NJ High School XC - Runners of the Week


*Megan Lacy (jr. Cherokee)  Ran her way into the record books at the Burlington County Open Championships smashing the meet and course record in the process.  Lacy's Time of 17:53 was 52 seconds faster than the meet record set last year by Caitlin Orr of Lenape.  Lacy is on a crash course for a showdown with Megan Venables (Highland Regional) at the Meet of Champions on November 20th.

Honorable Mention goes to:  

Megan Venables (Highland Reg.) for her outlandish performance at the Camden Co. Championships finishing the 5k race in 17:45

 

*Ed Cheserek (so. St Benedict's)  Blitzed his way onto the all-time list up at the Brown Invitational (RI) on the Goddard Park Course.  Cheserek smoked the course with a time of 15:00.8 just .3 tenths of a second off of the course record set by Corey Thorne who traversed the course in '04

Honorable Mention goes to:
Ben Potts (Haddonfield) - Potts competed at the NYC XC Carnival @ Van Cortlandt Park.  He won his race over 4000m in 12:41.6, seven seconds faster than his teammate Matt Nussbaum who took 2nd
Nick Ward (Indian Hills) - Took his talents to the Big North Division Championships at Darlington Park in Mahwah NJ.  Ward won his race in a PR time of 15:31
 

 

Photo of Megan Lacy by Good Doggie Photo

Photo of Edward Cheserek courtesy of ArmoryTrack.com