Senior Audrey Adams, senior Maeve Hurly, senior Nicolette Pinkerton and sophomore Finnley Ritter won the shuttle hurdles and led Haddonfield to its 10th state relays title on Wednesday at the Bubble in Toms River.
Adams, Hurly, Pinkerton and Ritter ran 33.01 and edged 2nd-place Willingboro, which ran 33.51 with Trinity Brapah, Chyanne Edwin, Jaden Murry and senior Nester Wea.
Haddonfield outscored Rumson-Fair Haven 58-44, with Point Pleasant Borough [32] 3rd and Willingboro [30] 4th.
Haddonfield won Group 1 in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2016 and Group 2 in 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024.
Only Willingboro, with 10 championships, has won more state relays than Haddonfield. Columbia, Hopewell Valley and Union Catholic havee also won 10.
Haddonfield picked up eight points with 2nd places in the sprint medley, distance medley and 3,200-meter relay.
Senior Ava Poliafico, junior Riley Austin, sophomore Saya Sood and Pinkerton ran 4:21.82 in the sprint medley, sophomore Madison Kelsey, senior Grace Farrell, sophomore Devon Gervasi and junior Lauren Hamblin ran 10:06.79 in the 4-by-8 and Austin, Sood, Kelsey and senior Tylin Regan ran 12:49.91 in the distance medley.
Hurly cleared 5-0 in the high jump and teamed with Adams [4-8] to place 2nd in the high jump relay, and senior Rebecca Hoover [11-0] and sophomore Nina Fisicaro [9-0] took 2nd in the pole vault relay.
Haddonfield also placed 4th in the 4-by-2 and 4-by-4, with Adams, Pinkerton, Poliafico and senior Molly Minor running 1:50.14 and junior Edith Green, sophomore Penny Davis, Minor and Regan running 4:14.70.
Willingboro won the 800-meter relay in 1:46.57 with sophomore Maya Bolden, sophomore Jade Pinder, junior Kaila Speight and senior Nester Wea and the 4-by-4 in 4:09.85 with Speight, Bolden, senior Sunny Oyibo and junior Jaden Murry.
Sterling placed 3rd in the shot put relay with senior Ashe DeWalt [31-11 ¾] and junior Jaida Potts [27-3 ½].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 