Rowan senior Aidan Brad from Williamstown ran an all-course 8,000 PR Saturday leading Rowan to 2^nd place at the Osprey Invitational in Galloway Township.

Brad was the Profs’ top finisher, placing 6^th in 25:53 and dropping his 8K PR from 26:07 from last October in a meet at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Moravian, ranked 3^rd in the NCAA Division 3 Metro Region, won the team title, 28-47, over Rowan, which is ranked 5^thin the region. Stockton, ranked 4^th in the Metro Region, was 4^th with 84 points.

Also for Rowan, sophomore Dylan Saber, Brad’s teammate at Williamstown in 2021 and 2022, placed 12^th in 26:28. Stockton’s James Clauson from Haddon Township placed 9^th in 26:11 and was the top freshman in the field.

Also in the top 25 out of 151 finishers for Rowan: Junior Gervasi from Haddonfield [18^th in 24:46], freshman Zach Fayer from Audubon [19^th in 26:48], senior Colin Patterson from Haddon Heights [22^nd in 27:01] and freshman Kal Heyman from Ocean City [25^th in 27:10].

Senior Allyson Wernik from Washington Township and sophomore Juliana Sieminski from Delsea both finished in the top 10 out of 124 runners to help the Rowan women win the team title at the Osprey Invitational Saturday in Galloway Township.

Rowan, ranked 3rd in the NCAA Division 3 Metro Region, had five of the first eight finishers and outscored 2nd-place Jefferson of Philadelphia, 22-59.

Wernik placed 5th in 22:57 over 6,000 meters and Sieminski was 8th in 23:15. Also for Rowan, Rowan’s Kayla Romanoski from West Deptford was the Profs’ 7th finisher and the 3rd freshman finisher out of 32 starters. She was 21st in 24:03 in her first 6K.

For Stockton, senior Sarah Rutledge from Egg Harbor Township placed 15th in 23:49 and sophomore Madison Pratt from Absegami was 20th in 24:03. Moravian placed 3rd with 61 points and Stockton was 4th with 100.

Egg Harbor junior Timothy Rooney broke 16 minutes for the first time on any 5,000-meter course Friday and led South Jersey runners with a 2nd-place finish in Stockton’s Osprey Invitational in Galloway Township.

Rooney ran 15:51 and took 2nd to senior Gavin Oliver of Donovan Catholic, who won the race in 15:39. Rooney’s previous 5K PR was 16:40 from last year’s Cape-Atlantic Conference Championships on his home course at Egg Harbor.

Woodstown senior David Farrell and Egg Harbor junior Liam Aspenberg also finished in the top 5, Farrell 3rd in 16:10 and Aspenberg 5th in 16:19.

Egg went 2-5-11-16-32.

Also in the top 20 out of 200 runners: Eastern senior Timothy Shack [6th in 16:21], Mainland junior Jack Preissman [7th in 16:22], Vineland senior Maximelio Giardino [8th in 16:24], West Deptford senior Lane McClintock [9th in 16:32], Egg Harbor senior Daniel Svec [11th in 16:35], Eastern senior Nathaniel Friebel [12th in 16:35], Gloucester Tech Duke Snyder-Shellito senior [14th in 16:436], Egg Harbor senior Stephen Slusarski [16th in 16:52] and Bridgeton senior Kevin Perez [19th in 17:05].

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].

Delaware freshman Riley Fayer from Audubon ran a huge all-course 5,000-meter PR Friday at the Southern Showcase.

Fayer ran 17:40 over 5,000 meters at John Hunt Cross Country Park in Huntsville, Ala. This was Fayer’s second collegiate race and broke her all-course lifetime best for 5K, which was 18:18 at the DREAM Park speedway in Logan Township, the fastest course in South Jersey. And she beat that by 38 seconds. Fayer ran 18:58 in her first college race two weeks ago in New Castle County, Del.

Fayer was the 8th freshman finisher Friday and placed 40th overall in a field loaded with top Division 1 runners. There were 280 finishers.

Fayer was Delaware’s first finisher and helped the Blue Hens finish 10th in team scoring out of 31 schools. No. 11 Alabama, Clemson and Auburn, two schools in the SEC and one in the ACC, went 1-2-3.

Julia Flanagan, another Delaware freshman from South Jersey, ran 17:59 in her 2nd college race. She ran 18:50 two weeks ago in a home meet in Newark. She was Delaware’s second finisher.

Also for senior Delaware Leah Clear from Camden Catholic ran an all-course PR of 18:05 and was Delaware’s fifth runner. Clear, who never broke 21 minutes in high school, had a previous all-course PR of 18:09 on the same course last September.

Senior Andrew Blum and junior Connor Brand both broke 17 minutes on the Pennypacker Park 5,000-meter course Tuesday to lead a Haddonfield sweep of the top nine places in a five-team batch meet.

Blum and Brand each ran 16:49 – 16:49.20 specifically for Blum and 16:49.64 for Brand – for the Bulldogs.

Sophomores Lucas Larson [3rd in 17:04] and Logan Tripician [4th in 17:11] were next, followed by junior Graham Dodson [5th in 17:13], senior Luke Patterson [6th in 17:22], junior Luke Lindner [7th in 17:27], junior Ian Rodriguez [8th in 17:32] and sophomore Nathan Bollard [9th in 17:36].

Paulsboro senior Jeffery Taylor was 10th in 17:50. Audubon’s top finisher was junior John Robinson [14th in 18:09] and Haddon Heights’ first across the line was junior Henry Platt [17th in 18:18]. Lindenwold’s first runner was junior Xander Gomez-Rhodes [21st in 19:39].

Seniors Finley Smith and Ethan Taylor and junior Zander Kane all ran within 1 ½ seconds of each other to lead a Moorestown sweep of the top eight places in an Olympic Conference batch meet Tuesday at DREAM Park in Logan Township.

Smith and Taylor ran 18:36.30 and 18:36.94 and Kane ran 18:37.61 to lead the Quaker pack.

Freshman Alexander Gubanov [4th in 18:46], sophomores Ryan Callahan and Braden Castner [5th and 6th, both 19:07] and juniors An Zheng [7th in 19:25] and Hunter Glenn [8th in 19:58] rounded out Moorestown’s top eight.

Also finishing in the top 10 were Winslow senior Cody Lam [9th in 20:11] and Winslow sophomore Devon Kozak [10th in 20:13].

In a separate race, senior Kyler Johnson led a 1-5 Seneca sweep in 18:54 with freshman Douglas Umbehauer [2nd in 19:02], sophomore Tyler Levondosky [3rd in 19:05], junior Jonah Schmitz [4th in 19:05] and senior William Emmons [5th in 19:10].

Others in the top 10 were Cherokee senior Jonathan Merkel [6th in 19:27], Lenape senior Aaron Smith and junior Jayden Carn [7th and 8th, both in 19:28], Cherokee sophomore Gavin Quinn [9th in 19:28] and Lenape junior Jake Haskins [10th in 19:29].

Julian Rich and Reggie Hernandez, sophomores at Wilmington (Del.), placed 4th and 5th in the Philadelphia Cross Classic at Belmont Plateau.

Rich attended Camden County Tech and competed in track for Winslow,and Hernandez attended Haddon Heights. Rich ran 28:52 over 8,000 meters and Hernandez 28:56, helping Wilmington win the team title 32-35 over Jefferson of Philadelphia.

Rich and Hernandez were Wilmington’s second and third finishers, behind overall winner Kenai Black, who ran 27:37.

Wilmington sophomore Kevin Gonzalez from Bridgeton placed 14th in 30:27 and was the Wildcats’ fifth finisher.

In the women’s race over 5,000 meters, freshman Hailie Bellone from Buena was 5th in 21:15 and senior Angie Chomo from Schalick placed 10th in 23:20. Jefferson topped Wilmington, 26-44, for the women’s team title.

Bishop Eustace’s Connor Logan placed 2nd in the freshman class race Saturday at the TCNJ High School Invitational on the Green Lane Fields in Ewing.

In his first high school race, Logan ran 11:50 over 3,200 meters and placed 2nd to Steinert’s Elliot Scheps, who ran 11:28.

Winslow freshman Tyler Williams finished 3rd in 12:11. Matteo Fitch, another Eustace freshman, was 10th in the race in 12:52. Winslow also had Xavier Holmes in the top 20, 14th overall in 13:40.

In the varsity race, Rancocas Valley senior Jonathan Arreaga placed 7th in 17:05, a 31-second all-course 5,000-meter PR.

Also in the top 20 were R.V. senior Cody Habeck [18th in 17:56], Winslow senior Cody Lam [19th in 18:02] and Winslow sophomore Devon Kozak [20th in 18:05].

Rancocas Valley placed 4th among 12 schools that fielded a full team with 133 points.

Sophomore Teagan Emmer, junior Autumn Cannon and senior Eden Geisel finished 1st, 3rd and 4th and led Middle Township to the team title Saturday at the annual Big 5 Championships in Lower Township.

Emmer ran 23:05 over 5,000 meters at Cape May County Park, Cannon 23:40 and Geisel 23:56 and Middle won the team title with 15 points as the only school that fielded a full team.

Wildwood Catholic junior Shea McIlhiney placed 2nd in 23:09 to break up the Middle Township sweep.

Also in the top 10 were Wildwood sophomore Sabryn Fathi [5th in 24:44], senior Sloane Manni [6th in 25:20], Middle freshman Vera Bono [7th in 26:53], Wildwood sophomore Charlotte Booth [8th in 26:54], Lower Cape May Regional sophomore Abigal Simpkins [9th in 27:01] and Middle senior Isabella Frame [10th in 27:39].