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2004-2005 Highlights
6/3-4 - State Champs - Syracuse, NY
Doherty (1:58.02 800m) and Bradley (9:40.19 PR in 3200m) proudly represent the Prep!
Dr. Sander and President Fr. Ken Boller, S.J. |
Urging Fordham Prep
grads (as the old Prep handbook did) to "do it right",
and reminding our newest alums that, as Prep grads, they are
"not average", Dr. Norbert Sander '60 delivered
the commencement address to the Class of 2005.
Dr. Sander, a member of the
Prep's 1st Cross Country City Championship and winner of the 1974
NYC Marathon, is the driving force behind the Armory
Track & Field Center and the National
Track & Field Hall of Fame |
7:55.52!
4x800 Takes Eastern States Title!
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5/30 - Eastern States Champs - Iona Prep
Prep 4x800 wins Easterns title, making this the 4th straight
year the Rams log a sub-7:56 performance.
Sun 5/29 - 60th Jesuit Championships
- Mount
Prep 2nd to Xavier in exciting, close meet that comes down
to final event; JV wins big behind big wins from Joe Lota and
Jose Petrovich.5/31 - Festival of Miles - VCP
Fata and Hemsley earn sub-5 sweatshirts just in time for summer!
They teamed with Jack Taylor and Justin Consolazio to break the
school record for the soph 4x1600 relay.
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John Bradley raced to the meet right after
serving as his sister's Confirmation sponsor....just in time to
capture his first CHSAA title
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Sat 5/21 - City Champs @ Icahn
Stadium
Execution. Sometimes it's all about execution. The middle
distance squad was in great racing shape and ready for the CHSAA
Championship today. All that was left was carrying out
their racing strategies. And that's just what John
Bradley (3200m winner), Brian Doherty (800m winner) and Terrence
Egan (1600m runner-up by .14 secs) did today on Randall's
Island...shocking everyone but themselves. The team was
fifth with 23 points, all scored by underclassmen! Marc
Ferrer scored in both hurdles, Jim Lundy was 6th in the 800, and
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5/14 - NY Archdiocesan
Championships - Farrell HS
Prep takes 3rd at Sectionals behind blazing kicks of John Bradley
(61 sec last 400m to win 3200m run in 10:03) and Brian Doherty
(56 sec last 400m to retain Sectional 800m crown). Fine
performances from Terrence Egan (4:30.6 silver medal effort in
1600m), John Dingee (double bronze in TJ & LJ) and Jon Bednarz
(13'6" PV from 2nd) helped solidify 3rd place.
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Brian Doherty winning his 2nd
straight Sectional 800m title |
5/11 - Frosh/Soph Sectionals - Mt. St.
Michael
The Sophs take a close 2nd behind Meet-MVP Bednarz' record-setting
PV. Matt Keefer and Brian Andreycak log exciting wins in the
400m and HH, and the 4x800 and 4x400 also take home gold. Frosh
take 3rd behind newly minted sub 5er Jan-Michael Llanes, Hurdle winner
Macris Dompor and TJ-LJ winner Brian Murphy.
5/7/05 - CHSAA Frosh/Soph Champs - Mt. St. Michael
Sophs take 2nd, Frosh 6th at Cities! Prep sweeps MVP awards as Jon
Bednarz wins the PV in a meet record 13'3" and Brian Murphy wins the LJ
in 19'8.75"--best Frosh jump at the Prep in 40 years!
Prep Takes 3rd in Philly
Friday-Sat, April 28-29, 2005:
111th Penn Relays
4x800 goes 8:02.32, 4x100 47.49 and the 4x400 of Brian Doherty, Jim
Lundy, Terrence Egan and John Bradley return home owners of bronze
medals from the Penn Relays!
Febles Sr.
storms Randall's Island!
Hurdlers Win First Medals of Reborn NY Relays!
photo by John Hallinan '70
Sat 4/23 - New York Relays
- Icahn Stadium, Randall's Island
The irony. Mr. Febles Sr. was mistakenly given an extra
T-shirt for his winning Shuttle Hurdle team--the first HS team to win
gold at the NY Relays in 20 years. He could have returned it, but
after all, he must have printed thousands of NY Relay shirts for the
storied meet in its heyday (1966-1984). So after so many years of
only wearing the "eatos" (the slightly misprinted or unsellable smudged
ones), he finally snags a clean one. Congrats Coach. See
Journal News Article
Fine performances from John Dingee (20'5 LJ), Terrence Egan (2:01.5
800m leadoff), Corey Punter (55.4 400m) and Tim Sullivan (6-second PR in
the 400m) highlight a fine team performance at the
revival of
a classic meet.
Fri-Sat 4/15-16 - Mayor's Cup -
Icahn Stadium
The upperclassmen ventured to the new stadium on Randall's
Island for the 2nd Annual Mayor's Cup Championship. Brian
Doherty returned to form with a sparkling 1:56.38 800m, John
Bradley turned in a fine 4:30.85 1600m, and Tom Tarangioli set a new
Soph Steeplechase record of 10:38.79. In addition, John Dingee
traveled to the Red Raider Relays in Rockland county to take 3rd in
the Pentathlon.
Wed, 4/13 - Sectional Junior
Midget Champs - Mount
Brian Murphy remains undefeated in weight division events with wins in
the 100 and LJ. team places 2nd.
Sat 4/9 - Mount Relays - Mount St.
Michael
4x800s shine as all levels medal
Mon 4/4 - Development Meet at Van Cortlandt Park
Tom Carroll (1939-2005)
We mourn the loss of perhaps the Prep's greatest athlete ever.
Tom broke 5 national records in 1957, most notably the High School
records for the 800 meters and 880 yard runs. He was ranked 9th in
the world in the 800 meters and named Track & Field News'
Athlete in the Year for 1957. He was always a great friend of
the Prep and especially the track team, and will be sorely
missed. Read the tribute from one of the world's most respected
writers in Track and Field: http://armorytrack.com/in05/Tom_Carroll.htm
Wed 3/30 - Iona Invitational
- Iona Prep
Prep takes 1st over 19 teams! B. Doherty takes 2 golds, Bradley
and Egan go 1-2 in the 3K, Sophs and Frosh win their respective
divisions with great performances!
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Wed 3/2 "Remote" Sectionals:
Despite missing the Archdiocesan Championship meet, the re-score of
the meet, adding in the times run at Lombardi ( without any
adjustments to the times) proves that the Frosh are the #1 team in our
Section, with a 36-31 win over Iona. Congrats to all on a great
season. Check out the
results!
Wed 3/2 - Eastern States Champs
Sun 2/27 -
Bronx Champs - Manhattan College
Frosh win Boro crown by 76 points, Varsity 2nd
Mon 2/14 - Jesuit Championships - Armory
Closest Jesuit Meet in years sees the Prep extend their streak to 16
consecutive titles, but not until the final event of the day. Prep
triumphs 53-49-14 over Xavier and Regis.
78th CHSAA Championships - 2/12/05 - Armory
Tough day as the Prep finishes 7th--it's lowest finish in 8 years.
But fine performances were turned in by silver pole vault medalist Brian McGeever, bronze 1000m medalist John Bradley, 4th place hurdler Marcos
Ferrer, Jim Lundy and Jon Bednarz whom placed placed 5th in the 1000m
and pole vault, and the 3rd place 4x800. In addition, Brian Murphy
became the first Prep freshman to Long Jump over 18 feet indoors, and
Mike Napolitano became the newest member of the sub-5 club!
2/6: Frosh/Soph
Cities -Armory: Frosh and sophomore teams both take 2nd.
Jon Bednarz is Soph Meet MVP with meet record 13'6 vault.
Four for the Ages
2/4/05 - 98th Millrose Games
- Madison Square Garden
As has become the custom these past four years, none of it was easy.
Illness, tough competition, questions seemed to surrounded the Prep's
2005 Millrose 4x800 relay as they sought an unprecedented 4th
consecutive win at the Garden. But shortly after leadoff Terrence
Egan's (2:03.9) amazing burst from last to1st place, all questions just
became academic. John Bradley (2:01.8), Jim Lundy (2:01.9)
and Brian Doherty (1:59.8) made history tonight, winning with the
fastest time (8:07.63) the race has seen in 9 years.
Brian McCabe '04 gets another Millrose gold! Only 4 hours after
running a fine 1:55 800m at the Armory Collegiate meet, the American
University freshman leads off the winning 4x800m relay in 1:57.8!
Also making history was the
unbelievable support from the Prep community. More than 300
students, alumni, faculty, family and friends easily made up the night's
loudest cheering section, becoming the "fifth leg" carrying the maroon
and white around the track to victory. Thanks to all!
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1/29: Mayor's Trophy Meet
-Armory
| Brian McGeever and Jon Bednarz soar 13'3" for
2nd and 3rd at Mayor's Meet. Terrence Egan and John
Bradley go 2-3 in the 1000m, Brian Doherty runs 1:23.23 for 3rd
in the 600m run, and Marc Ferrer is 6th in
hurdles. Soph SMR of Keefer, Consolazio, Petrovich and
Punter nets gold! Angelo Salvatico 42'6.5 SP, Tim Drucker
5th in 10:11 for 3200m.
Conor may look dejected, but is
actually just catching his breath after a fine anchor leg on the
4x800m relay at the Mayor's Meet
photo by Kim Spir |
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Sat 1/15-
Stanner Games - Armory
Bednarz 12'10 PV, Egan 4:37.50 mile, Lundy 2:39.50 1K and many other
fine midseason performances!
1/12 - CHSAA Millrose Games Time Trials -
Armory
In one of the more exciting Millrose Trials in recent memory, the
4x800 squad of Terrence Egan, John Bradley, Greg Garvey and Jim Lundy
took 4th place to send Fordham Prep to the Millrose Games for the 4th
consecutive year. It gives the squad a chance to become the first
CHSAA team ever to win 4 consecutive relays at the Millrose Games, going
back to the inception of the CHSAA races in 1945.
1/9- NYCHSAA Soph
Champs - Fordham U
Matt Keefer pushed his way to 400m
victory and Chris Palicka rolled on in the hurdles as the Sophs took a
strong 3rd place in thetr Archdiocesan Champs.
1/9 - Ecuador Project Development Meet - Fordham
U
Brian Murphy doubles, extending his school record in the Long Jump and
climbing the all-time leaders list with a win in the 400m. Fine
1600 from Rob Fath and
1/8 - Hispanic Games -
Armory
Jon Bednarz tops 12'!
Jan 4 Frosh Workout Splits
Sunday 1/2- CHSAA Novice/Junior-Midget
Champs - Armory
Novice City Champs!
Chris Palicka wins HJ and HH to lead Prep to 1-point victory over Iona
Prep and 13 other CHSAA Schools!
8:08.36 is tops in NYC this winter!
Dec 28, 2004 - Marine Corps Holiday Classic - Armory
The 4x800 team of Egan (2:01.0), Lundy (2:01.4), Garvey (2:04.5) and
Bradley (2:01.4) take 5th against elite Northeast competition at the
Marine Corps Holiday Classic! Sophs (Consolazio 2:07.9) take 4th
in soph 4x800!
Brown Invitational: Coach Febles Sr's squad nets another medal at
Brown....this year 6th anchored by Marcos Ferrer (7.8)! Drucker
9th in 9:37.73 2000m run.
12/29- Grinch Games- Lombardi
Center
Frosh take gold in high jump, 600, 300, 55
hurdles, 800m relay, and medal in every event!!!! Bradley Brown wins
the soph 1000 meter run while James Palicka jumps 5'5 for the high
jump win along with an 8.4 clocking for 2nd in the hurdles. Sean
Pope leads the varsity with a third place finish and PR in the high
jump!
12/21 - NYCHSAA Junior-Midget Champs
- Lombardi Center
Prep takes JM Champs behind Frosh Brian Murphy's wins in the Junior 55m
and 200m dashes.
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12/18 - Bishop
Loughlin Games - Armory
Marcos Ferrer (l.) runs 2nd-fastest auto-timed 55m Hurdles in
school history, placing 9th of 90 competitors; Terrence Egan blazes
to 2:36.56 1000m12/19 -Appalachia
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12/11 -
Relay Carnival - Armory
Varsity DMR is 1st with exciting 10:56.2 win. Egan (3:22),
Bradley (54.6), Doherty (2:01) and Lundy (4:38) start the year
off right.
Sophs Anthony Tenga and Nick Blasone medal in Shot Put Relay!
Our Annual Christmas Fundraiser was a record-setter
thanks to the generosity of Prep parents, faculty and friends.
Prep athletes
sold more than
650 Poinsettias to earn the team nearly $4000!
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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Senior Greg Garvey ran 2:10 on the 3200m relay
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12/4- Ram Relays:
Lombardi Center
11/27- Molloy
Invitational- Frosh open the season in impressive fashion
earning 23 medals.
11/20 - 31st New York State Federation
Meet - Bowdoin Park
They improved every week during the season, and left it all on the
course of their last race.....the Varsity had the Prep's best ever race
at the State Federation meet by placing 20th in one of the best Cross
Country state meets in the nation.
Congrats on an historic season!
11/20- Jesuit Champs - VCP
Mike Zizzo and Jan-Michael Llanes land on all-time list leading Frosh to
fine 2nd place finish! Zach Bordonaro paces Varsity with fine
14:25 effort!
11/13 - 78th Annual CHSAA Championship
- VCP
Tim Drucker placed 8th, Terrence Egan 12th to lead the Prep to 4th place
at Cities. 98 points equals the lowest point total ever for the
Prep at this meet, tying the 1959 City Championship team.
11/6 - CHSAA Frosh/Soph
Champs - VCP
Soph 3rd! Frosh 5th in great showing!
11/2: Jim Scott Challenge:
Team Results
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10/30 - Sectional Champs
- VCP
Varsity take 2nd, Frosh 3rd at Sectionals. Tim Drucker (right,
photo by wingedfootfotos) takes 2nd, Terrence Egan 5th. JV
wins Sectional title as does the Frosh B team!
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10/20- Varsity and Frosh take Bronx Titles:
Team Results |
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10/16 - Eastern States, FP Relays,
Molloy Invite - VCP
Newly minted sub 15ers Sean Connolly, Bradley Brown and Mike
Napolitano helped push the team to a record 14 runners under 15
minutes at VCP, besting the 1995 mark of 13. Way to go!
The Varsity placed 4th of 18 teams at the Easterns, posting a 13:56
5-man average. The JV took 9th of 21 elite teams. Justin
Consolazio vaulted to 3rd all-time on the Prep soph list, and
Bradley Brown debuted for the Prep a winner, capturing the Molloy
Soph race in 14:45, and the Frosh took home 20 medals at our famous
Frosh relays. Championship season is here!
10/13 - Soph Sectionals - VCP
Sophs take an impressive 2nd place, only 7 points behind winner
Farrell. Justin Consolazio takes 2nd in 14:05!
10/9 - Manhattan College
Invitational - VCP
The Varsity logs a 14:03 average to earn a well-deserved
#19 ranking
in NY State! The Frosh get a ton of PRs and average under 10
minutes!
10/9 - All Hallows Invitational - VCP
Big PRs across the board! Team
Results
10/7: Prep featured in the
Journal News' Cross Country Notebook - Prep ranked 6th by
Buckley
10/2 - 40th McQuaid Invitational - Rochester, NY
Drucker and Lundy lead Varsity to 6th of 18 teams in seeded race!
Sean Connolly, Tom Tarangioli, Zach Bordonaro and Jon Ellis go 4-7 to
come within 1 point of JV title!
Team Results
10/2 - Mayor's Championship Meet: Frosh
take 3rd in a field of over 30 teams!!
Team Results
10/1 Fordham Prep Development Meet:
Team
Results
9/25- Xavier Invitational, VCP:
Team
Results
Tom Tarangioli lands on the Soph all-time list with a sterling 14:36
effort. Frosh continue to improve as the 11 minute barrier comes
into view for a bunch of '08ers.
9/18- JFK Somers Invitational: Somers, NY. Tim
Drucker leads Varsity to 2nd place; Sean Connolly leads JV to 1-5
sweep in JV win!
9/18- Regis Invitational: VCP. Team weathers
the storm and posts some impressive times!
Team
Results
9/11- CHSAA Practice Meet: Frosh see some
great improvements!
Team Results
9/3- Camp Time Trial:
Team Results
Drucker, Egan and Bradley crack the Honor Roll!
END OF AN ERA....
The dusty rides across the
flats, the shot puts rolling around the floor, the bottom-scrapes due
to overcrowding, the rides home for groveling commuters (a la Weitzman
'96, Flucus '02), the living organisms occasionally found in the
trunk.......the memories go on and on.
No, it's not the departure
of Coach Sullivan, Brian McCabe or Father Parkes that make this
September a poignant time of transition for Prep Cross Country, it the
passing of the Geo. Fourteen years, 132,000 miles (90% of
which were pot-hole strewn Bronx miles), and about 500 track meets,
the Geo Prizm (see background above) passes into retirement. It
will spend its sunset days serving a charitable cause to which it will
be donated, knowing it served admirably as automotive chronicler of
the ascendancy of Fordham Prep Track.
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Cross Country Practice has begun. Meet at the Prep each day this
week (8/30-9/3) at 9am.
All athletes must have their
Prep Physical
and emergency release forms on file or on their person by August
30th.
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Thanks Coach!
Coach Gerry Sullivan, wife Andrea and the guys at
the 2002 NYC Marathon
In a tough decision and tough loss for the Fordham
Prep Track Community, Coach Gerry Sullivan '92 will teach and coach at
Cardinal Hayes High School this fall, after 6 superb years as an
assistant coach which included 2 as Head Cross Country Coach. We
will miss his energy, expertise and love for the sport, but also wish
him all the best.
Gerry joined Coach Febles' first Cross Country team at
the Prep in the fall of 1988. It was a big team of 35 freshman
and Gerry did not distinguish himself right away as his first race
over the 1.5 mile course took over 13 minutes. But it wasn't
long before his perseverance became well-known and respected. He
would graduate as captain of the Prep's first-ever State qualifying
Cross Country team, and as the school record holder in the
steeplechase....a record he still holds.
Despite an injury-plagued career at Fordham
University, Gerry still managed a fine 26:15 over the storied 5-mile
collegiate course at Van Cortlandt Park. Joining the Prep
coaching staff after a stint in the land of Pre (Eugene, Oregon),
Gerry's enthusiasm for the sport was obvious to all, and quickly made
an impact. The '98 team would earn the Prep's highest finish at
the Cross Country Cities in 39 years, and would go on to become the
first Prep team to qualify for the Millrose Games 4x800 relay in 22
years. As Head Cross Country Coach, Gerry would lead the 2002
team to a decisive sectional title despite starting the season ranked
as low as 9th. It is certainly no coincidence that the
Prep's 6 CHSAA and 2 National Relay titles have been won during his
tenure at the Prep.
But more than the victories, Gerry brought everything
that is great about our sport to the table. Maybe the greatest
gift the Prep takes from Gerry is a lesson he always seemed to
teaching: that hard work does bear fruit, and is always
worth the effort. The mark he leaves is an indelible one that
will not be forgotten. And we know he knows that he always has a
home at the Prep.
Read Coach Sullivan's words of
thanks to the Prep community.
One of Gerry's first charges, Daryn Johnson '99, will
join the Prep's coaching staff this fall. Daryn was the 1998
CHSAA 3200 meter champion at the Prep, and went on to run 9:05 for the
3000m steeplechase for Cornell University, from which he graduated in
2003.
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