Paul VI’s Isabella Suarez won the sophomore girls race Friday at the 31st annual Cherokee Challenge, finishing four seconds ahead of Kayla Peckens of Princeton Day School.
Suarez, who placed 8th as a freshman in the South Jersey parochial championships, ran two miles at Cherokee in 12:22, and Peckens ran 12:26. Cherokee’s Ava Guarini was 3rd in 12:28.
Also in the top 10 were Egg Harbor’s Corinne Conley [6th in 12:51], Delsea’s Brooke Mashburn [9th in 13:311] and Audubon’s Emma Camm [10th in 13:13].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 