From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Egg Harbor packed its first four runners in 15 seconds and senior Aubrey Bishop, junior Kaitlyn Orazi and senior Kathlyn Gallinaro of Kingsway all placed in the top 20 out of nearly 200 runners and Egg Harbor and Kingsway placed 4^th and 5^th out of 31 schools in the Varsity B girls race Saturday morning at the Manhattan Invitational in the Bronx.

Egg Harbor scored 146 points and Kingsway 158.

For EHT, senior Meghan Johnson ran 20^th in 16:24 over the 2 ½-mile course on the Yonkers border, junior Molly Rooney was 21^st in 16:29, sophomore Corinne Conley placed 24^th in 16:32 and senior Addison Lambert took 29^th in 16:39.

Junior Carlee Street and junior Marisa Mazur placed 56^th and 59^th in 17:20 and 17:22 for Egg and sophomore Katie Johnson ran 17:51 for 81^st.

For Kingsway, Bishop ran 15:50 and placed 11^th, Orazi ran 16:03 and was 16^th and Gallinaro was 18^thin 16:13. Freshman Audrey Scheeper [49^th in 17:13] and senior Ava Buchanan [72^nd in 17:35] were also in Kingsway’s top 5. Freshman Alyssa Stankovich placed 80^th in 17:48, with junior Skyla Bowen 115^thin 18:29.

Ward Melvile of East Setauket in Suffolk County, N.Y., won the team title with 64 points.

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