2010 NJSIAA
CROSS COUNTRY
MEET OF CHAMPIONS
Boys Champion Jim Rosa - 15:14.63
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NJSIAA Meet of Champions
Previews
GIRLS
Hillsborough
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109
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Voorhees
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129
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Red Bank Catholic
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137
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Holy Angels
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215
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Ridge
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221
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Hunterdon Central
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231
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Pingry
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233
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Mendham
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236
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Randolph
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236
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Mountain Lakes
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237
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Cherokee
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239
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Bernards
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244
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Mount Saint Dominic
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251
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Bishop Eustace
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253
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Hillsborough
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18:30
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19:36
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19:37
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19:54
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20:29
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20:50
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21:09
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Voorhees
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19:06
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19:39
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19:55
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20:10
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20:14
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20:24
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20:31
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Red Bank Cath
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18:21
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19:21
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19:56
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20:08
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20:09
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21:42
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22:33
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Holy Angels
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18:57
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19:31
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20:10
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20:51
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21:29
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22:01
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22:38
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Ridge
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19:57
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20:12
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20:26
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20:31
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20:54
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21:10
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21:52
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Hunterdon Cent
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19:17
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20:04
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20:09
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20:38
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21:30
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21:46
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21:50
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Pingry
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19:53
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20:06
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20:28
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20:56
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21:08
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21:10
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22:18
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Mendham
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19:08
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19:32
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19:36
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21:11
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22:12
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22:40
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24:05
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Randolph
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18:28
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19:46
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20:14
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21:19
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21:38
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24:20
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Mountain Lakes
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19:08
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19:59
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20:36
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20:56
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21:08
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21:11
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22:09
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Cherokee
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17:55
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20:31
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20:51
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20:53
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20:58
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21:29
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21:32
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Bernards
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18:44
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20:28
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20:44
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20:48
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21:18
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22:14
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23:16
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Mt St Dominic
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18:55
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19:50
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20:17
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20:52
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21:30
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22:08
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22:33
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Bishop Eustace
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18:22
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19:34
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19:55
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21:39
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22:11
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22:33
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Top Individuals with Holmdel PRs:
Boys
2009 Boys Team Champion
Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 78 points, 16:25 avg.
2010 Top Teams
* Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft)
Non-Public “A” Champs (16:17 avg.) 1:06 spread
* Westfield (Westfield)
Group 4 Champs (16:36 avg.) 59 second spread
* Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey)
Non-Public “A” Runner Up (16:40 avg) 45 second spread
* West Windsor-Plainsboro No. (Plainsboro)
Group 3 Champs (16:41 avg.) 1:29 spread
* West Windsor-Plainsboro So. (Princeton Jct.)
Group 4 Runner Up (16:46) 38 second spread
What Might Happen
On paper and based on what has happened out on the trail this year, CBA should be the prohibitive favorite to win their 16th Meet of Champions victory.
CBA is led by Mike Mazzaccaro (’11), who took individual honors in CBA’s win on Saturday. He is followed by a strong supporting cast, chief among them Dan Mykitshyn (16:10 SB @ Holmdel) and George Kelly (16:16 / 3rd @ NP “A”). The balance of the team is not too shabby. The Colts averaged a miserly 16:17 at Groups and would have to suffer a major implosion not to get back to the top of the podium for the first time since 2005. Or…, another of the top teams would have to outrun them. And that is why the races are run. Any of the other 4 teams listed above could run outstanding races and seriously challenge the CBA squad. We think that Tom Heath will record that 16th MOC win on Saturday.
Three of the 4 teams with the next fastest team averages were at the dance last year. They are all well coached and will be poised to run fast.
Westfield, 5th last year, had the 2nd fastest team average at Groups and will hope to get big races up front by Jack Leahy (16:02 @ Groups) and Andrew Kirna (16:13). Coach Jack Martin’s squad gaps under a minute and if the Leahy / Kirna duo can pull their mates along, the Blue Devils will score low.
Defending champ Don Bosco has had Christian Costello at the front all year. The junior ran 16:18 at Groups, only 2 seconds behind CBA’s #2 (Kelly). A very makeable gap. If the Ironmen can close up the 2-5 spread they could make things more interesting.
Last year Brian Gould’s Knights of WW-P No. took 3rd at MOC behind the 1-2 finish of the Rosa twins. With brother Joe out for the season, North will depend on a great team performance behind Jim Rosa, onr of the pre race favorites on the individual side. The team has hung together nicely during Joe Rosa’s absence with everyone contributing along the way. At Groups theirb2nd runner was Pat O’Connell (16:36). At Sectionals it was Casey Dalrymple who followed Rosa to the line. The 1:29 spread at Groups is a little deceiving given the 15:46 winning time by Jim Rosa. The 2-5 gap was 39 seconds.
West Windsor South missed the Big Show last year, but should show up on a mission this Saturday. Kurt Wayton’s kids have been proving all year that they belong with the state elite and ran tough to a runner up finish in the Grp 4 race. A 38 second 1-5 gap is nothing to sneeze at. The Pirates have been running in a tight pack all year (48 sec@ Mercer & Sectionals), and if they can all inch up, they are in the hunt.
Individuals
2009 Boys Champion
Joe Rosa (West Windsor-Plainsboro No. ‘11) 14:56 - Course Record
Top 2010 Boys Returning Individual
Jim Rosa (West Windsor-Plainsboro No. ’11) 15:15
Top 50 Holmdel Individuals 2010 XC
What Might Happen
This Championship race shapes up as a possible steel cage death match between Jim Rosa and Jeramy Elkaim with a couple of the other XC studs sticking their noses in and maybe making things very interesting.
Last year there were 11 sub 16:00 performances at MOC, including a sub 15:00 Course Record by Joe Rosa who will be absent this year. This year we may well see as many as 15 as there are already 11 boys under the barrier at Holmdel and another 9 between 16:00 and 16:09. Look out below!
I think that this will be a race that goes out very fast. Maybe not the 5:05 that led the first mile in 2009, but very fast. The pack will be large, but a continued hard pace through the deuce will start to thin out the herd. I can’t/won’t make a prediction, but tink that with 1000m to go there will still be 3 or 4 guys still butting heads. From there on in, it’s anyone’s bet. I do think that the winner might/will go 15:15-15:20.
“Saturday is a Man’s Race” – Ryan Grote
Cover Photo by Good Doggie Photo: 2009 MOC - Girls Start