North Hunterdon rules the hills at Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex cross country

It was (almost) all green and gold at the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex cross country championships on Thursday morning; The green and gold of northern Hunterdon.

The Lions’ roar of dominance could be heard from the hills of the Phillipsburg Athletic Complex as they captured both the boys’ and girls’ team titles.

The Northern boys were so impressive that they would have won if the match had been scored as a dual meet between them and the rest of the field. The Lions placed five runners in the top 10, while the top three all won by 20 points to runner-up Phillipsburg’s 80 points. If it had been a north-field double, the score would have been 20-35. .

Lion senior Chase Kober won the individual H/W/S title in 16:40, while juniors Will Hoyer (16:50) and Ryan Schmidt (16:59) placed second and third, and senior Conor Brand placed fifth in 17:11.

Only Warren Hills junior Louden Heller (fourth in 17:05) outpaced the North’s top group. Sophomore Anthony Pettinelli was Phillipsburg’s sixth-place finisher with a time of 17:12.

North Hunterdon’s girls were subjected to tougher tests, but used five runners in the top 15 to prevail by 42 points to Hunterdon Central’s 56 and Voorhees’ 62.

Junior Kelly Shanklin was second in 19:03 and North freshman Sophie Nash was fourth in 19:47.

The only varsity championship to elude North Hunterdon was the girls’ individual champion; Voorhees junior Daphne Roskowski continued her undefeated invitational record this fall by winning in 18:46; He participated in five major races and won all five. His time was 12 seconds faster than when he met on the same course at the Skyland Conference on October 15.

“I think my time went down because I was pushing harder in this race,” Roskowski said. “Kelly Shanklin stayed for the majority of the race until the last 800m so she pushed me throughout the race and so did Molly (Domurat) from Hunterdon Central. This week was more competitive, last week I was more relaxed and it showed over time. I was happy with the time.

Roskowski will next take his unbeaten streak into the North 2 Group 2 regional competition at Greystone Park on November 2.

“I think our coach (Dave DeWolfe) has a plan for us to dominate both individually and as a team in the semifinals,” he said.

Belvidere sophomore Alexandra Ferreira finished sixth in 20:09, becoming the highest ranked County Seater in H/W/S, boy or girl, in years.

Adelyn Davis of Phillipsburg was the home team’s top girl with a time of 20:16, placing eighth.

Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex cross country championships

(in Phillipsburg)

men

Team score and legend: North Hunterdon (NH) 20, Phillipsburg (P) 80, Hunterdon Central (HC) 94, Sparta (S) 108, Warren Hills (WH) 110, Voorhees (Vo) 220, Hackettstown (Ha) 226, Wallkill Valley 240, Pope John XXIII 276, Vernon (Ve) 294, Delaware Valley 300, Newton 324, High Point 338, Lenape Valley 357, Kittatinny 361, Belvidere 500, North Warren 504.

Individual results (top 25): 1. Chase Kober, NH, 4:40 p.m.; 2. Will Hoyer, NH, 4:50 p.m.; 3.Ryan Schmidt, NH, 16:59; 4. Louden Heller, NH, 5:05 p.m.; 5. Conor Brand, NH, 17:11; 6. Anthony Pettinelli, P, 17:12; 7. Julian Laznik-Moraghan, S, 17:13; 8. Joseph Pangallo, H, 17:21; 9. Cole Kober, NH, 17:26; 10. Kyle Beers, Vo, 17:35; 11.Matthew Hillmann, NH, 17:39; 12. Jacobi Pepingco, P, 17:42; 13.Alex Beswick, NH, 5:44 p.m.; 14. Jack Cabrera, WH, 17:49; 15.William Perry, HC, 17:55; 16, Ryan Memory, HC, 18:03; 17. Kevin Kastner, P, 18:05; 18. Joseph Kennedy, HC, 18:14; 19. Timothy Mudrick, P, 18:15; 20. Tyler Harms, S, 18:18;

21.Christopher McGuinness, P, 18:21; 22. Krishiv Patel, HC, 18:22; 23.Noah Engelhardt, HC, 18:27; 24. Austin Olexa, P, 18:31; 25. Jack Turner, And, 18:33.

girls

Team score and legend: North Hunterdon (NH) 42, Hunterdon Central (HC) 56, Voorhees (Vo) 62, Pope John XXIII (PJ) 155, Sparta (S) 159, Phillipsburg (P) 190, Warren Hills (WH) 200, Vernon (Ve) ) ) 200, Wallkill Valley (WV) 232, North Warren 237, Newton 260, High Point 323.

Individual results (top 25): 1. Daphne Roskowski, Vo, 18:46; 2. Kelly Shanklin, NH, 7:03 p.m.; 3. Molly Domurat, HC, 19:35; 4.Sophie Nash, NH, 19:47; 5. Delana Einreinhofer, WV, 19:54; 6. Alexandra Ferreira, Belvidere, 20:09; 7. Bella Metternich, PJ, 20:10; 8. Adelyn Davis, P, 20:16; 9.Brynn Hamer, HC, 20:22; 10. Zoe Saksa, Vo, 20:30; 11. Katie Schwartz, HC, 20:31; 12. Emily Scott, NH, 20:38; 13. Kate Bowers, NH, 20:49; 14.Charlotte Roop, NH, 20:51; 15. Rylan Brennan, Vo, 20:54; 16. Katelyn Nolan, PJ, 21:13; 17. Emma Lentine, HC, 21:16; 18.Julia Ireland, PJ, 21:18; 19.Lucy D’Alessandro, Vo, 21:35; 20.Sonya Hutzelmann, HC, 21:44; 21. Lila Kovacsofsky, Vo, 21:50; 22. Ava Barone, S, 21:52; 23. Haley Murphy, WV, 21:57; 24. Emily Denis, Vo, 21:58; 25. Celia Rossettini, P., 22:12.

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