Ryan Gibson, Peter Simpson and Benjamin Andrus all placed in the top 10, and Haddonfield finished 2^nd in the Varsity D race Saturday at the Manhattan Invitational.

Gibson was 3^rd in 12:49 over the 2 ½-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, Simpson placed 7^th in 13:11 and Andrus was 9^th in 13:16.

Haddonfield, competing without two of their projected top group, still finished only 12 points behind team winner St. John’s Prep in Astoria, Queens.

Senior Augie Coley was 30^th in 13:41 and junior Andrew Blum 36^th in 13:45 for the Bulldogs, who even at less than full strength finished 4^th in the overall team merge of seven varsity races with 547 points, behind only Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft, [101], Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, R.I. [201] and St. John’s College of Washington, D.C. [331], with Haddonfield 4^th and St. John’s Prep 5^th[548].

In that Varsity D race, Egg Harbor placed 4^th with 204 points, packing their five scorers in 25 seconds and their top six in 26 seconds.

Sophomore Liam Aspenberg led the Eagles in 27^th in 13:39, followed by sophomore Timothy Rooney 40^th in 13:47, senior Matthew McDevitt 43^rd in 13:48, junior Daniel Svec 47^th in 13:54 and junior Ben Gettings 52^nd in 14:04. They were backed up by senior 6^th man Matthew Reed in 53^rd in 14:05.

Egg placed 28^th in the merge with 1,119 points but 6^th among New Jersey schools, behind only CBA, Haddonfield, Ridge [14^th in 785], Ocean City [15^th with 785] and West Windsor-Plainsboro North [20^thwith 922] .

Senior Erik Preisner and juniors Nathan Aschmann and Keenan Neuman all placed in the top 12 and Ocean City raced to the Varsity F team title Saturday at the Manhattan Invitational.

Preisner ran 12:59 and placed 4^th, Aschmann ran 13:15 and was 7^{th and Neuman was 12th in 13:33} for Ocean City, who outscored 2^nd-place Sherwood of Sandy Spring, Md., 78-98.

Junior Michael Romano and senior Benjamin McCarthy made up the rest of Ocean City’s top-five, Romano in 24^th in 13:52 and McCarthy 31^st in 14:01.

Neuman finished 10 spots ahead of Sherwood’s 3^rd runner and McCarthy nine spots ahead of Sherood’ 5^th runner, and that was most of the difference in the 20point win.

Ocean City is ranked 12^th in New Jersey and 3^rd in South Jersey.

Woodstown graduate Ryan Dennison, a junior at Alvernia, placed 5^th in the Green and Gold Invitational Saturday at Delaware Valley College.

DVC is in Doylestown, but it appears that their XC course, located across Rte. 202 from campus, is entirely in New Britain, Pa.

Dennison ran an all-course best 28:32 over 8,000 meters at Delaware Valley College and was Alvernia’s 3^rd runner. His previous all-course 8K best was 29:20 last November at the NCAA Division 3 Mid-Atlantic Regional in Lock Haven, Pa.

Dennison’s fastest 5,000 in high school was 19:10 in a meet at Stockton University in Galloway, so he ran faster per mile Saturday over just under five miles than he did in high school over 3.1 miles.

Kean College edged Alvernia of Reading, 47-49, to win the team title.

Maple Shade junior Juliana Catalani edged Woodstown sophomore Abby Marino for the overall title, and Haddon Township placed four in the top 17 to win the team title in Division 1 of the South Jersey Open Saturday.

Catalani ran an all-course PR 19:19 over 5,000 meters at DREAM Park in Logan Township and won by 35 meters over Marino, who was 2^nd in 19:28, an all-course PR for her as well. It was Catalani’s 1^st-ever invitational title.

Junior Tanner Lajoie, senior Blake Kemery, sophomore Isabella Dodd and junior Biz Maher placed 6^th, 10^th, 14^th and 17^th for Haddon Township, which recorded a 52-62 win over Camden Catholic.

Junior Chloe Lajoie, junior Reagan Maher and sophomore Summer Starnes gave Haddon Township seven in the top 30, Lajoie 25^th in 23:09, Maher 26^th in 23:21 and Starnes 30^th in 23:33.

For Camden Catholic, Erin Callinan was 7^th in 20:54, Brynn Deiwert 9^th in 21:23, Maddy O’Neil 12^th in 21:43, Emma Rachoin 19^th in 22:04, Joelle Garibaldi 42^nd in 24:56 and Grace Ramirez 43^rd in 25:11.

Others in the top 10: West Deptford Kayola Romanoski [3^rd, 19:30], West Deptford Taylor Sierzega [4^th, 19:50], Collingswood Hazel Straight [5^th, 20:27] and Woodstown Anabel Schaal [8^th, 20:55].

Junior Grace Gutowski placed 5^th and senior Giovanna Mantuano, freshman Isabella Suarez and sophomore Peyton Blake also ran in the top 10 and Paul VI won the Varsity E girls race Saturday morning at the Manhattan Invitational in the Bronx.

Gutwoski ran 15:28 over the 2 ½-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and PVI – ranked 6^thin New Jersey – edged Cornwall High of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y., 55-67. Cornwall is ranked 5^th in New York State’s Class B Division.

Mantuano placed 11^th in 15:57, Suarez 17^th in 16:15 and Blake 18^th in 16:18. Sophomore Morgan Kuzma clinched the team title in 28^th place in 16:47. She finished five spots (and three team spots) ahead of Cornwall’s fifth runner.

For team scoring purposes, PVI went 3-6-12-13-21 and Cornwall was 8-9-11-15-24.

Senior Riley Austin, junior Molly Mills and junior Devon Gervasi all placed in the top 20 and the Haddonfield girls won the Varsity D girls race at the Manhattan University Invitational Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

Austin ran 15:01 and placed 3^rd, Mills ran 16:14 for 18^th and Gervasi 16:14 for 19^th over the historic Vanny 2 ½-mile course, and Haddonfield edged Ocean City 98-119 for the team title.

Freshman Dylan Hosty ran 16:31 and senior Elizabeth Pappas 17:00 for 21^st and 41^st for the Bulldogs, ranked 7^th in New Jersey.

Sophomore Riley Tolson placed 5^th in 15:15 to lead Ocean City, ranked 13^th in New Jersey.

Also in Ocean City’s top five were junior Peighton Clemens [25^th, 16:40], senior Gabrielle Henry [28^th, 16:41], freshman Isabella Edwards [33^rd, 16:45] and freshman Bella Cera [35^th, 16:52] also in the top five.

Sophomore Addison Weiss ran the 2^nd-fastest time ever at DREAM Park and just missed the course record, and the Cherry Hill East girls swept the top six spots in the Division 3 race at the South Jersey Open Saturday.

Weiss ran 17:53.44 over the 5,000-meter course in Logan Township, falling just short of the course record of 17:52.89 set by Shawnee’s Isabella Turner at the 2018 South Jersey Shootout.

Weiss’s previous all-course 5,000 best was 18:06 last month at the Battle of Ocean County Park.

Cherry Hill East, ranked 7^th in New Jersey, averaged 18:57.8 and outscored 2^nd-place Clearview 15-86.

Completing the sweep for East were junior Ryleigh Budsock [2^nd, 18:34], sophomore Emmie Wang [3^rd, 19:25], junior Katherine Grottini [4^th, 19:28] and junior Gabriella Pizzo [5^th, 19;29], backed up by senior Ella Davidson [6^th, 19:35].

Also in the top 10 were Gloucester Tech sophomore Jordan Moczydlowski [7^th, 19:37], Pennsauken sophomore Hope Edwards [8^th, 19:41], Cherokee freshman Casey Leisse [9^th, 19:42] and Winslow sophomore Annabella Cassidy [10^th, 20:42].

Seniors Jacob Marino and Karson Chew and junior David Farrell swept the top three spots and Woodstown won the boys title at the Salem County Championships Wednesday in Pittsgrove Township.

Marino ran 16:37, Chew 16:58 and Farrell 17:19 and Woodstown beat Schalick 21-47, with Salem Tech 3^rd with 77 points.

Schalick was led by junior Colin Bittle, senior Sal Longo and senior Chase Riley, who took 4^th, 5^th and 6^th in 17:31, 17:33 and 17:44.

Then Woodstown filled up the rest of the top 10, with junior Pacey Hutton 7^th  in 18:08, sophomore Torsten Duva 8^th in 18:22, junior Jackson Perry 9^th in 18:23 and sophomore John Hearst 10^th in 18:31.

In the girls meet, sophomore Abby Marino and junior Anabel Schaal of Woodstown finished 1-2 in 19:59 and 21:33, but Schalick edged Woodstown 28-32 to win the team title, with Salem Tech 3^rd with 77.

Schalick placed five in the top nine, with junior Helen Lillia [3^rd in 21:46], sophomore Emma Cain [5^th in 23:17], freshman Paetyn Wallace [7^th in 24:52], junior Sarah Torpey [8^th in 24:55] and freshman Emma Wilbur [9^th in 25:02.

Also in the top 10: Pennsville sophomore Sawyer Slad [4^th in 22:20], Woodstown senior Arianna Mott [6^th in 23:54] and Woodstown sophomore Kiera Porch [10^th in 25:30]

The Glassboro boys led all Group 1 schools at Shore Coaches Saturday with a 17:23 average on the 5,000-meter course at Holmdel County Park.

Glassboro placed 4^th in the Varsity F race behind three parochials – Union Catholic, Pingry and Paul VI.

The Bulldogs’ average was 16^th-fastest of 188 schools in seven varsity races. Next-fastest Group 1 average was Woodstown at 17:59.

Glassboro was led by sophomores Joe Saicic and Zacchaeus Harrigan in 4^th and 9^th with a 16:39 for Saicic and 16:56 for Harrigan. They were the first two sophomore finishers in the race and 2^nd– and 7^th-fastest 10^th-graders in all the varsity races combined.

Saicic’s time is fastest ever at Holmdem by a South Jersey Group 1 sophomore, one second faster than Pitman’s Sebastien Reed ran at the 2017 state meet.

Also for Glassboro, senior Jaeden Wesley ran 17:33 for 27^th, soph Aaron Johnson 17:39 in 31^st and sophomore Gavin Rakitis 45^th in 18:08.

Glassboro won South Jersey Group 1 last year and then placed 3^rd at the state Group 1 meet last year behind Metuchen and Indian Hills.

Here’s a look at Glassboro’s sub-17 runners ever at Holmdel:

16:07 … Elijah Whitaker, 2023 state Group 1 [1^st]
16:28 … Tom Horne, 1993 state Group 1 [1^st]
16:31 … Ty Blackman, 2024 Shore Coaches [2^nd]
16:38 … Pat Ryan, 1995 Meet of Champions [15^th]
16:39 … Joe Saicic, 2025 Shore Coaches [5^th]
16:56 … Zacchaeus Harrigan, 2025 Shore Coaches [9^th]

Hey! The results are finally up!

It took Shore Coaches half a day to get full results posted, and we’ve already made our feelings known about that, so we won’t blabber on and on about how ridiculous it is in this day and age for a major meet to let that happen.

But we do have some lists from Saturday – all the boys times 17L30 and under and all the girls times of 20:00 and under on the legendary Holmdel County Park 5,000 course – as well as the top 10 boys and girls team averages from Saturday.

Errors or omissions lemme know!

Boys sub-17:30 list
16:21 … **Jack Tindall [Cherokee], 9th, Varsity A
16:22 … Jacob Wickersham [Cinnaminson], 2nd, Varsity E
16:26 … Erik Preisner [Ocean City], 4th, Varsity C
16:33 … *Benjamin Realley [Cherokee], 13th, Varsity A
16:35 … Alvin Lin [Cherry Hill East], 15th, Varsity A
16:39 … **Joseph Saicic [Glassboro], 5th, Varsity F
16:46 … Michael Sinnes [Haddonfield], 4th, Varsity E
16:48 … *Nathan Aschmann [Ocean City], 7th, Varsity C
16:52 … Sean Martino [Cedar Creek], 7th, Varsity E
16:55 … *Cian Sherlock [Cherry Hill East], 23rd, Varsity A
16:56 … **Zacchaeus Harrigan [Glassboro], 8th, Varsity F
16:57 … Vincenzo Vecchio [Cedar Creek], 9th, Varsity E
16:58 … Shaun Maloney [Haddon Twp.], 10th, Varsity F
17:00 … **Trevor Szilier [Washington Twp.], 25th, Varsity A
17:02 … Jacob Marino [Woodstown], 11th, Varsity E
17:02 … Chris Monaghan [Paul VI], 11th, Varsity F
17:05 … David Houck [Co-Op Gateway/Woodbury], 12th, Varsity F
17:09 … *Chase Cooley [Paul VI], 14th, Varsity F
17:09 … *Maximo Harada [Cherokee], 31st, Varsity A
17:09 … Logan Pavelik [Williamstown], 30th, Varsity B
17:09 … *Max Long [Paul VI], 15th, Varsity F
17:10 … *Edward Abu-Adas [Cinnaminson], 15th, Varsity E
17:11 … Milo Poerner [Cherry Hill East], 33rd, Varsity A
17:17 … *Jamar Mack [Middle Twp.], 18th, Varsity E
17:17 … Brandon Stoner [Haddonfield], 17th, Varsity E
17:22 … *Jason Smith [Paul VI], 17th, Varsity F
17:24 … Lucas Laganella [Haddonfield], 18th, Varsity E
17:27 … Ryan McCann [Cedar Creek], 19th, Varsity E
17:27 … Vincent Peri [Winslow Twp.], 16th, Varsity B

Girls sub-20 list
18;51 … **Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], 3rd, Varsity A
18:52 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 8th, Varsity E
19:14 … Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee], 4th, Varsity A
19:18 … **Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 3rd, Varsity C
19:19 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 4th, Varsity F
19:38 … Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], 6th, Varsity B
19:47 … *Molly Mills [Haddonfield], 16th, Varsity E
19:51 … *Grace Gutowski [Paul VI], 8th, Varsity D
19:54 … Giovanna Mantuano [Paul VI], 9th, Varsity D
19:57 … *Theresa Albertson [Eastern], 8th, Varsity A
19:58 … *Ryleigh Budsock [Cherry Hill East], 9th, Varsity A

Top boys averages
17:05 … Cherokee [6th, Varsity A]
17:17 … Paul VI [3rd, Varsity F]
17:19 … Ocean City [2nd, Varsity C]
17:23 … Glassboro [4th, Varsity F]
17:30 … Cherry Hill East [7th, Varsity A]
17:30 … Haddonfield [2nd, Varsity E]
17:39 … Cinnaminson [3rd, Varsity E]
17:54 … Egg Harbor Twp. [9th, Varsity A]
17:59 … Woodstown [5th, Varsity E]
18:08 … Haddon Township [8th, Varsity F]

Top girls averages
20:18 … Cherry Hill East [2nd, Varsity A]
20:19 … Cherokee [1st, Varsity A]
20:21 … Paul VI [2nd, Varsity D]
20:28 … Haddonfield [3rd, Varsity E]
20:57 … Ocean City [2nd, Varsity C]
21:11 … Egg Harbor Twp. [5th, Varsity A]
21:32 … Audubon [6th, Varsity F]
22:00 … Moorestown [7th, Varsity B]
23:09 … Delsea [9th, Varsity C]
23:15 … Kingsway [11th, Varsity B]