Five boys teams, five girls teams, seven boys individuals and seven girls individuals will represent South Jersey at the 54th annual Meet of Champions Saturday at Holmdel County Park.

There are four ways to qualify for the Meet of Champions:

1) Winning teams: All 12 winning teams from states automatically qualify.

2) Wild-card teams: After the winning teams are removed from a merge of all the boys races and all the girls races, the eight teams with the lowest scores qualify as wild-card teams.

3) Top 10 individuals: The top 10 individuals in each race automatically qualify, regardless of whether their team advanced.

4) Wild-card individuals: The 30 fastest individuals in a merge after every runner who has qualified with his team also advances.

Here’s a look at all of South Jersey’s qualifiers. As always, if you see any errors or omissions please let me know ASAP!

BOYS
Team Winners
Glassboro, won Group 1|
16:51 … Joseph Saicic
17:05 … Zacchaeus Harrigan
17:12 …  Jaeden Wesley
17:35 … Aaron Johnson
18:34 … Gavin Rakitis
18:38 … Jason Martin

Haddonfield, won Group 2
15:57 … Ryan Gibson
16:02 … Luke Andresen
16:16 … Benjamin Andrus
16:18 … Peter Simpson
16:18 … Michael Sinnes
17:20 … Andrew Blum
17:29 … Brandon Stoner

Wild-Card Teams [Finished in top eight in merge after team winners removed]
Cherokee, 2nd Group 4
15:54 … Jack Tindall
16:32 … Benjamin Realley
16:45 … Maximo Harada
17:01 … Gavin Danielewicz
17:25 … Leo Vyvyan
17:28 … Dominic Pileri
17:29 … Sean Sooy

Ocean City [2nd, Group 3]
16:29 … Nathan Aschmann
16:30 … Erik Preisner
17:25 … Benjamin McCarthy
17:35 … Michael Romano
17:38 … Keenan Neuman
18:40 … Hayden Tarves
19:52 … Nevin Millstein

Cherry Hill East [4th, Group 4]
16:27 … Milo Poerner
16:49 … Alvin Lin
16:51 … Cian Sherlock
17:34 … Braedan Sherlock
18:09 … Conan Poerner
18:23 … Aneesh Rajagopal
18:51 … Adam Billet

Auto Individual Qualifiers [finished in top 10, team didn’t advance]
17:16 … Jacob Marino [Woodstown], 9th Group 1
16:03 … Jacob Wickersham [Cinnaminson], 4th, Group 2
18:28 … Rutger Sochacki [Bishop Eustace], 6th, Parochial B

Wild-Card Qualifiers [top 30 in merge after auto qualifiers removed]
17:04 … Sean Martino [Cedar Creek], 14^th, Group 2
16:56 … Vincent Perri [Winslow Twp.], 14^th, Group 3
16:58 … Rex Takakjy [Cherry Hill West], 15^th, Group 3
16:58 … **Trevor Szilier [Washington Twp.], 18^th, Group 4

GIRLS
Team Winner
Ocean City [1st, Group 3]
19:14 … Riley Tolson
19:40 … Carly Godfrey
20:43 … Peighton Clemens
21:03 … Lenna Driscoll
21:04 … ***Bella Cera
21:31 … Gabrielle Henry
21:57 … Lillian Flora

Wild-Card Teams [Finished in top eight in merge after team winners removed]
Paul VI, 2nd in Parochial A 
18:57 … Grace Gutowski
19:37 … Giovanna Mantuano
20:12 … Peyton Blake
20:31 … Morgan Kuzma
20:59 … Macy Huber
21:18 … Isabella Suarez
21:57 … Kara Salamone

Haddonfield [2nd, Group 2]
18:52 … Riley Austin
20:14 … Dylan Hosty
20:17 … Madison Kelsey
20:49 … Sofia Conrey
20:57 … Harper Benjamin
21:24 … Devon Gervasi
21:27 … Tatum Russo

Cherokee [3rd, Group 4]
19:56 … Alyssa Suriano
20:12 … Erin Healy
20:34 … Maya Kumar
20:41 … Madeline Meder
20:45 … Sofia Recinto
20:54 … Ava Guarini
22:38 … Gabrielle Urban

Cherry Hill East [4th, Group 4]
18:53 … Addison Weiss
19:59 … Ryleigh Budsock
20:21 … Emmie Wang
21:17 … Rebecca Tibbetts
21:19 … Gabriella Pizzo
21:34 … Katherine Grottini
21:41 … Ella Davidson

Auto Individual Qualifiers [finished in top 10, team didn’t advance]
18:44 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 1st, Parochial B
19:17 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 3rd, Group 1
20:46 … Abby Marino [Woodstown], 10th Group 1
19:15 … Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], 7th, Group 4
19:24 … *Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], 9th, Group 4

Wild-Card Qualifiers [top 30 in merge after auto qualifiers removed]
20:08 … Lyana Gutierrez [Highland], 15^th, Group 3
20:17 … Ashley Doyle [Delran], 20^th, Group 2

Burlington Township’s Payton Falkenstein placed 5th overall and led East Stroudsburg to 2nd place in the NCAA Division 2 Atlantic Region and a berth in the Division 2 Championships later this month.

Falkenstein, a junior, ran 21:32.5 over 6,000 meters at the West Branch Cross Country Course near Lock Haven, Pa. She was East Stroudsburg’s 1st finisher.

The top three teams earned auto bids to the NCAA Division 2 Championships, scheduled for Nov. 22 at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course, which is listed as being in Kenosha, Wisc., but is actually just north of Kenosha in Somers, Wisc.

East Stroudsburg’s XC web site hasn’t realized yet that the women’s XC team has qualified for nationals, so I can’t tell you the last time that happened or how often it’s happened or what their best finish is. Maybe later in the week they’ll get around to writing about this terrific achievement.

Davis & Elkins of Elkins, W. Va., won the team title 58-113 over East Stroudsburg.

Cherokee sophomore Jack Tindall and Haddonfield senior Ryan Gibson were the only boys to go under 16 minutes at states on Saturday, and four South Jersey girls dipped under 19 minutes – Holy Cross senior Julia Flanagan, Haddonfield senior Riley Austin, Cherry Hill East sophomore Addison Weiss and Paul VI junior Grace Gutowski.

Here’s a look at every South Jersey boy who ran 17:30 or faster and every girl who ran 21:00 or faster in the 12 race at Holmdel County Park.

BOYS
15:53.19 … **Jack Tindall [Cherokee], Group 4 [1st]
15:56.54 … Ryan Gibson [Haddonfield], Group 2 [1st]
16:01.58 … Luke Andresen [Haddonfield], Group 2 [3rd]
16:02.66 … Jacob Wickersham [Cherokee], Group 2 [4th]
16:06.00 … Benjamin Andrus [Haddonfield], Group 2 [5th]
16:17.66 … Peter Simpson [Haddonfield], Group 2 [6th]
16:26.75 … Milo Poerner [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [4th]
16:28.72 … *Nathan Aschmann [Ocean City[], Group 3 [8th]
16:29.94 … Erik Preisner [Ocean City], Group 3 [10th]
16:31.28 … *Benjamin Realley [Cherokee], Group 4 [5th]
16:44.13 … *Maximo Harada [Cherokee], Group 4 [12th]
16:48.26 … Alvin Lin [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [14th]
16:50.28 … *Cian Sherlock [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [16th]
16:50.42 … **Joe Saicic [Glassboro], Group 1, [2nd]
16:55.16 … Vincent Perri [Winslow Twp.], Group 3 [14th]
16:55.69 … Michael Sinnes [Haddonfield], Group 2 [12th]
16:57.04 … Rex Takakjy [Cherry Hill West], Group 3 [15th]
16:57.26 … **Trevor Szilier [Washington Twp.], Group 4 [18th]
17:00.74 … *Gavin Danielewicz [Cherokee], Group 4 [22nd]
17:03.12 … Sean Martino [Cedar Creek], Group 2 [14th]
17:04.27 … **Zacchaeus Harrigan [Glassboro], Group 1 [5th]
17:11.57 … Jaeden Wesley [Glassboro], Group 1 [7th]
17:11.74 … **Michael Beaver [Kingsway], Group 4 [34th]
17:12.19 … Matthew Reed [Egg Harbor Twp.], Group 4 [35th]
17:12.60 … *Jason Smith [Paul VI],, Parochial A [23rd]
17:12.83 … *Jamar Mack [Middle Twp.], Group 2 [20th]
17:14.59 … Ryan McCann [Cedar Creek], Group 2 [22nd]
17:15.87 … Jacob Marino [Woodstown], Group 1 [9th]
17:19.36 … *Andrew Blum [Haddonfield], Group 2 [23rd]
17:20.14 … David Houck [Woodbury], Group 2 [24th]
17:20.96 … Logan Pavelik [Williamstown], Group 4 [44th]
17:22.31 … **Liam Aspenberg [Egg Harbor Twp.], Group 4 [45th]
17:22.32 … Shaun Maloney [Haddon Twp.], Group 1 [11th]
17:24.30 … *Leo Vyvyan [Cherokee], Group 4 [49th]
17:24.84 … **Benjamin McCarthy [Ocean City], Group 3 [28th]
17:25.00 … Matthew Littlehales [Delsea], Group 3 [29th]
17:27.40 … *Timothy Shack [Eastern], Group 4 [50th]
17:27.66 … Dominic Pileri [Cherokee], Group 4 [52nd]
17:28.10 … Logan Camm [Audubon], Group 1 [12th]
17:28.60 … *Sean Sooy [Cherokee], Group 4 [53rd]
17:28.56 … Brandon Stoner [Haddonfield], Group 2 [28th]

GIRLS
18:43.59 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], Parochial B [1st]
18:51.52 … Riley Austin [Haddonfield], Group 2 [4th]
18:52.21 … **Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [3rd]
18:56.74 … *Grace Gutowski [Paul VI], Parochial A [4th]
19:13.65 … **Riley Tolson [Ocean City], Group 3 [4th]
19:14.51 … Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], Group 4 [7th]
19:16.47 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], Group 1 [3rd]
19:23.10 … *Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], Group 4 [9th]
19:36.84 … Giovanna Mantuano [Paul VI], Parochial A [9th]
19:55.53 … Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee], Group 4 [19th]
19:58.99 … *Ryleigh Budsock [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [20th]
20:07.91 … Lyana Gutierrez [Highland], Group 3 [15th]
20:11.08 … **Erin Healy [Cherokee], Group 4 [24th]
20:11.13 … **Peyton Blake [Paul VI], Parochial A [17th]
20:13.69 … ***Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18th]
20:16.04 … *Madison Kelsey [Haddonfield], Group 2 [19th]
20:16.34 … Ashley Doyle [Delran], Group 2 [20th]
20:20.40 … **Emmie Wang [Cherry Hill East], Group 4 [30th]
20:30.34 … **Morgan Kuzma [Paul VI], Parochial A [20th]
20:30.77 … *Sophia DiFiore [Moorestown], Group 3 [20th]
20:33.16 … Maya Kumar [Cherokee], Group 4 [32nd]
20:40.13 … **Makayla Zell [Moorestown], Group 3 [24th]
20:40.40 … Madeline Meder [Cherokee], Group 4 [38th]
20:42.18 … *Peighton Clemens [Ocean City], Group 3 [27th]
20:44.06 … Sofia Recinto [Cherokee], Group 4 [39th]
20:45.22 … **Abby Marino [Woodstown], Group 1 [10th]
20:48.19 … Sofia Conrey [Haddonfield], Group 2 [25th]
20:53.14 … ***Ava Guarini [Cherokee], Group 4 [44th]
20:54.47 … *Catherine Hipple [Moorestown], Group 3 [33rd]
20:55.81 … *Taylor Sierzega [West Deptford], Group 2 [29th]
20:56.56 … *Harper Benjamin [Haddonfield], Group 2 [31st]
20:58.42 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], Parochial A [26th]
20:59.67 … *Addison Lambert [Egg Harbor Twp.], Group 4 [49th]

Sophomore Jack Tindall was the overall winner, junior Benjamin Realley placed 5th and junior Maximo Harada was 12th and Cherokee nearly upset New Jersey’s 2nd-ranked team Saturday, faling three points shy of beating Manalapan for the state Group 4 championship at Holmdel County Park.

Manalapan won 71-74 for its first state title, preventing Cherokee from winning its 9th championship and 4th in the last six years.

Tindall ran a lifetime Holmdel best 15:53.19, fastest ever by a South Jersey sophomore on the historic 5,000-meter layout. The previous best was 16:11 by Cherry Hill East’s Aaron Groff at the 2013 state Group 4 meet.

He’s the first sophomore to win a state Group 4 XC title in 31 years, since Matt Elmuccio of Westfield won his first of three in a row in 1994.

Realley ran 16:31.28 and Harada 16:44.13 – his 1st time under 17 minutes at Holmdel.

Cherokee’s 4th runner was junior Gavin Danielewicz, who placed 22nd in 17:00.74 – a 40-second Holmdel best. Junior Leo Vyvyan was 49th in 17:24.30 – an 18-second Holmdel best.

Cherokee’s top five included a sophomore and four juniors. Manalapan’s top two are seniors.

Tindall is the 5th Cherokee runner to win a state title, following Joe Halin in 1999, Marc Pelerin in 2001, Shawn Wilson in 2012 and Ethan Wechsler in 2018.

Senior Milo Poerner ran 16:26.75 for 4th place, senior Alvin Lin 16:48.26 for 14th and junior Cian Sherlock 16:50.28 for 16th for Cherry Hill East, who placed 4th in Group 4 with 154 points.

Washington Township sophomore Trevor Szilier ran 16:57.26 for 18th place.

Senior Julia Flanagan became Holy Cross’s 1st state cross country champion in 31 years Saturday morning in Holmdel.

Flanagan ran 18:43.59 at Holmdel County Park and became the first Lancer girl to win at states since Kari Vigerstol won her second in a row in Parochial A in 1994.

Flanagan was 4th in this race last year in 20:29, so she ran 106 seconds faster this year.

She’s only the third South Jersey girl to win the state Parochial B race. Ann Klocke ran 19:20 at Holmdel in 1995 from Eustace ran 18:46.89 in 2011.

Flanagan had run a Holy Cross course-best 18:52 last month at Shore Coaches.

The state title is Flanagan’s 3rd. She won the Parochial B 3,200 last winter at the Bubble and again last spring at the Parochial B meet in Galloway Township.

Flanagan won by about 150 meters over two-time defending state champ Blythe Dudley of Villa Walsh Academy in Morristown, who was 2nd in 19:21.52.

Sophomore Joe Saicic placed 2nd, sophomore Zacchaeus Harrigan 5th and senior Jaeden Wesley 7th as mighty Glassboro rolled to the 1st state championship in school history.

Glassboro, ranked 13th in the state – a rarity for a Group 1 – overwhelmed the field, finishing with a 70-109 edge on Metuchen. Woodstown, led by Jacob Marino in 9th in 17:15.87, placed 3rd with 140 points.

Glassboro’s previous best finish at states was 3rd last year.

Saicic ran 16:50.42, Harrigan 17:04.27 and Wesley 17:11.57. It was a 22-second Holmdel PR for Wesley.

Sophomore Aaron Johnson was Glassboro’s 4th runner in 14th place in 17:34.35, a five-second Holmdel PR for Johnson.

Sophomore Gavin Rakitis and senior Jason Martin ran 18:33.51 and 18:37.19 and placed 46th and 49th for the Bulldogs, who had only six finishers.

Glassboro is the 19th South Jersey school to win Group 1, a group that includes Haddon Township eight times, Haddonfield four times before they moved up to Group 2, Maple Shade twice, Pennsville once and most recently Audubon in 2021.

The only Group 1 with a lower winning score since 2011 is Haddon Township with 51 in 2013, 31 in 2014 and 53 in 2019.

Sophomore Riley Tolson placed 2nd and junior Carly Godfrey 8th to lead the Ocean City girls to their 1st state title in 37 years Saturday in Holmdel.

Tolson ran 19:13.53 at Holmdel County Park and Godfrey 19:39.87, and Ocean City topped 2nd-place Middletown South 94-110, with North Hunterdon 3rd at 117 in a hot three-team race.

Ocean City is ranked 8th in New Jersey. Middletown South is 5th and North Hunterdon is 12th, so the Red Raiders came out on top in a loaded field.

This is the Red Raiders’ 1st state title since the 1988 team, led by Kelli Dougherty in 5th and Lori Heywood in 10th, won Group 3 by a 71-79 score over Philipsburg.

Junior Peighton Clemens ran 20:42.18 for 26th and sophomore Lenna Driscoll and freshman Bella Cera placed 37th and 38th in 21:02.97 and 21:03.22.

All five Ocean City girls finished ahead of the corresponding runner from Middletown South, with Godfrey providing the largest gap, finishing nine spots ahead of South’s 2nd runner.

Ocean City averaged 20:20.35, 3rd-fastest in school history at Holmdel behind last year’s team at Shore Coaches [19:52.86] and the 2012 team at states [20:14.16].

The Red Raiders became only the fourth South Jersey school ever to win the state Group 3 title. Ocean City won in 1988. Moorestown, led by Julia Kuder and Betsy Bulat, outscored Middletown South by two to win the 1998 title and Clearview topped North Hunterdon by 25 points in 2022, with Abby Waddington, Abby Kotran and Margaret Wisniewski all finishing in the top 12.

Overall winner Ryan Gibson led four Haddonfield runners in the top six and the Bulldogs won their 8th straight state title and 23rd overall Saturday morning in Holmdel.

Gibson ran 15:56.54 on the historic Holmdel County Park 5,000-meter course and became Haddonfield’s 16th individual state champion. Luke Andresen, Benjamin Andrus and Peter Simpson placed 3rd, 5th and 6th. Michael Sinnes was 12th, rounding out Haddonfield’s scoring group.

Andresen ran 16:01.79, Andrus 16:06.00, Simpson 16:17.66 and Sinnes 16:55.69.

Haddonfield, ranked 5th in New Jersey, averaged 16:15.54, fastest ever by a South Jersey school at Holmdel, breaking the 22-year-old record of 16:19.12 set by Mainland Regional when they won the 2003 Meet of Champions. The fastest since then was Haddonfield’s 16:19.68 at the 2010 Meet of Champions.

Their time is 12th-fastest in course history and 2nd-fastest ever by a public school behind West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s 16:14.4 with the Rosa twins at the 2008 Meet of Champions.

Andrew Blum [23rd in 17:19.36] and Brandon Stoner [28th in 17:28.56] gave Haddonfield all seven in the top 30.

Haddonfield outscored 2nd-place Bernards 27-120. The Bulldogs’ streak of eight state titles is 4th-longest in state history, behind Bernards [14 from 1974 through 1987], St. Benedict’s [12 from from 1921 through 1932] and CBA [11 straight from 1995 through 2005].

Haddonfield’s 23 state titles are 2nd to CBA’s 34. Bernards also has 23 championships.

Haddonfield’s 27 points are 5th-fewest ever in a Group 2 state meet. Haddonfield won last year with 24 points, fewest in 38 years.

Cinnaminson placed 4th in Group 2, and senior Jacob Wickersham ran 4th in 16:02.66.

Lowest Point Totals in Group 2 history
15 … Bernards, 1985
16 … Bernards, 1986
23 … Mountain Lakes, 1957
24 … Haddonfield, 2024
27 … Haddonfield, 2025
28 … Mountain Lakes, 1958
29 … Haddonfield, 2019
30 … Haddonfield, 2009

Haddonfield won its first state title in 1978 and also won Group 2 in 1980, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Haddonfield won Group 1 in 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1990.

Haddonfield’s state individual champions
1979 … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:04.5]
1985 … Dan Gough [Haddonfield], Group 1 [16:57]
1986 … Dan Gough [Haddonfield], Group 1 [16:24]
1987 … Joe Shanahan [Haddonfield], Group 1 [16:23]
1995 … Eric Bonnette [Haddonfield], Group 2 [17:13.9]
1996 … Eric Bonnette [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:43.6]
2001 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:10.8]
2002 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:10.46]
2007 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:19.23]
2008 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:32.28]
2009 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], Group 2 [15:56.33]
2010 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:08.56]
2021 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], Group 2 [15:51]
2022 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], Group 2 [15:41]
2024 … Benjamin Andrus [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:03]

Fastest South Jersey team averages at Holmdel
16:15.54 … Haddonfield, 2025 Group 2 [1]
16:19.12 … Mainland Regional, 2003 Meet of Champions [1]
16:19.68 … Haddonfield, 2010 Meet of Champions [2]
16:21.56 … Haddonfield, 2001 Meet of Champions [1]
16:21.40 … Haddonfield, 2021 Meet of Champions [3]
16:21.0h … Haddonfield, 2024 Group 2 [1]
16:21.79 … Haddonfield, 2024 Meet of Champions [2]
16:22.4h … Mainland Regional, 2003 Shore Coaches
16:22.94 … Kingsway, 2017 Group 4 [1]
16:25.00 … Mainland Regional, 2003 Group 4 [1]
16:26.05 … Cherry Hill East, 2014 Group 4 [1]
16:27.2h … Paul VI, 1988 [1]
16:28.60 … Haddonfield, 2021 Group 2 [1]
16:28.4h … Cherokee, 2022 Meet of Champions [3]
16:28.8h … Paul VI, 1984 Meet of Champions [1]
16:30.28 … Haddonfield, 2018 Meet of Champions [2]
16:30.45 … Cherokee, 2024 Meet of Champions [3]

Terrific race Saturday morning by the Paul VI girls, who placed 2nd to a Scotch Plains-based North Jersey all-star team in the state Parochial A championships at Holmdel.

This is PVI’s first time in the top two at states in 23 years.

Paul VI, ranked 7th in the state, scored just 72 points, finishing 30 points ahead of Pingry for the top spot among programs that are built the conventional way. PVI was 2nd to the

Junior Grace Gutowski broke up the sweep attempt by the Scotch Plains-based all-star team, taking 4th in 18:58.73. That’s 3rd-fastest ever at Holmdel County Park by a Paul VI girl, behind Dawn Cody [18:50 in 1982] and Shaelan McNally [18:51 in 2023].

Senior Giovanna Mantuano took 9th in 19:36.84, sophomore Peyton Blake was 17th in 20:11.13, sophomore Morgan Kuzma 20th in 20:30.34 and senior Macy Huber 26th in 20:58.42.

Freshman Isabella Suarez ran 21:17.24 for 31st and junior Kara Salamone 41st 21:56.61, giving PVI seven under 22 minutes.

Last time Paul VI finished among the top two at states was 2002, when they finished 2nd to Red Bank Catholic, 62-68. That team was led by Erin Sigwart and Liz Kessler in 3rd and 4th with Rachel Lively, Caitlin Billman and Kristen Sheppard also in the scoring group.

Paul VI averaged 20:03.09, fastest by far in school history and fastest ever by a South Jersey school.

South Jersey has produced 291 state cross country champions over the last 83 years.

That includes 93 boys individuals, 52 girls, 90 boys teams and 47 girls teams. Keep in mind the boys state championships date back to 1919, but the girls meet wasn’t started until 1972. So the guys had a 53-year head start!

The first South Jersey boy to win a state title was future Olympian Browning Ross of Woodbury in 1942. The first team was Lower Cape May Regional in 1950. First girl state champion was Williamstown’s Eva Marie Berardi in 1978 and the first girls team was Paul VI in 1982.

This year’s state meet is scheduled for Saturday at Holmdel County Park starting with girls Group 2 at 9:30 a.m., followed by Parochial A girls at 10 a.m., Group 2 boys at 10:30 a.m., Parochial A boys at 11 a.m., Group 3 girls at 11:30 a.m., Group 1 girls at noon, Group 3 boys at 12:30 p.m., Group 1 boys at 1 p.m., Group 4 girls at 1:30 p.m., Parochial B girls at 2 p.m., Group 4 boys at 2:30 p.m. and Parochial B boys at 3 p.m.

Hopefully, “Viper Timing” is able to get results out in a timely fashion, unlike the Shore Coaches catastrophe.

Here’s a look at every state champion from South Jersey. Let us know if anybody is missing from these lists!

[edit – adds missing Jerry Franks from Highland, the state Group 4 champ in 1990; fixes spelling of Don Morgan’s name; fixes what year Ben Potts won Group 2! … Thanks Bill Collins!

Boys Individuals
1942 … Browning Ross [Woodbury], one race [13:29] [2.5 miles]
1943 … Phil Stilwell [Lower Camden County Regional], one race [13:13]
1944 … Phil Stilwell [Lower Camden County Regional], one race [13:06.1]
1947 … Phil Molineaux [Moorestown], Group 1-2-3 [13:25.1]
1947 … Gus Omrod [Holy Spirit], Parochial A-B [13:47]
1948 … Gene Fekete [Lower Camden County Regional], Groups 1-2-3 [13:27.3]
1949 … Gene Fekete [Lower Camden County Regional], Groups 1-2-3 [12:57.7]
1950 … Gene Fekete [Lower Camden County Regional], Groups 1-2-3 [12:59.4]
1952 … Tom Fekete [Lower Camden County Regional], Groups 1-2-3 [12:57.2]
1953 … Tom Fekete [Lower Camden County Regional], Groups 1-2-3 [12:58]
1954 … Rod Zwirner [Moorestown], Group 1-2-3 [12:48.4]
1961 … Carl Budden [Rancocas Valley], Group 3 [12:34.4]
1962 … Barry Middleton [Moorestown], Groups 1-2 [12:39.9]
1965 … Don Morgan [Clearview], Groups 1-2 [12:26.5]
1966 … Ricky Jacques [Burlington Twp.], Group 1 [12:45]
1967 … Ricky Jacques [Burlington Twp.], Group 1 [12:11.2]
1968 … Bill Sampson [Burlington Twp.], Group 1 [12:42.6]
1968 … Larry Schemelia [Gloucester], Group 2 [12:20.9]
1968 … Ken Medlin [Haddon Twp.], Group 3 [12:35.6]
1969 … Ken Medlin [Haddon Twp.], Group 2 [12:23.8]
1969 … Mike Butynes [Sterling], Group 3 [12:41.6]
1969 … Steve Schoenwald [Woodrow Wilson], Group 4 [12:25.7]
1971 … Willie Marino [Williamstown], Group 1 [12:50]
1971 … Mike Butynes [Sterling], Group 3 [12:38.5]
1972 … Joe Siedlecki [Williamstown], Group 1 [12:28.2]
1973 … Greg Stremmel [Gateway], Group 2 [15:06.7] [3 miles]
1974 … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill West], Group 4 [14:45.3]
1975 … Tom Feraco [Wildwood Catholic], Parochial C [16:18.4]
1977 … John Pfaff [St. Augustine], Parochial C [16:43.4]
1978 … Mike Mantini [Gateway], Group 2 [15:54.2] [5,000 meters]
1979 … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:04.5]
1982 … Paul Rabon [Bishop Eustce], Parochial B [17:06]
1983 … George Steinhoff [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:48.8]
1983 … Paul Rabon [Bishop Eustce], Parochial B [17:28.6]
1985 … Dan Gough [Haddonfield], Group 1 [16:57]
1985 … Ron Faith [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:26]
1986 … Dan Gough [Haddonfield], Group 1 [16:24]
1986 … Jason DiJoseph [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:18]
1987 … Joe Shanahan [Haddonfield], Group 1 [16:23]
1987 … Dave Zamichieli [Cinnaminson], Group 2 [16:45]
1987 … Urie Ridgeway [Bridgeton], Group 3 [16:09]
1987 … Jason DiJoseph [Paul VI], Parochial A [15:36]
1988 … Rex Myers [Delran], Group 2 [16:27]
1988 … Urie Ridgeway [Bridgeton], Group 3 [16:02]
1988 … Jason DiJoseph [Paul VI], Parochial A [15:16.2]
1989 … Matt Martin [Haddon Twp.], Group 1 [16:44]
1989 … Joe Cranston [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:28]
1990 … Kirk Earney [Haddon Twp.], Group 1 [17:11]
1990 … Pete Dougherty [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:39]
1990 … Jerry Franks [Highland], Group 4 [16:54]
1991 … Kevin Schilling [Pitman], Group 1 [16:34]
1991 … Tom Keefer [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:24]
1992 … John Salisbury [Haddon Hts.], Group 1 [16:31]
1993 … Tom Horne [Glassboro], Group 1 [16:28.8]
1993 … Kurt Wayton [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [16:19.2]
1994 … John Williams [Paul VI], Parochial A [16:17]
1995 … Pat Ryan [Glassboro], Group 1 [17:04.6]
1995 … Eric Bonnette [Haddonfield], Group 2 [17:13.9]
1995 … Scott Keyser [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [16:32.0]
1996 … Eric Bonnette [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:43.6]
1997 … Tim Callinan [Sacred Heart], Parochial B [16:58]
1998 … Bill Mason [Cinnaminson], Group 2 [16:36.10]
1998 … Mike DeLaney [Wildwood Catholic], Parochial B [17:29.4]
1999 … Joe Halin [Cherokee], Group 4 [16:09.1]
1999 … John Shepherd [Wildwood Catholic], Parochial B [17:25.7]
2000 … Mike Myers [Eastern], Group 4 [15:54.60]
2001 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:10.8]
2001 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], Group 4 [16:08.4]
2002 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:10.46]
2002 … Greg Hughes [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [16:14.01]
2003 … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], Group 2 [16:19]
2007 … Mickey Borsellino [Haddon Heights], Group 1 [16:18.08]
2007 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:19.23]
2007 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], Group 3 [16:06.98]
2008 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:32.28]
2009 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], Group 2 [15:56.33]
2010 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:08.56]
2012 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], Group 4 [15:40]
2014 … Sean Macpherson [Sterling], Group 2 [16:02]
2015 … Owen Long [Haddon Twp.], Group 1 [16:15]
2015 … Josh Clark [Highland], Group 3 [16:17]
2016 … Mike Ungvarsky [Cinnaminson], Group 2 [15:58]
2018 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], Group 1 [16:18]
2018 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], Group 4 [16:08]
2018 … Connor Melko [Bishop Eustace], Parochial B [16:50]
2019 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], Group 1 [16:11]
2019 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], Group 2 [15:48]
2021 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], Group 2 [15:51]
2021 … Dennis Fortuna [Triton], Group 3 [15:54]
2022 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], Group 2 [15:41]
2023 … Elijah Whitaker [Glassboro], Group 1 [16:07]
2023 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury/Gateway Co-op], Group 3 [15:47]
2024 … Benjamin Andrus [Haddonfield], Group 2 [16:03]

Boys teams
1950 … Lower Camden County Regional, Group 1-2-3 [64 points]
1951 … Lower Camden County Regional, Group 1-2-3 [93 points]
1960 … Rancocas Valley, Group 3 [72 points]
1962 … Moorestown, Groups 1-2 [74 points]
1964 … Vineland, Group 4 [63 points]
1965 … Vineland, Group 4 [76 points]
1966 … Overbrook, Group 2 [65 points]
1967 … Overbrook, Group 2 [77 points]
1968 … Overbrook, Group 2 [149 points]
1968 … Haddon Township, Group 3 [169 points]
1971 … Haddon Township, Group 2 [78 points]
1972 … Haddon Township, Group 2 [71 points]
1972 … Overbrook, Group 3 [136 points]
1976 … Haddon Township, Group 2 [95 points]
1977 … St. Augustine, Parochial C [15 points]
1978 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [67 points]
1978 … St. Augustine, Parochial C [29 points]
1979 … St. Augustine, Parochial B [67 points]
1980 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [72 points]
1980 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [66 points]
1982 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [64 points]
1983 … Paul VI, Parochial A [39 points]
1984 … Paul VI, Parochial A [25 points]
1985 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [61 points]
1985 … Paul VI, Parochial A [47 points]
1986 … Haddon Township, Group 2 [124 points]
1987 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [57 points]
1988 … Haddon Twp., Group 1 [50 points]
1988 … Bridgeton, Group 3 [65 points]
1988 … Paul VI, Parochial A [27 points]
1989 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [57 points]
1989 … Cinnaminson, Group 2 [82 points]
1989 … Highland, Group 3 [70 points]
1989 … Paul VI, Parochial A [40 points]
1990 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [47 points]
1991 … Delran, Group 2 [66 points]
1992 … Haddon Heights, Group 1 [83 points]
1993 … Maple Shade, Group 1 [78 points]
1993 … Eastern, Group 4 [114 points]
1994 … Highland, Group 4 [67 points]
1994 … Paul VI, Parochial A [25 points]
1997 … Maple Shade, Group 1 [99 points]
1997 … Cherokee, Group 4 [87 points]
1998 … Moorestown, Group 2 [85 points]
1998 … Cherokee, Group 4 [79 points]
1998 … Wildwood Catholic, Parochial B [35 points]
1999 … Cherokee, Group 4 [55 points]
2000 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [113 points]
2000 … Cherokee, Group 4 [77 points]
2001 … Mainland Regional, Group 3 [54 points]
2002 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [45 points]
2001 … Mainland Regional, Group 3 [38 points]
2002 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [59 points]
2003 … Mainland Regional, Group 3 [54 points]
2006 … Pennsville, Group 1 [58 points]
2007 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [74 points]
2007 … Haddon Heights, Group 1 [46 points]
2007 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [53 points]
2007 … Cherokee, Group 4 [104 points]
2008 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [52 points]
2008 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [38 points]
2009 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [30 points]
2010 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [48 points]
2010 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [46 points]
2011 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [74 points]
2011 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [77 points]
2012 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [77 points]
2012 … Kingsway, Group 3 [110 points]
2013 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [51 points]
2013 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [90 points]
2014 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [31 points]
2014 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [77 points]
2014 … Cherry Hill East, Group 4 [73 points]
2016 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [50 points]
2017 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [53 points]
2017 … Kingsway, Group 4 [52 points]
2018 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [80 points]
2018 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [42 points]
2018 … Kingsway, Group 4 [91 points]
2019 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [53 points]
2019 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [29 points]
2019 … Cherokee, Group 4 [95 points]
2021 … Audubon, Group 1 [76 points]
2021 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [33 points]
2022 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [47 points]
2022 … Cherokee, Group 4 [102 points]
2023 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [39 points]
2023 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial A [77 points]
2024 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [24 points]
2024 … Cherokee, Group 4 [72 points]

Girls Individuals
1978 … Eva Marie Berardi [Williamstown], Group 1 [19:13]
1978 … Monique Purcell [Holy Spirit], Group 3 [18:59.8]
1982 … Dawn Cody [Paul VI], Parochial A [19:08]
1985 … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], Group 1 [20:07]
1985 … Deanna Germano [Shawnee], Group 4 [19:46]
1988 … Dawn Pfeiffer [Bishop Eustace], Group 1 [20:35]
1989 … Cheryl Keating [Sacred Heart], Group 1 [20:27]
1989 … Michele Owen [Clearview], Group 2 [20:08]
1990 … Janet Rue [Pitman], Group 1 [20:35]
1990 … Lori Townsend [Kingsway], Group 2 [20:52]
1990 … Janet Rue [Pitman], Group 1 [20:00]
1990 … Becky Leon [Cinnaminson], Group 2 [19:41]
1992 … Erica Moore [Kingsway], Group 2 [19:56]
1992 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], Group 3 [19:41]
1993 … Jen Rafferty [Riverside], Group 1 [19:58.1]
1993 … Kari Vigerstol [Holy Cross], Parochial A [19:43]
1994 … Jaime Weisberger [Woodstown], Group 2 [18:50]
1994 … Kari Vigerstol [Holy Cross], Parochial A [19:17]
1995 … Abbey Hartman [Ocean City], Group 3 [19:28.8]
1995 … Kacey Corbett [Camden Catholic], Parochial A [19:46.8]
1995 … Ann Klocke [Bishop Eustace], Parochial B [19:20]
1996 … Abbey hartman [Ocean City], Group 3 [19:01.3]
1996 … Amanda Eltringham [Bishop Eustace], Parochial A [19:20.8]
1997 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], Group 1 [19:12.30]
1998 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], Group 1 [18:49.60]
1999 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18:30.10]
2000 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18:52.50]
2001 … Megan Hughes [Moorestown], Group 2 [19:27.90]
2002 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], Group 2 ???
2003 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], Group 2 [19:08]
2003 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], Group 3 [18:43]
2004 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], Group 2 [19:01.50]
2004 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], Group 3 [18:25.46]
2005 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18:29.23]
2007 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], Group 2 [19:29.56]
2009 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], Group 2 [19:17.17]
2009 … Chelsea Ley [Kinsgway], Group 3 [17:52.03]
2010 … Megan Venables [Highland], Group 3 [17:27.83]
2010 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], Group 4 [17:54.51]
2011 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], Group 4 [18:26.29]
2011 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], Parochial B [18:46.89]
2013 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18:15.10]
2015 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18:41]
2015 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [18:13]
2016 … Annika Merkh [Haddon Twp.], Group 1 [20:08]
2016 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], Group 2 [18:43]
2016 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [18:07]
2016 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], Group 3 [18:18]
2022 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], Group 3 [18:57]
2023 … Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], Group 1 [19:20]
2023 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], Group 3 [18:14]
2024 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], Group 3 [17:58]

Girls Teams
1982 … Paul VI, Parochial A [57 points]
1983 … Shawnee, Group 4 [120 points]
1983 … Paul VI, Parochial A [33 points]
1985 … Paul VI, Parochial A [35 points]
1986 … Paul VI, Parochial A [79 points]
1988 … Bishop Eustace, Group 1 [81 points]
1989 … Ocean City, Group 3 [71 points]
1989 … Bishop Eustace, Group 1 [56 points]
1990 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [80 points]
1990 … Bishop Eustace, Group 2 [85 points]
1990 … Shawnee, Gorup 4 [140 points]
1991 … Cinnaminson, Group 2 [97 points]
1991 … Shawnee, Group 4 [93 points]
1992 … Bishop Eustace, Group 2 [66 points]
1992 … Ocean City, Group 3 [82 points]
1993 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [89 points]
1993 … Shawnee, Group 4 [39 points]
1994 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [138 points]
1994 … Paul VI, Parochial A [44 points]
1994 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [27 points]
1995 … Maple Shade, Group 1 [122 points]
1995 … Shawnee, Group 4 [68 points]
1995 … Paul VI, Parochial A [41 points]
1996 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial A [34 points]
1997 … Shawnee, Group 4 [69 points]
1998 … Haddonfield, Group 1 [82 points]
1998 … Moorestown, Group 2 [120 points]
1999 … Moorestown, Group 2 [74 points]
2000 … Bishop Eustace, Parochial B [37 points]
2001 … Moorestown, Group 2 [39 points]
2002 … Shawnee, Group 4 [69 points]
2003 … Gloucester, Group 1 [78 points]
2003 … Shawnee, Group 4 [114 points]
2005 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [33 points]
2006 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [62 points]
2006 … Wildwood Catholic, Parochial B [72 points]
2007 … Haddon Township, Group 1 [88 points]
2007 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [56 points]
2008 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [73 points]
2009 … Delsea, Group 2 [81 points]
2013 … Pitman, Group 1 [49 points]
2016 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [108 points]
2021 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [44 points]
2021 … Cherokee, Group 4 [84 points]
2022 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [36 points]
2022 … Clearview, Group 3 [57 points]
2023 … Haddonfield, Group 2 [40 points]