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South Brunswick flexed its distance depth and dropped a flurry of PR's on the way to an impressive sweep of the team titles, Vishnu Maharaj won a wild finish in the boys race, and Ella Andersen threw down a blazing time to capture the girls individual crown at Saturday's Greater Middlesex Conference Championships at Thompson Park in Jamesburg.
This is the fourth time that South Brunswick has busted out the brooms and won both the boys and girls titles. The Vikings also swept the championships in 2017, 2018 and 2021, and now 2025.
BOYS RECAP
The South Brunswick boys, led by individual champ Vishnu Maharaj, rolled to their second straight title and 7th overall with a dominating 58-86 victory over runner-up East Brunswick. It's the first title for the Vikings since 2021.
Maharaj, sixth last year, was involved in a crazy finish.
As Maharaj tried to pass the leader, James Giordano of Monroe, as they battled down the final straightaway, Giordano interferred with Maharaj's attempt to get around him. Maharaj finally did pass Giordano just before the line to cross first in 16:13. Giordano, the top returning finisher after placing 4th last year, was disqualified for the infraction.
Maharaj is the fourth boy from South Brunswick to win the GMC XC title. He joins Eric Slayton (1999), Matt Zamorski (2014) and Vidhur Polam (2019)
South Brunswick had a winning scoring combination of 1-6-12-18-21, averaged 16:47, and picked up PR's from their 2-3-4-5-6 runners!!!!!
SOUTH BRUNSWICK'S 7
1 - Vishnu Maharaj 16:13
6 - Ishaan Patel 16:43
12 - Mariano Johnson 16:50
19 - Alexander Sencic 17:01
22 - Abel Gebremedhin 17:06
38 - Kyle Ye 17:30
63 -Manvith Malali 18:22
GIRLS RECAP
South Brunswick got PR's from its top 5 runners en route to its first title since 2021 and its 14th overall, outscoring defending champion and runner-up Metuchen, 41-74.
The 14 conference championships are the second most in meet history behind Old Bridge, who has won 15.
South Brunswick's top five went 3-5-7-10-16 and averaged 19:57!
SOUTH BRUNSWICK'S 5
3 Ovi Telavane 19:12
5 Natasha Kenny 19:32
7 Malak Oweida 19:57
10 Sruhasi Muthyala 20:13
17 Ananya Mandrekar 20:50
ANDERSEN BLASTS NO. 2 TIME IN MEET HISTORY
Individually, Ella Andersen of Metuchen, third as a sophomore last year, blitzed the field, winning in a red hot 18:35, the second fastest time in meet history on the current course, which has been used since 2007.
The only girl who has gone faster on Thompson's layout at the GMC Championships is Metuchen's Mary Malague, who dropped an 18:10 to win in 2021..
Andersen's victory marks the 7th time a Metuchen girl has won the GMC individudal title, all since 2014. She joins Rachel Russ (2014 and 2015), Caroline Schleif (2019), Mary Malague (2021), and Gianna Hernandez (2023 and 2024) as Metuchen's champions.
Smith, who graduated from J.P. Stevens High in Edison in 1984, is the greatest girls' XC runner in NJ history!!!
Smith is the only 4-time GMC XC champ, the only NJ girl to win a national XC title (the 1983 Kinney Nationals),
was a four-time Central Jersey XC champ, the only 4-time State Group 4 champion, and at the prestigious Meet of Champions, she was nearly unbeatable.
In 1980, she became the first freshman ever to win the M of C. She repeated as a sophomore, and after placing second as a junior, she recaptured her title as a senior in 1983. Smith didn't just recapture her M of C title that season, she shattered the Holmdel Park course record with a 17:36 - a record that stood for 27 years!!!
Great job by the GMC to put Janet's name on the plaque and make sure her legacy lives on!!!!
