This article will run through some quick highlights for New Jersey athletes from the 2024 running of the Manhattan College Cross Country Invitational Presented by HOKA.
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Girls New Jersey Highlights
New Jersey Leaders
- Top Team: Princeton HS - 14:56.5 AVG, 22.4 Split, 4th in Eastern States
- Top Individual: Liliah Gordon - Northern Burlington - 14:41, 4th in Eastern States
- Leading Senior: Liliah Gordon - Northern Burlington - 14:41, 4th in Eastern States
- Leading Junior: Kajol Karra - Princeton HS - 15:34.30, 23rd Eastern States
- Leading Sophomore: Dominique Cameron - Leonia HS - 15:18.70, 3rd Varsity C
- Leading Freshmen 2.5 Mile: Amelia Pattwell - Middletown South - 15:12.80, 5th Varsity D
- Leading Freshmen 2400m: Sophia Jorge - Leonia HS - 11:01, 12th in Freshmen D
Championship Race
Senior Liliah Gordon of Northern Burlington ran to fourth overall in the Championship Eastern States race clocking a blazing time of 14:41.
Kajol Karra of Princeton HS ran to 23rd with a time of 15:34.3, the seventh fastest among all New Jersey times combined at this meet. Karra's performance led Princeton to a fourth-place finish as a team scoring 134 points and averaging 15:57.4.
4. 134 Princeton HS (16:06.8 80:33.7 1:07.7) ======================================================= 1 17 Kajol Karra JR 15:34.3 2 20 Grace Hegedus SO 15:41.7 3 28 Phoenix Roth SO 16:17.7 4 29 Eowyn Deess SO 16:18.0 5 40 Florica Eleches-Lipsitz SR 16:42.0 6 ( 67) Mila Trkov SO 17:51.9
Varsity A
Jazlyne Aguilera of BelovED Community Charter was the lone New Jersey representative who finished 94th with a time of 21:35.9.
Varsity B
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Varsity C
Dominique Cameron of Leonia HS ran to third in this race with a time of 15:18.7. Her team was ninth with an average of 18:34.9.
Riley Austin was fifth individually at 15:38.3 and jump-started the Haddonfield scoring attack which would eventually finish fourth scoring 124 points and average 16:45.6.
The top New Jersey team in Varsity C was Paul VI however, scoring 112 points and averaging 16:37.5. They were led by sophomore Grace Gutowski clocked at 15:55.7 finishing ninth individually.
Red Bank Catholic finished fifth with 155 points and a 17:04.4 average, they were led by Charlotte Heaton running 16:12. Oak Knoll School was 10th as a team with 296 points.
3. 112 Paul VI HS (16:38.5 83:12.1 1:37.4) ======================================================= 1 8 Grace Gutowski SO 15:55.7 2 10 Macy Huber JR 16:05.2 3 22 Peyton Blake FR 16:44.7 4 27 Morgan Kuzma FR 16:53.4 5 45 Kara Salamone SO 17:33.1 6 ( 54) Johanna Trampe FR 18:10.1 7 ( 59) Verina Belmonte SR 18:17.9 4. 124 Haddonfield Memorial (16:45.6 83:47.6 1:47.3) ======================================================= 1 4 Riley Austin JR 15:38.3 2 15 Molly Mills SO 16:22.9 3 28 Madison Kelsey SO 16:58.0 4 38 Katherine Asher SR 17:22.8 5 39 Dylan Melcher SR 17:25.6 6 ( 40) Caroline Barker SR 17:28.4 7 ( 44) Tylin Regan SR 17:32.4 5. 155 Red Bank Catholic (17:03.3 85:16.1 2:01.4) ======================================================= 1 12 Charlotte Heaton SR 16:12.0 2 25 Ava Bataglio SR 16:50.1 3 30 Grace Heaton SO 16:59.9 4 31 Emma Merces SO 17:00.7 5 57 Rhiannon Hill SR 18:13.4
Varsity D
Ocean City had a big team win here with 59 points and a 16:10.2 average, second place Middletown South scored 107 with a 16:43.8 average.
Maeve Smith led Ocean City in second running 15:02.3, she was also the second fastest New Jersey performer of the meet.
Middletown South was led by Amelia Pattwell, the third fastest New Jersey time of Manhattan, finishing fifth at 15:12.8.
Peddie School's Matilda Kardhashi finished 17th individually with a time of 16:32.3.
Trinity Hall scored 12th as a team with an average of 18:38.9. They were led by Steele Summers at 16:40.0.
1. 59 Ocean City (16:10.2 80:50.9 2:04.6) ======================================================= 1 2 Maeve Smith SR 15:02.3 2 10 Carly Godfrey SO 16:12.8 3 11 Riley Tolson FR 16:12.8 4 12 Chloe Care SR 16:16.1 5 24 Zoe Zammit SR 17:06.9 6 ( 36) Peighton Clemens SO 17:29.6 7 ( 64) Gabrielle Henry JR 18:20.6 2. 107 Middletown South (16:43.8 83:38.9 2:05.0) ======================================================= 1 4 Amelia Pattwell FR 15:12.8 2 19 Abby Oglevee JR 16:44.5 3 25 Caitlin Brown JR 17:07.6 4 29 Ava Romano SR 17:16.2 5 30 Riley Murphy JR 17:17.8 6 ( 51) Emily Gallo JR 17:54.4 7 ( 83) Morgan Michaelson SO 19:11.2
Varsity E
Kaitlyn Hathaway and Logan Rettino kicked off a race-winning performance for Rumson-Fair Haven finishing 1-2 individually with times of 15:23.6 and 15:27.6. With that start the Rumson-Fair Haven girls scored 85 points averaging 16:41.8.
1. 85 Rumson-Fair Haven (16:41.8 83:28.8 3:09.6) ======================================================= 1 1 Kaitlyn Hathaway SO 15:23.6 2 2 Logan Rettino SR 15:27.6 3 10 Hannah Nitka SR 16:51.0 4 17 Reese Reynolds Malone JR 17:13.4 5 55 Georgia Watt SR 18:33.2 6 ( 58) Jessie Martinelle SO 18:39.0 7 ( 83) Cassedy Stypul SR 19:54.0
Varsity F
Williamstown finished ninth as a team averaging 18:37.4, they were led by junior Sophia Aldridge running 12th with a time of 16:47.8.
Hackensack was also 15th in this race as a team averaging 20:03.6 led by Claudia Ortega at 18:32.1.
9. 231 Williamstown (18:37.4 93:06.6 3:50.5) ======================================================= 1 11 Sophia Aldridge JR 16:47.8 2 21 Delaney Harbison SR 17:28.2 3 30 Julia Burgio SO 17:46.7 4 83 Timia Waters SO 20:25.6 5 86 Milla Pihlava SR 20:38.3 6 ( 97) Ava Alexander SR 21:17.0 7 (116) Madison Sheahan JR 24:40.5
Intermediate Highlights
Community MS finished second as a team with 82 points averaging 11:02.5 over the 1.5-mile course, Elizabeth was fourth with 125 points and averaging 11:21.3.
Individually Anita Bhatia of Community MS, third at 10:23.1, and Rumaysah Muhammad of BeloED Community Charter, eighth at 10:42.1, both finished top ten for New Jersey.
2. 82 Community MS (11:02.5 55:12.4 1:05.1) ======================================================= 1 2 Anita Bhatia 8 10:23.1 2 15 Aadya Kolli 8 11:01.1 3 18 Harshini Kathiravan 8 11:06.3 4 21 Asmita Todkar 8 11:13.7 5 26 Siddhi Mhaske 8 11:28.2 6 ( 27) Krti Eswaran 8 11:29.1 7 ( 38) Srinithy Rethinamgan 8 11:43.6 4. 125 Elizabeth HS (11:21.3 56:46.5 1:02.2) ======================================================= 1 9 Camila Zapata 8 10:50.7 2 20 Hannah Pichardo 8 11:12.5 3 22 Paige Wortham 8 11:16.0 4 33 Sanai Rouse 8 11:34.4 5 41 Jaycee Navas 8 11:52.9 6 ( 55) Leila Diwane 8 12:36.0