Contents
What's up?
Athletes of the Week
Rankings
Photo of the Week
Meet Results
Little pump up video.
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/// The New Jersey Cross Country season has returned! A magical time for distance runners, no one quite understands the amazing nature of cross until they experience it for themselves. The team focus, fall weather, large races, not going in a circle, the grass/dirt/mud/rain/snow/sun. There are a few early invitationals for teams to choose from as we continue our training for State's season, but invitationals aren't the only challenges on the plate right now. DUAL MEETS are here in full force as many teams hope to win their divisions.
/// Speaking of dual meets, CBA has successfully opened up their duals season by extending their National Record streak of dual meet victories to a whopping 323 wins! Article linked to the picture of CBA after their Eastern States victory last year at Van Courtland Park (Photo by Kyle Brazeil). Located here.
/// We have video of an awesome motivation and advice session from the great Marcus O'Sullivan if you missed that awesome post. Located here.
/// TOP TEN RANKINGS have been posted voted on by comittee. You can find that article here.
At the end of the day, no matter the race results, I think everyone is just happy XC is back.
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Brennan Sharkey (Sr) of West Morris Central takes the week 1 girls athlete of the week honors. A HUGE personal best at the Randolph Invitational under the lights; with her first place finishing time of 18:01 She took two minutes off of her best 2012 XC time. The last two times she raced at that same meet were 21:31 (2012) and 22:28 (2011). Congratulations Brennan!
Justin Naselli (Sr.) of Mendham takes the week 1 boys athlete of the week honors. This was a pretty decent early season run for Justin. He personal best with the winning time of 15:46.95. His last personal best in the 5K came last October at the NJAC Championships where he ran a 15:55.
Photo / Dave Folsom / MileSplit / Justin Naselli running at the Bernie Magee Class Invite 2011.
Alright week one, a time when the spotlight a top the rankings is a constant battle due to up and coming stars and breakout performances. There is still a ton of unknowns about this coming season, and many known stars haven't entered the rankings as of yet. Lets take a look at the potential new house hold names.
TOP TEN TEAM RANKINGS have also been posted voted on by comittee. You can find that article here.
Girls Top 10 - FULL RANKINGS
| Rank | Time | Athlete Name | Team | C/O | Date | Meet |
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| 1. |
18:01.01 |
Brennan Sharkey | West Morris Central HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 2. |
18:31.40 |
Elizabeth Lansing | Randolph HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 3. |
18:35.36 |
Carole Harsch | Randolph HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 4. |
18:52.51 |
Liz Newman | Ridge HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 5. |
19:04.95 |
Clarissa Modde | Voorhees HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 6. |
19:07.47 |
Liz Wellman | Randolph HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 7. |
19:13.00 |
Cailyn Lavigne | North Hunterdon HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Petty Fun Run |
| 8. |
19:16.21 |
Sarah Spring | Ridge HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 9. |
19:19.10 |
Margaret Thomson | Randolph HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 10. |
19:20.45 |
Maddie Marrone | Middletown North HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
Boys Top 10 - FULL RANKINGS
| Rank | Time | Athlete Name | Team | C/O | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
15:46.95 |
Justin Naselli | Mendham HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 2. |
15:48.25 |
Craig Corti | Wallkill Valley HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 3. |
15:55.96 |
Justin Lippert | Middletown North HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 4. |
15:58.29 |
Jordan Price | New Providence HS | 2016 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 5. |
15:59.60 |
Josiah Hanko | Trinity Christian School | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 6. |
16:05.62 |
Trent Brinkofski | Bishop Ahr HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 7. |
16:07.00 |
Liam Wall | Peddie School | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | 36th Newark Academy Invitational |
| 8. |
16:07.85 |
Louis Bustamante | Wallkill Valley HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 9. |
16:18.09 |
Paul Ehmann | Mendham HS | 2015 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
| 10. |
16:24.94 |
Dave Mugavero | North Hunterdon HS | 2014 | 09/07/2013 | Randolph Invitational |
This is a feature that will celebrate the awesome photographers that devote their time and talents to post countless photos each week. (Which if you didn't know you can tag your MileSplit profile in so they are linked, must claim your profile first).
Dave Folsom wins our photo and photographer of the week honors. He posted a full 11 page album on the Petty Fun Run meet page. This was my pick for the best photo. If you see photos you would like to nominate each week let me know in the discussion board, on twitter or facebook, or my email at rkellert@milesplit.com! Remember to include a link to the photo.
Athlete / Fan / Coach photo of the week (that I saw at least)
Was a tie between the two team photos taken by the Cherokee and Bernards twitter accounts.
Thanks for a great weekend ladies. pic.twitter.com/9a11DYcqpz
— Cherokee XC and T&F (@LadyChiefsTribe) September 8, 2013
Pre race pic.twitter.com/1ISDJaLjRB
— Bernards Track & XC (@BernardsTrackXC) September 11, 2013
Photo / Patty Morgan Photos / MileSplit
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PTXC 5 - Presented by New Balance |
Jersey's pride in this out of state race were Paul VI - Meet Results, TRNorth - Meet Results, Raritan - Meet Results, Hasbrouck Hts. - Meet Results
New Jersey boys were led by George Balzer of Paul VI, 3rd in the second heat, with 17:03. There was race video for this time, of which I've embedded below.
Photo / Dave Folsom / MileSplit
Top 5 Girls
1 Cailyn Lavigne North Hunterdon 19:13.00
2 Christine Hughes North Warren 20:20.00
3 Ally Higdon North Hunterdon 20:25.00
4 Sally Falk North Hunterdon 20:31.00
5 Lisa Wilbur North Warren 20:37.00
I was only given girls results for this one, there was one stand out time leading North Hunterdon to victory and that was the NJ#7 posting of 19:13 by Cailyn Lavigne.
Photo found on the @LadyChiefsTribe twitter account.
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7th Annual Vineyard XC Invitational |
Vineyard XC Invite - Cherokee boys 2nd lead by Kaleb Burch with 16:55, girls 5th lead by Kiersten Montenero 20:10 http://t.co/pFyid2YLGK
— NJRunners (@NJRunners) September 7, 2013
The only New Jersey team participating in this meet, Cherokee opened up it's season in fine fashion. Cherokee performances can be found here.
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36th Newark Academy Invitational |
Some top performances listed below, the team titles were won by Newark Academy for the boys and Kent Place for the girls. Liam Wall of Peddie ripped a 16:07 at this meet in the boys varsity race for the individual win, great opening time.
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Randolph Invitational |
This is the highlight meet of the week; many great performances ran here including both athletes of the week. Brennan Sharkey rips an 18.01 for a huge personal best and individual win for the girls, while Justin Naselli does the same with a 15:46.9 in the boys section. Team wise in the boys combined varsity races Saint Anthony's took the team title with 71 points, Mendham sits third with 183 points. For the girls respectfully Randolph took the team title with an impressive 39 points and a team average of 19:06.
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