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Fordham
Prep Cross Country/Track 2002-2003 |
Previous Seasons: |
2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 |
1995-96
1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91 1986-87 |
Coaches: Head Track & Field: George Febles, Jr Frosh & PV: Brian Carney Hurdles: George Febles, Sr. Field Events: Bill Dowling Head XC, Distance: Gerry Sullivan '92 Frosh Ass't: Jeff Walsh |
| Cross Country | Indoor Track | Outdoor Track |
| 8/31 - Pre-Season Run: cancelled | 11/30 -Molloy Invitational | 3/24 - Development Meet |
| 9/14 - CHSAA Practice Meet | 12/7 -Ram Relays | 3/29 - Bishop Ford Relays |
| 9/21- Regis Invitational | 12/14 - CHSAA Relay Carnival | 4/5 - Mount Relays |
| 9/28 - Xavier Invitational -Frosh & JV | 12/17 - Sectional Weight Champs | 4/12 - Arcadia |
| 9/28 - McQuaid Invitational - Vars | 12/21 - Loughlin Games-Varsity | 4/15 - Junior Midget Sectionals |
| 10/4 - Fordham Prep Devt Meet - F/JV | 12/22 - Appalachia Devt Meet | 4/17 - Relay Carnival |
| 10/5 - St. Anthony's Invite | 12/27 - Ultima Holiday Classic | 4/21 - Iona Invitational |
| 10/8 -Sophomore Sectional Champs | 12/27-28 - Brown Invitational | 4/25-6 - Penn Relays |
| 10/11 - All Hallows Inv | 12/30 - Development Meet | 4/30 - Frosh/Soph Sectional |
| 10/12 - Manhattan College Inv. | 1/3 - Weight/Novice Cities | 5/2 - Somers Invitational |
| 10/15 - Bronx Champs | 1/6 - Soph Sectional Champs | 5/4 - Jesuits |
| 10/19 - Fordham Prep Frosh
Relays Molloy JV Meet Eastern States Champs |
1/8 - Millrose Time Trials | 5/7 - CHSAA Novice/Junior Mids |
| 10/26 - Sectional Champs | 1/11 - Hispanic Games - Varsity | 5/9-10 - Loucks Games |
| 10/29 - Jim Scott Challenge | 1/12 - Development Meet | 5/9-10 - CHSAA Frosh/Soph Champs |
| 11/2 - Frosh/Soph Cities | 1/9 - Bronx Championships | 5/17 - Sectional Champs |
| 11/9 - CITY CHAMPS- Vars&Sophs | 1/18 - Stanner Games | 5/24 - City Champs |
| 11/16 - Jesuit Champs State Federation Champs |
1/25 - New Balance Games - Vault | 5/29 - CHSAA Pentathlon |
| 1/26 - Sectional Champs | 6/2 - Eastern States Champs | |
| 2/2- Jesuit Champs | 6/6-7 - State Champs | |
| 2/7 - Millrose Games | 6/13-14 - National Champs | |
| 2/8 - CHSAA Frosh/ Soph Cities | ||
| 2/14 - Collegiate Inv | ||
| 2/16 - CHSAA Varsity City Champs | ||
| 2/22 - Mayor's Meet - Vars | ||
| 2/25 - Eastern States Champs - Vars | ||
| 3/8 - State Championships (qualifiers) | ||
| 3/14-16 - National Championships |
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2002-2003 Cross Country/Track Awards Most Valuable: Joe Fox Award: Conrad Dalton, Obaro
Emenike, Jose Fernandez, Gavin McMahon
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2002-2003: Year of Champions!
THANKS COACH!
6/13-14 - Adidas Outdoor National Champs -
Raleigh, NC 6/7 - NYS Champs - Union-Endicott HS 5/29/03 - CHSAA Pentathlon - Iona Prep Another exciting CHSAA
City Championship, with as much drama as Meet Results
- Journal
News story - NY Times Story
5/9-10 - Loucks Games - White Plains
HS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!! 3/14-16: National Scholastic Champs
- Armory 3/8 - NY State Champs - Syracuse, NY |
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2/8:
Freshmen Take City Title!
Staking their claim to their
own piece of Fordham Prep History, Carney's Kids keep the dynasty going with a convincing
win over 35 area schools!
Results to Come!
Frosh
Pics from the meet
Sat Feb. 1 - Jesuit Champs -Fordham U.
Behind by 3 points with 3 events to go, Xavier gave us quite a good fight. But fine
races from all levels pulls out a fine win. Meet results
Team
Results to come!
Sun. 1/26 - NYCHSAA Championships -
Armory
Varsity repeats in dominant fashion! Frosh regain title for Carney's 4th title in
5 years!

Meet MVP: Conrad Dalton for his #1NYS 800m of 1:56.14 and Schol record 400m of 49.13!
8 Varsity Winners! McMahon 15'3" Meet rec!
Clark Palicka (above, photo by wingedfootfotos)
7.99 #1 CHSAA 55mHH! William Holder 36.85 300m! Emenike 6.59 55m!, McCabe
2:35.85 1000m! Ricky Schramm 20'6.5" LJ!
Fernandez 1:57.08 2nd! Hunt 45'2" SP 3rd! Doherty 41'8" TJ 2nd!
4x400m 3:35 2nd! Greg Sans 1:23.90 600m 3rd!
Frosh dominate with wins from Brian Doherty, John Antrim-Cashin, John
Bradley, Mike McTigue, the 4x400m relay and the DMR!
Full results to come!
Sat. 1/18: Stanner Games - Armory
Shuttle hurdlers, Dalton win, Fernandez takes 2nd in 600m. Team takes 3rd
with skeleton crew!
Team Results to come
Sat 1/18 - Pole Vault Summit - Reno, Nevada
McMahon 14'5". Corsilo 11'8", McGeever 10'6", Carney ahead on
Roulette! (just kidding)
McMahon Sets Armory PV Record!
1/11 - Hispanic Games - Armory
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Gavin McMahon continued his steady climb up the record books by setting an Armory HS record with his vault of 15'6"--the 3rd best vault in NYS history! Gavin also had a near-clearance at the state record of 15'9.25". Gavin wasn't the only story, as Brian Mcabe ran the 5th best time in the nation for the Mile run (4:19.80), Jose Fernandez placed 3rd in the 800m in 1:57.36, Conrad Dalton became the first Prep runner to break 50 secs for the 400m indoors (3rd in 49.58), and the 4x400m Relay wrapped up with an exciting come-from-behind win in a school record of 3:23.28! |
XC Redux: Congrats to Brian McCabe (5th Team) and Sean Egan
(9th team) for their selections to the NYS
All-State Teams!
1/9 - Bronx Champs - Manhattan College
Many new record-book entries! Schramm 41'9" #2 All time Prep TJ!
Frosh Angelo Salvatico's 45'8" SP win is best Prep throw in 47 years!!!! Dalton
doubles in 300m & HJ! John Hunt wins 3200m!
1/6 - CHSAA Millrose Time Trials - Armory
7:55.25!! 4x800m Headed to Garden with FASTEST TIME
IN THE NATION!
Dalton 1:58.3, Sans 2:02.3, McCabe 1:57.6 and Fernandez 1:56.9!
1/3 - CHSAA Novice/Junior-Midget champs - Armory
Prep ties Chaminade for Novice City Championship!
Brian Doherty ups Frosh PV record to 11 feet!
12/30 - Grinch Games - Fordham U.
Clark Palicka sets new school record for 55mHH, running 7.6 and breaking the record of 7.7
set by Biju Mathaikutty in 1995!
GOLD RUSH! 3 Relays, 3 individuals win at Brown!
12/27-28/02 - Brown Invitational - Providence, RI

Jose Fernandez leads off DMR in blistering 3:11.4
photo by Joe Altenau
Friday: DMR wins in exciting fashion (10:34.12),
McMahon (14'6") wins PV with best clearance in 19 years at the meet! Mike
Corsillo takes 3rd in 12'! Frosh/Soph 4x4 takes 2nd!
Saturday: Jose wins 800m in 1:57.69--fastest time at Brown
in 8 years! Conrad takes 500m in fastest time at Brown in 6 years! McCabe 7th
in Mile in 4:25.89; Obaro 4th in 55m in 6.69! Shuttle Hurdle Relay takes gold!
4x400 wraps up super weekend with 1st place!
Easily the best Prep trip to Brown....ever!
"Showtime is Dead"--Conrad Dalton
After viewing the film "Without Limits" on the comfy bus ride to Rhode Island,
Captain Conrad Dalton vowed that his sit-and-kick days are over. He may be
consulting Coach Sullivan regarding tatoos.
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LOUGHLIN GAMES CHAMPS!
12/21 - 49th Annual Bishop Loughlin Games - Armory

Staking our claim as one of the East Coast's best Indoor Track & Field teams,
Fordham Prep won the oldest and largest indoor meet in the nation Saturday.
Conrad Dalton sets new school record (1:21.09), winning the 600m run in dramatic
fashion! Gavin McMahon remains undefeated, winning in 14'6"!, the 4x800, led by
1:56.9 leadoff from Jose Fernandez, captures gold in 8:01.40! Brian McCabe places
3rd in 3200m in blistering 9:34! Obaro Emenike (above, expressing his victory joy)
takes 3rd in the 55m dash in 6.56!!
Team Results
Meet Results
12/22 Appalachia Development Meet: Doherty
sets new Frosh PV Record 10'1. Ferrer ties frosh Hurdle Record- 8.6!! Salvatico
hurls shot over 44 Feet!! Super performances from Bordinaro, Long, McTigue, and many
others lead frosh to many medals. Garvey medals in High Jump and Mile, while John Connor
and Terence Winters run impressive 800's.
Team Results
Junior Midget Sectional Champs: 12/17: Sparked by the dramatic victory of the
Sub-Midgets in the 4x100 meter relay, the Prep went on to a 55-47 victory over
Xavier. The team was led by two great performances from Veteran weight runner,
Mickey Fraina. Congratulations to all!
Note: The "Fat Boy" frosh also posted some impressive times.
Team Results
Gavin McMahon Shatters CHSAA PV Record!
Sat. 12/14 -
CHSAA Relay
Carnival-Armory
Gavin McMahon kicks off the season with an inspiring performance, breaking the
5-year old CHSAA Record with a vault of 15'3" (old record, Paul Schmitt, St.
Anthony's, 1997); Gavin's vault is #6 all time in NY State, and makes him the only athlete
in NY City to break 15 feet indoors. In addition, Gavin twice came within an inch of
breaking the Armory Record of 15'6".
4x400 breaks meet record!
Not to be outdone, the 4x400 of Greg Sans, Brian McCabe, Jose Fernandez and Conrad Dalton
set a meet record by winning in a time of 3:25.7....12 seconds faster than 2nd place!
51 medals! The team had a great day over all,
capturing 51 medals, scoring in every category: Freshman, Soph, weight division, Varsity,
Running and Field Events.
Team Results to come
Meet Results
Busted walking through the Commons after practice?
The Following will meet Mr. Cruz of the Prep physical plant at 2:45 for 30 min.
cleanup:
Friday, 12/13: O'Brien, Traynor, Lundy, Devaney
Mon 12/16: Kirven, Garvey, Collins, Polimeni
Tue: 12/17: Holder, McCabe, B. Doherty, Crimmins, Dixon
No bargaining, no complaining, no crying.....DON'T WALK THROUGH THE COMMONS!
12/7/02 - Ram Relays - Lombardi Center
Palicka and Corsiillo take gold in Hurdle Relay!
Frosh score high in every relay. Egan anchors SMR in 2:08!
Team Results
11/30/02- Archbishop Molloy Relays: Winning every relay, taking 1,2,3 in the
Hurdles, and 2nd in the high jump, the Frosh opened the indoor campaign outdoors in
impressive fashion. Team Results.
11/30 - Footlocker Northeast Regional - VCP
Captain Sean Egan medals (23rd place) in Senior race in fast 17:26 over 5K!
Prep Harriers Finish Season Ranked 14th in the State!
A Season Beyond Expectations......
The 2002 Cross Country Season came to a close on Saturday,
November 16th at the 29th NY State Federation Championships
in Bowdoin Park, NY. While the slippery, icy conditions may have contirbuted to a
disappointing finish, the season as a whole was a great success, surpassing all
expectations. 2nd year head coach Gerry Sullivan, as well as a cast of runners that
worked harder than anyone to earn their title as the City's best team, must look back with
pride on a season that saw the team average 13:40 at the City Champs, and finish higher
than any other Prep team in the last 43 years.
In addition, Brian McCabe was named Journal News Runner of the Year
for the Cross Country Season, and Sean Egan was named to the 2nd team All-Star team
Now, for Indoors.........
3rd at Cities!
11/9/02 - 76th CHSAA Championship - VCP
Continuing to improve every week, the Prep Harriers were the talk of the league as
they started the season ranked 9th in the league. Saturday, they placed 3rd at the
CHSAA Championships, the best Prep finish since their 1959 victory, and their efforts rank them 11th in the State in class
A, and maintains their Number 1
ranking in New York City.
In addition the JV got into the act, also earning a 3rd place plaque in impressive
fashion.
Alumni Race: Rey Mendez returns! Back on the course for the first time since his 1992 CHSAA win, Rey has lost only 9 seconds off that historic win with a 3rd place finish in a blazing 13:11!
Coach Gerry Sullivan Blasts 2:41:27 at NYC Marathon!
11/3/02 - NYC Marathon:
In only his 2nd Marathon and first in NY, Coach Gerry Sullivan '92 takes 102nd place
out of over 16000 men, is the 23rd American, and 26th in the 20-29 age group. A true
inspiration for a runner who started out by running over 12 minutes for the Freshman
course at VCP!
Also: Congrats to Dave Guerrero '91 (3:53:25), Vin Lippiello '94 (4:04:45), Bob
Anastasio '70 (4:37:58), Emmett Murphy '96 (4:10:03), Brian Davey '83 (4:16), Matt Febles
(Xavier '88 , 3:24:20), Marty Hemsley (Mount '80, 4:07:04), Jane Lundy (Mom of Jim Lundy
'05, 3:10:01---85th female and 12th in age group!!!) and Vin Verlezza (dad of John
Verlezza '94, 4:02:01).

| FIRST | LAST | AGE | PLACE | GNDR PL | AGE PL |
TIME | NET | 10K | HALF | 20MI |
| Gerard | Sullivan | 28M | 118 | 102 | 26 | 2:41:40 | 2:41:27 | 37:13 | 1:18:03 | 2:00:20 |
11/2/02 - CHSAA Frosh/Soph Champs - VCP
Frosh take 4th out of 30 teams! 9:39 average is best effort of the year!
Jim Lundy (14:47) leads Sophs to 6th out of 30 teams!
SECTIONAL CHAMPS!

10/26 - NYCHSAA Champs -
VCP
Gerry's kids get the job done.......
The Prep's first Sectional title since 1998, and it's best team average (13:43) since
1973 (13:35). Brian McCabe (13:09.5) takes 1st place to become the Prep's 6th Sectional
title winner, Sean Egan is 3rd in PR 13:33.8, Jose Fernandez 13:52.8 PR, Joe Altenau
13:57.4 PR, John hunt 14:02, Pablo Romero 14:22 and Jim lundy 15:01
JV 2nd behind 2-3 finish from Pete Pelmer and greg garvey, and Frosh also get
2nd as all 7 hit PRs!
Congrats on a great performance!!!

10/19 - Eastern States Champs - VCP
One of the best XC races in Prep history! McCabe 13:06 for 6th best all
time! Egan 13:45! Hunt 13:54! Altenau's 14:07 nets him the keys to the
Geo (seen in background, above)! Romero 14:10 and Fernandez 14:12!! 13:48 team
average! Sectionals next week!
10/19 - Fordham Prep Freshman
Relays - VCP
Frosh place 6th in A, 4th in B race!
10/19 - Molloy Meet - VCP
DelCampo 15:20! Collins 15:41!
10/15 - Bronx Champs - VCP
Bronx Champs Again! Varsity Sweeps places 1-5!
McCabe Wins Record 3rd Straight Borough title!
1&2 Punch Egan & Antrim-Cashin Lead Froshh!
10/12- Manhattan College Invitational - VCP
Frosh take 4th in a field of 40 teams!! All 7 earn Medals!
Varsity 8th! Egan 14:01! Altenau 14:35!
Torrential rain can't stop the Frosh
10/11- All Hallows
Invitational: VCP
John Hunt wins Varsity Race in 14:22, Every Frosh medals, led by Joe Namy's 5th place
finish
10/8 - Soph Sectional Champs
- VCP
Greg Garvey breaks through with 15:02 10th place finish; many PRs!
10/5 - St. Anthony's Invitational - Sunken Meadow Park
Frosh take a fine 3rd place behind top races from John Antrim-Cashin and Terrence
Egan. Brian McCabe 2nd in 2nd-best Prep time ever at Sunken Meadow, Sean Egan runs
fine 18:10 for 5K. Team results to come
10/4 - Fordham Prep
Development Meet - VCP
Frosh rack up medals! Team results to come
9/28 - McQuaid Invitational
- Rochester, NY
Brian McCabe broke Rey Mendez' 1992 Prep record for the 3.0 mile course at McQuaid,
and was the 1st American finisher in the seeded AA race (3rd overall); big races from Sean
Egan and Pablo Romero are good signs for down the road. Terence Egan is first Frosh
under 10:00 this year at Xavier
Invitational!
9/21/02 - 25th Regis
Invitational - Van Cortlandt Park - 80 deg. sunny - Some
nice improvements! McQuaid trip looms!

400m into the Regis Invitational Varsity race
9/14 - CHSAA Practice Meet - VCP
Brian McCabe got off to a fast start with his winning 13:47.6
time over Van Cortlandt's historic
course. Placing a close 2nd behind Xaverian, the Prep is poised to challenge for
a State meet berth (by placing in the top 5 at the City champs) in November. The
Freshman were equally impressive, as many showed vast improvement over practice
times.
Classic Run
September 5, 2002
The 4th Annual Classic Run went off under sunny skies on the fames Edward's Parade Grounds
of the University. 70 Freshman took up the challenge (approx 1/2 mile), and Terrence Egan
was the victor. thanks to Phil Toomey '58 for his generous contribution to
fund this great event!
Congrats to all! Photos to come
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Complete results coming soon
AlumniWatch:
Update! Super
performances at NCAA regionals (5/30)! Idris Payne '01 breaks Northeasern 400m
school record with amazing 46.72 clocking, just missing finals! Deric Zaphire '99
also just misses 400mIH final in 52.12, and Marc Porcaro '00 dips under 48 with 47.98
circuit!
Congrats to Marc Porcaro '00, who broke Rob Weitzman's '96 Fordham U Indoor 400m record in
48.56 this Friday!

Marc Porcaro '00
He was once a sub midget....
Congrats to Idris Payne '01, who broke meet records in the 200 & 400m at the America East Confernece Champs this
Saturday, and was named PERFORMER OF THE MEET!

Idris Payne '01
Lloyd Nolan placed 5th in the Big East PV! Deric Zaphire;99 and Marc Porcaro '00 placed
high in the 500m and 400m at this week's A-10 champs! At last week's Penn State
invite, Daryn Johnson '99 ran a 3000m PR of 8:36.17 for Cornell. Joe Flucus '02 ran
PRs of 22.66 and 50.61; Will Heitmann '02 and Adrian Clarke '01 both vaulted 13' for Tufts
last week;

Deric Zaphire '99
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