Seniors Benjamin Realley and Sean Sooy finished 1-2, Cherokee placed all five scorers in the top 10 and the Chiefs won their 13th consecutive Burlington County Open Friday in Mansfield Township.
Realley ran 16:21 over 5,000 meters at Crystal Lake Park and Sooy ran 16:28, and Cherokee topped Cinnaminson 24-53, with Moorestown 3rd at 109. Cherokee’s five scorers finished in a 28-second gap.
Cherokee has won every County Open title since 2014 and 26 of the last 32 going back to 1995. Realley is the 14th Cherokee runner to win the individual title during that span.
Senior Gavin Danielewicz was 5th for Cherokee in 16:49, senior Maximo Harada 7th in 16:57 and senior Leo Vyvyan 9th in 17:06. All seven Cherokee runners finished in the top 10, with senior Bruce Novoa 14th in 17:21 and sophomore Hamza Salahuddin 15th in 17:21.
The rest of the top 10 included Moorestown junior Zander Kane [3rd in 16:33], Cinnaminson freshman James McKeon [4th in 16:34], Cinnaminson senior Edward Abu-Adas [6th in 16:54], Shawnee sophomore Deven Lloyd [8th in 17:00] and Cinnaminson senior Ryan Scaricaciottoli [10th in 17:08].
Cherokee also swept the top seven spots in the JV race, with seven runners finishing in a 33-second gap between 17:33 and 18:10.
