Coed Varsity Cross Country vs Lawrenceville School on 10/18/2024
Co-captain Matilda Kardhashi ’25 led the girls around the course over the entirety of the 5-kilometer distance, recording the individual victory in 18:54. Eliza Lamar ’25 broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time in a Peddie uniform to take second place with a time of 19:49, but the next five runners to cross the line wore red, clinching what would become a 25-34 victory for Lawrenceville. Carolina Lopez-Watt ’25 (8th, 22:07) and Ananya Hari ’25 (12th, 23:05) continued their strong senior seasons while Louisa Blix ’28 (16th, 23:57) finished in the top seven for the first time in blue and gold. Co-captain Sophie Winn ’26 (17th, 24:16), Kira Pramanik ’26 (19th, 25:22) and Lorena Camargo Carcano ’28 (21st, 29:53) also put forth valiant efforts in closing out the entries for Peddie’s girls team.
On the boys’ side, Lawrenceville took the first four places (en route to a 16-47 victory) before James Hamnett ’25 crossed the line for Peddie in fifth place, stopping the clock at 17:23. Jack Stewart ’25 (9th, 17:40) led a flock of Falcons through the final threshold, as he was followed by co-captain Baker Pott ’25 (10th, 17:49), Landen Jefferson ’25 (11th, 18:04) and Theo Salapatas ’27 (13th, 18:10). Dasyer Bullock ’26 (17th, 18:28) dropped over two minutes off of his previous PR to finish in the varsity seven for the first time and he was joined by classmate Ethan Sbarro ’26 (18th, 18:31).
James Radigan ’25 (20th, 19:26), Josh Li ’26 (21st, 19:28) and co-captain Matt Luo ’25 (22nd, 19:34) worked well together throughout the 3.1 miles to all record PRs and close out the Peddie top 10. Also running well for Peddie were: Rishi Swaminathan ’25 (27th, 20:20), Arnav Shankar ’28 (30th, 20:35), Leo Pan-Wang ’26 (32nd, 20:37), Justin Zhang ’28 (35th, 21:00), Finn Gorsline ’27 (39th, 21:58), Brennan Caldwell ’28 (40th, 22:13), Justin Tang ’27 (43rd, 22:33), Zachary Ji ’27 (44th, 22:35), Jacob Kidd ’26 (45th, 22:45), Aaron Linke ’28 (46th, 22:54), Jerry Yao ’26 (47th, 22:59), Milan Shah ’27 (49th, 23:34), Neil Bhuteja ’26 (51st, 23:52), Rohan Bhamidipati ’28 (52nd, 23:53), Ben McMahon ’28 (53rd, 23:53), Evan Ren ’27 (54th, 24:05), Chi Nhan Vu ’26 (55th, 25:01), Albert Yang ’26 (56th, 25:45), Sam Lallier ’28 (57th, 26:16), Michael Wu ’28 (58th, 26:31), Richard Hong ’28 (59th, 26:44), Arjun Chityala ’25 (60th, 27:04), Luke Liu ’27 (61st, 28:09), Devarsh Korada ’27 (62nd, 28:16), Aiden Sung ’27 (63rd, 28:50) and Hari Pandya ’28 (64th, 30:57).The JV team will next compete in the Mercer Track Coaches JV Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. at Robbinsville High School. The varsity team will compete in the NJISAA Prep A & B Championships on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. at Blair Academy.