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VIDEO, PHOTO GALLERY: Lower Cape May vs. Middle Township cross country

Middle Township's Sofia Jurusz (left) and Mariann Kurtz and Lower Cape May's Hailee Steifel lead the race.

  • Lower Cape May's Shea Bonner and Haley Mohr run through the trails.
  • Middle Township's (from left) Maddy Haring, Paulina Rios and Morgan Delaney lead a pack of runners during the girls race.
  • Middle Township's Kiera Phillips tries to keep up with the leaders.
  • Middle Township's Sofia Jurusz (left) and Mariann Kurtz and Lower Cape May's Hailee Steifel lead the race.
  • Lower Cape May's Anthony Magliocco rallied to place second in the boys race.
  • Middle Township's Luke (from left) Luke Seddon, Jordan Severino and Thomas Hargest run early in the boys race.
  • Lower Cape May's Elijah Jackson placed third in the boys race.
  • Lower Cape May's Zeb Hinker led almost from start to finish in Monday's meet against Middle Township.
  • Runners in the boys race break away from the starting line.

ERMA — The Lower Cape May Regional and Middle Township high school cross country teams split a meet against one another Monday afternoon.

Zeb Hinker carried Lower Cape May to an easy victory in the boys meet, while Middle Township won a close girls meet that included an exciting finish at the top of the race.

Hinker beat the field by two minutes in winning the boys race in 17 minutes even to lead the Tigers to a 15-48 victory. He was followed by, in order, teammates Anthony Magliocco (19:00), Elijah Jackson (19:39), Jesse Coombs (20:03), Sean Murphy (20:32) and Connor Deignan (21:07).

Luke Seddon (21:37) was seventh overall to lead Middle Township.

In the girls race, Hailee Steifel’s charge over the last 50 meters of the race allowed her to edge Middle Township’s Mariann Kurtz for first place, with both runners given official times of 23:36. 

Middle Township was able to win the team competition, 23-35, by placing four runners among the top five. In addition to Kurtz, they included, in order, Sofia Jurusz (24:10), Paulina Rios (26:12) and Morgan Delaney (26:24).