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Wildwood runner wins regional junior high cross country race

Wildwood’s Jorge Cruz was first in the boys race and Margaret Mace’s Macie McCracken was second in the girls race at the Atlantic Cape Junior High School Cross Country Championships at Cedar Creek High School Wednesday.

EGG HARBOR CITY — There were nearly 150 runners in the boys race at the Atlantic Cape Junior High School Cross Country Championships held Wednesday afternoon at Cedar Creek High School.

A runner from Wildwood was better than all of them.

Wildwood’s Jorge Cruz took the lead for good with about a quarter-mile to go to win the inaugural 2400-meter race, which included most junior high school cross country teams from across Cape May and Atlantic counties.

Cruz pulled away from second-place Matthew Winterbottom from Mullica Township over the final 200 meters to win the race in 8 minutes, 2.82 seconds. Winterbottom’s time was 8:06.24. Bishop McHugh’s Zachary Marks was third in 8:18.61.

Ethan Mitnick of Belhaven placed fourth in 8:22.26 and Reid Baynes of Ocean City finished fifth in 8:40.83. Crest Memorial’s Lukas Basile was sixth in 8:46.76.

Macie McCracken of Margaret Mace (North Wildwood) was second in the girls race with a time of 9:22.88. She finished behind Belhaven’s Sofia Day, who beat the field by more than 30 seconds with a time of 8:50.21.

Ocean City’s Sophia Petrov was third in 9:23.21, Claudia Booth of Belhaven placed fourth in 9:24.32 and Ocean City’s Chloe Care rounded out the top five in 9:25.23.

Belhaven Middle School was the team champion in both races.