Ocean City’s Riley Tolson recorded her second straight Cherokee Challenge victory Saturday morning, winning the sophomore girls race a year after winning the freshman race.
Tolson ran 11:42 over 3,200 meters at Cherokee, finishing 150 meters ahead of 2nd-place Krissa Woods of Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del.
Last year, Tolson ran 12:07 to win the freshman race.
Tolson is the 2nd straight Ocean City girl to win the sophomore race at the Challenge. Carly Godfrey won last year. Ocean City’s other sophomore girls winner in the meet’s 30-year history was Alexa Palmieri in 2018.
Also in the top 10 from South Jersey were Moorestown’s Makayla Zell [4th in 12:32], Ocean City’s Lenna Driscoll [5th in 12:37] and Cherokee’s Erin Healy [8th in 12:50].
Also notable that Hope Edwards, who was the 3rd-fastest freshman 400-meter hurdler in the U.S. last year at 1:00.32 as a Moorestown freshman, is now a sophomore at Pennsauken. She placed 14th in 13:13.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 