2025 Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference cross country postseason honors

NJAC-Colonial Girls

First team: Isabella Sisto, Hackettstown sophomore; Aubrey Kline, Kittatinny junior; Chelsea Forte, North Warren junior; Kristina Kalinina, North Warren junior; Ava Diego, North Warren junior; Ava Fucetola, North Warren junior; Olivia See, North Warren freshman; Millie Arias, North Warren senior; Sofia Hernandez, Dover junior

Second team: Alexa Valeich, Lenape Valley junior; Bridgette Meeks, North Warren junior; Adelyn McGill, Kittatinny senior; Angela Sanchez, Dover senior; Sophie Goldsmith, Hackettstown senior; Layla Guarcello, Hackettstown senior; Leah Mathesius, Hopatcong freshman; Angelina Oforiwaah-Edusel, Hopatcong freshman

Honorable mention: Melisenda Senate, Hopatcong freshman; Tamara Gould, Lenape Valley sophomore; Malika Khurana, Hackettstown freshman

Division champion: High Point

Sportsmanship award: Hackettstown

NJAC-Colonial Boys

First team: Juan Torres, Dover junior; Alex Polichko, Hopatcong senior; Wesley Faller, Lenape Valley junior; Timothy Jecko, Lenape Valley sophomore; Christian Oquendo, Dover sophomore; Alexander Johnson, Newton junior; Nicholas Lombardi, Dover senior; Anthony Quaglio, Newton junior; Guillermo Flores, Dover sophomore

Second team: John Fuentes, Dover freshman; Nicholas DeSantis, Lenape Valley sophomore; Jose Castellanos Delgado, Dover senior; Ian Dodd, Newton sophomore; Kirk Perez, North Warren junior; Ryan Burke, North Warren freshman; Jim Torres, Dover sophomore; Tyler Smith-Christie, Lenape Valley sophomore; Matthew Alberto, Newton junior

Honorable mention: Andrew Carleton, Newton sophomore; Emanuel Suarez, Dover senior; Aiden Hamill, North Warren junior; Eian Doherty, Jefferson sophomore; Hudson Dobkowski, Jefferson freshman; Bobby Blunt, Hopatcong junior; Tyler Perry, Lenape Valley junior

Division champion: Dover

Sportsmanship award: Hopatcong

Sep 13, 2025; Woodland Park, NJ, USA; Micah Dalelio of Sussex County Tech wins the small-school girls varsity race during the Back to the Mountain Invitational at Garret Mountain Reservation.

NJAC-Freedom Girls

First team: Micah Dalelio, Sussex Tech senior; Haley Murphy, Wallkill Valley senior; Maggie Daggett, Newton sophomore; Jaclyn Burns, Jefferson senior; Sarah Horler, Vernon junior; Olivia Youngs, Newton senior; Maia Minong, High Point senior; Piper Torella, Newton junior; Olivia Alvarez, Jefferson sophomore

Second team: Layla Prashil, High Point freshman; Bella Guzzo, Newton junior; Alexandra Kovacs, Vernon junior; Sara Holcomb, Sussex Tech senior; Alicia Kovacs, Vernon freshman; Sabrina Goodliffe, Newton freshman; Melanie Balogh, Jefferson senior; Abigail Shipman, Sussex Tech sophomore; Mackenzie LaRue, High Point senior

Honorable mention: Anna Agnoli, Newton senior; Lauren Goolsby, Vernon senior; Aubrey White, Sussex Tech senior; Greta Berry, High Point senior

Division champion: Newton

Sportsmanship award: High Point

NJAC-Freedom Boys

First team: Joseph Pangallo, Hackettstown sophomore; Matt McQueen, Sussex Tech senior; Gabriel Villa, High Point junior; Jackson Saltzman, Wallkill Valley senior; Zachary Neiper, Wallkill Valley junior; Sullivan Cassidy, Hackettstown freshman; Patrick Maloney, Wallkill Valley junior; Ryan Davis, High Point junior; Nehemiah Rodriguez, Sussex Tech junior

Second team: Isaac Symonds, Hackettstown junior; Enrico Brex, Kittatinny junior; Samuel Tobachnick, Wallkill Valley junior; Aiden Velez, Vernon junior; Michael Gibson, Wallkill Valley junior; Kellen O’Connell, Sussex Tech sophomore; Wyatt Piekarz, Vernon senior; Brady Eck, Sussex Tech freshman; Judah Symonds, Hackettstown freshman

Honorable mention: David Velez, Vernon senior; Owen Kester, Sussex Tech freshman; Ryan Casul Gomez, Kittatinny senior; Shea Jackson, High Point freshman; Daniel DeFinis, Wallkill Valley junior; David Tejada, Hackettstown junior

Division champion: Wallkill Valley

Sportsmanship awards: Sussex Tech and Vernon

Roxbury’s Amanda Knapp and Montville’s Gabriella Pelov in the Group 3 Girls race at NJSIAA cross country Group championships at Holmdel Park in Holmdel NJ on November 8, 2025.

NJAC-National Girls

First team: Gabriella Pelov, Montville freshman; Amanda Knapp, Roxbury senior; Leah Johnson, Roxbury junior; Celia Rossettini, Sparta junior; Addison Weber, West Morris senior; Brooke Wilson, West Morris junior; Julia Ireland, Pope John senior; Abigail Bradley, West Morris junior; Julia Suttile, Morristown senior

Second team: Gwendolyn O’Hearn, Pope John senior; Michaela Castro, West Morris sophomore; Millie Moir, West Morris junior; Noelle Crane, Parsippany Hills sophomore; Adriana Hummer, Morristown sophomore; Abigail Crane, Sparta sophomore; Stephanie Davila, West Morris sophomore; Kaleigh Policano, Morristown sophomore; Keirnan Moore, Sparta senior

Honorable mention: Lyla Keenan, Roxbury sophomore; Sydney Troiani, Parsippany Hills freshman; Milana Bankin, West Morris junior; Layne Cilli, Pope John freshman; Lucy Mintz, Morristown junior; Kaelyn Sabanosh, Sparta sophomore; Stella Edelstein, Montville sophomore

Division champion: West Morris

Sportsmanship award: Sparta

NJAC-National Boys

First team: Andrew Ulto, West Morris junior; Ryan Faulkner, West Morris senior; Anthony Manno, Morristown junior; Ryan Foley, Mount Olive senior; Micah Pardue, Morristown junior; Jack Caruso, Morristown junior; Brendan Doyle, Morristown junior; Gabriel Becker, Roxbury senior; Noah Pizzirusso, Mount Olive sophomore

Second team: Henry Griffee, Morristown senior; Jayden Rosenberg, Morristown senior; Surya Yanumula, Mount Olive freshman; Timothy Mudrick, Sparta senior; Sebastian Ostrove, Mount Olive junior; Santhosh Yanamula, Mount Olive senior; Riley Jenson Bautista, Morristown junior; Reece Wilson, Pope John sophomore; Bennett Coleman, Sparta senior

Honorable mention: Xavier Buoye, West Morris senior; Sivert Ramos, Roxbury senior; Jack Rawa, Mount Olive sophomore; Andrew Nicholas, Parsippany Hills senior; Nimal Juttumahadevan, Parsippany Hills sophomore; Nicholas Katsgiannis, Pope John freshman; Jack McGurrin, Sparta senior; Matthew Kot, Morristown junior

Division champion: Morristown

Sportsmanship award: Roxbury

NJAC-Independence Girls

First team: Sophie Cicerone, Hanover Park senior; Cambria O’Connor, Hanover Park junior; Lake Heinze, Morristown Beard freshman; Chloe Readlinger, St. Elizabeth freshman; Avery Davis, Hanover Park freshman; Corozan Graham, Morristown Beard freshman; Emily Vetter, Kinnelon freshman; Nicole Kates, Kinnelon freshman; Giuliana Verrone, Parsippany junior

Second team: Jocelyn Hanna, Boonton junior; Mikayla Gadaleta, Kinnelon freshman; Vanshi Naithani, Hanover Park junior; Maddy Portman, Kinnelon freshman; Cory Hueston, Hanover Park senior; Emily Sun, Kinnelon sophomore; Nina Greenwald, Hanover Park freshman; Valentina Handler, Kinnelon freshman; Emma MacDonald, St. Elizabeth sophomore

Honorable mention: Melissa Coniglio, Hanover Park junior; Caroline Ruggerio, Morristown Beard junior; Maya Laplace, Parsippany sophomore; Isabel Sabnekar, St. Elizabeth senior; Polina Shardakova-Scorzafava, Kinnelon freshman; Sarah Rogaski, Boonton senior

Division champion: Hanover Park

Sportsmanship award: Parsippany

NJAC-Independence Boys

First team: Chase Zalfino, Pequannock senior; Brayden Lo, Whippany Park junior; Jack Moore, Morristown Beard junior; Gavin Shollenberger, Boonton senior; Roshan Kothari, Morristown Beard freshman; Kunal Mistry, Parsippany senior; Tristen Laguerre, Morristown Beard sophomore; Andrew Wild, Parsippany senior

Second team: Kai Cheng, Morristown Beard sophomore; Ryan Zhang, Parsippany senior; Tristan Lo, Whippany Park sophomore; Tomas Kennedy, Morristown Beard sophomore; Jason Munyao, Parsippany freshman; Andrew Grosso, Whippany Park junior; Paul Ippolito, Boonton junior; Vidit Shah, Parsippany freshman

Honorable mention: Jason Griffin, Whippany Park senior; Logan Turner, Morristown Beard senior; Rajveer Thakur, Parsippany junior; Dylan King, Pequannock sophomore; Liam Uychich Pruner, Boonton junior

Division champion: Whippany Park

Sportsmanship award: Parsippany

Sep 23, 2023; Woodland Park, NJ, USA; Nicole Molter of Mount Olive finishes seventh in a girls varsity race at a cross-country invitational at Garret Mountain Reservation. Mandatory Credit: Michael Karas-The Bergen Record

NJAC-American Girls

First team: Julia Pirog, Morris Knolls junior; Kate Shaw, Mendham senior; Lilah Willis, Randolph senior; Kendall Pizzirusso, Mount Olive freshman; Lindsay Portland, Mendham senior; Julianna Young, Randolph sophomore; Nicole Molter, Mount Olive senior; Samantha Cerulo, Randolph sophomore; Grace Carey, Randolph freshman

Second team: Lily Raudabaugh, Mendham junior; Madeline Cromwell, Morris Hills junior; Cassandra Graham, Morris Knolls sophomore; Jaidyn Young, Randolph junior; Kamila Capala, Morris Knolls freshman; Nicolette Grossman, Chatham senior; Nicole Russo, Mendham senior; Ella Mikolay, Morris Knolls junior; Leah Welsch, Mount Olive junior

Honorable mention: Samarah Hyder, Morris Knolls junior; Kathryn Heflin, Chatham junior; Anjali George, Randolph sophomore; Lindsey Rogoff, Mount Olive sophomore; Cecelia Marran, Mendham junior; Anina Mullan, Morris Hills senior

Division champion: Morris Knolls

Sportsmanship award: Morris Hills

Nov 8, 2025; Holmdel, NJ, USA; New Jersey State High School Cross-Country Championships at Holmdel County Park. Sean Wemmlinger, of Morris Knolls, on his way to finishing fifth in the Group 3 boys race.

NJAC-American Boys

First team: Marcus Valenzuela, Chatham senior; Sean Wemmlinger, Morris Knolls senior; Kennan Byers, Randolph senior; Nicholas Falcone, Morris Hills senior; Aaryan Pethe, Morris Knolls senior; Ryan Leuenberger, Delbarton junior; Brady Byrne, Chatham senior; Nolan Ribeiro, Morris Hills senior; Jacob Conti, Randolph senior

Second team: Richard Corcoran, Morris Knolls junior; Nicholas Leo, Mendham junior; Matthew O’Reilly, Delbarton senior; Santiago Gebara, Chatham senior; Christopher Smith, Montville sophomore; Russell Goldstein, Randolph junior; Todd Smith, Delbarton junior; Thomas Haines, Chatham senior; Adam Margeson, Morris Knolls junor

Honorable mention: Bautista Gebara, Chatham senior; Sarosh Poondla, Morris Hills senior; Lucien Bret, Delbarton junior; Nate Perkins, Mendham sophomore; Nikhil Ganguli, Montville junior; Nicholas Ribaudo, Morris Knolls sophomore; Ryan Davidson, Randolph senior

Division champion: Morris Knolls

Sportsmanship award: Montville

Nov 8, 2025; Holmdel, NJ, USA; New Jersey State High School Cross-Country Championships at Holmdel County Park. Violet Page of Mountain Lakes on her way to finishing fourth in the Group 1 girls race.

NJAC-Liberty Girls

First team: Blythe Dudley, Villa Walsh senior; Sarah Hoff, Morris Catholic; Violet Page, Mountain Lakes sophomore; Catherine Azares, Villa Walsh freshman; Isabella Bolstad, Madison junior; Mara Cooper, Mountain Lakes junior; Isabella Marotta, Mountain Lakes junior; Genevieve Marotta, Mountain Lakes sophomore; Amelia Kleinle, Villa Walsh senior

Second team: Brielle Stappas, Morris Catholic freshman; Lucy Smart, Villa Walsh freshman; Samantha Berkowitz, Madison junior; Liana Horanic, Morris Tech freshman; Bridget Boler, Villa Walsh senior; Elizabeth Greenman, Morris Catholic freshman; Lily Facciani, Madison freshman; Sadie Boudreau, Whippany Park senior; Kathryn Walsh, Mountain Lakes sophomore

Honorable mention: Sophia Cohen, Morris Catholic freshman; Emma Cipriani, Madison senior; Gia Ledonne, Mountain Lakes freshman; Kate Rossi, Whippany Park freshman; Amber Meyer, Pequannock freshman; Rayna Tuttle, Pequannock freshman; Corcoran, orris Tech junior; Valentina Calipa, Villa Walsh senior

Division champion: Mountain Lakes

Sportsmanship award: Pequannock

Sep 13, 2025; Woodland Park, NJ, USA; Henry Manton, Kinnelon, finishes tenth in a boys varsity race during the Back to the Mountain Invitational at Garret Mountain Reservation.

NJAC-Liberty Boys

First team: Michelangelo Lepore, Mountain Lakes senior; Piotr Dyminicki, Hanover Park senior; Kieran Fitzgerald, Kinnelon junior; Ian Johnson, Mountain Lakes freshman; Brandon Keyt, Mountain Lakes junior; Peter Falcone, Madison senior; Henry Manton, Kinnelon junior; Philip Natale, Madison senior; Vedant Bhatt, Morris Tech

Second team: Brandon Kates, Kinnelon junior; Hunter Ashton, Kinnelon junior; Karl Krajewski, Morris Catholic sophomore; Malcolm Horan, Madison senior; Noah Hsu, Madison sophomore; Jack Somers, Madison junior; Giancarlo Andolino, Hanover Park sophomore; Ron Feldman, Kinnelon senior; Caden Lombardo, Kinnelon senior

Honorable mention: Alex Niu, Hanover Park junior; Sahovan Swamy, Morris Tech senior; Zach Link, Madison freshman; Brady Baxter, Morris Catholic junior; Ali Cherry, Mountain Lakes junior; Jiayi Birkhoff, Kinnelon freshman

Division champion: Kinnelon

Sportsmanship award: Kinnelon

This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference cross country postseason honors

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