| 09/12 |
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Holmdel, NJ |
Congrats Raritan XC winning the #BackwardsBowl @CoachPritchJ5 @hackleydonavan @joecawley8 @Joebitto27 @IanCra4d_80 pic.twitter.com/NNfWIWYlMS
— Kari Keppler (@kkjkthdh12) September 13, 2014
The very first running of the Backwards Bowl, the winners are all meet records! Individually for the boys senior Kyle Mueller of Brick Memorial won with over a 20 second lead running 17:06. The Brick Memorial boys gave them to their last point with a second place 51 point finish however the Raritan boys took the team title with 50 points and an 18:34 team average! They were led by senior Joe Bitto who placed second with a 17:32 and sophomore Donovan Hackley who took third right behind him at 17:38.
On the girls side sophomore Megan Boese of Raritan won individually with a time of 21:20. She fended off Matawan's number one runner Rachel Kenny, a freshmen!, who took second with a time of 21:37. Matawan would earn six of the the top ten places and win the meet with 24 points and a team average of 22:59. Also placing in the top five overall for Matawan was Daniella Veliz with 22:20, and Amanda Ferrara clocking 22:31.