The Haddonfield boys piled up 63 possible 72 points in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 and rolled to a record-setting South Jersey Group 2 sectional championship Sunday at the Bubble in Toms River.
Haddonfield went 1-2-5 for 20 points in the 1,600, 1-2-6 for 19 points in the 800 and for 1-2-3 for 24 points in the 3,200. Those 63 points accounted for 56 percent of Haddonfield’s meet-record 113 points.
The Bulldogs outscored 2nd-place Willingboro 113-32, with Manchester Township 3rd with 30 points, followed by Pemberton [26], Haddon Heights [22], Cinnaminson [20], Pleasantville [15] and Overbrook [10] all in double figures.
The team title is Haddonfield’s 8th since the inception of indoor sectionals in 2008. Only Willingboro, with 10, has more among South Jersey schools. The eight indoor sectional titles are tied for 5th-most by any New Jersey shool. The Bulldogs won South Jersey Group 1 in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and Group 2 in 2017 and 2025.
Haddonfield’s 113 points are the most ever in any South Jersey sectional, breaking the record of 110 shared by Glassboro in 2009 and Haddonfield in 2010 in Group 1 and Toms River North last year in Group 4. Delsea had the previous high total in Group 2 with 105 in 2011.
Senior Brandon Stoner ran 2:00.50 for the win in the 800, with senior Aaron Keith 2nd at 2:03.27 and senior John Leibrandt 6th in 2:04.57.
Senior Benjamin Andrus won the 1,600 in 4:28.45, with senior Peter Simpson 2nd in 4:31.20 and senior Michael Sinnes 5th in 4:33.35.
Haddonfield swept the final distance race, with senior Ryan Gibson winning in 9:38.48, Andrus 2nd in 9:41.81 and Simpson 3rd at 9:47.04.
Also for Haddonfield, Junior Ryder Bozine ran 7.78 to win the 55-meter hurdles, and senior Thompson Crosier delivered a win in the shot put with a 44-0 ½ on his 1st attempt.
Haddonfield finished the meet by winning the 1,600-meter relay in 3:30.80 with junior Jack P. Brand, senior Aaron Keith, junior Mark Derets and Stoner.
Senior Mark DiMedio was 3rd in the hurdles at 8.00 and teamed up again with Bozine to go 4-5 in the high jump, DiMedio clearing 5-10 and Bozine 5-8.
Christopher Jones ran 51.08 to give Willingboro a win in the 400, and senior Dayron Neal cleared 11-6 to win the pole vault. Chimera senior Anthony Lin placed 3rd in the shot with a 41-4 ¼.
Pemberton senior Jaden Goins ran 6.57 to win the 55 by 4-100ths of a second over Oakcrest senior Davon Hannah, who ran 6.61. Also for Pemberton, junior Aaron Arocho ran 2:04.03 for 3rd in the 800. Arocho, Goins, senior Owen Martindale and junior Marcellus Ivey ran 3:34.97 for 3rd in the relay.
Pleasantville junior Todd Watson took 3rd in the 400 with a 52.09 and ran on Pleasantville’s 2nd-place 4-by-4 with junior Marseo Goah, senior Brandon Williams and senior Qwasim Jackson.
Haddon Heights senior Kani Golden placed 2nd in the hurdles in 7.90 and 3rd in the 55 in 6.70.
For Cinnaminson, senior Shafiq Herringon placed 2nd in the high jump at 6-2 and senior Jacob Wickersham ran 3rd in the 1,600 in 4:32.90.
Overbrook junior John Froelich placed 2nd in the 400 in 51.85.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 