Freshman Bella DeFinis, sophomore Dylan Hosty, junior Devon Gervasi, junior Madison Kelsey, junior Harper Benjamin, junior Saya Sood and junior Molly Mills swept the top seven places and packed within 20 seconds for Haddonfield in a Colonial Conference batch meet Tuesday at West Deptford Park.
DeFinis, in her first high school race, ran 22:02, as did Hosty, in her first race since a 4:40.40 mile in Renton, Wash., last June.
Gervasi ran 22:07, Kelsey 22:17, Benjamin 22:18, Sood 22:21 and Mills 22:22. Also for Haddonfield, junior Penelope Matthews [22:38], junior Grace McCool [22:55] and sophomore Hadley Godwin [22:57] rounded out the top 10 for Haddonfield.
Audubon was led by junior Sophia Rizzo in 11th in 23:03 and West Deptford’s top runner was junior Taylor Sierzega in 15th in 23:27.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 