S.J. Open
19:22.89 … **Shaelea Conway, 2023 South Jersey Shootout

Cherokee B 19:22.71
18:48.81 … **Olivia Parkinson, 2021 Olympic Conference
19:17.93 …… *Kelsey Niglio, 2021 Group 4 Sectionals
19:25.97 … ***Erin Healy, 2024 Olympic Conference
19:28.34 … Maya Kumar, 2024 Olympic Conference
19:52.52 … Grace Wojciechowski, 2024 Olympic Conference

Highland 19:26.19
18:05.24 … *Grace Wassell, 2021 Group 3 Sectionals
19:14.34 … Princess Nwoga, 2021 Group 3 Sectionals
20:16.87 … Vanessa Marinero, 2021 Group 3 Sectionals
20:21.21 … Audrey Musmeci, 2024 South Jersey Open
20:53.30 … **Lyana Gutierrez, 2023 South Jersey Open

Kingsway 19:27.93
18:24.57 … *Aubrey Pierontoni, 2021 Group 4 Sectionals
18:42.83 … Nicole Lipieta, 2022 Group 4 Sectionals
19:50.07 … **Allison Helkowski, 2019 South Jersey Shootout
20:04.36 … *Sydney Watts, 2019 South Jersey Shootout
20:17.83 … **Allison McFarland, 2019 South Jersey Shootout

Eastern 19:28.51
19:00.81 … Sophia Staiger, 2021 Olympic Conference
19:08.42 … Theresa Albertson, 2024 Olympic Conference
19:11.84 … *Natalie Dumas, 2024 Olympic Conference
20:00.61 … Kiersten Clem, 2019 South Jersey Shootout
20:00.87 … **Lauren Kenselaar, 2019 South Jersey Shootout

Ocean City 19:34.68
18:08.09 … **Maeve Smith, 2023 Group 3 Sectionals
19:34.09 … ***Alexa Palmieri, 2018 South Jersey Shootout
19:37.85 … Chloe Care, 2023 Group 3 Sectionals
20:15.78 … Casey McLees , 2018 South Jersey Shootout
20:17.59 … *Frankie Ritzel, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals

Cherry Hill East B 19:36.26
19:23.74 … *Cate Feudtner, 2023 South Jersey Shootout
19:23.83 … Sarah Pierce, 2018 Olympic Conference
19:31.69 … Kiley Walsh, 2022 Olympic Conference
19:47.32 … Gabriella Pizzo, 2024 Olympic Conference
19:54.74 … ***Emmie Wang, 2004 Olympic Conference

Mainland Regional 19:40.40
18:12.02 … **Sofia Day, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
18:26.66 … Gillian Lovett, 2022 Group 3 Sectionals
19:59.47 … ***Ella Mokienko, 2024 South Jersey Open
19:59.86 … ***Alyssa Turner, 2018 South Jersey Shootout
20:04.0h … ***Claudia Booth, 2020 South Jersey Open

Williamstown 19:41.03
18:54.72 … Alyssa Boucher, 2023 Group 4 Sectionals
18:59.75 … Alexa Fisher, 2022 Group 4 Sectionals
19:09.29 … **Sophia Aldridge, 2023 Group 4 Sectionals
20:38.35 … Delaney Harbison, 2024 South Jersey Shootout
20:43.0h … Anna Sasse, 2020 South Jersey Open

Sterling 19:45.50
18:36.15 … Kaysie Luna, 2024 South Jersey Open
19:08.16 … Jonalee Adames, 2024 South Jersey Open
19:42.26 … Cara Coppolino, 2023 Group 2 Sectionals
20:13.68 … *Isabella Patruno, 2023 South Jersey Open
21:07.28 … Amber Wilsey, 2024 South Jersey Open

Delsea 19:46.65
18:34.10 … Lilllie Widmer, 2022 South Jersey Shootout
19:27.44 … Juliana Sieminski, 2024 South Jersey Open
19:31.7h … Carly Nicholson, 2020 Group 3 Sectionals
20:28.71 … Laney Vecchio, 2024 South Jersey Open
20:51.32 … *Olivia Mashburn, 2024 South Jersey Open

Haddonfield C 19:49.62
19:19.20 … Payton Weiner, 2020 Group 2 Sectionals
19:46.18 … Dylan Melcher, 2022 Group 2 Sectionals
19:57.22 … **Sarah Fetter, 2021 Group 2 Sectionals
20:00.97 … Harper Benjamin, 2023 Group 2 Sectionals
20:04.55 … Anna Stolarick, 2023 Group 2 Sectionals

Paul VI B 20:02.06
19:21.87 … ***Peyton Blake, 2024 Olympic Conference
19:51.96 … Morgan Kuzma, 2024 Olympic Conference
20:06.23 … *Bridget Lyons, 2018 Olympic Conference
20:24.33 … **Kara Salamone, 2024 Olympic Conference
20:25.89 … ***Johaanna Trampe, 2024 Olympic Conference

Egg Harbor Township 20:09.85
18:26.75 … *Michaela Schlemo, 2022 Group 4 Sectionals
19:38.65 … **Paige Pacquing, 2023 Group 4 Sectionals
20:08.79 … **Bithania Andemariam, 2022 Group 4 Sectionals
21:17.40 … Michaela Pomatto, 2020 Group 4 Sectionals
21:17.68 … Raghd Mahmoud, 2021 Group 4 Sectionals