This article showcases every advancing Public School team and individual who qualified for the NJSIAA Group State Championships out of the Sectional meets on October 28th.
The top five teams in each Section and the top 15 individual finishers all locked in positions on the starting line this Saturday, November 4th at Holmdel Park.
The Non-Public schools enter at the Group Championship level and will see their first NJSIAA action on Saturday.
Note that when looking over times the four Sections competed at different courses, North 1 at Garret Mountain, North 2 at Central Park of Morris County, Central at Thompson Park, and South at DREAM Park. Check out our Sectional Coverage Hub for full results and more.
Boys Group 3
Teams
North 1
| 1 |  Randolph HS | 86 | 7+15+17+19+28 (73) | 1:24 1-5 Split | 17:50 Avg |
| 2 |  Morris Hills HS | 111 | 4+16+24+33+34 (38+67) | 1:55 1-5 Split | 18:07 Avg |
| 3 |  Sparta HS | 128 | 13+14+23+37+41 (45+56) | 1:33 1-5 Split | 18:15 Avg |
| 4 |  Morris Knolls HS | 149 | 1+18+36+46+48 (63+70) | 2:47 1-5 Split | 18:19 Avg |
| 5 |  Wayne Valley HS | 153 | 5+12+21+54+61 (89+100) | 2:32 1-5 Split | 18:19 Avg |
North 2
| 1 |  Mendham HS | 38 | 1+3+9+11+14 (39+54) | 0:57 1-5 Split | 16:49 Avg |
| 2 |  Summit HS | 51 | 4+5+6+8+28 (38+42) | 1:22 1-5 Split | 16:54 Avg |
| 3 |  North Hunterdon HS | 73 | 2+10+19+20+22 (26+53) | 1:16 1-5 Split | 17:12 Avg |
| 4 |  Chatham HS | 105 | 7+17+25+27+29 (30+79) | 1:02 1-5 Split | 17:29 Avg |
| 5 |  South Plainfield HS | 173 | 21+31+35+41+45 (46+51) | 0:53 1-5 Split | 18:00 Avg |
Central
| 1 |  Colts Neck HS | 29 | 2+4+5+8+10 (16+28) | 0:56 1-5 Split | 17:22 Avg |
| 2 |  West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 70 | 3+9+14+15+29 (35+51) | 1:47 1-5 Split | 17:59 Avg |
| 3 |  Hopewell Valley HS | 87 | 11+12+17+22+25 (32+52) | 0:39 1-5 Split | 18:16 Avg |
| 4 |  Middletown South HS | 146 | 7+24+33+38+44 (49+61) | 1:53 1-5 Split | 18:39 Avg |
| 5 |  Hamilton East - Steinert HS | 152 | 21+23+31+34+43 (48+56) | 0:46 1-5 Split | 18:48 Avg |
South
| 1 |  Ocean City HS | 42 | 2+4+8+11+17 (26+27) | 1:09 1-5 Split | 16:33 Avg |
| 2 |  Shawnee HS | 71 | 9+10+13+15+24 (28+33) | 0:55 1-5 Split | 16:57 Avg |
| 3 |  Highland Reg HS | 100 | 6+7+18+34+35 (57+64) | 1:59 1-5 Split | 17:19 Avg |
| 4 |  Clearview Reg. HS | 117 | 14+16+20+29+38 (54+58) | 1:26 1-5 Split | 17:32 Avg |
| 5 |  Delsea Regional HS | 192 | 3+21+31+52+85 | 5:30 1-5 Split | 18:30 Avg |
Individuals
North 1
| 1 | Luke Schagelin | 12 | Morris Knolls HS | 16:28.00 | 1 | |
| 2 |  Alex Pelov | 11 | Montville Twp. HS | 16:36.00 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Joshua Tejada | 12 | Teaneck HS | 16:44.00 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nicholas Falcone | 10 | Morris Hills HS | 16:55.00 | 4 | |
| 5 | Matthew Califf | 12 | Wayne Valley HS | 16:59.00 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Jared Weiss | 12 | Roxbury HS | 17:05.00 | 6 | |
| 7 | Thomas Amato | 11 | Randolph HS | 17:14.00 | 7 | |
| 8 | Krish Bhaskaran | 11 | Montville Twp. HS | 17:16.00 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Ryan Welch | 12 | Ramapo HS | 17:22.00 | 9 | |
| 10 |  Jimmy Hernandez | 11 | Bergenfield HS | 17:23.00 | 10 | |
| 11 |  Maxwell Hack | 12 | Mount Olive HS | 17:24.00 | 11 | |
| 12 | Milan Mistry | 12 | Wayne Valley HS | 17:25.00 | 12 | |
| 13 | Julian Laznik-Moraghan | 11 | Sparta HS | 17:27.00 | 13 | |
| 14 | Remson Jarrell | 12 | Sparta HS | 17:29.00 | 14 | |
| 15 | Kennan Byers | 10 | Randolph HS | 17:34.00 | 15 |
North 2
| 1 | Tommy Jendryka | 11 | Mendham HS | 16:19.92 | 1 | |
| 2 | Chase Kober | 11 | North Hunterdon HS | 16:21.28 | 2 | |
| 3 | Justin Bongiovanni | 12 | Mendham HS | 16:23.14 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nate Roberts | 12 | Summit HS | 16:25.22 | 4 | |
| 5 | Carter Herman | 11 | Summit HS | 16:43.81 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sebastian Vandoni | 12 | Summit HS | 16:47.36 | 6 | |
| 7 | Marcus Valenzuela | 10 | Chatham HS | 16:47.72 | 7 | |
| 8 | Nikita Shevyakov | 11 | Summit HS | 16:48.58 | 8 | |
| 9 | Kenneth Allaway | 11 | Mendham HS | 16:54.95 | 9 | |
| 10 | Cole Kober | 9 | North Hunterdon HS | 17:07.71 | 10 | |
| 11 | Sam Szczepanski | 12 | Mendham HS | 17:11.19 | 11 | |
| 12 |  Michael Sanchez | 11 | Millburn HS | 17:13.19 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Jorge Fernandez | 11 | Rahway HS | 17:15.90 | 13 | |
| 14 | Carter LaSusa | 11 | Mendham HS | 17:17.04 | 14 | |
| 15 |  Paul Galioto | 12 | Somerville HS | 17:17.78 | 15 |
Central
| 1 |  Jared Voorhees | 12 | Brick Memorial HS | 16:58.50 | 1 | |
| 2 | Jacob McNamara | 12 | Colts Neck HS | 17:01.80 | 2 | |
| 3 | Luke Ferrer | 11 | West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 17:03.80 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hunter Celkupa | 11 | Colts Neck HS | 17:07.40 | 4 | |
| 5 | John Shapiro | 11 | Colts Neck HS | 17:17.00 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Grayson Wolf | 12 | Jackson Liberty HS | 17:17.70 | 6 | |
| 7 | Evan Rimmele | 12 | Middletown South HS | 17:19.40 | 7 | |
| 8 | Andrew Krok | 12 | Colts Neck HS | 17:27.30 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Anthony Thomas | 12 | Brick Township HS | 17:39.00 | ||
| 10 |  Ayden Grignon | 10 | Jackson Memorial HS | 17:44.10 | ||
| 11 | Jordan Andrade | 11 | West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 17:50.00 | 9 | |
| 12 | Lucas Sanginari | 12 | Colts Neck HS | 17:58.20 | 10 | |
| 13 | Silas Allevik | 9 | Hopewell Valley HS | 18:00.10 | 11 | |
| 14 | Finnegen Curley | 9 | Hopewell Valley HS | 18:00.80 | 12 | |
| 15 | Ethan Lamberto | 12 | Jackson Liberty HS | 18:02.50 | 13 |
South
| 1 |  Peyton Shute | 12 | Co-op Gateway / Woodbury | 15:09.97 | 1 | |
| 2 | Matt Hoffman | 12 | Ocean City HS | 16:02.59 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Andrew Tatesure | 12 | Lacey Twp. HS | 16:03.15 | ||
| 4 | Matthew Littlehales | 10 | Delsea Regional HS | 16:07.51 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ethan Buck | 11 | Ocean City HS | 16:10.99 | 4 | |
| 6 |  Peter Simpson | 10 | Moorestown HS | 16:11.51 | 5 | |
| 7 | Mason Wassell | 11 | Highland Reg HS | 16:20.79 | 6 | |
| 8 | Aziz Muhammad-Kane | 12 | Highland Reg HS | 16:24.52 | 7 | |
| 9 | Erik Preisner | 10 | Ocean City HS | 16:30.59 | 8 | |
| 10 | Yanni Ekatomatis | 10 | Shawnee HS | 16:35.46 | 9 | |
| 11 | Noah Stapleton | 11 | Shawnee HS | 16:40.74 | 10 | |
| 12 | Kal Heyman | 11 | Ocean City HS | 16:51.29 | 11 | |
| 13 |  Robert Wakefield | 12 | Timber Creek Reg. HS | 16:53.77 | 12 | |
| 14 | Eli Mackey | 12 | Shawnee HS | 16:54.34 | 13 | |
| 15 | Akshar Patel | 12 | Clearview Reg. HS | 17:01.86 | 14 |