Caleb Lebeau takes first place, leads Golda Och Academy runners at Super Essex ConferenceColonial meet

Editor October 22, 2026 1 minute read

Caleb Lebeau, left, finishes first of 46 runners with a 20:43.84 time at the Super Essex Conference Colonial Division Championships at Cedar Grove Park in Cedar Grove on Tuesday, Oct. 13. At right is the Newark Global Studies runner who placed second.

Jackson Meirzon runs 23:36.22 in 17th place at the SEC Colonial DivisionChampionships

Max Lefkowitz, No. 405, places 24th and Aeden Pinsker, No. 407, places 25th.

Morgan Sternthal finishes 15th of 31 girls in 29:22.17. at the SEC Championships.

WEST ORANGE/CEDAR GROVE — The Golda Och Academy cross-country teams competed on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the Super Essex Conference Colonial Division Championships at Cedar Grove Park in Cedar Grove.

The four boys and one girl did not score as separate teams, lacking the required five finishers for a team to score.

Caleb Lebeau finished first of 46 runners with a 20:43.84 time. The second-place time of 20:44.05 was by a Newark Global Studies runner. Lebeau is the first boys runner in GOA history to win a cross-country SEC division championship. Jackson Meirzon ran 23:36.22 in 17th place. Max Lefkowitz was 24th in 25:06.97 and Aeden Pinsker placed 25th with a 25:31.07 time. Morgan Sternthal finished 15th of 31 girls in 29:22.17.

The top 20 finishers earned an SEC medal.