This article showcases every advancing Public School team and individual who qualified for the NJSIAA Group State Championships out of the Sectional meets on November 2nd.
The top five teams in each Section and the top 15 individual finishers all locked in positions on the starting line this Saturday, November 9th 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 | 65 | 3+4+5+21+32 (35+46) | 1:58 1-5 Split | 17:08 Avg |
| 2 |  Morris Knolls HS | 83 | 2+12+22+23+24 (52) | 1:46 1-5 Split | 17:32 Avg |
| 3 |  Montville Twp. HS | 101 | 1+10+16+33+41 (43+54) | 2:42 1-5 Split | 17:32 Avg |
| 4 |  Morris Hills HS | 108 | 8+11+26+27+36 (45+50) | 1:44 1-5 Split | 17:46 Avg |
| 5 |  Mount Olive HS | 177 | 20+30+34+44+49 (73+81) | 0:57 1-5 Split | 18:24 Avg |
North 2
| 1 |  Chatham HS | 27 | 1+3+5+6+12 (36+46) | 0:46 1-5 Split | 16:16 Avg |
| 2 |  North Hunterdon HS | 37 | 2+4+7+10+14 (20+21) | 0:42 1-5 Split | 16:25 Avg |
| 3 |  Summit HS | 109 | 18+19+22+23+27 (38+48) | 0:20 1-5 Split | 17:04 Avg |
| 4 |  Millburn HS | 131 | 15+17+32+33+34 (35+40) | 0:34 1-5 Split | 17:14 Avg |
| 5 |  Rahway HS | 136 | 9+16+29+30+52 (54+62) | 1:38 1-5 Split | 17:19 Avg |
Central
| 1 |  Colts Neck HS | 28 | 1+2+3+10+12 (13+30) | 0:25 1-5 Split | 16:42 Avg |
| 2 |  West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 58 | 5+6+14+16+17 (49+50) | 0:29 1-5 Split | 16:57 Avg |
| 3 |  Hopewell Valley HS | 113 | 11+22+25+26+29 (33+37) | 0:50 1-5 Split | 17:32 Avg |
| 4 |  Hamilton East - Steinert HS | 127 | 4+23+24+31+45 (64+81) | 1:53 1-5 Split | 17:39 Avg |
| 5 |  Northern Burlington Reg. HS | 146 | 8+19+21+47+51 (55+63) | 1:41 1-5 Split | 17:45 Avg |
South
| 1 |  Ocean City HS | 29 | 1+2+3+11+12 (14+35) | 0:36 1-5 Split | 15:43 Avg |
| 2 |  Shawnee HS | 72 | 4+8+16+19+25 (50+57) | 1:10 1-5 Split | 16:21 Avg |
| 3 |  Highland Reg HS | 97 | 7+13+24+26+27 (30+32) | 1:08 1-5 Split | 16:33 Avg |
| 4 |  Toms River East HS | 141 | 5+22+34+36+44 (47+66) | 1:41 1-5 Split | 16:55 Avg |
| 5 |  Delsea Regional HS | 161 | 6+33+38+39+45 (55+92) | 1:39 1-5 Split | 17:03 Avg |
Individuals
North 1
| 1 | Alex Pelov | 12 | Montville Twp. HS | 15:57.00 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sean Wemmlinger | 11 | Morris Knolls HS | 16:18.00 | 2 | |
| 3 | Kennan Byers | 11 | Randolph HS | 16:24.00 | 3 | |
| 4 | Preston Gumann | 12 | Randolph HS | 16:27.00 | 4 | |
| 5 | Thomas Amato | 12 | Randolph HS | 16:36.00 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Jimmy Hernandez | 12 | Bergenfield HS | 16:41.00 | 6 | |
| 7 | Jason Enrile | 11 | Bergenfield HS | 16:45.00 | 7 | |
| 8 | Nicholas Falcone | 11 | Morris Hills HS | 16:49.00 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Benjamin Johnson | 11 | NV - Old Tappan HS | 16:50.00 | 9 | |
| 10 | Krish Bhaskaran | 12 | Montville Twp. HS | 17:03.00 | 10 | |
| 11 | Cristian Cruz | 12 | Morris Hills HS | 17:12.00 | 11 | |
| 12 | Richard Corcoran | 10 | Morris Knolls HS | 17:17.00 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Daniel Haddad | 12 | Wayne Valley HS | 17:30.00 | 13 | |
| 14 |  Gabriel Becker | 11 | Roxbury HS | 17:30.00 | 14 | |
| 15 |  John Walsh | 11 | Fort Lee HS | 17:33.00 | 15 |
North 2
| 1 | Finn Valli | 12 | Chatham HS | 15:51.61 | 1 | |
| 2 | Chase Kober | 12 | North Hunterdon HS | 15:56.45 | 2 | |
| 3 | Marcus Valenzuela | 11 | Chatham HS | 16:02.25 | 3 | |
| 4 | Conor Brand | 12 | North Hunterdon HS | 16:21.53 | 4 | |
| 5 | Thomas Haines | 11 | Chatham HS | 16:21.99 | 5 | |
| 6 | Dylan DeCicco | 12 | Chatham HS | 16:28.73 | 6 | |
| 7 | Cole Kober | 10 | North Hunterdon HS | 16:33.15 | 7 | |
| 8 |  James Katsingris | 11 | South Plainfield HS | 16:33.48 | 8 | |
| 9 | Jorge Fernandez | 12 | Rahway HS | 16:35.88 | 9 | |
| 10 | William Hoyer | 11 | North Hunterdon HS | 16:35.90 | 10 | |
| 11 |  Andrew Scalercio | 12 | Middletown North HS | 16:36.91 | 11 | |
| 12 | Brady Byrne | 11 | Chatham HS | 16:37.78 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Louden Heller | 11 | Warren Hills HS | 16:38.50 | 13 | |
| 14 | Ryan Schmidt | 11 | North Hunterdon HS | 16:38.93 | 14 | |
| 15 | Aadi Bhandari | 11 | Millburn HS | 16:54.06 | 15 |
Central
| 1 | John Shapiro | 12 | Colts Neck HS | 16:33.10 | 1 | |
| 2 | Hunter Celkupa | 12 | Colts Neck HS | 16:33.20 | 2 | |
| 3 | Jay Adimala | 11 | Colts Neck HS | 16:33.20 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyler Hurst | 11 | Hamilton East - Steinert HS | 16:36.10 | 4 | |
| 5 | Luke Ferrer | 12 | West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 16:43.20 | 5 | |
| 6 | Agrim Jha | 9 | West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 16:46.30 | 6 | |
| 7 |  Charlie Pettinato | 12 | Brick Memorial HS | 16:50.00 | 7 | |
| 8 | Caleb Wiederholt | 12 | Northern Burlington Reg. HS | 16:53.60 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Steven Lopez Blaz | 11 | Freehold Boro HS | 16:54.80 | 9 | |
| 10 | Rowan O'Connor | 10 | Colts Neck HS | 16:56.50 | 10 | |
| 11 | Finnegan Curley | 10 | Hopewell Valley HS | 16:57.40 | 11 | |
| 12 | Deeko Rudko | 10 | Colts Neck HS | 16:58.20 | 12 | |
| 13 | Dominic Marino | 10 | Colts Neck HS | 16:58.90 | 13 | |
| 14 | Veejhay Roy | 11 | West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS | 16:59.20 | 14 | |
| 15 |  Ayden Grignon | 11 | Jackson Memorial HS | 16:59.80 | 15 |
South
| 1 | Erik Preisner | 11 | Ocean City HS | 15:27.94 | 1 | |
| 2 | Ethan Buck | 12 | Ocean City HS | 15:33.51 | 2 | |
| 3 | Keenan Neuman | 10 | Ocean City HS | 15:35.01 | 3 | |
| 4 | Noah Stapleton | 12 | Shawnee HS | 15:46.93 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ryan Macom | 12 | Toms River East HS | 15:47.85 | 5 | |
| 6 | Matthew Littlehales | 11 | Delsea Regional HS | 15:50.54 | 6 | |
| 7 | Mason Wassell | 12 | Highland Reg HS | 15:51.80 | 7 | |
| 8 | Simon Bernhardt | 12 | Shawnee HS | 15:58.13 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Ethan Worst | 12 | Clearview Reg. HS | 15:59.01 | 9 | |
| 10 |  Rex Takakjy | 11 | Cherry Hill West HS | 15:59.03 | 10 | |
| 11 | Nathan Aschmann | 10 | Ocean City HS | 15:59.06 | 11 | |
| 12 | Michael Romano | 10 | Ocean City HS | 16:04.45 | 12 | |
| 13 | Andrew Dopkin | 11 | Highland Reg HS | 16:05.06 | 13 | |
| 14 | Zach Hutchinson | 12 | Ocean City HS | 16:08.71 | 14 | |
| 15 |  Julian Rich | 12 | Camden Co. V/T (Sicklerville) | 16:10.86 | 15 |