The Cherokee girls each ran between 8:34 and 9:23 for 2,500 meters and finished 1st out of 62 schools Friday night at the RVA Relays at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va.
Senior Alyssa Suriano led off with an 8:34 split, followed by senior Maya Kumar in 9:23, senior Sofia Recinto with an 8:48 and sophomore Erin Healy 9:07, setting up senior Madeline Meder anchored in 8:47.
Cherokee won by nine seconds over Grafton in Yorktown, Va. Cherokee had a total time of 44:40 and Grafton combvined for 44:49.
In the RVA Relays, five runners from each school run 2,500-meter relay legs on a loop – with a baton – and their five splits are added up to determine team placing.
There were no live results and apparently the full results do not show up in Chrome or Safari, so they don’t make it easy for you to find results.
Cherokee is ranked 8th in New Jersey.They were 4th in this meet last year.
The Cherokee girls also placed 6th in the B race with juniors Genisa John and Gabrielle Urban and freshmen Ava Guarini, Casey Leisse and Ella Holloway. No times listed in the results.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 