Burlington Twp.’s Payton Falkentein of East Stroudsburg takes 3rd, Shawnee’s Madelyn Valasek of Stockton places 10th at Kutztown’s Division II/III Challenge!!!!!!

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Burlington Township graduate Payton Falkenstein, a junior at East Stroudsburg, placed 3rd in the Division II/ III Challenge Saturday at Kutztown.

Falkenstein ran 23:04 on the 6,000-meter Kutztown Farm Course, which appears to not actually be in Kutztown but a few hundred yards west in Maxatawny Township, Berks County.

Falkenstein finished only 30 seconds behind winner Maura Lenhart of Kutztown, who ran 22:34.

Stockton was led by Shawnee gaduate Madelyn Valasek, who placed 10th in 23:43. Valasek, the NJAC outdoor runnerup at 5,000 and 10,000 meters last spring, was making her 2025 XC debut.

Jefferson freshman Kylee Black from Cumberland County Tech in Vineland placed 42nd in 25:39 in her first lifetime 6,000-meter race and her first college race.

East Stroudsburg finished with 61 points, 2nd to Kutztown’s 47. Bloomsburg was 3rd with 67.

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