The Rumson-Fair Haven girls after their victory with winning shirts. / Photo thanks to Emily Burns @emilyb_125 on Twitter
The 20th annual running of the St. Dominic Invitational took place on Saturday at Lincoln Park in Jersey City. The meet runs a 5350 meter course for the varsity and 2.2 mile course for the freshmen.
For the girls race the fastest time went to Hannah Anderson of Rumson-Fair Haven who clocked a 20:21. She collected the one card for her team and it was just the start of a successful day for the Haven. The team would finished first overall with 33 points, 26 ahead of second, and a team average of 21:41. The points line went as follows 1-5-6-8-13 and the girls only had a 1:21 split between first and fifth on their team!
Rumson-Fair Haven HS | All Results | ||||
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Event | Place | Athlete | Result | Points | |
F 5350m Finals | 1 | Anderson, Hannah | 20:21.00 | 1 | |
F 5350m Finals | 5 | Hellman, Emily | 20:53.00 | 5 | |
F 5350m Finals | 7 | Irvine, Cameron | 21:10.00 | 6 | |
F 5350m Finals | 9 | Nelson, Sarah | 21:18.00 | 8 | |
F 5350m Finals | 14 | Satzke, Fini | 21:42.00 | 13 | |
F 5350m Finals | 18 | Burns, Emily | 22:09.00 | 16 | |
F 5350m Finals | 39 | Ley, Rebecca | 24:01.00 | 36 |
For the boys fastest time we look to Joshua Clark, a junior from Highland Regional. Clark posted a 16:47 for first place and was followed by his teammate Ryan Carroll in second with a 16:58!
These two led a team victory that only totaled 28 points with a 1-2-5-8-12 line. The team average calculated to 17:17 and they only had 1 minute and 3 seconds between their top and fifth runner.
Highland Reg HS | All Results | ||||
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Event | Place | Athlete | Result | Points | |
M 5350m Finals | 1 | Clark, Joshua | 16:47.00 | 1 | |
M 5350m Finals | 2 | Carroll, Ryan | 16:58.00 | 2 | |
M 5350m Finals | 5 | Figueroa, Jose | 17:14.00 | 5 | |
M 5350m Finals | 9 | Samalonis, Zachary | 17:37.00 | 8 | |
M 5350m Finals | 13 | Leonardo, Jason | 17:50.00 | 12 |
Highland Regional also had a top performer in the freshmen race where Nuriddin Wise finished first in the boys race with a time of 12:29 in the 2.2 mile. Teammate Ben Woodward was right behind him in second with a 12:30.
The girls freshmen race featured Crystal Ortiz, a up and comer for the Hudson Catholic girls, who placed first overall by over a minute! She broke the meet record for freshmen girls with a time of 13:21!
Squad deep #champs pic.twitter.com/nYlN2sccQs
— eli (@erallo13) September 13, 2014