Woodstown packs four in top 10 and wins South Jersey Open Division 1 team title!!!!!!

Overall winner senior Jacob Marino and Woodstown teammates senior Karson Chew, junior David Farrell and junior Pacey Hutton all finished in the top 10, and the Wolverines won the Division 1 title Saturday at the South Jersey Open.

Marino was 1st across the line on the 5,000-meter course at DREAM Park in Logan Township, home of the South Jersey sectionals next month. He ran 16:06, 3rd-fastest ever by a Group 1 runner at DREAM Park.

Chew placed 4th in 16:31, Farrell was 6th in 16:37 and Hutton 10th in 17:05 for Woodstown. Fifth runner sophomore Torsten Duva placed 17th in 17:21, and they were backed up by junior Jackson Perry in 21st in 17:33 and sophomore John Hearst in 32nd in 18:11. That’s a 16:44 average at DREAM Park.

Woodstown outsored Haddon Township, 35-44, to win the team title, with Camden Catholic 3rd with 84 points.

Others in the top 10, all seniors: Haddon Township’s Shaun Maloney [3rd, ] and James Clauson [4th, ], Gloucester’s Vincent Kelly [5th, ], Collingswood’s Landon Forero [6th, ], Pitman’s Rhys Blackman [7th, ] and Audubon’s Logan Camm [9th, ].

Led by Brooke Mashburn, Delsea girls place 5 in top 15 to win Division 2 title at South Jersey Invite!!!!!!

Freshman Brooke Mashburn placed 3rd with a huge all-course PR for 5,000 meters and Delsea placed all five scorers in the top 15 on the way to the Division 2 team title Saturday at the South Jersey Open.

Mashburn ran 19:42 at DREAM Park in Logan Township, lowering her all-course PR from 20:51 from a batch meet last month at Salem Tech in Pittsgrove Township.

Sophomore Angelina Colavita of Barnegat was the overall winner in 18:51 and Mainland junior Cecilia Foreman was the top South Jersey runner in 2nd place in 19:39.

Mashburn led Delsea to a close 49-62 team win over Mainland, with Sterling 3rd with 66 points.

Delsea’s four other scorers packed from 11th through 14th between 21:29 and 21:49. Senior Olivia Mashburn placed 11th in 21:29, senior Isabella Moran was 12th in 21:30, senior Sofia Moran 13th in 21:43 and freshman Ziada Nassradine 14th in 21:49.

Also in the top 10: Sterling junior Brianna Gilligan [4th, 19:49], Middle Township senior Olivia Orton [5th, 19:50], Highland senior Lyana Gutierrez [6th, 19:55], Mainland junior Lauren LaMonaca [7th, 20:11], Highland junior Toni-Loren Powell [8th, 20:21], Sterling sophomore Riley Sharp [9th, 20:33] and Mainland junior Ella Mokienko [10th, 20:57].

Haddonfield boys 2nd, Egg Harbor 4th in Varsity D race at Manhattan Invitational!!!!!!

Ryan Gibson, Peter Simpson and Benjamin Andrus all placed in the top 10, and Haddonfield finished 2nd in the Varsity D race Saturday at the Manhattan Invitational.

Gibson was 3rd in 12:49 over the 2 ½-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, Simpson placed 7th in 13:11 and Andrus was 9th in 13:16.

Haddonfield, competing without two of their projected top group, still finished only 12 points behind team winner St. John’s Prep in Astoria, Queens.

Senior Augie Coley was 30th in 13:41 and junior Andrew Blum 36th in 13:45 for the Bulldogs, who even at less than full strength finished 4th in the overall team merge of seven varsity races with 547 points, behind only Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft, [101], Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, R.I. [201] and St. John’s College of Washington, D.C. [331], with Haddonfield 4th and St. John’s Prep 5th[548].

In that Varsity D race, Egg Harbor placed 4th with 204 points, packing their five scorers in 25 seconds and their top six in 26 seconds.

Sophomore Liam Aspenberg led the Eagles in 27th in 13:39, followed by sophomore Timothy Rooney 40th in 13:47, senior Matthew McDevitt 43rd in 13:48, junior Daniel Svec 47th in 13:54 and junior Ben Gettings 52nd in 14:04. They were backed up by senior 6th man Matthew Reed in 53rd in 14:05.

Egg placed 28th in the merge with 1,119 points but 6th among New Jersey schools, behind only CBA, Haddonfield, Ridge [14th in 785], Ocean City [15th with 785] and West Windsor-Plainsboro North [20thwith 922] .

Erik Preisner, Nathan Aschmann, Keenan Neuman lead Ocean City to Varsity F team title at Manhattan Invitational!!!!!!

Senior Erik Preisner and juniors Nathan Aschmann and Keenan Neuman all placed in the top 12 and Ocean City raced to the Varsity F team title Saturday at the Manhattan Invitational.

Preisner ran 12:59 and placed 4th, Aschmann ran 13:15 and was 7th and Neuman was 12th in 13:33 for Ocean City, who outscored 2nd-place Sherwood of Sandy Spring, Md., 78-98.

Junior Michael Romano and senior Benjamin McCarthy made up the rest of Ocean City’s top-five, Romano in 24th in 13:52 and McCarthy 31st in 14:01.

Neuman finished 10 spots ahead of Sherwood’s 3rd runner and McCarthy nine spots ahead of Sherood’ 5th runner, and that was most of the difference in the 20point win.

Ocean City is ranked 12th in New Jersey and 3rd in South Jersey.

Alvernia’s Ryan Dennison from Woodstown places 5th at Green and Gold Invite!!!!!!

Woodstown graduate Ryan Dennison, a junior at Alvernia, placed 5th in the Green and Gold Invitational Saturday at Delaware Valley College.

DVC is in Doylestown, but it appears that their XC course, located across Rte. 202 from campus, is entirely in New Britain, Pa.

Dennison ran an all-course best 28:32 over 8,000 meters at Delaware Valley College and was Alvernia’s 3rd runner. His previous all-course 8K best was 29:20 last November at the NCAA Division 3 Mid-Atlantic Regional in Lock Haven, Pa.

Dennison’s fastest 5,000 in high school was 19:10 in a meet at Stockton University in Galloway, so he ran faster per mile Saturday over just under five miles than he did in high school over 3.1 miles.

Kean College edged Alvernia of Reading, 47-49, to win the team title.

Maple Shade’s Juliana Catalani overall winner, Haddon Township girls win team title in South Jersey Open Division 1 race!!!!!!

Maple Shade junior Juliana Catalani edged Woodstown sophomore Abby Marino for the overall title, and Haddon Township placed four in the top 17 to win the team title in Division 1 of the South Jersey Open Saturday.

Catalani ran an all-course PR 19:19 over 5,000 meters at DREAM Park in Logan Township and won by 35 meters over Marino, who was 2nd in 19:28, an all-course PR for her as well. It was Catalani’s 1st-ever invitational title.

Junior Tanner Lajoie, senior Blake Kemery, sophomore Isabella Dodd and junior Biz Maher placed 6th, 10th, 14th and 17th for Haddon Township, which recorded a 52-62 win over Camden Catholic.

Junior Chloe Lajoie, junior Reagan Maher and sophomore Summer Starnes gave Haddon Township seven in the top 30, Lajoie 25th in 23:09, Maher 26th in 23:21 and Starnes 30th in 23:33.

For Camden Catholic, Erin Callinan was 7th in 20:54, Brynn Deiwert 9th in 21:23, Maddy O’Neil 12th in 21:43, Emma Rachoin 19th in 22:04, Joelle Garibaldi 42nd in 24:56 and Grace Ramirez 43rd in 25:11.

Others in the top 10: West Deptford Kayola Romanoski [3rd, 19:30], West Deptford Taylor Sierzega [4th, 19:50], Collingswood Hazel Straight [5th, 20:27] and Woodstown Anabel Schaal [8th, 20:55].

Grace Gutowski places 5th and Paul VI girls win Manhattan Invitational Varsity E race at Vanny over New York powerhouse!!!!!!!

Junior Grace Gutowski placed 5th and senior Giovanna Mantuano, freshman Isabella Suarez and sophomore Peyton Blake also ran in the top 10 and Paul VI won the Varsity E girls race Saturday morning at the Manhattan Invitational in the Bronx.

Gutwoski ran 15:28 over the 2 ½-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and PVI – ranked 6thin New Jersey – edged Cornwall High of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y., 55-67. Cornwall is ranked 5th in New York State’s Class B Division.

Mantuano placed 11th in 15:57, Suarez 17th in 16:15 and Blake 18th in 16:18. Sophomore Morgan Kuzma clinched the team title in 28th place in 16:47. She finished five spots (and three team spots) ahead of Cornwall’s fifth runner.

For team scoring purposes, PVI went 3-6-12-13-21 and Cornwall was 8-9-11-15-24.

Riley Austin leads Haddonfield to Manhattan Invite Varsity D team title at Vann, Ocean City 2nd with big race from Riley Tolson!!!!!!

Senior Riley Austin, junior Molly Mills and junior Devon Gervasi all placed in the top 20 and the Haddonfield girls won the Varsity D girls race at the Manhattan University Invitational Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

Austin ran 15:01 and placed 3rd, Mills ran 16:14 for 18th and Gervasi 16:14 for 19th over the historic Vanny 2 ½-mile course, and Haddonfield edged Ocean City 98-119 for the team title.

Freshman Dylan Hosty ran 16:31 and senior Elizabeth Pappas 17:00 for 21st and 41st for the Bulldogs, ranked 7th in New Jersey.

Sophomore Riley Tolson placed 5th in 15:15 to lead Ocean City, ranked 13th in New Jersey.

Also in Ocean City’s top five were junior Peighton Clemens [25th, 16:40], senior Gabrielle Henry [28th, 16:41], freshman Isabella Edwards [33rd, 16:45] and freshman Bella Cera [35th, 16:52] also in the top five.

Addison Weiss runs 2nd-fastest time ever at DREAM Park, Cherry Hill East girls sweep top 6 spots in Division 3 race at South Jersey Open!!!!!!

Sophomore Addison Weiss ran the 2nd-fastest time ever at DREAM Park and just missed the course record, and the Cherry Hill East girls swept the top six spots in the Division 3 race at the South Jersey Open Saturday.

Weiss ran 17:53.44 over the 5,000-meter course in Logan Township, falling just short of the course record of 17:52.89 set by Shawnee’s Isabella Turner at the 2018 South Jersey Shootout.

Weiss’s previous all-course 5,000 best was 18:06 last month at the Battle of Ocean County Park.

Cherry Hill East, ranked 7th in New Jersey, averaged 18:57.8 and outscored 2nd-place Clearview 15-86.

Completing the sweep for East were junior Ryleigh Budsock [2nd, 18:34], sophomore Emmie Wang [3rd, 19:25], junior Katherine Grottini [4th, 19:28] and junior Gabriella Pizzo [5th, 19;29], backed up by senior Ella Davidson [6th, 19:35].

Also in the top 10 were Gloucester Tech sophomore Jordan Moczydlowski [7th, 19:37], Pennsauken sophomore Hope Edwards [8th, 19:41], Cherokee freshman Casey Leisse [9th, 19:42] and Winslow sophomore Annabella Cassidy [10th, 20:42].

Overall winner Jacob Marino leads Woodstown to boys title, Woodstown’s Abby Marino wins girls race, Schalick wins girls title at Salem County Meet!!!!!!

Seniors Jacob Marino and Karson Chew and junior David Farrell swept the top three spots and Woodstown won the boys title at the Salem County Championships Wednesday in Pittsgrove Township.

Marino ran 16:37, Chew 16:58 and Farrell 17:19 and Woodstown beat Schalick 21-47, with Salem Tech 3rd with 77 points.

Schalick was led by junior Colin Bittle, senior Sal Longo and senior Chase Riley, who took 4th, 5th and 6th in 17:31, 17:33 and 17:44.

Then Woodstown filled up the rest of the top 10, with junior Pacey Hutton 7th  in 18:08, sophomore Torsten Duva 8th in 18:22, junior Jackson Perry 9th in 18:23 and sophomore John Hearst 10th in 18:31.

In the girls meet, sophomore Abby Marino and junior Anabel Schaal of Woodstown finished 1-2 in 19:59 and 21:33, but Schalick edged Woodstown 28-32 to win the team title, with Salem Tech 3rd with 77.

Schalick placed five in the top nine, with junior Helen Lillia [3rd in 21:46], sophomore Emma Cain [5th in 23:17], freshman Paetyn Wallace [7th in 24:52], junior Sarah Torpey [8th in 24:55] and freshman Emma Wilbur [9th in 25:02.

Also in the top 10: Pennsville sophomore Sawyer Slad [4th in 22:20], Woodstown senior Arianna Mott [6th in 23:54] and Woodstown sophomore Kiera Porch [10th in 25:30]