Meets to Watch for Week 2! The Season Picks Up!


The start of the Middle School race at the Cherokee Challenge in 2013. / Photo by SJPixShooter for MilkeSplit

 

If I am missing anything let me know at rkellert@milesplit.com!

September 12th, 2014

09/12 Backwards Bowl Invitational
 
Holmdel, NJ

The very first running for this meet! They will be running the historic 5000 meter course at Holmdel in reverse. If you run here you have a meet record. More information and the meet schedule can be found on the meet page. 

09/12 Red Raider Run
North Rockland
Stony Point, NY

A smaller meet found in Stony Point, NY. Secaucus HS marked this meet down on their Team's MileSplit page, last year Ramsey ran here as well. 

09/12 Season Opener Invitational
 
Mahwah, NJ

Always a solid large meet run here in New Jersey for the early season runners. Last year 46 teams attended this meet!!! Excited to see the results come in later tonight. 

Returning Times from the 2013 running of the meet can be found here! [Insiders]

September 13th, 2014

09/13 19th Annual Roxbury Invitational
Roxbury HS 
Roxbury Twp, NJ

Another great New Jersey meet that has been a long time staple here in the Garden State! Depending on connection issues there will be Live Results from this meet in an article and on the meet page. 

Meet Information article can be found here!

Returning Times from the 2013 running of the meet can be found here! [Insiders]

A great atmosphere and meet every year! We will be there LIVE for updates, photos, and videos. Live Results will be posted in an article and to the meet page. That is Live Results - Every performance will be listed!

Meet Information article can be found here!

LIVE RESULTS Will be Found Here!

Returning Times from the 2013 running of the meet can be found here! [Insiders]

09/13 37th Newark Academy Invitational
Newark Academy
Livingston, NJ

One of the longest running meets on tap this weekend the 37th running of the Newark Academy Invitational! Results will be posted to the meet page when available!

Briana Gess of Haddonfield Memorial will be opening up their invitational season this weekend at the Briarwood Invitational along with a few talented New Jersey squads. New Jersey schools attending: A P Schalick HSHaddonfield Mem. HSLacey Twp. HSLenape Reg. HSThe Lawrenceville School, and West Deptford HS! Check out the meet page for more information. Good luck everyone! 

09/13 St. Dominic Academy 20th Annual XC Invitational
St. Dominic Academy
Jersey City, NJ

Noorrrttthhh Jerseyyy. This meet has been run for 20 years now! With many teams in attendence each year we should see some great times coming out way. The freshmen races run a 2-lap race that totals 2.25 miles. Every other race has a 3 lap course that adds up to 5000 meters.

09/13 Luke Parlatore XC Invitational
St. Joseph by the Sea
Staten Island, NY

I don't see New Jersey teams listed for this meet, however due to the proximity and that the meet is on the NJ calendar I am posting just in case. Let me know if you are going!

If you know where colleges are attending each week give me a heads up so I can try to track down results and meet information! If you send in stories I will look to post them as well.

09/13 NJIT Classic Collegiate Cross Country Invitational
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

 

Looking for more to add will update soon.

 

09/14 Lakeland Junior XC Week 2
 
Morris Plains, NJ

We will now be carrying the Lakeland Junior XC meet series and stats on the site! These meets field competitors from the ages of 7 to 14. Check out the devoted rankings. Thanks to MCCATS and Len Pietrewicz for making these results in a format that is easily entered into the system. 

 
 
 
 

The Cherokee Challenge is actually also a Middle School meet! This is where Briana Gess ran a monster meet record 1.5 mile time of 7:38 in 2012. Who will be this year's future high school talent to step up?!!

If there are any middle school meets around the state let me know! I want to build the middle school rankings database. You can contact rkellert@milesplit.com with the information.

 

 

 

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