The East Brunswick High girls cross country team will take a 1-1 record into its meet today against JP Stevens.
"The girls are doing well," East Brunswick Coach Michael Talbot noted.
The team opened the season with a 22-42 win over Old Bridge in a meet held at Thompson Park on Sept 13.
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East Brunswick took eight of the top 10 spots in the race, including a first by Melody Fakhrzadeh (22:48) and a third by Sara Frost (23:04), both sophomores.
Kelsey McDonald, another sophomore, was seventh (23:43). Juniors Nancy Wang (fifth in 23:27), Jessica Bloom (eighth in 24:36) and Joy Cui (10th in 25:02) also cracked the top 10. So did seniors Samantha Young (sixth in 23:31) and Rachel Lee (ninth in 25:00).
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The success of the younger runners is a great sign for the future for East Brunswick. It will return the majority of its lead pack next season.
"The younger girls put in time over the summer," Talbot noted
Erin Nfonoyim (26:42), Sienna Fallon (26:48), Avital Breverman (26:55), Marissa Kircher (27:06), Nicole Mizhari (27:08), Grace Huang (27:17), Dana Cohen (27:20), Stephanie Harkavy (27:34), Jessica Eker (27:55), Daniella Woods (28:33), Ruth Sun (28:44), Samantha Fong (28:45), Kristen Berezniak (28:54), Kayla Sampson (29:11), Cindy Zhang (29:14), Hana Skwish (29:28), Bijal Shah (29:49), Lisa Cohen (30:35), Vivien Chen (33:07) and Allison Loeser (34:22) also competed in the race for East Brunswick.
East Brunswick was defeated by South Brunswick, 23-34, on Sept. 20.
Frost (21:06), Young (21:34), McDonald (21:38) and Fakhrzadeh (21:42) took the fourth through seven spots. Wang (12th at 22:22) was East Brunswick's other scorer.
Bloom (22:54), Cui (23:40), Lee (24:04), Mizhar (24:08)i, Breverman (24:14), Harkavy (24:33), Nfonoyim (24:58), Berezniak (25:12), Fallon (25:21), Huang (25:25), Kircher (25:39), Dana Cohen (25:45), Skwish (26:05), Eker (26:17), Shah (26:19), Zhang (26:43), Sampson (26:49), Sun (27:09), Fong (27:11), Lisa Cohen (28:35), Chen (30:15), Loeser (30:52), Sun (31:17) and Yllza Marku (36:00) also competed in the race for East Brunswick.
"The girls ran well, but lost a close one to South Brunswick," Talbot said.
