Some Jersey squads headed to New York to open their seasons. NV Old Tappan girls won the Varsity II race with 52 points, averaging 21:11 through their top five with a 1:40 spread. They were led by freshman Ashley Glynn with a 20:37.1 in seventh. Regan McNamara, Emme Fermin, Lillian Oster, and Christina D'Andrea made up their top five scorers.
The top New Jersey girls 5K time came from Celia Rossettini of Sparta, she ran a 19:59.94 to finish second overall in the Varsity II race. Grace Carey of Randolph was also up there, finishing seventh in the Varsity I race with the second fastest NJ time of 20:31.79. Randolph finished third as a team.
On the boys side the top NJ athlete was Reece Wilson of Pope John XXIII, he ran 10th in the Varsity I with a time of 17:37.7.
In the freshmen races Sparta had the twp top NJ performances with Madelyn Fasulo running sixth at 9:55.1 and Mark Fagersten in fourth at 7:55.1.
