Freshman Payton Barger, Grace Gutowski and Morgan Kuzma all placed in the top 20 and the Paul VI girls won their 3rd Shore Coaches title in four years and sixth overall Saturday at Holmdel County Park.
Barger was 10th in 19:32, Gutowski 13th in 20:00 and Kuzma 18th in 20:23, and Paul VI averaged 20:24.47 and outscored 2nd-place Rumson-Fair Haven by a whopping 66 points – 86-152.
Paul VI, ranked 4th in New Jersey, also won Shore Coaches titles in 1982, 1987, 1997, 2022 and 2023.
Also in PVI’s scoring group were Isabella Suarez [27th in 20:56] and Molly Smith [30th in 21:10] with 6th runner Peyton Blake 36th in 21:30.
Cinnaminson Madeline Farrell [41st in 21:41] also ran sub-22 minutes.
