All summer we'll be treating Saturdays as meet days and look back to some of our best races caught on camera from the 2016 cross country season. Today relive the 2016 Morris County Championships.
Results | All Race Videos
We will see a new Greystone course in 2017 but today we take a look back at one of the last few races run on the old layout. Some fast times were thrown down at the Morris County Championships including Eric Clay's 15:38 for the win after a long battle with Joey DeFeo who finished second at 15:45. Both of them rank top ten all-time in course history, and will remain there for that layout. Morris Hills earned the team championship with 57 points and an impressive 57 second one through five split led by Alexander Pai in third at 15:52.For the girls championship Abbey Loveys of Randolph won with the 13th fastest time in course history at 18:15, a whole 30 seconds faster than the field. She'll be back to defend her title in 2017. Her one card wasn't wasted in the team standings either as Randolph earned the championship with 69 points and a 19:24 average. They were six points ahead of Mendham.
You can watch both these championship races below, we also recorded action from the junior varsity and freshmen races.
Boys Championship Race
Top Finishers and Teams
1 | Eric Clay | 12 | Morristown HS | 15:37.91 | |
2 | Joey DeFeo | 12 | Delbarton School | 15:44.69 | |
3 | Alexander Pai | 12 | Morris Hills HS | 15:52.20 | |
4 | Jared Cooper | 10 | Mountain Lakes HS | 15:59.27 | |
5 | Joshua Holihan | 12 | Randolph HS | 15:59.66 |
1 | Morris Hills HS | 57 | 3+9+11+13+21 (26+28) | 0:57 1-5 Split | 16:19 Avg | ||
2 | Delbarton School | 89 | 2+15+16+17+39 (42+55) | 1:26 1-5 Split | 16:34 Avg | ||
3 | Chatham HS | 103 | 6+8+20+32+37 (53+81) | 1:00 1-5 Split | 16:41 Avg |
Girls Championship Race
Top Finishers and Teams
1 | Abby Loveys | 10 | Randolph HS | 18:15.02 | |
2 | Lucy Jeffs | 11 | Mendham HS | 18:46.90 | |
3 | Anna George | 10 | Montville Twp. HS | 18:48.28 | |
4 | Brooke Olson | 11 | Randolph HS | 18:57.04 | |
5 | Meredith Finley | 9 | Randolph HS | 19:04.69 |
1 | Randolph HS | 69 | 1+4+5+24+35 (64+66) | 2:23 1-5 Split | 19:24 Avg | ||
2 | Mendham HS | 75 | 2+7+13+26+27 (31+47) | 1:24 1-5 Split | 19:36 Avg | ||
3 | Mountain Lakes HS | 131 | 10+14+20+39+48 (81+107) | 1:33 1-5 Split | 20:10 Avg |