Woodstown junior Abby Marino ran a big 5,000-meter all-course PR Friday and was the top South Jersey finisher in Stockton’s Osprey High School Invitational in Galloway Township.
Marino ran 18:58 and placed 2nd to Toms River East freshman Addison Sheehy, who ran 18:17 in her 3rd high school race.
Marino’s previous 5K all-course PR was a 19:28 last October at DREAM Park in Logan Townshp.
There were nearly 200 finishers in the race.
It doesn’t appear that team scoring was kept, but Egg Harbor Township went 9-10-11-14-33, with senior Meghan Johnson [9th in 19:43], sophomore Corrine Conley [10th in 19:56] and junior Molly Rooney [11th in 19:57] all under 20 minutes.
Other South Jersey runners in the top 20: Mainland freshman Quinlan Smith [15th in 20:11], Gloucester Tech junior Jordan Moczydlowski [16th in 20:12] and Mainland senior Lauren LaMonaca [20th in 20:29].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 