St. Joe’s senior Dawson Baptiste from Delsea, Rutgers-Camden sophomore Jacob Dinerman from Haddon Township, Rowan junior Cole Mylan from Timber Creek and Rowan junior Sean Hice and senior Cole Kolodziej from Washington Township all finished in the top 10 Friday at the 2nd annual Herb Lorenz Invitational in Ewing Township.

Baptiste ran 19:07 over 6,000 meters at Green Lane Fields near The College of New Jersey campus and placed 2nd to Ramapo’s Ryan Pena, a former Hackensack runner, who won the race in 19:03.

Dinerman, a Rutgers-Camden sophomore, was 4th in 19:18, Mylan 7th in 19:24, Hice 9th in 19:40 and Kolodziej 10th in 19:44.

Other South Jersey runners in the top 25: Rowan junior Anthony Faust from Bishop Eustace [11th in 19:49], Rowan senior Ian McCauley from Haddon Township [14th in 20:06], St. Joe’s senior Cole Wassell from Highland [16th in 20:12], Rowan sophomore Aidan Brad from Williamstown [19th in 20:29], Rowan senior Cameron DiTroia from Ocean City [20th in 20:30], TCNJ junior Nate Kidwell from Washington Township [21st in 21:34] and Rowan freshman Reid Gervasi from Haddonfield [22nd in 20:37].

St. Joe’s won the team title 24-51 over Rowan.

Even without a runner in the top 10, Egg Harbor won the team title Friday at the Osprey High School Invite in Galloway Township.

The Eagles – with four underclassmen in its lead group – packed its five scorers in a 30-second span and edged Eastern 106-117 to win the team title.

Junior Matthew Reed led EHT in 13th place in 17:03 over 5,000 meters at Stockton University, with sophomore Ben Gettings 19th in 17:11, sophomore Daniel Svec 25th in 17:22, senior Aaron Wagner 29th in 17:27 and junior Matthew McDevitt 31st in 17:33.

Eastern was led by senior Ryan Haefele [14th in 17:03], junior Justin Fox [20th in 17:12], sophomore Timothy Shack [22nd in 17:15] and senior Nicholas Sirdashney [27th in 17:22].

South Jersey’s top finisher was Pleasantville senior Melvin Lewis, who ran a huge all-course PR of 16:12. His fastest-previous 5,000 was a 16:54 at last year’s Cape Atlantic Conference Championships on the same course.

Also in the top 10 were Washington Township senior Hunter Bostwick [3rd in 16:35], Camden County Vo-Tech senior Julian Rich [6th in 16:48], Cherry Hill West junior Rex Takakjy [7th in 16:51] and Woodstown junior Jacob Marino [10th in 16:56].

Also under 17:30: Woodstown senior Cole Lucas [16th in 17:05], Audubon junior Logan Camm [17th in 17:08], Winslow senior Dominic Bassey [18th in 17:09] and Bridgeton senior Kevin Gonzalez [21st in 17:21].

Anna Sasse of Williamstown, a Rowan senior, recorded her first careercollegiate cross ​country invitational win Friday when she placed 1st at the 2nd annual  in Ewing Township.

Sasse ran 18:48 and led a 1-2-3 Rowan finish over 5,000 meters on the Green Lane Fields course near The College of New Jersey.

Sasse, a three-time New Jersey Athletic Conference champ in the 1,500 and steeplechase, finished 35 meters ahead of Allyson Wernik, a sophomore from Washington Township. Wernik ran 19:04 for 2nd place. That’s a lifetime 5K all-course PR for Wernik, whose previous best was 19:55 in a high school meet at Stockton. Mia Guerra, a senior from Hasbrouck Heights, was 3rd in 19:11 for Rowan.

All three ran well under the course record of 20:05 set at last year’s inaugural meet by Emily Hoegler of The College of New Jersey

Also in Rowan’s top 5 were sophomore Emily Zanni of Sherwood High in Olney, Md. [12th in 20:08] and sophomore Sharon Stakelback of Toms River East [18th in 20:48].

Rowan is ranked No. 1 in this week’s USTFCCCA NCAA Division 3 Metro Division poll.

Gloucester juniors Marcus Flagg and Vincent Kelly swept the top two spots out of 68 runners in a Colonial Conference batch meet.

Flagg ran 17:44 and Kelly 18:02 over 5,000 meters at West Deptford Park.

Haddon Township took the next three spots and edged Gloucester 52-48 for team honors.

Juniors Shaun Maloney and Luke Wolfram and senior Manolo Foote ran 3rd, 4th and 5th in 18:11, 18:21 and 18:28. The Hawks’ top five also included freshman James Strimel [11th in 19:07] and senior Santiago Caballero [20:12].

Also in the top 10 were Collingswood senior Graham Reynolds [6th in 18:41], Sterling sophomore Giovanni Fuchs [7th in 18:46], Gloucester senior Trey Fitzpatrick [8th in 18:52], Collingswood junior Landon Forero [9th in 18:59] and Woodbury/Gateway Co-Op junior David Houck [10th in 19:10].

Luke Andresen broke 16 minutes for the first time on any course and led Haddonfield to a 19-47 win over Haddon Heights in a four-team Colonial Conference batch meet Tuesday at Pennypacker Park in Haddonfield and Cherry Hill.

Andresen won the race in 15:55 in a field of 66 runners, finishing 250 meters ahead of 2nd-place Reggie Hernandez, a Haddon Heights senior.

Andresen’s previous all-course PR for 5,000 meters was 16:17 last October on the same course.

Also under 17 minutes were Haddonfield junior Ryan Gibson [3rd in 16:54], Haddonfield junior Benjamin Andrus [4th in 16:54] and Haddonfield senior Bennett Wright [5th in 16:56].

Also in the Bulldogs’ top seven were junior Peter Simpson [6th in 17:08], senior Linus Kucer [8th in 17:13] and junior Michael Sinnes [10th in 17:31].

Haddon Heights runners who joined Hernandez in the top 10 were freshman Zacchaeus Harrigan [7th in 17:09] and senior Owen James [9th in 17:19].

Others who ran under 18 minutes: Audubon junior Logan Camm [11th in 17:41], Haddonfield sophomore Owen Snyder [12th in 17:46], Audubon junior James Barone [13th in 17:46], Haddonfield reshman Augustan Coley [14th in 17:49], Haddonfield senior Leonardo DiCello [15th in 17:49], Haddonfield junior John Leibrandt [16th in 17:50], Haddonfield junior Brandon Stoner [17th in 17:50], Haddonfield junior Aaron Keith [18th in 17:50], Haddonfield sophomore Andrew Blum [19th in 17:51], Paulsboro senior Stephen Lane [20th in 17:53] and Haddon Heights senior Lewis Iannucci [21st in 17:57].

Collingswood junior Macie Straight finished more than a minute ahead of the rest of the field in a Colonial Conference batch meet Tuesday in West Deptford.

Straight ran 20:18 over 5,000 meters at West Deptford Park and finished about 300 meters ahead of 2nd-place Taylor Sierzega, a West Deptford sophomore.

Also in the top 10 were Sterling seniors Kaysie Luna [3rd in 21:51] and Jonalee Adames [4th in 21:51], Gloucester senior Dejia Robert [5th in 22:47], Haddon Township sophomore Tanner Lajoie [6th in 23:54], Sterling seniors Isabella Patruno [7th in 23:57] and Amber Wilsey [23:58], Gloucester senior Cameron Harris [9th in 24:32] and Haddon Township sophomore Biz Maher [10th in 24:45].

Team scoring was not kept, but Sterling would have won with 33 points over Haddon Township with 69.

In a meeting of three of Gloucester County’s top runners, Kingsway sophomore Ryan Duffy edged Clearview senior Ethan Worst and Washington Township senior Hunter Bostwick with all three running sub-17 minutes over 5,000 meters at Cumberland Regional in Upper Deerfield.

Duffy ran 16:52, Worst 16:54 and Bostwick 16:58 in the front of a giant batch meet with over 150 runners.

Team scoring wasn’t kept, but unofficially Woodstown wins 74-78 over Kingsway, followed by Clearview [91] and Highland [100].

Williamstown junior Dominic Burgio placed 4th in 17:08, with Woodstown runners taking three of the next four spots. Senior Cole Lucas was 5th in 17:23, junior Karson Chew 7th in 17:28 and junior Jacob Marino 8th in 17:31.

Also in the top 10 were Delsea junior Matthew Littlehales [6th in 17:27], Washington Township senior Joshua Baseshore [9th in 17:31] and Williamstown junior Logan Pavelik [10th in 17:32].

Also under 18 minutes were Kingswa junior Michael Driscoll [11th in 17:40], Gloucester County Tech sophomore Duke Snyder-Shellito [12th in 17:48], Highland senior Andrew Kellem [13th in 17:49], Highland junior Andrew Dopkin [14th in 17:50], GCIT senior Connor Auge [15th in 17:51], Clearview senior Sun Daneil [16th in 17:52], Kingsway senior Anthony Messina [17th in 17:55], Schalick junior Salvatore Longo [18th in 17:57], Clearview senior Ryne Handley [19th in 17:59] and Clearview junior Tyler Galtman [20th in 17:59].

Haddonfield left its most of its top runners at home and still placed 5th out of 40 schools Saturday at the Regis Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park.

With Bennett Wright, Benjamin Andrus, Ryan Gibson, Peter Simpson and Liam Paterson sitting this one out, Haddonfield placed its top five runners in a 19-second span on the historic 2.5-mile Vanny course in the Bronx, N.Y.

Junior Brandon Stoner ran 14:02 and placed 26th, with senior Michael Sines [30th in 14:05], senior Leoanrdo DiCello [45th in 14:14], senior Case Hurly [46th in 14:17] and junior John Leibrandt [51st in 14:21] rounding out the Bulldogs’ top five. Junior Aaron Keith was just a few seconds back in 55th in 14:28. There were nearly 400 runners in the race.

St. Francis Prep of Manhattan won with 115 points, followed by St. Anthony’s of South Huntington, Nassau County, N.Y. [129], Don Bosco Prep of Ramsey [136], Xavier of Manhattan [184] and Haddonfield.

Haddonfield won the sophomore race, 76-117, over McKee/Staten Island Tech. Andrew Blum and Owen Snyder placed 3rd and 8th in 14:27 and 14:51. Other Bulldog scorers were Philip Gottschalch [21st in 15:29], Lucas Laganella [22nd in 15:32] and Luca DiCello [34th in 15:48], with Luke Patterson a few spots back in 38th in 15:56.

Haddonfield placed 6th out of 30 schools in the freshman race, with Augustan Coley 2nd in 8:37 over 2,500 meters. Ian Blair placed 8th in 9:21, giving the Bulldogs two of the top 10 finishers. Haddonfield scored 239 points.

Highland graduate Grace Wassell, a sophomore at Wake Forest, placed 9th out of 121 runners Friday at the Firetower Run in Boone, N.C.

Wassell ran a lifetime-best 21:19 for 6,000 meters on State Farm Field, Appalachian State University’s home course.

This was Wassell’s 4th 6,000 and her fastest by more than a minute. She ran 22:.21 at the XC23 College & Open in Charlottesville, Va., last October.

Wassell was Wake’s 6th runner. The Demon Deacons went 1-2-4-6-7-9-11 and outscored host Appalachian State 20-63 to win the team title.

Wake Forest is ranked 5th in NCAA Division 1 Southeast Region by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

As a freshman, Wassell ran 4:29.46 for 1,500 meters in a meet in Charlotte in April, equivalent of a 4:51.02 full mile.

Junior Macy Huber placed 2nd and sophomore Grace Gutowski 3rd, and Paul VI – with three freshman in the top five – won the team title Saturday at the 34th annual Briarwood Invitational.

Huber ran 20:15 over 5,000 meters at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia and Gutowski 20:27, and PVI outscored 2nd-place South Western of Penn Township, York County, Pa., 57-63, to win the girls championship race.

Freshmen Peyton Blake, Morgan Kuzma and Johanna Trampe placed 14th, 18th and 23rd, Blake in 22:13, Kuzma 22:25 and Trampe 22:51. It was the first high school race for each of them.

Washington Township senior Kaylee Russen ran 21:36 for 6th, Woodstown sophomore Lilian Norman was 17th in 22:22, Woodstown freshman Abby Marino 21st in 22:37 and Washington Township senior Rachael Wilson placed 27th in 23:19.

Paul VI also won the freshman race over 3,000 meters, with all five girls running between 14:12 and 15:37. McKayla McHutchinson [7th in 14:12], Juliana Hyde [12th in 14:43], Isabella Pedicelli [13th in 14:44], Francesca Cianfrani [14th in 14:51] and Keira Valvardi [17th in 15:37] formed PVI’s freshman team.

Courtney Waddington and Layla Chain of Washington Township placed 6th and 8th in the freshman race, Waddington in 14:08 and Chain in 14:13.

In the varsity boys race, Paul VI senior Sean Alemi ran 17:17 for 16th place.

Trevor Del Borrello and Nick Ablaza from Paul VI placed 3rd and 5th in the boys freshman race in 10:39 and 10:56.