Jared Loadholt of Columbia ran the fastest time of the meet on Saturday. / Photo by Aaron Laserna for MileSplit
Jared Loadholt of Columbia HS ran the meet record on Saturday with a 16:47, his teammate Aron Moloney ran the second fastest time of the meet and #2 all time for the series at 16:56. The previous best overall is now ranked third all-time it was ran by Reid Hawkins of Glen Ridge HS in 2012 when he won with a 17:06.
On the girls side we also saw the #1 and #2 all-time marks go down as Stephanie Hayes of Montclair ran a 19:09 to win the senior race. Yaminah Smith of Weequahic won the junior race with a time of 19:50 to rank second in the meet's history. The previous best overall now ranks third, it came last year thanks to Kathryn Correia of Montclair Kimberley Academy when she won the sophomore race in 19:59. She competed this year as well winning the juniors race in 20:22.
As for the team scores only the top three from each could score. For the boys Millburn and Montclair tied for the team title with 89 points. Millburn was led by Dean Portugal who had the 18th fastest time of the meet. Montclair was led by junior Grant Van Inegen who posted the fifth fastest time of the meet. In the merged results Columbia had the best top five team performance with a hypothetical 24 point performance and a team average of 17:17.
On the girls side Montclair took the team title with 61 points, they were led by the meet record setting Stephanie Hayes mentioned above with a time of 19:09. Montclair would also have the best performance by far in the merged results with a hypothetical 29 points and an average of 20:57.
Here is a look at Montclair's top five performances of the day.
1 Stephanie Hayes 19:09.41
4 Eliza Gentry 20:39.44
5 Lia Schattner 20:44.13
6 Amelia Lufrano 21:38.75
13 Grace Harrison 22:33.72