This article will run through some quick highlights for New Jersey athletes from the 2024 running of the Manhattan College Cross Country Invitational Presented by HOKA.
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Boys New Jersey Highlights
New Jersey Leaders
- Top Team: Christian Brothers Academy, 12:41 AVG, 28.4 split, 1st Eastern State.
- Top Individual: Joe Barrett - CBA - 12:20.7, 1st Eastern States
- Leading Senior: Joe Barrett - CBA - 12:20.7, 1st Eastern States
- Leading Junior: Luke Hnatt - CBA - 12:58.8, 4th Eastern States
- Leading Sophomore: Gavin Schmitt - CBA - 12:47.5, 7th Eastern States
- Leading Freshmen 2.5 Mile: Nevin Millstein - Ocean City, 2nd JV E
- Leading Freshmen 2400m: Liam Angley - St. Peter's Prep, 1st Freshmen C
Eastern State Championship Race
N.J. No. 1 / U.S. No. 2 ranked Christian Brothers Academy set the second-fastest team average all-time at Van Cortlandt during this race with a 12:41.0. They finished their scoring five by the eighth position totaling a dominating 25 points and split just 28.4 seconds between them!
Joe Barrett repeated as Eastern States Champion running 12:20.7, Luke Hnatt was fourth at 12:43.2, Ryan Schmitt fifth 12:44.5, Gavin Schmitt seventh 12:47.5, and Alex Mastroly 8th 12:49.1.
N.J. No. 2 ranked Haddonfield Memorial was second as a team in this race scoring 176 points, tiebreaking with Boston College High School on extra runners. Haddonfield averaged 13:22 and split 28 seconds between their top five. They were led by junior Luke Andresen finishing 21st clocking 13.09.6.
N.J. No. 7 ranked St. Peter's Prep finished seventh as a team scoring 264 points, 10+35+43+77+99 (143+155), averaging 13:39 and splitting 56 seconds amongst their top five. Senior Tommy O'Brien led the team in 10th running 12:52.3.
Competing individually with a solid finish was Brenden McMahon of Ridge HS, who crossed the finish at 12:55.1 finishing 12th.
Varsity A
The Ocean City boys won Varsity A, scoring 70 points to outpace second-placed St. Andrews' 90-point total. Ocean City averaged 13:47.0, with a 39.2-second split between their top five.
They were led by junior Erik Preisner finishing in sixth running 13:29.
Ocean City Boys Team Performance
Team Pts Athlete Yr Time
1 6 Erik Preisner JR 13:29.0
2 7 Keenan Neuman SO 13:37.4
3 9 Ethan Buck SR 13:40.2
4 20 Nathan Aschmann SO 14:00.0
5 28 Michael Romano SO 14:08.2
6 ( 34) Zach Hutchinson SR 14:16.9
7 ( 72) Gavin Mattina JR 15:04.7Varsity B
Peddie School scored eighth as a team in Varsity B averaging 15:07 and splitting 1:24. They were led by senior Baker Pott finishing 15th with a time of 14:16.4.
Ocean Township and Rumson-Fair Haven also finished 10th and 11th in this division.
Peddie School Team Performance
8. 184 Peddie School (15:07.0 75:35.0 1:24.0) ======================================================= 1 14 Baker Pott SR 14:16.4 2 23 James Hamnett SR 14:42.5 3 40 Jack Stewart SR 15:17.7 4 52 Rishabha Rishi Swaminathan SR 15:38.0 5 55 Theo Salapatas SO 15:40.4 6 ( 59) Landen Jefferson SR 15:42.3 7 ( 65) Ethan Sbarro JR 15:46.4
Varsity C
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Varsity D
The Williamstown HS boys scored 10th as a team in Varsity D led by Dominic Burgio with a time of 13:45.9. Leonia HS was 14th led by Calvin Daou.
10. 275 Williamstown (15:04.8 75:23.8 3:33.3) ======================================================= 1 9 Dominic Burgio JR 13:45.9 2 24 Logan Pavelik JR 14:19.4 3 53 David Kershner SR 14:58.9 4 56 Jonathan Delicana JR 15:00.4 5 133 Freedom Neff FR 17:19.2 6 (137) Alexander Burkhart SR 17:34.8 7 (145) Ronald Williams SR 18:56.6
Varsity E
Bergen Catholic ran to 14th in Varsity E, they were led by Dylan Brown running 14:51.3.
14. 307 Bergen Catholic (15:28.1 77:20.5 1:42.2) ======================================================= 1 40 Dylan Brown JR 14:51.3 2 46 William Saracino SR 14:58.7 3 54 Daniel Calianese SR 15:18.0 4 72 Andrew Byrnes SR 15:39.0 5 95 Luke Schoeler JR 16:33.5 6 (100) Max Yoo JR 16:43.7
Varsity F
Hackensack HS finished seventh as a team scoring 201 points and averaging 14:48.7. They were led by junior Michael McGinnity who finished second in the Varsity F with a time of 13:19.6.
7. 201 Hackensack (14:48.7 74:03.5 2:24.8) ======================================================= 1 2 Michael McGinnity JR 13:19.6 2 25 Kevin Remache SO 14:34.2 3 34 Jeison Remache SO 14:46.4 4 68 Elwin Lliguisupa SR 15:38.9 5 72 Allan Morales SR 15:44.4 6 (112) Joel Tenezaca JR 17:53.6 7 (115) Henry Remache SR 18:18.0
Varsity G
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Freshmen Race Highlights
All freshmen races were 2400m.
Liam Angley of St. Peter's Prep won the Freshmen C race with a time of 8:02.9, which not only led all New Jersey freshmen but led the entire meet at the 2400m distance. St. Peter's Prep finished third as a team. Bergen Catholic was also seventh as a team in Freshmen C.
Justin Ventimiglia of Christian Brothers Academy won the Freshmen D race clocking 8:12.90 and ranks fifth among all 2400m times at the meet. CBA won the Freshmen D race as a team averaging 8:42.6 splitting 43.7.
Leonia finished fifth as a team in Varsity A with an average of 10:51.3.
Intermediate Highlights
Community MS won the Intermediate, middle school, race as a team with 17 points. They were led by Kanata Arai who finished fourth overall running 8:56.9 over the 1.5 mile course.
1. 17 Community MS ( 9:07.9 45:39.2 0:25.7) ======================================================= 1 1 Kanata Arai 7 8:56.9 2 2 Ashvin Avineni 8 8:57.7 3 3 Ishaan Rana 7 9:10.0 4 4 Quenton Alig 8 9:12.0 5 7 Arnav Sharma 8 9:22.6 6 ( 8) Matthew Gurvich 8 9:27.2 7 ( 12) Rocco Mangold 8 9:52.0