From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Kingsway senior Ryan Duffy and Egg Harbor Township junior Timothy Rooney finished 5^th and 7^th and the EHT and Kingsway boys placed 2^nd and 4^th out off over 230 runners in the Varsity E race Saturday at the Manhattan Invitational.

Duffy ran 13:12 over the VanCortlandt Park 2 ½-mile course and Rooney was five seconds back.

Salesianum School of Wilmington, Del., won the team title with 117 points, 15 fewer than Egg Harbor Township. Father Judge of Philadelphia was 3^rd with 159 and Kingsway 4^th at 188.

EHT placed its first four runners in the top 30, with Rooney 5^th, senior Daniel Svec 16^th in 13:36, junior Liam Aspenbherg 27^th in 13:49 and senior Ben Gettings 28^th in 13:51. They were backed up by senior Stephen Slusarski and Gabe Hudec in 55^th and 56^th, both in 14:09. Sophomore Christopher Sanchez ran 14:20 for 72^nd.

For Kingsway, junior Michael Beaver and sophomore Logan McKeever took 17^th and 18^th, both in 13:37, senior Payton Veilleux was 59^th in 14:12 and senior Joseph Moczydlowski 92^nd in 14:38.