Washington Township’s Trevor Szilier ran away from the field to win the Sophomore Race at the Cherokee Challenge Saturday morning.
Szilier ran 10:09 over 3,200 meters, finishing 80 meters ahead of 2nd-place Nikhil Shah of Pingry School of Bernards Township, who ran 10:25.
Szilier is Washington Township’s 2nd winner at the Challenge and first in 22 years, following Carmen Cavella, who won the Senior Race in 2003 in 9:58.
Szilier was the 6th-fastest freshman in New Jersey last year with a 4:34.81 [converted from full mile at Greensboro Nationals] and the 4th-fastest freshman at 3,200 meters in South Jersey with a 10:03.58 at the Gloucester County Championships at Deptford.
Other South Jersey runners in the top 10 were Egg Harbor’s Liam Aspenberg [6th in 10:43] and Lenape’s Jayden Carn [10th in 10:51].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 