Coed Varsity Cross Country vs Jerry Hart Cross Country Memorial Invitational on 9/20/2025
In the boys varsity race, Mercersburg’s Liam Beighley got the day started by setting a new course record, winning in a time of 15:25. His mark bested the previous best of 15:30 set in 2008 by Pennington’s Phil Wood.
Lawrenceville’s Blair Bartlett showed why she’s considered one of the best runners in the entire country less than a half hour later, as she shattered the girls course record of 18:24 (set in 2011 by Peddie’s Kelly Bailey) and captured a comfortable victory in a time of 16:48. Bartlett was one of four female harriers who eclipsed Bailey’s standard this afternoon, as Princeton’s Kajol Karra (second, 18:10.2), Mercersburg’s Gabriella Cechini (third, 18:10.9) and Princeton’s Grace Hegedus (fourth, 18:18) all ran the two-loop course faster than any girl had done so previously.
For Peddie, Elie Meyer ’26 captured seventh place in his debut for the Falcons, finishing in a time of 16:33. Jerry Wang ’26 also shined in his first official race in a Peddie uniform, crossing the line in 12th and stopping the clock at 17:08. Tri-captains Theo Salapatas ’27 (23rd, 17:55), Dasyer Bullock ’26 (41st, 18:55) and Ethan Sbarro ’26 (43rd, 19:08) rounded out the scoring for the hosts, whose team total of 121 points was good enough for fourth place behind Hightstown (third, 94), Princeton (second, 37) and Lawrenceville (first, 32). Anthony Kanis ’27 (48th, 19:22) and Josh Li ’26 (51st, 19:39) completed the varsity seven for Peddie.
Caitlin Williams ’26 (11th, 19:32), tri-captain Shanel Tan ’26 (14th, 19:58), and tri-captain Charis Chien ’27 (18th, 20:18) all placed in the top 20 of a very competitive varsity girls field, as their finishes paced Peddie to 120 points and fifth place in the team scoring. The Falcons trailed only one point behind Wilberforce (fourth, 119) with Mercersburg (third, 88), Lawrenceville (second, 75), and Princeton (first, 38) taking spots on the podium. Louisa Blix ’28 (44th, 23:39), tri-captain Sophie Winn ’26 (49th, 23:57), Annie Wang ’27 (51st, 24:28), and Kira Pramanik ’26 (63rd, 25:18) also contributed to that collective success for Peddie.
The following runners competed for Peddie in the futures race: Leo Pan-Wang ’26 (25th, 19:44), Andrew Kim ’29 (31st, 20:08), Justin Zhang ’28 (35th, 20:26), Rohan Bhamidipati ’28 (40th, 20:36), Aaryan Patel ’29 (42nd, 20:41), Jacob Kidd ’26 (45th, 20:51), Arnav Shankar ’28 (49th, 20:55), Landon Lill ’29 (51st, 21:00), Jaden Liu ’29 (60th, 21:29), Evan Ren ’27 (70th, 22:08), Danan Chan ’29 (83rd, 22:40), Brennan Caldwell ’28 (93rd, 23:03), Justin Tang ’27 (94th, 23:03), Blanka Mularczyk ’27 (99th, 23:41), Sam Lallier ’28 (115th, 24:25), Varun Venkiteswaran ’29 (137th, 25:32), Austin Hua ’27 (145th, 25:58), Jerry Yao ’26 (148th, 26:03), Eva Sbarro ’29 (150th, 26:05), Alya Kim ’29 (152nd, 26:08), Olivia Timmermann ’27 (154th, 26:13), Luke Liu ’27 (162nd, 26:51), Lucas Goodman ’29 (168th, 27:17), Albert Yang ’26 (170th, 27:19), Lorena Camargo Carcano ’28 (173rd, 27:34), Michael Wu ‘ 28 (174th, 27:44), Chi Nhan Vu ’26 (180th, 28:01), Richard Hong ’28 (184th, 28:16), Hari Pandya ’28 (190th, 28:41), Aidan Sung ’27 (191st, 28:55) and Emily Griegel (195th, 29:12).
The Falcons next compete in the Shore Coaches Invitational at Holmdel Park on Saturday, Oct. 4. The entire team will next toe the line on Saturday, Oct. 11 for a tri-meet with Lawrenceville and Hill in front of enthusiastic supporters in town for Fall Family Weekend.