Three girls named Riley ran sub-20 at sectionals Saturday and all three are sectional champs.
Audubon’s Riley Fayer ran 18:18.40 at DREAM Park in Logan Township and won South Jersey Group 1, Riley Austin of Haddonfield ran 18:16.93 and won Group 2 and Ocean City sophomore Riley Tolson ran 18:29.18 and won Group 3.
Two other Rileys raced Saturday and both did well. Sterling sophomore Riley Sharpe ran 20:34.52 and placed 14th in Group 2, so she’s also on her way to Holmdel for states along with the entire Sterling team, who placed 3rd. And Paul VI Riley Sheppard placed 14th in the parochial race in 21:34.19. Sharpe just missed her lifetime best for any 5K course by one second and Sheppard ran a 5K PR by over half a minute.
So three of the seven-fastest times recorded in the five races at DREAM Park were turned in by Riley and all five Rileys that competed placed either 1st or 14th. Pretty clear that if you want to improve your XC team, find yourself a few Rileys!
Here’s our list of every girl that broke 20 minutes on the 5,000-meter course at DREAM Park!
17:47.60 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], Parochial [1st]
18:02.36 … **Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [1st]
18:16.93 … Riley Austin [Haddonfield], Group 2 [1st]
18:18.40 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], Group 1 [1st]
18:21.71 … Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee], Group 4 [1st]
18:22.42 … *Grace Gutowski [Paul VI], Parochial [2nd]
18:29.18 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], Group 3 [1st]
18:33.29 … *Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway[, Group 4 [3rd]
18:34.25 … Giovanna Mantuano [Paul VI], Parochial [3rd]
18:39.21 … Laura Sallade [Wilberforce School], Parochial [4th]
18:45.10 … *Stella Blanchard [Wilberforce School], Parochial [5th]
18:45.19 … *Ryleigh Budsock [Cherry Hill East[, Group 4 [4th]
18:49.76 … Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], Group 4 [5th]
18:52.66 … **Payton Monaghan [Toms River North], Group 4 [6th]
18:56.03 … *Lillian Flora [Ocean City], Group 3 [2nd]
18:58.96 … **Erin Healy [Cherokee], Group 4 [7th]
19:04.68 … *Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], Group 3 [3rd]
19:04.94 … **Nora Eberle [Toms River North], Group 4 [8th]
19:05.69 … **Angelina Colavita [Barnegat], Group 2 [2nd]
19:06.69 … Maya Kumar [Cherokee], Group 4 [9th]
19:08.01 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], Parochial [6th]
19:09.94 … Sofia Recinto [Cherokee], Group 4 [10th]
19:12.75 … Madeline Meder [Cherokee], Group 4 [11th]
19:17.27 … *Sophia DiFiore [Moorestown], Group 3 [4th]
19:19.37 … *Catherine Hipple [Moorestown], Group 3 [5th]
19:20.74 … **Morgan Kuzma [Paul VI], Parochial [7th]
19:20.85 … **Emmie Wang [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [12th]
19:23.79 … Lyana Gutierrez [Highland], Group 3 [6th]
19:25.28 … **Makayla Zell [Moorestown], Group 3 [7th]
19:26.37 … Kayla Romanoski [West Deptford], Group 2 [3rd]
19:28.37 … *Katherine Grottini [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [13th]
19:28.87 … *Devon Gervasi [Haddonfield], Group 2 [4th]
19:30.00 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], Group 4 [14th]
19:31.51 … *Caroline Eubanks [Toms River North], Group 4 [15th]
19:36.68 … *Madison Kelsey [Haddonfield], Group 2 [5th]
19:39.53 … *Peighton Clemens [Ocean City], Group 3 [8th]
19:40.65 … ***Bella Cera [Ocean City], Group 3 [9th]
19:44.80 … **Abby Marino [Woodstown], Group 1 [2nd]
19:44.83 … **Emma Baker [Southern Reg.], Group 4 [16th]
19:46.02 … **Lenna Driscoll [Ocean City], Group 3 [10th]
19:46.98 … *Gabriella Pizzo [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [17th]
19:47.49 … ***Isabella Suarez [Paul VI], Parochial [8th]
19:48.04 … *Meghan Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], Group 4 [18th]
19:48.78 … ***Montana Knoeller [Toms River North], Group 4 [19th]
19:49.02 … *Toni-Loren Powell [Highland], Group 3 [11th]
19:51.60 … Adriana Zitzner [Southern Reg.], Group 4 [20th]
19:53.28 … ***Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], Group 2 [6th]
19:53.65 … Gabrielle Henry [Ocean City], Group 3 [12th]
19:54.01 … *Julianne Roes [Clearview], Group 3 [13th]
19:54.74 … **Molly Rooney [Egg Harbor Twp.], Group 4 [21st]
19:55.69 … **Peyton Blake [Paul VI], Parochial [9th]
19:56.14 … Ella Davidson [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [22nd]
19:56.22 … *Rebecca Tibbetts [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [23rd]
19:57.99 … *Cecilia Foreman [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [14th]
19:58.23 … *Benjamin Harper [Haddonfield], Group 2 [7th]
19:59.97 … Olivia Orton [Middle Twp.], Group 2 [8th]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 