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Sussex Academy’s Ryan Moody wins Tidewater Classic

Seahawks joined by Cape, Delmarva Christian on Salisbury course
Sussex Academy senior Ryan Moody, left, won the 53rd Annual Salisbury University High School Tidewater Classic Oct. 1 with a personal record of 15:56 and his brother Benjamin Moody took eighth place when he crossed at 17:09. AARON R. MUSHRUSH PHOTO
Aaron R. Mushrush
October 2, 2025

Cross-country teams from Cape, Delmarva Christian and Sussex Academy made the trek to Winterplace Park in Salisbury, Md. Oct. 1 for the 53rd Salisbury University High School Tidewater Classic.

Seahawks senior Ryan Moody set a personal record of 15:56 and won the boys race while his brother, sophomore Benjamin Moody, took eighth-place overall at 17:09 to give Sussex Academy two in the top ten and enough points to claim third place overall. Smyrna was the only other Delaware school to finish above them and the Seahawks were the top Division II team in the boys race.

Sussex Academy senior Will Parker’s 18th place crossing at 17:46 put three Seahawks in the top 20 while seniors Aiden Zook and Rocco Buonopane 19:14 and 19:20, respectively made sure there were five Sussex Academy runners in the top 100.

On the girls side Northwest High School from Germantown dominated, but Sussex Academy put five girls in the top 50. Riley Moriarty (12th), Jordan Blades (22nd), Katya Geyer (24) Teagan Forester (35) and Jaslene Brunskill (48th) powered the girls to fourth place. Like the boys they were the top Division II school and bested only by Smyrna in Delaware.

Cape split up their squads for the Oct. 1 Tidwewater Classic and Oct. 2 Paul Short run at Lehigh University, sending the younger runners to Salisbury. Both boys and girls proved their is plenty of hope for the future of running at Cape.

Setting personal records were freshman Jude Bastian (17:58), sophomore Ethan Thompson (18:25), freshman Caleb Olmsted  (18:37), freshman Owen Barron (18:37) Donovan Hanwell (20:21), freshman Parker Matthews (20:53) and sophomore Beau Krick (21:22). The greenhorns helped the Vikings grab sixth-place overall.

Freshmen Lexi Bryson (24:03), Elena Kucharik (25:50) and Marisa Golan (27:01) were joined by junior Zoe Hennessey (25:40) and sophomore Bella Luna-Castellanos (28:31) in the best runs of their careers for the girls.

Delmarva Christian senior Isabella Stubbs 23:36 was the low marks for the girls on the Royals and Wyatt Baker’s 21:06 edged out Cole Parker’s 21:10 to lead the boys.

Sussex Academy’s boys (l-r) senior Aiden Zook Senior, eighth-grader Seth Moore, senior Rocco Buonopane, eighth-grader Nolan Furlong, senior Ryan Moody, senior Will Parker and sophomore Ben Moody are shown here after they took second place in the Salesianum Invitational Sept. 27 and third place in the Tidewater Classic Oct. 1 SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Aaron Mushrush joined the sports team in Summer 2023 to help cover the emerging youth athletics scene in the Cape Region. After lettering in soccer and lacrosse at Sussex Tech, he played lacrosse at Division III Eastern University in St. David's, PA. Aaron coached lacrosse at Sussex Tech in 2009 and 2011. Post-collegiately, Mush played in the Eastern Shore Summer Lacrosse League for Blue Bird Tavern and Saltwater Lacrosse. He competed in several tournaments for the Shamrocks Lacrosse Club, which blossomed into the Maryland Lacrosse League (MDLL). Aaron interned at the Coastal Point before becoming assistant director at WMDT-TV 47 ABC in 2017 and eventually assignment editor in 2018. 

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