From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Senior Riley Fayer repeated her 2024 distance triple, leading the Audubon girls to their 2^nd sectional title in three years.

Fayer won the 800 in 2:16.66, the 1,600 in 4:57.97 and the 3,200 in 11:21.91 amd Audubon piled up 153 points to win the South Jersey Group 1 Sectional at Lenape.

She’s the first girl to triple the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in multiple seasons since Haddonfield’s Briana Gess did it in Group 2 in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and Annika Merkh did it in Group 1 in 2015 and 2016.

Audubon won by 50 points over Glassboro, which scored 103 points. Audubon’s 153 points are the most ever in South Jersey Group 1 and 4^th-most in any South Jersey sectional. The previous high in Group 1 was Penns Grove’s 148 points in 2013.

Other Audubon winners were senior Julianna Laxton, who cleared 5-2 in the high jump, and senior Morganna Makuszewski, who cleared 9-0 in the pole vault.

Freshman Emma Camm had a big weekend, placing 3^rd in the 1,600 [5:21.66] and 3,200 [PR 11:30.82] and 4^thin the 800 [PR 2:23.98].

Senior Marissa DeValerio placed in four events, taking 4^th in the high jump [4-10] and long jump [16-7], 5^th in the hurdles [17.26 into a 3.7 meters-per-second headwind] and 6^th in the triple jump [34-0].

Junior Sophia Rizzo was 2^nd in the 400 [59.80] and 4^th in the 200 [26.83], junior athryn McGuire
was 2^nd in the 100 [12.79] and 3^rd in the 200 [26.51], freshman Kathryn Black cleared 4-10 for 3^rd in the high jump, junior Lydia Gravante placed 6^th in the 1,600 [5:34.75] and 3,200 [12:08.19],  senior Julianna Laxton placed 4^th in the hurdles [17.23], senior Kyle Tocco was 4^th in the 400 [1:01.30] and freshman Sabrina Passon took 3^rd in the intermediates [1:08.95] and 6^th in the highs [17.28].

Audubon won the 3,200-meter relay with junior Isabella Legatie, seniors Tallulah Witherington and Charlie Owens and freshman Amanda Drummond running 10:18.53. Rizzo, Passon, Tocco and junior Ava Lebb ran 4:05.99 for 2^nd in the 4-by-4, and McGuire, Rizzo, Tocco and Laxton ran 50.29 for 2^nd in the 4-by-1.