Full Results
Several of New Jersey's biggest stars and premier packs rocked the trails on Saturday when the Garden State picked up three big victories at the Bowdoin Park Classic on a steamy day on the banks of the Hudson River in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
The boys Division 1 race was dominated by New Jersey as NJ #1 and US #10 Christian Brothers Academy and Devin Hart of Point Pleasant Boro grabbed titles, and William Hare of Princeton captured the boys Division 2 race.
On the girls side, Kingsway was the top N.J. squad and Warren Hills star Alexa Westley ran the fastest N.J. time.
In the Division 1 boys competition, CBA, letting it rip for the first time this season, repeated as champion by defeating runner-up and NJ # 9 Haddonfield, 73-95. NJ #2 Kingsway was 4th with 115 and Voorhees 6th with 178. Haddonfield averaged 16:59, Kingsway 17:07 and Voorhees 17:25.
CBA, led by senior Brian Hill's runner-up finish in a Bowdoin PR of 16:05, had scoring places of 1-11-15-21-25 and the Colts averaged 16:48. CBA, which won the Nike Northeast Regional last year and placed 7th at the Nike Nationals, averaged 16:41 at this meet last year.
In a clash between three of the state's best, Hart, who won the 3,200 at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions as a sophomore last spring, won the race with the top time of the day of 15:58, seven seconds in front of Hill. Chris Romero of Voorhees was third in 16:27.
The Division 2 boys race was won individually by Hare in 16:25.2 as he led NJ #3 Princeton, the NJSIAA Meet of Champions winner last year, to a fourth place finish with 111 points. Princeton averaged 17:25.
In the girls competition, Kingsway, led by Alexis Mullarkey (6th in 20:19) had scoring places of 5-17-24-29-31 and placed second in the Division 2 race, 67-106 behind James Madison. Westley, who won the 3,200 at the Meet of Champions as a sophomore last spring, was third in the Division 2 race in 19:20.
In the girls Division 1 race, Haddonfield placed third with 112 and Princeton was fourth with 117. Freshman Allison Colflesh led the charge for Haddonfield by placing ninth in 20:48 as Haddonfield went 9-18-24-26-35. Princeton's Chloe Taylor placed 7th in 20:38 as Princeton went 7-15-29-30-36.