Sep 15, 2021

Some great opening week performances for the 2021 season! Both polls close Friday at 12pm. Nominees and writeups below by Jim Lambert.

Boys Poll

New Jersey Boys Week 1 AOTW (Poll Closed)

Rowan Cassidy of Manalapan ran 10:07.58 to win the Thompson Park 2-Miler 44.74%
Micah Lawson of Rahway ran 16:08 to finish first at the St. Dominic Invit. at Lincoln Park 37.16%
Marco Langon of Bridgewater-Raritan ran 15:24, the fastest time at the Roxbury Invitational and No. 2 in course history. 14.42%
Dennis Fortuna of Triton placed fourth in 16:02 at the PTXC meet 2.59%
Andrew Littlehales of Delsea ran 9:46.22, the fastest time at the Cherokee Challenge 0.77%
Adam Angelone of Madison placed third in 16:16 at the Wave Mania Invitational 0.14%
Jacob Heredia of Clifton ran 16:09, the top time at the Season Opener at Darlington Park 0.1%
Jackson Nguyen of Peddie captured the title at the Newark Academy Invit. In 16:54 0.08%

Girls Poll

New Jersey Girls Week 1 AOTW (Poll Closed)

Liliah Gordon of Northern Burlington ran 11:42, the fastest time at Cherokee Challenge 46.03%
Payton Kochanski of Mt. St. Mary captured the title at the Newark Academy Invit. with a time of 20:48. 26.41%
Vanessa Marinero of Highland Regional ran 19:13 to finish first at the St. Dominic Invitational at Lincoln Park 24.42%
Angelina Perez of Lakeland won the Pod 2 race in 17:39 at Season Opener at Darlington Park 1.16%
Lindsay Hausman of Kent Place ran 18:28, the fastest time at the Roxbury Invitational and No. 10 in course history 0.82%
Helene Usher of Haddonfield ran 11:51 to win a Batch Meet at Pennypacker Park 0.78%
Mary Malague of Metuchen ran 11:42, the fastest time at the Thompson Park 2-Miler 0.37%