Junior Jordan Moczydlowski, freshman Savannah Vai and sophomore Kelsey Connell swept the top three places and Gloucester County College won its first team title since 2017 at the New Jersey Tech School Championships Wednesday in Pilesgrove Township.
Moczydlowski won the race in 20:28 over 5,000 meters at Salem County Tech, Vai was 2nd in 21:05 and Connell took 3rd in 21:30.
Gloucester outscored 2nd-place Morris County Tech of Denville Township, 19-42. Gloucester placed all seven runners in the top 13.
Senior Jullianna Carroll was 5th in 21:45 and sophomore Frances Carnevale placed 8th in 22:41. They were backed up by senior Elizabeth Gordon, 12th in 23:43, and junior Isabel Guerra, 13th in 23:48.
Other South Jersey runners in the top 10 were Burlington senior Hailey Fedezko [16th in 23:58] and Salem sophomore Paityn Harrington [17th in 24:00].
Last time Gloucester won this meet nine years they edged Passaic County Tech, 57-60 in Newark.
