Randolph Invite - Traub Debuts Strong Pat Montferrat Sep 12, 2008

Early Results

On a night that saw persistant rain and muddy course conditions, there were still some steller performances in the Randolph Invitational at Freedom Park.

It did not take Eastern Christian freshman Kristen Traub long to make a great first impression.

The diminutive frosh took the early lead and never gave it up as she took the Girls Group 1 race in 19:06.

Her time is the #20 All time mark on the Freedom Park course. Runner up in the race was Caitlin Hudson of Bronxville (NY) in 19:44.

The Start of the Girls Group 1 race at the Randolph Invitational

Full Results

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XC 2008 - Previews Pat Montferrat Aug 25, 2008

Group One 

Top Ten Returning Teams - Group 1 Boys    
School   Section   Avg.   LY @ Grps
Haddon Hts   SJ   16:25   1
Haddon Twp.   SJ   17:18   9
Metuchen   CJ   17:36   6
Shore Reg.   CJ   17:44   5
Leonia   No. 1   18:07   7
Bogota   No. 1   18:07   13
No. Warren   No. 1   18:34   14 (Grp 2)
Dunellen   CJ   18:39   15
Westwood   No. 1   18:45   10
Penns Grove   SJ   18:55   16

 

 

Top Ten Returning Teams - Group 1 Girls    
School   Section   Team Avg.   LY @ Grps
Verona   No. 2   22:08   6
Metuchen   CJ   22:01   3
Shore Reg.   CJ   22:20   7
Kinnelon   No. 1   22:31   10
Waldwick   No. 1   22:34   5
McNair Acedemic   No. 2   23:32   8
Palisades Pk.   No. 2   23:39   DNC
Leonia   No. 1   24:10   DNC
Woodstown   SJ   24:31   18
Bogota   No. 1   24:24   DNC

 

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THE SECOND SEASON Pat Montferrat Oct 17, 2007

With the completion of last Saturday’s Invitationals the NJ Cross Country Season moved into its championship phase with county and conference meets starting in earnest this week. NJRunners will post results as we receive them along with meet recaps each night. 

Readers are welcome to contribute recaps / stories / pictures / video from any meets that they attend.

 

 

Tuesday: 

Monmouth County Championships

Iron Hills Conference Championships

BCSL - National / Olympic Championships (Bergen Co.)

 

 

 

Monmouth County (Holmdel Park)  

The good news here on the girl’s side was the return of Colts Neck junior Briana Jackuciewicz to the races as she took the individual title in 19:01, running with a compression sleeve on her injured leg. Second place went to Lindsey Lambert (Sr. / Howell), who ran 19:17 with the bronze going to Janel Parker, a senior from Freehold Twp (19:39).  Jackuciewicz’ s time is the 2nd fastest on the Holmdel course this season. 

Led by soph Michelle Capozzi (5th / 19:52), Red Bank Catholic took the team with 68 points (20:19 avg,). With Allison Linnell in 3rd, Colts Neck took the silver with 76 pts. (20:14 avg.). Third place went to Howell (82 pts. / 20:23 avg.). 

Manalapan junior Robbie Andrews continues to show his great range with a 16:11 win over Bobby McGann (16:21) also a junior, from RBC. In all, the junior class took the top 4 spots with George Galasso of Holmdel in 3rd (16:22) and Colts Neck’s Mark Leinenger taking 4th (16:32).  

CBA, which is no stranger to the Monmouth County winner’s podium, won the boys race here by once again running a tight pack. With their top 3 taking places 6-7-8  (Vin Ferrar, Kyle Havard, Ben Horel) to lead the Colts, CBA scored 49 points with a team average of 16:56 (26 sec gap). The 5 man average is the fastest at Holmdel Park this year. Holmdel High School finished second with 130 points, ahead of Red Bank Regional which scored 151 for the 3rd place finish .\"\"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Photo: Bri J en route to her win @ Holmdel

  Courtesy of:  RecCentral  (click on link for full photo coverage)

Iron Hills Conference  (Freedom Park) 

The Morris Hills Boys squad seems to be a fast track to rival the 2005 edition which was one of the finest teams  in recent memory. Coming off of a  third place finish in their race at Manhattan, the Knights took the Hills Division with 23 points. With Sean Poherance winning in 15:45, a Mo Hills sweep was prevented by Mike Franklin of Mendham who took 2nd in 15:55. Liam Tansey was the #2 man for Morris Hills as he took third overall in 16:20.Second place in the team race went to Mendham with 60 points, putting its 5 scorers in the top 20. Third went to Summit with 82 points.

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10 Questions With...Katie Kellner & Brian Leung Pat Montferrat Sep 07, 2007

\"\"Last year they were arguably the premier distance runners in Mercer County and by years end had made the move into the elite circle in all of NJ. Katie Kellner (jr.) and Brian Leung (sr.) of West Windsor-Plainsboro South are among the leading returnees this XC season. They took time recently to answer NJRunners “10 Questions”

 

1.) What type of mileage have you done this summer?

BL: After the spring season, I took 3 weeks off to let my hip flexor heal from when I injured it at the sectional meet.  I started out at 40 miles for the first week.  It was probably the hardest first week of training, even more so than my first week as a freshman.  I had to run in 116 degree weather since I was in Las Vegas with my mom.  After that, I slowly built up to 80 miles a week and have been running that kind of mileage for the past couple weeks.  This is definitely the best summer of training I have ever had.  I started doubling for the first time this summer and it has definitely paid off.  For the first time, I feel extremely fit and healthy while maintaining the most mileage I have ever done.   

KK: I have done about 40-50 miles a week.

2.) What was your "Breakthrough Race" last year?

BL: The meet of Champions in XC was definitely my breakthrough race.  Just three weeks prior to the MOCs, I was still feeling terrible and couldn't run more than a couple miles at a time due to the mononucleosis.  But as I gave my body more time to fight it off, things started to come together.  I won my county race and then advanced easily from sectionals, to groups, then to the MOCs.  Coach Wayton has always been great and I remember two days before MOCs, he told me he had to be somewhere else.  Now in my mind, this was the biggest race of my life and I needed him to be there, but instead, he decided to go to the NCAA championships in Terre Haute.  He just told me to go out there and not be afraid to mix it up.  To this day, I have never been as relaxed as I was going into the MOCs.  Crossing the finish line, I Called Coach Wayton right away and his reaction was priceless.  The satisfaction I felt after that race is still the greatest emotion I can recall from running.\"\" 

KK: My breakthrough race last year was the Shore Coaches Invitational at Holmdel Park. I got second in the Girl's Varsity B race and ran 18:51. It was the first time I ever broke 19 minutes at Holmdel. This gave me confidence for the rest of the state races at Holmdel Park.

3.) Do you have any pre-race superstitions or rituals?

BL: I guess you can call listening to music before races a ritual, but I stopped doing that after I broke my ipod.

KK: I have one strange pre-race ritual. The night before any big meet I sleep backwards on my bed. I put my head where my feel usually are and my feet where my head usually is. I'm not sure how this started but for some reason I always have my best races when I sleep backwards.

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Thompson Rises to The Top Pat Montferrat Sep 06, 2007

Girls Top Ten Individuals 

Who will be #1 on the podium at Holmdel Park. At least all of the contenders to the vacated Girls title should be on the line on 11/17.  With Danielle Tauro gone to Michigan and Ashley Higginson just down the road at Princeton, the title chase is wide open with no lack of talented, qualified girls vying for the crown.

 

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Melanie Thompson at 2006 MOC

Hot Morning, Hot Times - Race For Awareness 5K Pat Montferrat Aug 04, 2007

It helps to have friends and in Road Racing it sure helps to have fast friends. With the help of former Ocean City HS and current Kentucky standout John Richardson, the Race For Awareness 5K assembled one of the more star studded fields in recent South Jersey memory. In the building heat and humidity this morning JR & Co. did not disappoint, turning in the fastest 5K ever run in Ocean City, according to long time OCHS coach Bill Moreland. Villanova star and recent sub 4 minute miler, Bobby Curtis and NCAA steeplechase finalist Cory Nowitzke (Eastern Michigan) finished in a virtual tie with Curtis getting the nod (15:25.6 to 15:25.9). In all 8 runners in this “who’s who” of  distance completed the course in under 16:00. The top woman finisher was Jenna Jensen of BYU (23rd overall) in 18:13.7. Not bad for a low key event in early August.  

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Photo: Bobby Curtis (R) edges Cory Nowitzke (L) at the Race For Awareness

IT\'s HOLMDEL FOR 2007 Pat Montferrat Jul 17, 2007

In an Email message received by NJRunners on Tuesday, NJSIAA assistant director Don Danser confirmed that Holmdel Park will be the site for the State Group Championships and the Meet of Champions for 2007.

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Photo by: George Kochman III

In a seperate communication, Danser stated that the issue regarding use of splkes on the course will be up to coaches / athletes.

"We will only caution that spikes may be a problem, given the medal manhole covers, macadam, and concrete that athletes have to cross. We will let coaches/athletes make that decision"  

SECTIONAL COVERAGE Pat Montferrat May 24, 2007

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Despite the arrival of sub-tropical weather and the worst timing job ever at the CJ 1&4 site, there were many outstanding performances at the NJSIAA Sectional Championshipsthis past weekend.

5 NJ Seasonal #1's on the Boys side, including the astounding 46.95 vs 46.96 duel between Charles Cox (Mon. Reg.) and Antonio Abney (W'boro) on  Friday evening.

On the Girls side, 7 #1's were recorded with

Ashley Higginson, the Princeton bound senior from Colts Neck running 4:50.14 aggressivley from the front to smash the meet record in the G4 1600m. 

 

The other Seasonal Leaders:

BOYS

*Cedric Gonnet (Eastern) -10.63 (FAT)

*Tykeen Fulton (Trenton Central) - 14.00 (Also impressive 53.65 IH Win)                                                                                          

*Devon Bond (Trenton Central) - 6'10" (Along with a 48'02" TJ)

* Greg Stripe  (Mahwah) - 15' 01"

 

GIRLS

* Shavon Greaves (Lakewood) - 23.9

* Symone O'Connor (Franklin) - 54.45

* Danielle Tauro (So. Reg.) - 2:10.54 / 10:41.40 Double

* Indira Morton (So. Bruns) - 18' 06.25"

* Taryn O'Connor (Hillsborough) - 45' 11"

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Highlights 

*Craig Forys (Colts Neck) wins the G4 1600m in  4:15.41  (2:15-2:00)

Unofficial Splits - 67,67,60,59

Forys ran in the pack for 1000m and took off from there. Unofficially closes in 1:59 to break MR (4:19.3) set by Ian Waterhouse of Rancocas Valley in 2004.

* The Trenton Central juggernaut rolled in CJ4 with 116 pts.

* Kimberly Standridge (Randolph) goes 4:55.76, defeating Ashley Cromartie (Roxbury) who finished in 4:58.87

* Kyle Soloff (Morris Hills) outkicks Wayne Valley's Tony Salvatore for the North 1 G3 win at 1600m 4:16.87 to 4:17.41

* Freshman English Gardner (Eastern) 11.74 (MR / Group Record) at SJ G4

 

 

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If you are attending either of the Group Championship Meets next weekend and want to contribute stories, pictures and / or recaps to NJRunners.com, please contact me via Email (PFM724@comcast.net). Give your fellow NJ Track fans the coverage they deserve by contributing reports or pictures from Egg Harbor and So. Plainfield this Friday and Saturday.

2007 OUTDOOR RANKINGS STANDARDS Pat Montferrat Apr 02, 2007

NJRuns Announces Event by Event Rankings

 

Starting with this weekend’s kickoff meets, NJRuns will publish top marks by event and supply weekly rankings based on meet results. We will extract the top performances from all meets that we can get results from and publish them on the results pages here on the site. Those performances will feed a rankings database that will include all athletes who meet the performance standards listed on the next page.

 

·   Performances from Dual Meets will not be accepted. Only Invitationals and Championships.

·   Performances from meets that do not supply results to us will be considered upon submission by a coach, with proper documentation.

 Please submit performances to PFM724@comcast.net. Include the athlete's name, team, meet name and date.

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10 Questions With...Kyle Soloff Pat Montferrat Mar 16, 2007

\"\"From the Dream Season that saw his Morris Hills XC squad go to the Nike Team Nationals to his own highlight of running and finishing second in the Boys HS Mile Run at the hallowed Millrose Games, Kyle Soloff has been one of the steadiest high level performers in the state. As the Princeton bound Soloff prepared for the MOC 3200m this Sunday, he took time to take on our 10 Questions  

McIntyre, Pope John Girls Set SR\'s at Easterns Pat Montferrat Feb 28, 2007

NJ @ Eastern States Championships

Despite having competed only days earlier at the State MOC, many of New Jersey’s best runners, jumpers and throwers had shining moments last night in the 70th Eastern States Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City.

2 State Records were set in the meet which is one of the classics on the HS Indoor Circuit. Stephanie McIntyre of South Brunswick HS soared 40’ 11” on her last jump to break the existing record of 40’ 9 ¾”. The record was held by Carlene Cummings of Englewood and set in 1998. The other State record was set on the track by the Pope John XXIII Girls 4x800m Relay team. The foursome of Lauren Bariexca (2:16.5), Sarah Cariati (2:18.6), Emily Carrollo (2:14.9) and Lara Heigis (2:16.8) won the event in 9:06.94, to break the record of 9:08.34 set by Columbia HS (Maplewood) in 1997.  

 

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                         The Southern Regional US #1 DMR Team

Photo by: MaroonNews

FORYS - MR & US #1 at MOC Takes 3200m Over Smith Pat Montferrat Feb 26, 2007

The present and the future of NJ High School boys distance running met again yesterday and the King lives. Senior Craig Forys of Colts Neck and soph Doug Smith of the Gill-St. Bernards School hooked up in a much anticipated duel over 3200m at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River.

 In the last individual running event of the day, Craig Forys once again showed that age and experience still count for something. Biding his time and stalking Smith, Forys made a decisive move l\"\"ate in the race to break his young rival and win the race in 9:03.58 to Smith’s 9:11.39. A game Brian Leung of West Windsor-Plainsboro South took third in 9:20.12. Fory’s time is both a Meet Record and a US seasonal #1 in the event.

Apwah/ Bruno Break SR in 1000m Pat Montferrat Feb 05, 2007

\"2007 Apwah Winner @ Varsity Classic
Bruno Breaks US Junior Class Mark
Roxbury senior, Jason Apwah and Max Bruno, a junior fron Indian Hills broke the long standing state record in the 1000 Meter Run tonight at the Varsity Classic. in New York. In a virtual photo finish , Apwah got the nod as both runners were timed in 2:27.2. The time broke the previous mark held bt Steve Schadler of Bergenfield HS.
In other early results, 2 seasonal US # 1's were recorded. In the first event of the night, Andrew Hanko, a senior from Trinity Christian, won the 3200m in 9:09.9 which was also a meet record.

2006 Boys All State Team Pat Montferrat Dec 07, 2006

NJRuns All State Team Craig Forys - Colts Neck (Sr.)
Doug Smith - Gill-St Bernards (So.)
Brandon Jarrett - St. Benedicts (Jr.)
Matt Ciambriello - Old Bridge (Sr.)
Tom Poland - Delbarton (Sr.)
Kris Carle - Jackson Mem. (Sr.)
Christian Gonzalez - Franklin (Sr.)

HIGGINSON WINS! COLTS NECK 4th @ NTN Pat Montferrat Dec 02, 2006

Ashley Higginson won individual honors Saturday as she led the Colts Neck Girls to a 4th place finish at the Nike Team Nationals (NTN) in Portland Oregon. Higginson ran 19:18.4 over the 5,000 meter course to take the win.
(left: The Colts Neck Girls XC Team with Coach Jim Schlentz)
Photo Courtesy of RecCentral