The Lion junior won in 19 minutes, 35 seconds.
North Hunterdon’s Anna DiMarcello won the girls junior division at the Bernie Magee Memorial/NJCTC class championship cross country race at Greystone Park in Morris Plains. In this meet, runners compete only against boys from their academic class.
DiMarcello won the race by 40 seconds over Immaculate Heart’s Giavanna Tabbachino, coming in first in 19:35.
The Lions put two other runners in the top 15 of the junior race with Kelly McCarten coming in eighth at 20:47 and Amber Caulfield 15th in 21:05.
The top local finisher in the senior race was Phillipsburg’s Lexee Willey, ninth in 20:38. Her teammate Nicole Boyer was 15th in 21:16.
North Hunterdon’s Emily Ehrhart was 10th in the senior race at 20:39.
The Stateliners’ Bella Beviss was the top local finisher in the sophomore race, coming in 11th in 21:14.
In the freshman race (2,500 meters), North Hunterdon put three runners in the top 8. Elena DiMarcello was second, Brena Talamo fifth, and Angela Kearsley eighth.
Phillipsburg’s Sydney Hawkins took 12th and her teammate Amanda Curtis was 13th.
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