Freshman Brooke Mashburn placed 3rd with a huge all-course PR for 5,000 meters and Delsea placed all five scorers in the top 15 on the way to the Division 2 team title Saturday at the South Jersey Open.
Mashburn ran 19:42 at DREAM Park in Logan Township, lowering her all-course PR from 20:51 from a batch meet last month at Salem Tech in Pittsgrove Township.
Sophomore Angelina Colavita of Barnegat was the overall winner in 18:51 and Mainland junior Cecilia Foreman was the top South Jersey runner in 2nd place in 19:39.
Mashburn led Delsea to a close 49-62 team win over Mainland, with Sterling 3rd with 66 points.
Delsea’s four other scorers packed from 11th through 14th between 21:29 and 21:49. Senior Olivia Mashburn placed 11th in 21:29, senior Isabella Moran was 12th in 21:30, senior Sofia Moran 13th in 21:43 and freshman Ziada Nassradine 14th in 21:49.
Also in the top 10: Sterling junior Brianna Gilligan [4th, 19:49], Middle Township senior Olivia Orton [5th, 19:50], Highland senior Lyana Gutierrez [6th, 19:55], Mainland junior Lauren LaMonaca [7th, 20:11], Highland junior Toni-Loren Powell [8th, 20:21], Sterling sophomore Riley Sharp [9th, 20:33] and Mainland junior Ella Mokienko [10th, 20:57].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 