Seniors Alex Boyko, Matt McCarron and Patrick Storti swept the top three spots and Cinnaminson raced to the BCSL Liberty Division title Wednesday at New Egypt.

It was the first 1-2-3 in the Burlington County Scholastic League Liberty Division meet in 17 years, since Moorestown swept the top three spots in the 2005 race with Ben Leonberg, Eric Holaday and Daniel Reinhart.

But more recently, Cinnaminson went 1-2-3 in the 2018 meet in the Patriot Division with Austin Gabay, Zach Walton and Michael Gorman and again last year with Boyko, McCarron and Tyler Schill. There isn’t currently a Patriot Division because of the recent BCSL realignment following the departures of Rancocas Valley and Moorestown.

Boyko ran 15:22, McCarron 15:37 and Storti 16:24. Boyko and McCarren are the first teammates under 16 minutes at New Egypt since 2013, when Northern Burlington’s Harrison Scott and Chris Martin ran 15:32 and 15:34.

Cinnaminson placed its five scorers in the top seven and outscored 2nd-place Pennsauken, 19-51. The Pirates averaged 16:16 on the fast, flat New Egypt 5,000-meter course, which has been used for the BCSL meet most years since 2004.

Seniors Ryan Coceano and Dean Clark were Cinnaminson’s 4th and 5th runners, Coceano in 6th in 16:53 and Clark in 7th in 17:03.

Pennsauken was led by senior Joel Oquendo [4th in 16:38] and junior Ladanian McGrath [5th in 16:43], with senior Nouman Farhat [10th in 17:24] also in the top 10.

Others in the top 10 were Northern sophomores Colin Brennan [8th in 17:20] and Caleb Weiderholt [9th in 17:23].

Chris Shaw, a former Washington Township High School runner, placed second in the Atlantic City Marathon Sunday afternoon.

The 21-year-old Shaw ran 2:42.05 and finished behind only Bryan Morseman of Wheeler, N.Y., who ran 2:32.12.

From everything I can tell, this was Shaw’s first career marathon.

That 2:42 is well under the Boston Marathon qualifying standard of 3:00 for those in the 18-34 age group. Next year’s race is April 17, 2023.

Shaw graduated from Washington Township in 2019. He was No. 2 runner on the 2018 Minutemen XC team and placed 27th at sectionals at Delsea in 16:51. On the track, he PR’d at 3,200 meters at the Bubble in Toms River with a 9:59.57 in January of 2018.

Shaw ran two years at Stockton University and placed 12th in the 2020 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Stockton in 27:34.

His marathon pace Sunday – 6:11 per mile – was only 38 seconds per mile slower than that pace for 8,000 meters – in a race that’s 21 ¼ miles shorter.

We wrote most recently about Shaw after this Stockton-meet in the spring of 2021: https://sjtrackblog.com/2021/03/06/daniel-do-stephen-conte-chris-shaw-lead-stockon-to-sweep-in-first-xc-meet-in-16-months/

Colton Delcollo recorded the first major win of his XC career when he ran away from the field at the Cumberland County Championships on Friday on his home course in Upper Deerfield.

Delcollo ran 17:17 and finished 115 meters ahead of Millville sophomore Arjun Patel, who was 2nd in 17:42.

Delcollo led all seven Colt runners in the top 14. Senior Ethan Turner placed 3rd in 18:33, and junior Kaden Riley was 4th in 18:38. Senior Sean Henry [7th in 18:41] and sophomore Ben Cogit [10th in 19:38] rounded out Cumberland’s scoring group. They were backed up by soph Evan Turner [11th in 19:38] and freshman Joell Bryant [14th in 20:33].

Cumberland outscored Millville 24-36 to win its first title since 2019. The meet wasn’t held in 2020 and Millville won last year.

Also in the top 10 were Millville senior Jose Bravo [5th in 18:39], Millville freshman Tim Robbins [6th in 18:40], Bridgeton junior Bryan Hernandez [8th in 19:16] and Vineland senior Sebastian Mercado [9th in 19:34].

Peyton Shute shattered the West Deptford Park course record by 20 seconds with an all-course lifetime 5,000 PR, and Haddonfield packed five scorers in the top 10 to win the team title at the Colonial Conference Championships.

Shute, a junior at Woodbury, ran 15:24, breaking the course record of 15:44 set last year by Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis at the Gloucester County Championships.

Shute’s previous all-course PR was a 15:28 at Group 2 sectionals last fall at DREAM Park in Logan Township, where he was 2nd to Haddonfield’s Seth Clevenger.

So far this year, Shute has not lost to any South Jersey runners. His only non-win in a competitive race was at Shore Coaches, where he was 4th behind Union Catholic’s Jimmy Wischusen and Brian and Collin Boler of Delbarton.

For Haddonfield, senior George Andrus led the way in 2nd place in 15:47, which is No. 3 in course history behind Shute and Rakitis.

Senior Robert DiMedio [5th in 16:19], senior Donald Jellig [7th in 16:29], senior Ian Romea [8th in 16:31] and junior Matthew Sullivan [10th in 16:49] also scored for the Bulldogs, who finished with a 32-59 margin of victory over 2nd-place Haddon Heights.

Heights was led by seniors Colin Patterson and Jack Bolling in 3rd and 4th in 15:48 and 16:16. Also in the top 10 were Collingswood junior Elijah Forrest [6th in 16:21] and Audubon junior Aiden Williams [9th in 16:35].

Three Haddonfield girls broke 19 minutes, the Bulldogs’ five scorers averaged 19:13 at West Deptford Park and Haddonfield raced to the Colonial Conference title Thursday.

Haddonfield went 1-2-3-4-5 to win last year’s meet and only one girl from that race was in Haddonfield’s top-5 this year.

It looks like Haddonfield has never lost this meet in years where official team scoring has been kept.

Junior Ava Thomas, freshman Riley Austin, junior Audrey Naticchia and senior Helene Usher swept the top four spots, Thomas running 18:43, Austin 18:49, Naticchia 18:51 and Usher 19:17. Sophomore Dylan Melcher and junior Sarah Fetter both ran 20:27 for 8th and 9th.

Haddonfield finished with an 18-59 margin of victory over 2nd-place Haddon Heights. Sterling [79] and Haddon Township [87] were next.

Also in the top 10 were Haddon Heights senior Ava Severino [5th, 19:37], Haddon Township senior Meghan Lex [6th, 19:43], Haddon Township junior Genevieve Gentlesk [7th, 20:14] and Sterling sophomore Cara Coppolino [10th, 10:38].

Haddonfield is ranked No. 2 in New Jersey and No. 3 in the Northeast Region by Milesplit.

Liliah Gordon has raced at New Egypt twice, she’s broken the course record twice and she’s led Northern Burlington to a conference championship twice.

On Wednesday, a year after Gordon led NBC to its first BCSL Liberty Division title in meet history with a course-record 18:03 as a freshman over New Egypt’s 5,000-meter course, Gordon ran 17:56 and led Northern to its second straight Liberty Division title.

Last year, Northern edged Moorestown, 35-39, ending Moorestown’s streak of 21 consecutive BCSL Liberty Division titles. This year, with Moorestown now in the Olympic Conference, the Greyhounds scored 29 points and finished ahead of Cinnaminson [50], Burlington Township [78] and Bordentown [79].

Gordon won by about 250 meters over Cinnaminson senior Stephanie Renouf, who ran 18:57. Renouf became the 7th girl to break 19 minutes on New Egypt’s course, which has been used since 2004.

All five Northern scorers finished in the top 10. Sophomore Zoe Chou placed 5th for Northern in 20:50, senior Paige Their ran 6th in 20:59, junior Abigail Duffy was 9th in 21:39 and sophomore Sofia Dileo placed 10th in 21:59.

For team scoring purposes, Northern went 1-5-6-8-9.

Northern is the first school other than Moorestown to win consecutive Liberty Division titles since Shawnee in 1989 and 1990. The meet wasn’t held from 1991 through 1998 of in 2000.

This was the first time Gordon had dipped under 18 minutes on any course. Her fastest previous 5,000 was that 18:03 in last year’s BCSL meet.

Others in the top 10 included Cinnaminson junior Anna Marino [3rd in 19:34], Burlington Township senior Maeve Timms [4th in 19:51], Burlington Township junior Angelina Beck and Delran freshman Ashley Doyle [8th in 21:20].

Sophomore Sofia Day and junior Gillian Lovett finished 1-2, and Mainland placed four in the top 10 to win its 4th straight Atlantic County Championships Thursday.

Day ran 18:17 and Lovett 18:32 over 5,000 meters at Stockton University in Galloway Township, and Mainland outscored 2nd-place Egg Harbor Township, 29-41. Cedar Creek placed 3rd with 87 points. Day won the individual title last year as well with an 18:23 on the same course

Mainland also won county titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021. The meet was not held in 2020.

Day and Lovett recorded Mainland’s first 1-2 finish at the county meet since 2016, when Alyssa Aldridge and Emily Dirkes went 1-2 – both under 18 minutes – at Hammonton Lake Park.

Also for Mainland, junior Claudia Booth, junior Chloe Malone and sophomore Ava McDole placed 5th, 9th and 12th, Booth in 20:24, Malone in 21:12 and McDole in 22:01.

Junior Michaela Schlemo led EHT in 3rd place in 18:34, with sophomore Bithan Andemariam [6th in 20:41], junior Taylor Rooney [7th in 20:55] and freshman Page Pacquing [10th in 21:36] all in the top 10 and senior Raghd Mahmoud just five spots behind Pacquing in 22:23.

Also in the top 10 were Atlantic City senior Madline Dischert [4th in 19:06] and Hammonton sophomore Natalie Clauhs [8th in 21:05].

With three freshman in the top five, Maple Shade raced to its 6th consecutive BCSL title Wednesday at New Egypt.

Senior Chad Cloke ran 16:53 and finished about 150 meters ahead of 2nd-place Colin Broadbelt, a Palmyra junior, who ran 17:27.

Other Maple Shade scorers were junior Aidan Cloke [3rd in 17:30] and freshmen Michael Smith [5th in 18:25], Kai Matis [8th in 19:03] and Ries Fox [9th in 19:09]. Smith, Matis and Fox were the first three freshman finishers in the race, and Smith ran faster than any freshman in the Liberty race as well.

Maple Shade recorded a 23-49 margin of victory over Palmyra, with Riverside three points behind Palmyra.

The meet wasn’t held in 2020, but Maple Shade won the BCSL Freedom each year from 2016 and 2019 as well as 2021. Last time the Wildcats lost they were in the Patriot Division in 2015 and fell by two points to Cinnaminson.

Also in the top-10 were Pemberton junior Zion Jackson [4th in 18:25], Palmyra junior James Crean [6th in 18:40], Riverside senior Angel Herrera [7th in 18:42] and Riverside sophomore Eddie Grinnan [10th in 19:31].

The Moorestown girls did it again.

A few days after winning their first Burlington County Open title in 17 years, the Quakers won the Olympic Conference title in their first year in their new conference.

Moorestown didn’t have a runner in the top 9, but packed its five scorers between 10th and 23rd place in a 37-second gap and packed its seven runners in a 50-second span to win a crazy three-team battle that saw Moorestown, Cherry Hill East and Bishop Eustace finish within 10 points of each other and Cherokee and Paul VI make it five schools within 27 points.

For the Quakers, sophomore Noelia Reyes ran 20:20.12 to place 10th and junior Julia Brock was a second back in 11th. Sophomore Jane Goettle ran 20:36 for 3rd and sophomore Sarah Brown and sophomore Hannah Byrd-Leitner finished 22nd and 23rd in 20:48 and 20:56.

Moorestown’s last conference title came in 2019 at the BCSL Liberty Division meet at New Egypt. Moorestown won the Liberty Division race 21 straight years from 1999 through 2019.

That group was backed up by junior Paige McCabe and sophomore Gabrielle DeJoseph in 25th and 26th in 21:08 and 21:09.

Paul VI junior Shaelan McNally ran 18:13 over 5,000 meters to lead five girls under 19 minutes at DREAM Park in Logan Township and win by 65 meters over Cherry Hill East senior Alexis Tepper, who ran 18:26..

Cherokee junior Kerry O’Day and senior Kelsey Niglio took 3rd and 4th in 18:39 and 18:42, and Bishop Eustace senior Elena Cicchini also dipped under 19 minutes in 5th place with an 18:53.

McNally’s time is No. 4 in course history, and Tepper’s is 9th. O’Day, Niglio and Cicchini all moved into the all-time top 20 at DREAM Park, which was first used in 2018 and hosts sectionals and many other meets.

Also in the top 10 were Eustace senior Arianna Cane [6th in 19:12], Camden Catholic sophomore Nilaa Ponnappan [7th in 19:35], Cherokee sophomore Megan Niglio [8th in 19:37] and freshman Paul VI Macy Huber [9th in 19:39].

Every girl in the top 10 ran an all-course PR in perfect conditions on the flat, fast course outside Glassboro.

Washington Township’s 6th runner finished 31st to give the Minutemen the team title on a tiebreaker at the Tri-County Showcase Championships Tuesday.

Both teams finished with 49 points through five runners – 1-6-12-14-16 for the Braves, 2-5-7-13-22 for the Minutemen.

But junior Patrick Lant ran 17:51 at Cumberland Regional and placed 25th, finishing eight places ahead of Williamstown’s 6th man to give Township the team title.

Williamstown senior Nicholas Krol was the overall winner, covering the 5,000-meter course in 15:58, but Washington Township – in its first season in the Tri-County Conference – had three of the next six finishers, with sophomore Hunter Bostwick 2nd in 16:13, junior Aaron Kolosowsky 5th in 16:40 and senior Colin Keane 7th in 16:48.

Senior Tellus McDonald ran 17:13 for 14th and senior Kanye Mills 24th in 17:51, finishing virtually together with Lant.

Williamstown senior Aidan Berad ran 16:43 for 6th, sophomore Dylan Saber 13th in 17:10, senior Walk Cristinziani 15th in 17:13 and freshman Dominic Burgio 17th in 17:18.

Also in the top 10 were Glassboro junior Ellijah Whitaker [3rd in 16:33], Kingsway senior Cesar Pedro [4th in 16:37], Clearview senior Cavan Agatone [8th in 16:50, Triton junior Ethan Wence [9th in 16:56] and Delsea freshman Matthew Littlehales [10th in 16:58]./

(Triton and Highland didn’t field full teams, so the overall finishing places are slightly different than team points.)