The girls 3,200 at the Meet of Champions produced a handful of the fastest times in South Jersey history, and that included performances from girls who weren’t even in the seeded heat.
In a ridiculously fast race – 19 girls under 11 minutes – five South Jersey girls ran 10:45 or faster Wednesday at Pennsauken, and two of them did it out of the unseeded section.
Let’s start with the unseeded heat.
Kingsway junior Aubrey Bishop and Cherry Hill East sophomore Addison Weiss paced the field, Bishop first across the line in 10:42.12 with Weiss 2nd in 10:43.61. They had to do all the work themselves, with nobody else in that race running under 10:49.
Bishop, whose fastest time last year was 12:53, lowered her PR from 10:53.61 at sectionals. Weiss dropped from 10:52.24, also at sectionals. Weiss ran only the 800 as a freshman. She ran only the 1,600 and 3,200 this year.
Bishop’s time is No. 7 in Gloucester County history and Weiss’s is No. 12 on the all-time Camden County list.
In the seeded heat, Ocean City sophomore Riley Tolson ran 10:38.56, Holy Cross senior Julia Flanagan 10:45.18 and Paul VI senior Giovanni Mantuano 10:45.33.
Tolson dropped from 10:39.70 at states and Mantuano from 10:50.93. Flanagan ran 10:29.53 last month at the Burlington County Open.
In all, South Jersey girls took up five of the top 15 places, with Tolson 9th, Bishop 12th, Weiss 13th, Flanagan 14th and Mantuano 15th.
On the all-time South Jersey list, Tolson is now No. 20, Bishop is No. 24, Weiss 28th and Mantuano 31st.
Tolson and Weiss were the 2nd and 3rd sophomores in the Meet of Champions race and Bishop was the No. 4 junior.
This is the deepest 3,200 class in South Jersey history, the first time ever five South Jersey girls have run 10:45 or faster.
All-Time South Jersey 3,200-Meter Run List
10:12.8h … Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.], 1983
10:18.93 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley (Kingsway], 2009
10:22.02 … Megan Lacy (Cherokee], 2012
10:25.86 … Lilliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
10:27.44 … Alyssa Aldridge (Mainland Reg.], 2017
10:28.6h….. Erin Donohue (Haddonfield], 2001
10:29.28 … Rachel Vick (Kingsway], 2017
10:29.53 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 2026
10:30.57 … Dina Iacone (Washington Twp.], 2012
10:32.54 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
10:32.4h….. Mindy Rowand (Sterling], 1985
10:33.22 … Holly Bischof (Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:33.25 … Megan Venables (Highland], 2011
10:33.85 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna (Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius (Delsea], 2007
10:37.47 … Meghan McGlinchey (West Depford], 2009
10:37.53 … Vanessa Wright (Haddonfield], 2005
10:38.56 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 2026
10:39.15 … Devon Grisbaum (Ocean City], 2015
10:40.24 … Katie Van Horn (Triton], 2005
10:40.95 … Erika Kemp (Rancocas Valley], 2013
10:42.12 … Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], 2026
10:42.22 … Jenn Rawls (Highland], 2009
10:43.3h….. Deanna Germano (Shawnee], 1985
10:43.50 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2017
10:43.61 … Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], 2026
10:44.23 … Brittany Sedberry (Ocean City], 2004
10:45.12 … Briana Gess (Haddonfield], 2014
10:45.33 … Giovanna Mantuano [Paul VI], 2026
10:45.40 … Julianna Catania (Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
10:45.73 … Meghan Hughes [Moorestown], 2002
10:46.38 … Madison Coppolino [Sterling], 2018
10:43.86 … Ava Thomas [Haddonfield], 2023
10:45.24 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
10:48.87 … Sarah Naticchia (Haddonfield], 2019
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 