| NJSIAA State Meet of Champions | |||||||
| 11/17/1979 | The first, second and third place teams | ||||||
| Boys | and top 10 individual finishers from | ||||||
| Holmdel Park | each group race (I,II, III, IV, A, B) qualified. | ||||||
| 5K race | Note: First year couse run in its current configuration | ||||||
| Top 25 finishers | |||||||
| Team Standings | |||||||
| Place | Name | School | Time | PLACE | TEAM | SCORE | |
| 1 | James Smith | Haddonfield | 16:09 | 1 | Christian Brothers Acad. | 57 | |
| 2 | Kevin Lundy | Long Branch | 16:09 | 2 | Bernards | 116 | |
| 3 | Ian Leavesley | Mahwah | 16:21 | 3 | Manalapan | 118 | |
| 4 | Bob Robinson | Piscataway | 16:25 | 4 | Long Branch | 142 | |
| 5 | Marc Librizzi | Christian Brothers Acad. | 16:26 | 5 | Toms River South | 171 | |
| 6 | Joe Buda | Toms River North | 16:28 | 6 | Delsea | 176 | |
| 7 | Tom Fischer | Manalapan | 16:29 | 7 | Westfield | 197 | |
| 8 | Cliff Sheehan | Westfield | 16:35 | 8 | Seton Hall | 207 | |
| 9 | Greg Noll | Morris Catholic | 16:37 | 9 | Memorial | 213 | |
| 10 | Tom Milligan | Delsea | 16:39 | 10 | Queen of Peace | 214 | |
| 11 | Greg Otey | Long Branch | 16:40 | 11 | Mountain Lakes | 272 | |
| 12 | Brian Harshman | Montgomery | 16:40 | 12 | Sparta | 272 | |
| 13 | Don Deckert | Oakcrest | 16:40 | 13 | Haddonfield | 282 | |
| 14 | Sean Gormley | Bergen Catholic | 16:41 | 14 | Bayley-Ellard | 298 | |
| 15 | Steve Grube | Vernon | 16:42 | 15 | Madison Borough | 320 | |
| 16 | George DelaVega | Emerson | 16:43 | 16 | Leonia | 341 | |
| 17 | Bill Denver | Rumson | 16:44 | ||||
| 18 | Dave Salerno | Morristown | 16:47 | ||||
| 19 | John McCabe | Christian Brothers Acad. | 16:49 | ||||
| 20 | Mike Benson | Toms River South | 16:53 | ||||
| 21 | Tony Hoyrd | Snyder | 16:54 | ||||
| 22 | Pat Fogarty | Queen of Peace | 16:55 | ||||
| 23 | John Leary | Bayley-Ellard | 16:57 | ||||
| 24 | Jorge Caycedo | Memorial | 16:58 | ||||
| 25 | John Nelson | Old Tappan | 17:01 | ||||