From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Peter Simpson won the 1,600 and 3,200, and the Haddonfield boys piled up 68 points in the 800, 1,600, 3,200 and 4-by-8 and rolled to their 2^nd straight sectional title and 10^th overall.

Haddonfield outscored 2^nd-place Pleasantville 109-53, with Manchester 3^rd with 51, followed by Overbrook and Pemberton [47 each], Seneca [41], West Deptford [37], Haddon Heights [34], Cedar Creek [29], Pinelands [26], Sterling [25] and Barnegat [24].

Haddonfield won its 1^st sectional title in Group 3 in 1968, then won Group 1 in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1993 and has won Group 2 in 2015, 2016, 2024 and 2025.

Haddonfield hit the motherlode with 24 points in the 3,200, Simpson winning in 9:25.55, Ryan Gibson 2^nd in 9:30.80 and Benjamin Andrus 3^rd in 9:31.11. Simpson won the 1,600 in 4:20.19, closing in 2:06.93, and Andrus was 2^nd in 4:20.96, closin in 2:07.63. Senior Michael Sinnes placed 4^th in 4:31.67. Brandon Stoner won the 800 in 1:56.30, with junior Owen Snyder 5^th with a PR 1:59.77.

Haddonfield also won the 4-by-8, with Stoner, senior John Leibrandt, sophomore Augustan Coley and sophomore Connor Brand running 8:08.06.

Junior Ryder Bozine scored 18 points in the hurdles, winning the 400 intermediates in 56.50 and taking 2^nd in the 110 highs in 14.75, both PRs. Junior Mark Derets placed 3^rd in the 400IH in a PR 57.71 and senior Mark DiMedio was 6^th in the highs with 15.44.

Junior Jack Brand was 3^rd in the 400 [50.34], sophomore Ian Blair placed 6^th in the pole vault [11-0] and DiMedio was 6^th in the high jump [5-8].

Haddonfield also placed 2^nd in the 4-by-4 in 3:29.07 with Brand, Bozine, Derets and Stoner.

Seneca got wins from senior Chase Horner in the javelin [164-6] and junior Bradley Cooper in the high hurdles [14.73].

Overbrook senior John Froehlich ran a PR 48.48 to win the 400, Pemberton senior Jaden Goins ran PRs of 10.66 and 21.84 to sweep the sprints and Pleasantville senior Raliel Wiggins won the long jump at 24-0 ½.

Pleasantville won both sprint relays, with Semaj Dozier, Nazir Griffin, Wiggins and Jamaad Washington running 42.12 in the 4-by-1 and Dozier, Qwasim Jackson, Todd Watson and Brandon Williams running 3:23.57 to win the 4-by-4.