Junior Logan Bromley and freshman Jack Tindall went 1-2 in the 1,600 and Cherokee edged Cherry Hill East for top South Jersey honors in the South Jersey Group 4 sectionals Friday in Toms River.
Toms River North scored 98 points to win the team title at the Bubble, and Cherokee topped Cherry Hill East 40-37 for 2nd place.
Bromley and Tindall both ran indoors PRs, Bromley with 4:21.37 and Tindall 4:22.81, which is fastest indoors by a South Jersey freshman, breaking the class record of 4:23.12 set by Haddonfield’s Derek Gess at the 2016 state Group 2 meet, also at the Bubble.
Cherokee senior Enzo Corona ran 4:25.74 for 5th place, giving Cherokee 20 of its 40 points in one event. Cherry Hill East seniors Brody Bogos and Brandon Lyons ran 3rd and 4th in 4:24.91 and 4:25.19, giving Cherokee and Cherry Hill East the top five spots in the race.
Bogos and junior Alvin Lin finished 1-2 in the 3,200 for 18 points for Cherry Hill East, Bogos in 9:39.79 and Lin 9:44.17. Cherokee senior Liam Tindall ran 9:44.25 for 3rd.
Kingsway senior Trevor Farrell cleared 13 feet on his 1st attempt to win the pole vault, with Egg Harbor junior Sawyer Schmidt and Cherokee senior Tobin Horwath 2nd and 3rd, both at 12-6. Farrell also ran a leg on Kingsway’s 3rd-place 4-by-4 team.
Washington Township senior John Santos ran 6.47 and Lenape senior M.J. Lincoln 6.48 for 2nd and 3rd in the 55.
Atlantic County Vo-Tech and Kingsway took 2nd and 3rd in the 4-by-4, junior J’Mar Boyer, junior Antony Gaitano, senior Mahkel Hall and senior Thomas Wodazak running 3:35.409 for Atlantic County and senior Donnel Tomlin, Farrell and Kameron White and junior Max Dyer 3:36.53 for Kingsway.
Rancocas Valley senior Jayden Rountree cleared 6-2 on his first attempt for 2nd place in the high jump.
The shot put isn’t listed in the officia results.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 