Boys cross country_Layout 1 9 / 5 / 25 4 : 19 PM Page 3 CAMDEN CATHOLIC’S B O Y S C R O S S C O U N T R Y BRAYDEN MAGEE L E N A P E INDIANS RUNNERS TO WATCH : Lenape had a young roster in 2024 , which gave a host of runners the opportunity to gain valu - able experience that should pay off this fall . Junior Aaron Smith ran sub - 18s at the Olympic Con - ference and sectional races and will look to keep lowering his times as an upperclassman . He will be pushed by fellow juniors Bruce Viseltear and Jack Senechal along with senior leaders Christopher DiBraccio and Owen McDonald . Sophomore Jayden Carn should not be overlooked either , as his encouraging rookie season was highlighted by performances in the 17 - minute range at the conference and sectional meets . OUTLOOK : It would not be surprising in the least to see the Indians move up a few spots in the Burlington County Open and Olympic Confer - before taking eighth at states . Expect them to finish line within 34 seconds of each other at ence meets while also doing some damage at make noise in all of those meets again and for the Bob Kiessling sectional race , led by Khand - sectionals . several individuals to contend for titles . har in 28th place . Those four veterans should push each other to get better as the season goes on , with senior Drew Matta , junior Zicong M O O R E S T O W N S E N E C A Chen and sophomores Aaron Linden and QUAKERS GOLDEN EAGLES Nolan Youssef also capable of seeing their way to the front of the pack . RUNNERS TO WATCH : Junior Ethan Tay - RUNNERS TO WATCH : Dominic Lera has been OUTLOOK : The Foxes were in the mix at several lor hopes to build on a promising Seneca’s No . 1 runner for the major meets in 2024 , placing second in the sophomore season in past two seasons and is BCSL Freedom Division , third at sectionals and which he was the first primed for a big senior cam - fourth at states . They hope to stay competitive Moorestown runner to paign . Last fall he placed 25th despite the loss of Linden . cross the finish line at all at the Burlington County of the major races . He Open and ran sub - 18s at placed 27th at the the Olympic Conference P A U L V I Burlington County Open and clocked in under Championships and sec - EAGLES 18 minutes at both the Olympic Conference and tionals , finishing 21st in the sectional meets . Finley Smith is another junior RUNNERS TO WATCH : Junior latter . Senior Sean George to keep an eye on , and three sophomores who Caden Briggs has placed in and junior Kyler Johnson are flashed potential as rookies — Christopher the top five at the Bob other key veterans hoping to Tetreault , Mitchell Gill and Zander Kane — will Kiessling sectional meet in lower their times significantly , and sophomore look to continue their progress . Senior Michael each of his first two sea - Jonah Schmitz will look to build on the poten - Oatway is another veteran contributor . sons — including a runner - tial he showed as a freshman . Other returners OUTLOOK : The Quakers have most of their varsi - up finish last year — and went on to seeking to contribute are senior John Scott and ty lineup back in the fold and that should lead run sub - 18s at states both times . Now that he’s sophomores Michael Rosati , Luca DiRaddo , to improvement in the big races . an upperclassman , the sky is the limit . Briggs is Antonio Ucciferri , Logan Cramer and Noah part of a strong veteran core that also includes McNichol . juniors Chase Cooley and Max Long and sopho - OUTLOOK : With strong numbers in the program M O O R E S T O W N more Trevor Del Borrello . Cooley and Long both and a bona fide No . 1 in Lera , the Golden Eagles F R I E N D S placed in the top 10 at the Camden County have a chance to move up a few spots at the big FOXES Championships , while Cooley took fifth at sec - races under new head coach Matt Carr . tionals and Del Borrello finished eighth . All three RUNNERS TO WATCH : A new standout runner will clocked times in the 18 - minute range at states . have to emerge for Moorestown Friends fol - S H A W N E E Juniors Brandon Bell and Chris Monaghan and lowing the graduation of Isaac Linden , who RENEGADES sophomore Nick Ablaza are other key returners placed in the top five at Non - Public B states for who placed in the top 20 at sectionals with sub - the past three years . Fortunately , the roster has RUNNERS TO WATCH : Shawnee is com - 18 times . Juniors Chase Dayton and Ben Clark several candidates : ing off a highly successful season and senior Benjamin Maley also ran well at sec - seniors Allan Wang , but was hit hard by graduation , tionals , and other returners to the deep roster Jason Youssef and with five of its top seven runners are seniors Joey Rotchford , Ian Polaneczky and Zev Smith and jun - moving on . Leading the returners Colin Mrozinski , junior Nate Pendarvis and ior Arjun Khandhar . is senior Yanni Ekatomatis , who sophomores Owen Foley and John Wynne . All four of them fin - clocked a 16 : 28 at sectionals to OUTLOOK : The Eagles claimed their third straight ished in the top 20 at the Burlington County place 16th , his second straight year finishing Kiessling Invitational crown , placed second in Scholastic League Freedom Division meet , in the top 20 . He also took 12th at the the county and third in the Olympic Conference with Wang taking 10th . 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