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.