Sophomore Dylan Hosty finished in 2nd place and led all five Haddonfield scorers in the top 21 as the Bulldogs won their South Jersey-record 13th state championship Saturday at Holmdel County Park.
Hosty ran 18:39, finishing 2nd to Ocean Township’s Leah Starkley, who ran 16:44, 2nd-fastest in course history and fastest ever by a New Jersey runner. Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland, N.Y., set the course record of 16:21 at 2018 Shore Coaches.
Molly Mills was Haddonfield’s 2nd finisher in 11th place in 19:47, followed closely by Madison Kelsey [17th in 20:27], Tatum Russo [20th in 20:38] and Harper Benjamin [21st in 20:42] along with 6th and 7th runners Devon Gervasi [30th in 21:17] and Bella DeFinis [33rd in 21:26].For team scoring purposes, they finished 1-7-12-14-15 for 49 points. Rumson-Fair Haven was 2nd with 70.
Only Red Bank Catholic (20) has won more state titles than Haddonfield.
Haddonfield’s previous state titles came in 1990 and 1993 in Group 1 and 1994, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
