Pleasantville graduate Irvin Marable, a freshman at Lincoln University in Lower Oxford, Chester County, Pa., placed second over the weekend at the Bowie State Homecoming Classic at Jericho Park in Bowie, Md.

It was only the third career college race for Marable, who ran 1:57.77 last spring and placed 4th at the state Group 2 meet at Franklin High.

Marable covered the 7,000-meter course in 24:06, finishing behind only Robert Edwards of St. Augustine’s, who won in 23:26.

Marable was Lincoln’s first finisher and led the Lions to the team title. Lincoln outscored 2nd-place St. Augustine’s of Raleigh, N.C., 33-46, with host Bowie 3rd with 53 points. The Lions went 2-3-5-8-15.

Cherokee became the first school ever with two runners under 16 minutes in the same race at Mill Creek Park on its way to winning the 53rd annual Burlington County Open Friday.

The title is Cherokee’s 9th straight and 24th overall.

Junior Nick Kuenkel won the race in 15:51 and Patrick Ditmars was 2nd in 15:59, and Cherokee recorded a 38-64 margin of victory over 2nd-place Lenape.

Kuenkel’s time is 4th-fastest in course history and faster ever by an underclassman. The previous course-best by an underclassman was Austin Gabay’s 15:56 in 2018. Ditmars’ time is No. 9 in course history.

Junior Robert Poplau placed 7th in 16:41, sophomore Liam Tindall 10th in 17:00 and senior Daniel Hassall 18th in 17:40.

They were backed up closely by 6th and 7th runners sophomore Anthony DiBatista in 19th in 17:42 and sophomore Benjamin Weiner in 21st with a 17:50. Cherokee raced without senior Conor Jacob, their usual 3rd runner. He’s due back for the Olympic Conference meet Wednesday at DREAM Park.

Cherokee’s 8th runner, sophomore Luke Reistle, ran 17:54 to win the JV race, fast enough for 22nd in the varsity race. Cherokee swept the top four spots in the JV race and seven of the top eight.

Cherokee also won County Open titles in 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Lenape was led by senior Colin Hermack, who placed 4th in 16:05, and sophomore Noah Manwaring, 8th in 16:41. Hermack’s 16:05 is fastest ever by a Lenape runner at Mill Creek. The previous Lenape-best was Jake Boniva’s 16:16 at the 2012 County Open.

Also in the top 10 were Cinnaminson senior Alex Boyko [3rd, 16:02], Cinnaminson senior Matt McCarron [5th in 16:24], Rancocas Valley senior Ryan Smith [6th in 16:37] and Shawnee junior Eli Mackey [9th in 16:56].

Boyko’s time is 11th-fastest in course history and fastest 3rd-place time ever in a County Open at Mill Creek, and Hermack’s is 14th in course history and fastest 4th-place time.

The Burlington County Open has been held at Mill Creek Park at 5,000 meters since 1984, other than 1994 through 1998, when it was held at Cherokee, and 2020 and 2021, when it was at the Rancocas Valley athletic fields in Eastampton. Numerous runners went under 16 on a 3.0-mile Mill Creek course that was used from 1981 through 1983.

There have been many minor adjustments to the 5K course since 1984, mainly in the stretch  along the Rancocas Creek. But here’s the all-time sub-16:10 list on the 5,000-meter layout with 100ths listed if they were recorded:

15:39.40 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2019 [1st]
15:43.?? … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], 2002 [1st]
15:43.44 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2019 [2nd]
15:51.81 … *Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2022 [1st]
15:56.00 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2012 [1st]
15:56.21 … Justin Kelly [Cherokee], 2017 [1st]
15:57.46 …….. *Wechsler, 2018 [2nd]
15:59.01 … Michael Ungvarsky [Cinnaminson], 2016 [1st]
15:59.71 … Patrick Ditmars [Cherokee], 2022 [2nd]
16:01.?? … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], 2002 [2nd]
16:02.55 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2022 [3rd]
16:04.?? … Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2008 [1st]
16:05.?? … Bill Mason [Cinnaminson], 1998 [1st]
16:05.32 … Colin Hermack [Lenape], 2022 [4th]
16:06.?? … Steve Grabowski [Cinnaminson], 2005 [1st]
16:06?? … Urie Ridgeway [Bridgeton], 1988 [1st, S.J. Group 3]
16:06.09 … **Chris Spisak [Cherokee], 2017 [2nd]
16:07.?? … *Eric Lorenz [Holy Cross], 1986 [1st]
16:08.?? …….. Lorenz, 1987 [1st]
16:09.?? … Joe Halin [Cherokee], 1998 [2nd]

[The County Open was not held at Mill Creek from 1994-98 and 2020-21. The 1989 South Jersey sectionals were held at Mill Creek.]

Haddonfield rested its top five runners and won the Camden County XC meet at Timber Creek Park in Lindenwold and Gloucester Township.

Paul VI junior Shaelan McNally and freshman Macy Huber finished 1-2 in 19:29 and 21:01, and Camden Catholic sophomore Nilaa Ponnappan placed 3rd in 21:09.

After that, it was all Haddonfield, with sophomore Dylan Melcher, junior Sarah Fetter, freshman Lauren Hamblin, junior Anna Stolarick and senior Maya Carey sweeping 3rd through 7th, Melcher in 21:10, Fetter 21:39, Hamblin 22:12, Stolarick 22:19 and Carey 22:43.

Haddonfield, ranked No. 2 in the state, finished with a 30-43 margin of victory over Paul VI, with Camden Catholic 3rd with 78 points.

Haddonfield didn’t compete from 2007 through 2016 or last year but has now won the Camden County meet the last five times it entered – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. Last time Haddonfield competed but didn’t win was 2006, when the Bulldogs placed 3rd behind Timber Creek and Highland.

McNally became Paul VI’s first county XC champion in 30 years, since Danielle Rollick won the 1992 race at the Lakeland Complex in Gloucester Township in 19:15.

PVI’s last 1-2 finish at a county meet came in 1986, when the Eagles swept the top five spots with Meagan Carmody, Jackie McMillan, Missy McNally, Sandy Wright and Lauren Bello at Camden County College, also in Gloucester Township.

Also in the top 10 were Winslow sophomore Ava Millner [9th in 22:47] and Paul VI freshman Giovanna Mantuano [10th in 22:57].

Overall winner Abigail Kotran led four Clearview girls in the top eight and the Pioneers, ranked No. 3 in the state, won the team title at the Gloucester County Championships at West Deptford Park Friday.

It was Clearview’s first county title since 2014, when Kaitlin Donahue, Julia Rothstein, Emily Schaeffer and Kate Woolam all finished in the top 10, and the Pionners topped 2nd-place Washington Township, 35-56.

Since then, Kingsway had won seven straight team titles. On Friday, Kingsway placed 3rd with 69 points.

Clearview raced without defending champ Abigail Waddington, who won the South Jersey Open last weekend.

Kotran ran 18:57 and finished 75 meters ahead of Kingsway senior Nicole Lipieta, who finished 2nd in 19:15. It was Kotran’s second major win of the year. She won the Shore Coaches Varsity B race in a 1-2 finish with Waddington earlier this month at Holmdel.

Junior Margaret Wisniewski ran 19:53 and placed 3rd for Clearview, with junior Allison Roes 6th in 20:13 and senior Aubrey Donahue 8th in 20:23. Sophomore Lilla Porter ran 22:30 for 18th to round out Clearview’s scoring group.

Senior Allyson Wernik and sophomore Kaylee Russen led the way for Washington Township in 5th and 7th in 20:07 and 20:23. Senior Gabriella Maletta, sophomore Rachael Wilson and sophomore Ella Johnson placed 12th, 15th and 20th for the Minutemaids.

Also in the top 10 were Williamstown senior Alexa Fisher [4th in 20:05], Delsea sophomore Juliana Sieminski [9th in 21:02] and Williamstown junior Paige Franklin [10th in 21:11].

Overall winner Aziz Muhammad-Kane led four Highland runners in the top six, and the Tartans cruised Friday to their 9th Camden County XC title.

Muhammad-Kane, a junior, covered the 5,000-meter course at Timber Creek Park in 16:52, winning by 50 meters over Will Mrozinski of Paul VI, who was 2nd in 17:02.

Ethan Wence of Triton ran 3rd in 16:05, and then it was Highland / Highland / Highland, with senior Gavin Gallo, senior Jake Smith and senior Cole Knoedler each running between 17:10 and 17:15. Haddonfield had four finishers before anybody else had two.

Highland’s 5th and 6th runners finished together, senior Anthony Imperatore 15th in 18:08 and sophomore Mason Wassell 16th in 18:10.

Haddonfield, ranked No. 2 in New Jersey, finished 2nd with its B team. Highland finished with a 27-49 margin of victory over the Bulldogs, with PVI 3rd with 77 points.

The Tartans also won Camden County titles in 1979, 1991, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2016 and 2019.

Also in the top 10 were Audubon senior Joseph Gaspari [7th in 17:20] and then three Haddonfield runners – freshman Ryan Gibson [8th in 17:41], freshman Luke Andresen [9th in 17:50] and sophomore Bennett Wright [10th in 17:51].

Junior Julia Brock placed 6th and sophomore Noelia Reyes 10th to lead the Moorestown girls to their first Burlington County cross country championship in 17 years Friday.

Brock ran 21:08 and Reyes 21:25 to lead the all-underclass Quakers to a 70-73 win over Cherokee, which had won the last three titles. Northern Burlington, with sophomore overall winner Liliah Gordon, was a close 3rd with 86 points.

It was Moorestown’s first title since 2005, when the Quakers also finished just ahead of Cherokee, 36-42. That team was led by Jessica Rogers and Devin O’Connell in 2nd and 5th.

The Lenape District – Cherokee, Shawnee, Lenape and Seneca – had won 15 straight County Open girls titles since Moorestown’s win in 2005.

Brock, a 1st-year XC runner, is the daughter of Ron Brock, who won the 1990 state Group 1 1,600 title as a junior at Riverside. Brock finished second at the 1990 XC County Open, three seconds behind Willingboro’s Kyle Lanier.

Sophomore Gabrielle DeJoseph, junior Paige McCabe and sophomore Hannah Byrd-Leitner packed in 17th, 18th and 20th for the Quakers all between 22:12 and 22:20, with 6th runner sophomore Sarah Brown in 23rd in 22:30 and 7th Jane Goettle not far back in 28th in 22:47.

Junior Kerry O’Day [3rd in 19:24], senior Kelsey Niglio [4th in 19:42] and sophomore Megan Niglio [5th in 20:20] led Cherokee, the defending Meet of Champions winner which was not at full strength.

Gordon, 2nd last year to Cherokee’s Nicole Clifford with an 18:45, ran 18:31 this year to become Northern’s first County Open winner in 44 years. Laura Mason ran 18:48 over 3.0 miles to win the 1978 title at Burlington County College in Pemberton. Mason went on to become an NCAA Division 2 All-America at East Stroudsburg and raced the 5,000 at the 1996 Olympic Trials.

Gordon’s winning time is fastest at Mill Creek since Megan Lacy ran 17:53 to win the 2010 County Open.

Cinnaminson senior Stephanie Renouf continued her outstanding season with a 2nd-place finish in 19:16. That’s the best finish by a Cinnaminson girl at the County Open since Becky Leon won the 1991 race in 19:38, also at Mill Creek.

Also in the top 10 were Burlington Township senior Maeve Timms [7th in 21:12], Seneca junior Alex Butcher [8th in 21:23] and Shawnee sophomore Paige Cline [10th in 21:34].

Timms is the first Burlington Township girl ever to finish in the top 10 at a Burlington County Open. The best previous finish by a Township runner came in 1996, when Janine Gudger placed 11th in 21:23 at Cherokee. Gudger was the 1996 South Jersey Group 1 800 champ.

Senior Nicholas Krol and sophomore Dylan Saber finished in the top 10 and the Williamstown boys won their first 9th Gloucester County cross country title but first in 27 years Friday afternoon at West Deptford Park.

Krol ran 16:25 and placed second to Peyton Shute of Woodbury, who ran 15:44, and Saber ran 16:55 for 6th place.

The Braves packed their five scorers in 76 seconds and topped Washington Township by two points, 46-48, to win their first county title since the 1995 team defeated Clearview 54-83 at Kingsway. That team was led by Geoff Valentine in 5th and Ed Douglas in 7th.

Williamstown also won Gloucester County team titles in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1983.

On Friday, Williamstown senior Brad Aidan, senior Walker Cristinziani and freshman Dominic Burgio clinched the team title by placing 12th, 13th and 14th in 17:29, 17:31 and 17:41. It was the first lifetime 5,000-meter championship race for Burgio.

Washington Township was led by sophomore Hunter Bostwick, who ran 16:38 for 4th place, senior Colin Keane, who was 7th in 17:06, junior Alan Kolosowsky and senior Tellus McDonald, who crossed the line 9th and 10th in 17:12 and 17:17, and junior Patrick Lant, 18th in 18:10.

Shute’s official time of 15:44.78 just missed the course record of 15:44.24 set last year at the Gloucester County meet by Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis, when he edged Shute, who ran 15:51.

Also in the top 10 Friday were Woodbury senior Michael Torelli [3rd in 16:33], Clearview senior Cavan Agatone [6th in 17:03] and Kingsway senior Cesar Pedro [8th in 17:06].

This was the second straight very tight team finish. Washington Township edged Kingsway 45-46 last year, ending the Dragons’ streak of nine straight team titles.

Kingsway grad Kylie Anicic, a junior at Edinboro, ran a 6,000-meter PR Saturday in Illinois.

Anicic ran 21:09 and placed 2nd among nearly 200 runners at the Lewis Crossover at the Lewis Cross Country Course in Romeoville, Ill.

Anicic finished behind only NCAA Division 2 All-America Lindsay Cunningham of Winona (Minn.) State, a 16:06 5,000 runner on the track last year. Cunningham ran 20:50.

Anicic’s previous 6,000 PR was a 21:43 while competing for Towson (Md.) at the 2019 Colonial Athletic Conference Championships in at New Market (Va.) Battlefield.

Edinboro, ranked No. 5 in the NCAA Division 2 Atlantic Region, competes Oct. 22 at the Warrior Challenge at Willow Metropark in New Boston, Mich., outside Detroit.

Seniors Alex Boyko and Matt McCarron recorded their 2nd straight 1-2 finish in a major invitational and led Cinnaminson to a 41-point win in Division 2 at the South Jersey Open Saturday.

Boyko and McCarron, who went 1-2 in the Group D race last weekend at the Shore Coaches Invitational, led a 1-2-5-8-12 Pirate finish for a 28-69 win over Moorestown.

Boyko ran an all-course PR 15:43 over the 5,000-meter course and McCarron 16:09, also an all-course 5K lifetime best. Also for Cinnaminson, senior Patrick Storti was 7th in 16:53, senior Dean Clark 10th in 17:19 in his first major race of the fall and senior Ryan Coceano 14th in 17:44.

Seniors Colin Shand and William Inglis led Moorestown, Shand in 6th in 16:52 and Inglis in 9th in 17:19.

Also in the top 10 were Collingswood junior Elijah Forrest [3rd in 16:26], Triton junior Ethan Wence [4th in 16:44] and Woodbury senior Michael Torelli [5th in 16:51].

Also notable: Moorestown freshman Peter Simpson ran 17:23 and was the Quakers’ No. 3 runner. That’s fastest by any South Jersey freshman this fall on any 5,000-meter course.

Senior George Andrus won the Varsity G race at the Manhattan Invitational Saturday and led Haddonfield to the team title.

Andrus finished 100 meters ahead of the field, covering the legendary 2 ½-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx in 12:48 and beating 2nd-place Alex Schimmel of St. Peter’s Prep by 20 seconds.

Haddonfield, ranked No. 4 in the state, won a close team battle with No. 17 St. Peter’s Prep, outscoring the Jersey City school 50-54.

The Bulldogs averaged 13:37 and had a 75-second spread between their 1st and 5th runners. St. Peter’s averaged 13:42 and had a 67-second gap.

Seniors Rob Dimedio and Ian Romea both also placed in the top 10, Dimedio 6th in 13:30 and Romea 9th in 13:47. Senior Donald Jellig ran 13:57 for 16th and junior Matthew Sullivan was 22nd in 14:04.

They were backed up by freshmen Ryan Gibson [24th in 14:08] and Luke Andresen [34th in 14:25].

St. Peter’s led Haddonfield 28-30 after four runners crossed, but Sullivan and Gibson both finished ahead of St. Peter’s fifth runner.

In a merge of the 1,260 runners and 15 teams who competed in seven boys races, Andrus posted the 16th-fastest time and Haddonfield finished with the 15th-lowest team score. Andrus’s time was 4th-fastest among New Jersey runners and fastest among South Jersey competitors.