In other races at the 2nd edition of this Class Race meet;
Freshman Girls - Continuing a family tradition of quality distance running, Caroline Kellner, the sister of WW-P So. standout Katie, took the race in 12:15 to break the course record of 12:45 by Pauline Dabrowski of Msgr. Donovan. Taking 2nd was Samantha Budd of West Deptford (13:01). The team honors went to Toms River No. led by 3rd place finisher Briana Turner (13:02).
Freshman Boys - Alex Maeda of cross town rival WW-P So. took the win in 11:39. He was followed by Dan Lee of WW-P No. (11:41) and Trevor Ryan of Edison (11:53). Frshman Boys Team honors went to Robbinsville which put all 3 of its scorers in the top 10.
Sophmore Girls - Pauline Dabrowsky of Msgr. Donovan made it 2 in row as she took the Soph race in 12:28. Toms River No., which looks very formidable, took the next 2 slots and the team win with Ashley Kotran (12:34) and Andrea Mathis (12:35).
Sophmore Boys - See front page
Junior Girls - in a Dominating 12:04, Emily Scott of the host team took the win. Toms River North again took second, third and the team title with Jacqui Kemmer (12:42) and Kelly Newcombe (12:50) leading the way.
Junior Boys - If anyone thinks WW-P No. is just about the Rosa Brothers, think again. Jon Squeri took the Jr. Boys race in 10:16 to take a 12 second win over Matt Metlitz of Red Bank Reg. (12:28), with Zachary Wishbow of Allentown third in 10:37. Metlitz led Red Bank Reg. to the team win in this one.
Senior Girls - With the fastest time of the day, Angela Rugino of TRN took the Sr. race in 11:37. Meghan McGlinchey took second (11:52) and led her West Deptford team to 1st place. Third in the race was Trish Reilly (12:38) of WW-P No.
Senior Boys - After 2 frustrating years of injuries, including 2 broken hips, Stephen Ellwood of the hosts seems to be on an upswing as he took the Sr. Boys title with a time of 10:17. Taking 2nd behind Ellwood was Rajas Kane of Edison (10:30.05) with 3rd going to Mike Kolodziej of Red Bank reg. in 10:30.77. WW-P No. took the team title with 1,4,5 scoring.
Note: Due to lengthening the course, all winning times stand as New CRs.
Lancer Invitational - Livingston HS
At the Lancer Invitational, contested at Livingston HS, Millburn junir Tyler Udland picked up where he left off in NJ last spring. In winning the Boys Varsity Division he set a new Course record of 16:17 to smash the five year old mark of 16:47 set by Seton Hall Prep's Mike Rolek in 2003. Udland led a 1-2-3 sweep, being followed across the line by Brian Robinson (16:47) and Danny Kirschner (17:00). The trio led Millburn to the team title with 30 points.
Tori Berard, a senior at Morris Knoll dismantled her own Course Record of 19:30, set last year, with a blistering time of 19:12. Berard passed the mile mark in 5:57 en route to a 53 second win over Nikki Hallenborg of Summit (20:05), with Diana D'Achille also of Morris Knolls 3rd in 20:05. Despite the 1-3 finish by Morris Knolls, Summit took the team honors with 36 points to their 41 pts with Millburn 3rd with 67.
Petty Fun Run - Delaware Valley HS
The Fifteenth Annual Petty Fun Run took place over the 5k course at Delaware Valley HS. The run is named for Bill Petty, who coached the programs at Del Val from 1970 through 1993, and who is still active in the Del Val running community. The course is the home course for the Hunterdon Warren Championships. Course condition was wet but there were no problem areas. The race is typically an informal early season run, with some schools using it as a time trial and others as a workout. Thrown into the mix were a number of holdouts and runners involved in ACT testing, notably Lanie Thompson of Voorhees.
Girls Results -
Colette Whitney of Voorhees was out strongly from the start, and held a solid 10 second gap on Julia Mark of Del Val and her teammate Emma Giantisco for the entire race. 18:52 a very solid time on that course; Thompson won the H/W champs in 18:38 last fall, Spratford :48 (sloppy course); CR is 18:32 by Jodie Bilotta of North. Other Voorhees Runnners Petruzzelis, Lynn, Hahn and Hicks rounded out the top five.
Del Val showed some promise on their home course, with Julia Mark second at 19:04, Emma Giantisco in third at 19:53. With their next three in the top 20, looks like they have five to build on.
As noted, most of the North girls were running as a workout, a few pushing for spots among the top 15 and were running a bit harder. With 13 of the top 27 spots, obviously a team with a lot of depth, that should be heard from as the season progresses.
Boys Results -North Hunterdon’s Matt McDonald was a surprise winner in the boys’ race, dropping a foursome from
Reported by Jim Crossin
Roxbury Invitational - Succasunna NJ (Horseshoe Lake Park)
Mendham HS saw both Mike Franklin and Laura Vigilante take the Jr./Sr. Division races. Franklin, a senior won in 15:52 over Delbarton junior Pat Schellberg (15:58) and teammate/fellow senior James Frick (16:04). Mendham took team honors handily with 13 points in a 4 man scoring.
Vigilante (18:41) blitzed the field ,leading from the gun and passing the mile in 5:42. Second place went to Erin McKenna of Ramapo who ran 20:15, ahead of 3rd placer Megen Schenk of Brick (20:29). West Morris won the team title with 51 pts (4 scorers).
Neptune freshman Ajee Wilson, expected to be a top frosh this year, and her fellow freshmen ended up running a full 5k and not the 3500m run by all the other frosh due to a late arrival. Meet officials allowed the team to enter the sophmore race and Ajee raced to the victory in 20:07.
