NJAC Championships Winners Recap!


Craig Corti competing at the opening season Randolph Invite. / Photo by Robert Kellert for MileSplit

Tuesday October 21st 2014 / Central Park of Morris County in Parsippany, NJ 

Full Meet Results

Boys Large School - Full Results

Paul Ehmann of Mendham HS ran a 15:51 to win by 17 seconds! His previous meet best was a 16:10 which he ran in 2012 to place third. His team would finish second after his one card performance with 100 points and a 16:51 average. Second place was Jordan Earlywine of the Delbarton School finishing in 16:06. 

The winning team was Chatham with 45 points 3-5-6-12-19, a 32 second split and a 16:33 average! They were led by Will Mitchell in third with a time of 16:20. In fact their three top runners finished in the top ten! 

Chatham HS All Results
Event Place Athlete Result Points
M 5000m Finals 3 Mitchell, Will 16:20.91 3
M 5000m Finals 5 Hynes, Liam 16:27.82 5
M 5000m Finals 6 Hauck, Grant 16:28.76 6
M 5000m Finals 12 Mortensen, Pat 16:37.49 12
M 5000m Finals 19 Gesell, Kevin 16:53.65 19
M 5000m Finals 48 Malanga, Luke 17:42.28 48
M 5000m Finals 65 Byrd, Jack 18:17.63 65

Boys Small School - Full Results

Another top boy in the state won the small school race in 15:36, Craig Corti of Wallkill Valley continues his winning 2014 tour coming off his 15:59 victory at the Hunterdon Warren Sussex Championships. This was the third straight NJAC Championships victory for Corti, he's won every meet since he was a sophomore, his freshmen year he placed 11th with a time of 17:03.

Wallkill Valley wouldn't let their star's one card go to waste either! The team scored 70 points with a 17:08 average for the victory. 1-3-9-18-39 was their score line and every place counted as they were in a close race with Mountain Lakes HS who finished second with 88 points. 

Wallkill Valley HS All Results
Event Place Athlete Result Points
M 5000m Finals 1 Corti, Craig 15:36.53 1
M 5000m Finals 3 Vanderhoff, Luke 16:47.70 3
M 5000m Finals 9 Wilowski, Mack 17:12.17 9
M 5000m Finals 18 Gec, Cameron 17:44.93 18
M 5000m Finals 39 Perez, James 18:21.59 39
M 5000m Finals 71 Boyle, Nick 19:17.47 70
M 5000m Finals 80 Whitley, Dillon 19:29.25 79

Girls Large School - Full Results


Sierra Castaneda finishing second at the Shore Coaches Invite. / Photo by Meg Kellert for MileSplit

Sierra Castaneda of West Morris Central won with an 18:44 in a talented field during the large school race. In second behind her was Randolph's Carole Harsch with a time of 18:57, her talented state ranked squad wouldn't take the team title however as they placed second with 73 points and an average of 19:40. 

The team champions were the Mendham girls who scored 61 points and posted an average of 19:32 with a 1:02 split! They were led by Hope Tiboni a freshman in 7th with a time of 19:05! Here is a look at the winning squad. They've been on a hot streak heading through championship season and seem to be full steam ahead for states. 

Mendham HS All Results
Event Place Athlete Result Points
F 5000m Finals 7 Tiboni, Hope 19:05.79 7
F 5000m Finals 9 Sement, Defne 19:11.99 9
F 5000m Finals 10 Timoney, Elizabeth 19:22.40 10
F 5000m Finals 16 Jeffs, Lucy 19:55.54 16
F 5000m Finals 19 Mountain, Christine 20:08.34 19
F 5000m Finals 33 Rundzieher, Katie 20:53.55 33
F 5000m Finals 39 McNamara, Erin 21:08.77 39

Girls Small School - Full Results

Ally Schlosser of Parsippany won the small school race with a time of 19:02, which was 36 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. 

On the team side Mountain Lakes would win it with 57 points and a team average of 20:39. They were led by Kyra Velock in third with a time of 19:54 and Therese Olshanski in 7th with 20:11. Here is a look at their full squad:

Mountain Lakes HS All Results
Event Place Athlete Result Points
F 5000m Finals 3 Velock, Kyra 19:54.72 3
F 5000m Finals 7 Olshanski, Therese 20:11.97 7
F 5000m Finals 14 Jin, Ally 20:59.20 14
F 5000m Finals 17 Boehmcke, Jill 21:06.53 16
F 5000m Finals 18 Van der Merwe, Jean-Marie 21:06.85 17
F 5000m Finals 53 Treweeke, Rachel 22:37.70 52
F 5000m Finals 78 Seijas, Lainie 23:50.54 77

Top Times / National Elites

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

HS Girls
5,000 Meter Run 18:44.53 Sierra Castaneda West Morris Central HS
5,000 Meter Run 18:57.91 Carole Harsch Randolph HS
5,000 Meter Run 18:59.75 Olivia Viparina Roxbury HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:02.53 Ally Schlosser Parsippany HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:03.40 Margaret Thomson Randolph HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:03.99 Ashleigh Thurston Morris Hills HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:05.47 Alexandra Christian Mount Olive HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:05.79 Hope Tiboni Mendham HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:07.59 Christine O'Kane Morristown HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:11.99 Defne Sement Mendham HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:22.40 Elizabeth Timoney Mendham HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:23.89 Nora May McSorley Randolph HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:26.79 Emma Cary Morristown HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:32.67 Sarah Masukewicz Mount Olive HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:34.32 Laura Walsh Chatham HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:36.27 Kate Gihorski Randolph HS
5,000 Meter Run 19:38.31 Regina Duncan North Warren HS
HS Boys
5,000 Meter Run 15:36.53 Craig Corti Wallkill Valley HS
5,000 Meter Run 15:51.22 Paul Ehmann Mendham HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:06.50 Jordan Earlywine Delbarton School
5,000 Meter Run 16:09.58 Joe Dragon High Point Reg. HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:20.91 Will Mitchell Chatham HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:21.90 Chris Drace Pope John XXIII HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:27.82 Liam Hynes Chatham HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:28.76 Grant Hauck Chatham HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:29.06 Eric Clay Morristown HS
5,000 Meter Run 16:29.60 Jenks Hehmeyer Montville Twp. HS

27 National Elites. 27 Elites.