Suburban Family - Issue #5 (July 2020)

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SF_HSSP_Boys XCountry_0820_V2FINAL_Layout 1 8 / 6 / 20 3 : 53 PM Page 3 CHEROKEE CHIEFS and also had top - 10 showings at the Glouces - champion Martin Riddell . The rookie season and should only get better with a ter County and Tri - County Conference meets . Bulldawgs will look to reload year of experience under his belt . James Mann Senior Aidan Smith is another key returner ; his around a new crop of stand - is another promising sophomore who will play best finish was seventh in the conference with outs , including brothers Seth a big role . a time of 16 : 27.53 . He took 16th in the county and Caleb Clevenger . Seth , a OUTLOOK : The Rams certainly have some spots and 24th at sectionals . Junior Ryan Allen , who junior , ran a 16 : 06.80 at sec - to fill , but if they can add some numbers to the finished 13th at the county race , rounds out tionals to place sixth and went on program and continue to put in the work , they the top three . As usual , Kingsway has a deep to take 11th at sectionals and 48th at the Meet should start to see dividends . crop of of Champions ( MOC ) . He also finished sixth at veterans ready to step in and con - the Colonial Conference tribute . That group includes seniors Luke All - Star Meet and is HADDONFIELD Wilkins , Ethan Chambers and Ethan Gray , jun - primed to take over as the team’s No . 1 runner . ior Thomas Driscoll and sophomore Christian Caleb , a senior , clocked a 16 : 22.70 at sectionals BULLDAWGS Torres . on his way to ninth . He finished 17th at states OUTLOOK : The Dragons extended their streak of and also broke 17 minutes at the MOC . Junior RUNNERS TO WATCH : Haddonfield graduated a Gloucester County titles to an even dozen last Tobias Janssen took 10th in the conference and stellar class , including three - time sectional fall and also were conference champions once 14th at sectionals , and senior John Hurly is again . They took third at sectionals and 11th at another talented veteran . Varsity newcomers states as well . Expectations for the team will be hoping to leave a mark are senior Elijah Fer - high again in 2020 , and Rakitis could be in line nands , juniors Ethan Wellborn and Andrew Sul - for an individual championship . livan and sophomores George Andrus , Ian Romea and Donald Jellig . OUTLOOK : Last year was another impressive one LENAPE for the Bulldawgs , who captured their third consecutive state title , 16th straight sectional INDIANS crown and took third at the MOC . They also remained undefeated in the regular season RUNNERS TO WATCH : Lenape since graduated its No . 1 runner , but 1997 . Riddell and several other seniors junior Jake Buniva looks to be will be missed , but Haddonfield will still set the ready for the role . He ran con - bar high . sistently in the 17 - minute range as a sophomore , including a KINGSWAY 17 : 04 at sectionals for 37th , and had a top finish of 20th at DRAGONS the Burlington County Open . AJ Fraley is anoth - er talented junior who was just five seconds RUNNERS TO WATCH : Junior behind Buniva at sectionals . Sophomore Colin Kyle Rakitis has put Hermack showed potential as a rookie and jun - together two strong sea - ior John Rielly should run in the top five as well . sons to begin his high Senior Brett Boyle and junior Nick Volpe are key school career and it will CHERRY HILL EAST’S veterans and other returners looking to con - be exciting to see what GABE tribute are sophomore Andrew Dove and junior he can do as an upper - RODRIGUEZ Tyler Walters . classman . Last year , he OUTLOOK : The Indians had another solid season clocked a 16 : 17.40 at sectionals to place eighth 40 SUBURBAN FAMILY volume 11 issue 5 SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM

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SF_HSSP_Boys XCountry_0820_V2FINAL_Layout 1 8 / 7 / 20 12 : 27 PM Page 4 M O O R E S T O W N in 2019 , taking fourth in the county , sixth in the F R I E N D S conference and eighth at sectionals . With a strong core returning , they hope to make noise FOXES at the major meets again . RUNNERS TO WATCH : M O O R E S T O W N Moorestown Friends gradu - QUAKERS ated a strong senior class , RUNNERS TO WATCH : It did not take including PJ Kresloff long to have an Mark Johnson , who placed in the top five at impact at Moorestown , as he states each of the last two years . On the bright emerged as the Quak - side , the Foxes had a talented freshman class ers ’ No . 1 runner during debut last year and those sophomores will his freshman season . look to take over leadership of the team . He consistently posted Patrick Greer broke 19 minutes at sectionals as times in the 17 - minute a rookie to range and broke that number by clocking place 33rd , while Collin Montenegro 16 : 55.50 at the Burlington County Scholastic and Andrew Mercantini also made huge League ( BCSL ) meet for 11th place . Kresloff , strides throughout their first year . Emmet Kim - who also placed 33rd at sectionals , should be berly is a key junior who should also run at the even better as a sophomore . Christian Mam - front of the pack , and senior Andrew Gray is marella - Pietrafitta is a senior leader who took expected to round out the top five after miss - 17th in the BCSL meet and 38th at sectionals . ing last season with an injury . Turner Jobes is a Junior Daniel Winkler is another experienced solid junior and other sophomores hoping to returner , while members of the take the next step are Michael Huettl , Evan promising Weinstock , Heera Dalal and Aidan Devine . sophomore class are Colin Shand , Luke Labroli OUTLOOK : The Foxes went 5 - 6 during batch and Will Inglis . meets and finished seventh at states last year . OUTLOOK : The Quakers placed seventh in the They will clearly miss Johnson this season , but BCSL meet and eighth at sectionals last year it will be exciting to see the youngsters start to with a young squad . Now that Kresloff and the PAUL VI’S emerge as standouts . other sophomores have a year of experience , it JOE RUPERTUS would not be surprising to see them move up a few spots at the championship meets . SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM volume 11 issue 5 SUBURBAN FAMILY 41

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