Junior Connor Brand, senior Andrew Blum and sophomore Logan Tripician placed in the top 10, and the Haddonfield boys placed all five scorers in the top 22 and won their 24th state title and 9th in a row at the state Group 2 meet Saturday at Holmdel County Park.
The 24 state titles are most ever by a New Jersey public school.
Brand placed 3rd in 16:33, Blum 7th in 16:47 and Tripician 10th in 16:52, and Haddonfield outraced 2nd-place Indian Hills, 53-84, with Cinnaminson 3rd with 87 points. Haddonfield had just one senior in its top 5.
Junior Graham Dodson placed 14th in 17:03 and junior Luke Lindner 24th in 17:30 for the Bulldogs. For team scoring purposes, Haddonfield went 3-7-9-12-22.
The Bulldogs’ streak of nine state titles is 4th-longest in state history, behind Bernards [14 from 1974 through 1987], St. Benedict’s [12 from from 1921 through 1932] and CBA [11 straight from 1995 through 2005].
Haddonfield’s 24 state titles are 2nd only to CBA’s 35.
Haddonfield won its first state title in 1978 and also won Group 2 in 1980, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Haddonfield won Group 1 in 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1990.
Cinnaminson was led by freshman James McKeon in 6th place in 16:44, 5th-fastest by a South Jersey 9th-grader at Holmdel County Park.
Senior Edward Abu-Adas placed 15th in 17:09, junior Keith Fried 21st in 17:26, senior Ryan Scaricaciottoli 23rd in 17:29 and senior Owen Castanheira 31st in 17:40.
This is the 13th time Cinnaminson has finished in the top three in Group: 3rd in 1984, 2nd in 1986, 2nd in 1987, 3rd in 1988, 1st in 1989, 3rd in 1990, 3rd in 1992, 2nd in 2003, 3rd in 2004, 2nd in 2008, 2nd in 2021, 2nd in 2022, 3rd in 2026
West Deptford senior Lane McClintock [37th in 17:50] and Sterling senior Brady Kay [38th in 17:51] also finished in the top 40.
