Boys New Jersey Rankings Poll

Rank Team Last Result Comments
1
12 First Place Votes / 120 Points / Team Champs on Nike NE Regional Course in Summer like heat (16:47 avg) / Brian Hill leads the Colts at 2nd behind Hart/ Next: 10/7 @ Shore Coaches Inv. (Holmdel)
2
106 Points / Have raced well early with a win in the Challengers Race at Briarwood and overall & merged 2nd (16:59 avg) to CBA at Bowdoin Classic. / Top 3 with 19 sec spread at Bowdoin/ Next: 10/7 @ Shore Coaches Inv. (Holmdel)
3
92 Points / Dragons opened with a 2nd at SJ Shootout without 1st unit and went to Bowdoin with their big guns, coming away with 4th in the #1 Race (17:07 avg) and also in the merge/ Next: 10/7 @ Shore Coaches Inv. (Holmdel)
4
77 Points / Opened season with a 4th in the #2 Race sat the Bowdoin Classic and were 8th in the merge/ Big news last week was the return of Acasio Pinheiro to the Little Tigers/ Next: Next: 10/7 @ Shore Coaches Inv. (Holmdel)
5
47 Points / Top team at Randolph Inv. to open the season (16:38 avg) behind a sizzling 15:47 by senior Ray Sellaro. The Lions backed that up with an overall 2nd place finish running a 16:54 avg without Sellaro (college visit) at Bernie Magee/ Next: 9/30 @ Stewart Memorial (Greystone)
6
46 Points / Unranked in the Pre season, Voorhees hits #6 off of a very busy early season, most recently the Vikings took 6th in the #1 Race (7th merged) at the Bowdoin Classic/ Next: 9/30 @ Stewart Memorial (Greystone)
7
35 Points / After an inauspicious opener at the PTXC Inv, where the Minutemen were 6th in the Gold Race, a return to Jerser racing paid off with the overall title at the Bernie Magee Class Meet. Mendham bested No. Hunterdon with sr Val Figueroa posting the fastest time of the day (16:20)/ Next: 10/7 @ Shore Coaches Inv. (Holmdel)
8
28 Points /With only a couple of Batch meets recently, The Pirates have stayed low key since winning the merged Cherokee Challenge opener. Next: 10/7 @ Shore Coaches Inv. (Holmdel)
9
25 Points / Top squad in the merged results at the sweltering Thompson Pk. Class Meet. Next: Not Available
10
23 Votes / Off to a slow start with a 6th place showing (merge) at the Briarwood in Phil. Next: 10/1 @ SJ Open (Delsea HS)

Editor's Comments

Also Receiving Votes: Hopewell Valley (19) Westfield (12) Don Bosco (8) WW-P No. (7) Cherokee, Colts Neck (4) Ridgewood, Montgomery (3) Mainland (1)

Athlete of the Week: Devin Hart (Pt. Pleasant Boro '19) Hart conquered the heat and the NXN Regional layout at Wappingers Falls (NY) with a cool 15:58.5 clocking at the Bowdoin XC Classic on 9/23.

Honorable Mention: Jonathan Torres (Nottingham '18) - Torres had the top time of the day (16:11.30) at the Thompson Park Class Meet.

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These subjective rankings were produced in a poll voting format utilizing 13 New Jersey cross country knowledgeable individuals. Major thanks to Pat Montferrat for putting together these rankings, now in their 12th annual season.