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Penn Relays: West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls post top 4×100 time among CVC schools; Lawrenceville Prep qualifies for Northeast race

The WWP South girls 4×100m team — Anastasia Kudin, Adama Turay, Claire Dumortier, and Logan Mills — talk with the Trentonian’s Kyle Franko after their race at the Penn Relays. They talk about their teamwork and and sense of pride in clocking their fastest time after years of running together.

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Times of Trenton boys cross-country postseason honors, 2024

In the Times of Trenton’s boys XC postseason awards, the runner of the year was Shravan Pradeep (WW-P South). Pradeep talked about his dedication to never missing a day and his strategy of going out hard at the Meet of Champions. The team of the year was WW-P North. The coach of the year was Katie Reilly (WW-P South), who credited her team’s success to the runners’ love for the sport and to her fellow coach Stephanie Pegues’s work developing a strong training plan.

The Times’ All-Area team was Felix Farrugia (Princeton), Luke Ferrer (WW-P North), Tyler Hurst (Steinert), Agrim Jha (WW-P North), Tarun Kovoor (Notre Dame), Shravan Pradeep (WW-P South), and Burke Thompson (Hightstown).

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Previewing all 32 NJSIAA sectional cross country meets

NJ.com previews and predicts the best teams and individuals in each group at Central Jersey sectionals.

Group 2: They predict that Allentown’s boys and girls will both qualify out of Group 2.

Group 3: On the girls side, they list Allison Lee (WW-P North), Zui Chinchalkar (WW-P North), and Claire Dumont (Hopewell Valley) as three of six “Runners to Watch,” and they have WW-P North and Hopewell Valley finishing between 2nd and 5th. On the boys side, Tyler Hurst (Steinert) is one of four “Runners to Watch,” and they have three teams qualifying: WW-P North, Hopewell Valley, and Steinert.

Group 4: On the girls side, Princeton’s Kajol Karra and Grace Hegedus are both on their watchlist, and they predict that Princeton will win it all. On the boys side, WW-P South’s Shravan Pradeep is a runner to watch and is predicted to lead his team to group championship qualification.

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Boys & girls cross-country Fab 50s, Oct. 17: Championship season forces major shift

Here’s who made NJ Advance Media’s list of top 50 NJ runners. Note that these rankings were published before the CVC Championship.

#7 Allison Lee (WW-P North, Jr.)
#29 Grace Hegedus (Princeton, So.)
#35 Zui Chinchalkar (WW-P North, Sr.)
#36 Kajol Karra (Princeton, Jr.)
#38 Claire Dumont (Hopewell Valley, Sr.)
#45 Laura Sallade (Wilberforce, Jr.)

#28 Shravan Pradeep (WW-P South, Sr.)

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Key takeaways and under-the-radar stories from Week 4′s cross country meets

After West Windsor-Plainsboro South's Shravan Pradeep topped all NJ runners at the Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational, NJ.com's Bakari Rice describes him as "becoming a difference maker." Rice predicts that Pradeep's success "will also translate to the team," and he highlights WW-P South's top-5 average of 16:37, which was best among all NJ teams.

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West Windsor-Plainsboro North duo leads the field at the Thompson 2 Miler

West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Zui Chinchalkar and Allison Lee won the senior and junior races, with Lee also taking the day’s top time. After the race, they spoke about the confidence they have from having raced at Thompson Park so often and from knowing the course well. Mercer County also got 3rd place finishes from Laura Sallade (Wilberforce) in the junior race and Risha Rao (West Windsor-Plainsboro South) in the sophomore race.

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Cinnaminson’s Wickersham, WWPS’ Pradeep take charge at the Thompson 2 Miler

Mercer County runners won 3 of the 4 boys races. Shravan Pradeep (West Windsor-Plainsboro South) took the senior race with the fastest time of the day, in his first time ever running at the meet. Silas Allevik (Hopewell Valley) won the sophomore race, and Agrim Jha (West Windsor-Plainsboro North) started off his high school XC career undefeated, winning the freshman race.

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