Michelle Barile

Abad Akhtar

The Stockton women’s cross country team finished fifth out of 18 teams while the Stockton men’s cross country team placed seventh out of 19 squads in the Philly Metro Meet at Fairmount Park.  Michelle Barile (Oak Ridge/Jefferson Twp.) led the Ospreys with a fifth-place finish and a time of 20:19.58 in the women’s race.  Abad Akhtar (Atlantic City/ Atlantic City) and Joe Ennis (West Windsor/WW-Plainsboro South) paced the Stockton men’s team by finishing second and third at 27:32.22 and 27:51.61 respectively.

Robyn Evangelist (Northfield/Mainland) was the second Stockton female runner to cross the finish line, placing 19^th with a time of 21:20.88.  Emily Peregrin (South Plainfield/ Koinonia Academy) finished in 21:40.70 for 25^th place.  Dan DiRocco (Allentown/Allentown) registered a time of 30:00.63 for 37^th position in the men’s race.