Loaded Entries For GSTC HS Fall Showcase #2


The GSTC High School Fall Showcase hosted by the Garden State Track Club is back for their second meet of the five meet series. The 5Ks on the track are back but a 3K has also been added to the schedule.

There are a number of out of state stars joining New Jersey athletes entered into this one from NY, PA, CT, and more. It should be noted this is an unattached club meet held on a track and not a cross country meet, all high schools mentioned are just for reference, our notes will focus on the New Jersey entries.

Coverage & Results From Meet #1

Boys 3K: The 3K kicks off the action where New Jersey is represented by Pompton Lake's Nathan Armstrong, we recently spoke with Armstrong after his 16:36 5K win at the Season Opener Invite. 

Girls 5K Heat 1: The first heat of the girls 5K sees five NJ entries. Sophie Steidle, a state Group 1 Champ on the track, recorded an 18:09.30 at the first GSTC meet, Maria Laverde, Laurel Kurtz, Casey Walter, and Anna Umlauf

Girls 5K Heat 2: Heat 2 brings a stacked field of girls distance running talent: Northeast Regional and Prep State cross country champ Charlotte Bednar will open her fall season on the track in this race as the third seed. Joining Bednar is Camryn Wennersten who finished eighth in the opening GSTC meet with a 17:53.55 and Miranda Lorsbach who was fifth back in September running 17:18.68. These New Jersey talents take on the likes of 2018 Foot Locker Nationals champ Sydney Masciarelli (CT), PA State Champ Jenna Mulhern, and more.

Boys 5K Heat 1: The boys first 5K heat has three NJ boys in the mix. Jacob Cobb, Zach Rhoda who is coming off a strong junior cross country season, and Owen Marish take on 15 out of state athletes.

Boys 5K Heat 2: Middlesex and Gloucester County champions Ben Godish and Brady Shute are seeded sixth and seventh. Bobby Hymans of Ramapo, who just had a great cross country opener at Garret Mountain running 16:19 is seeded 13th. Jack Napoli, Josh Forrest, and James Ptack will wear the number 17 through 19 stickers. They take on 15 very talented runners from PA, NY, VT, MA, DE, and VA.

Entries and Schedule

Athletes are running unattached, the high schools listed are just for reader reference.
New Jersey's entries are in bold.

Boys 3K Heat #1 - 6:40pm

1

Justin Cascio

Junior

CT

2

Patrick Gibbons

Junior

CT

3

Jack Martin

Junior

CT

4

Eamon Burke

Junior

CT

5

Carver Morgan

Junior

CT

6

Tyler Cotter

Senior

NY

7

Nathan Armstrong

Senior

NJ

8

Riley Keffer

Se

NY

9

Azaan Dawson

CT

10

Luke Hester

Junior

CT

11

Davis Cote

Senior

CT

12

Jack Sendek

Senior

NY

Girls 5K Heat #1 - 7:00pm

1

Anna Markovina

Junior

NY

2

Sophie Steidle

Senior

NJ

3

Siena Muccini

Junior

NYC

4

Katie Turk

Senior

NY

5

Maria Laverde

Senior

NJ

6

Emily Jobes

Senior

PA

7

Laurel Kurtz

Senior

NJ

8

Lydia Colasante

Sophomore

DE

9

Lauryn Heskin

Senior

NYC

10

Carolyn Tarpley

Sophomore

PA

11

Casey Walter

Senior

NJ

12

Amanda Kelly

Junior

PA

13

Liesl Scherrer

Senior

PA

14

Weronika Ziemniak

Sophomore

PA

15

Caroline Miller

Senior

PA

16

Josephine Critchley

Senior

NY

17

Anna Umlauf

Senior

NJ

18

Caitlyn Acompora

Junior

NY

19

Tiffany Herrera

Junior

DE

Girls 5K Heat #2 - 7:30pm

1

Sydney Masciarelli

Senior

CT

2

Jenna Mulhern

Junior

PA

3

Charlotte Bednar

Junior

NJ

4

Kathryn Altieri

Senior

 NYC

5

Camryn Wennersten

Junior

NJ

6

Miranda Lorsbach

Junior

NJ

7

McKinley Fielding

Junior

NY

8

Lizzy Lucason

Junior

NY

9

Alexa Doe

Junior

NY

10

Bronwyn Patterson

Senior

MD

Boys 5K Heat #1 - 8:00pm

1

Alexander Rich

Senior

NYC

2

Jacob Cobb

Junior

NJ

3

Blaise Moyer

Senior

DE

4

Zach Rhoda

Senior

NJ

5

Peyton Ramsey

Senior

CT

6

Peter Fogarty

Senior

NY

7

Zach Martin

Senior

NY

8

Eric Shu

Senior

NY

9

Jack Davidson

Senior

PA

10

Nicholas Tardugno

Senior

NY

11

Andrew Fogarty

Senior

NY

12

Gavin Brophy

Junior

PA

13

Kyle Meyers

Junior

NY

14

Alexander Kasper

Junior

NY

15

Austin Wefer

Junior

NY

16

Cory Demo

Senior

NY

17

Aadarsh Yagnik

Junior

NY

18

Owen Marish

Senior

NJ

Boys 5K Heat #2 - 8:30pm

1

Dylan Throop

Senior

PA

2

Aiden Burnhill

Senior

PA

3

Anthony Diaz

Senior

NY

4

Brady Martisus

Senior

VT

5

Adam Barbato

Junior

NY

6

Ben Godish

Senior

NJ

7

Brady Shute

Senior

NJ

8

Drew Pesko

Junior

MA

9

Michael Silveri

Senior

NY

10

Nikhil DeNatale

Junior

NYC

11

Declan Rymer

Senior

PA

12

Blake Buscemi

Senior

NY

13

Bobby Hymans

Senior

NJ

14

Declan McDonnell

Senior

DE

15

Cole Frank

Senior

PA

16

Caleb Bender

Senior

NY

17

Jack Napoli

Junior

NJ

18

Josh Forrest

Senior

NJ

19

James Ptack

Senior

NJ

20

Holden Betz

Senior

NY

21

Yakob Kelley

Junior

VA

Event Map

The event will be live streamed on the Garden State Track Club Instagram and live results will be on Lexicontiming.com. Videos and final results will be posted on NJ MileSplit post-meet.