Senior Juliana Catalani, 2nd to Julia Flanagan last year, won the Freedom Division race and led Maple Shade to its 3rd straight team title at the Burlington County Scholastic League Championships Wednesday in Palmyra.
Catalani ran 19:27 and led a 1-3-4-6-11 Wildcat finish, although for team scoring purposes Shade swept the top five spots for 15 points since no other schools had five finishers.
Sophomores Johana Perez and Magaly Benito placed 3rd and 4th for Maple Shade in 20:11 and 20:51 and senior Alyssa Arencibia was 6th in 22:08. Senior Yaide Robles ran 24:40 for 11th and 6th runner Valeria Bueno-Sosa was just behind in 13th place in 25:39.
Also in the top 10 were Holy Cross junior Alexis Buonanno [2nd in 20:08], Moorestown Friends junior Yuri Wallace [5th in 21:58], Moorestown Friends junior E’Lon Rodwel-Simon [7th in 23:37], Palmyra junior Maya Richmond-Dupont [8th in 23:48], Riverside senior Kylee Ryan [9thin 24:12] and Moorestown Friends senior Madelyn Lovequist [10th in 24:17].
