Previous Seasons: 2004-2005 - 2003-2004 - 2002-2003 - 2001-2002 - 2000-2001- 1999-2000 - 1998-99 - 1997-98

Head Coach: George Febles, Jr.
Freshman/Pole Vault Coach: Brian Carney 
Ass't. Vars XC/Jumps Coach: Matt Febles
Hurdles Coach: I. George Febles
Throws: Kevin Phipps '01
Sprints Coach: Adrian Clarke '00
Freshman XC Assistant: Tom McCabe '00
Freshman Track Assistant: Paul Collins '05

2006 Track/XC Awards Dinner
A record crowd helped celebrate this year's many achievements!  The coaches would like to extend their profound thanks to the Prep track family for the very generous gifts.  Have a great summer!

6/17 - Empire State Games Trials 
Ed Jennings wins steeple and a trip to the finals in Rochester, NY!   Mike Forman' 01 wins Open men's 5K!  

It's A Wrap

Mohamed competes at States; courtesy The Journal News

Bednarz Vaults to Medal Stand!
Fri 6/9 - NY State Championships - Canton, NY
Jon Bednarz Medals at States!   4th place at 14'6" is Prep's best at  States since 1999!   Mohamed Kanu closes out season with fine 15.74 110mHH effort.  Live Results

Sun 6/4: Eastern States - Iona
                                           More Mo! 
Mohamed Kanu wins Eastern States Hurdle Title.  Brian Andreycak 4th.  Doherty, Egan and Bednarz medal; some nice PRs from Fata and Lota.

Sat June 3 - Reebok Grand Prix - Icahn Stadium, Randall's Is
4x800m takes a close 2nd, 7:50.94 to Farrell's 7:50.54, logging the Prep's fastest time of the season!
Terrence Egan  1:56.9      
Matt Keefer          1:58.5 PR
John Bradley      2:01.4      
Brian Doherty     1:53.9         

Tues 5/23 - Festival of Miles - Joe Fox Track
Soph Distance Medley record falls after 11 years!

Sat 5/20 - City Champs - Icahn Stadium

Juniors Jon Bednarz and Mohamed Kanu claim CHSAA Titles!
Jon becomes only the 3rd Prep Vaulter to clear 15', and Mohamed is first-ever Prep Hurdler to break 15 seconds!  The Prep takes 7th at Cities.  Medallists include Brian Andreycak (4th place in hurdles, holding Prep record at 15.41 for about an hour), Jourdan White (only 2nd Prep Freshman ever to score at City Champs HJ), and ailing captains Terrence Egan and Brian Doherty (gut out 3rd in 1600, 4th in 400IH).  Vin Fata 6th in 3000m Steeple, Dan Altenau breaks Soph Steeple record, 7th at 10:21.54.  Check out Journal News Story

5/10 - Frosh & Soph Sectional Champs - Mt. St. Michael
Rams follow up a great team performance with many great individual performances today.  Frosh take 2nd behind Sectional Champions John Horvath (PV), Jourdan White (HJ), and 4x400m of Seaton, Rivera, Salem and Keefer.  Great races from Nick Grecco (11:12.9 3200m), Phil O'Connell (2:09.9 800m) Carlos Petrovich (62.7 400mIH & 55.6 400m), and Mike Jennings (2nd place 1600m & 2:09.8 00m leg); Sophs crown 2 Sectional Champions in Dan Altenau (1600m) & Ed Jennings (3200m) and take 4th behind other great races like Mike Zizzo's 2:07.1 800m and Macris Dompor's scores in the hurdles and LJ.

Sat 5/6: Frosh & Soph City Champs - Mt. St. Michael HS

CITY CHAMPIONS!!
Frosh Fight to Final Event to Capture Prep's 1st CHSAA Outdoor Frosh Crown in 5 Years!

Sat 5/6: Somers Invite -  Somers
Friday: 4x1600 2nd, SMR 6th, and JV SMR 1st!
Saturday: Doherty and Egan take pair of silvers in 1:54.0 & 4:21.6!

Wed 5/3 - CHSAA Junior-Midget/Novice Champs - Mount

Sun 4/30 - -61st Jesuit Championship - Mt. St. Michael
Varsity and JV sweep titles.  Great performances to be posted soon!

Penn Magic!

Sat 4/22 - New York Relays - Icahn Stadium

Hurdlers cap undefeated relay season by winning the first classic NY Relays plaque awarded in more than 20 years.  Their win in the 4x110m Shuttle Hurdles set a new school record. 
All runners should do easy distance both Saturday and Sunday.

Wed 4/19 - 5th Annual CHSAA Relay Carnival- Icahn Stadium
Many great races at all levels on a bright sunny day, albeit a fairly windy one at Icahn Stadium.  The Hurdlers won both relays to stay undefeated, the Freshman won two sprint relays and the Sophs broke the school record in the 4x1600.  The meet was capped off by the final duel in the final event, where National Soph Record holder Lionel Williams just edged out our own Brian Doherty to lead St. Peter's to a 8:02.29 to 8:02.36 4x800m win.  Williams anchored in 1:52.3 to Doherty's 1:52.7 which will go down as one of the greatest 4x800's in Relay Carnival history (both teams broke the meet record as well). 

4/17 - 29th Annual Iona Invitational - Iona Prep
For only the 2nd time in 36 years, the Prep's 400 meter record falls.  This time at the hands of Brian Doherty, who won the Iona Invitational for the 2nd straight year in 49.1 seconds, breaking the 3 year-old record of 49.2, set by Conrad Dalton in 2003.  Terrence Egan and Vin Fata go 1-2 in the Steeplechase, and Brian Andreycak wins the 110mHH.  There were many other great performances, including Freshman Jourdan White's 5'8" HJ, Ciaran Sleeper's 10' PV, Mike Jennings' 7:24.5 2K Steeplechase and Phil O'Connell's 10:16 3k.  Many more great efforts helped the Prep defend it's Iona Invitational Title!!

"Bad" grades:  The "no-jewelry" rule was in effect for the first time in the 29-year history of the Iona Prep meet, and Mohamed Kanu and Chris Palicka were casualties of the switch.  Mohamed was clocked in 15.1, which would have been a new school record, but was disqualified for violating the jewelry rule, due to his wearing his Fordham Prep Honors bracelet.  If only he hadn't received honors....

4/8 - Mount Relays - Mt. St. Michael HS

4/1 - Hornet Relays - Icahn Stadium
Hurdlers stay on roll, take gold again in 4-man shuttle relay.

3/28- Joe Fox Invitational- Fordham Prep- Results

3/26 - Bishop Ford Relays - Icahn Stadium, Randall's Is., NY
Gold#1: Hurdlers kick off Outdoors with the first gold medals of the season, taking the Shuttle Hurdle Relay in dramatic Fashion......Inheriting a big lead from Ferrer, Kanu and Palicka, anchor Fran McCabe tripped over the last 3 hurdles but managed to hang on for the win!

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THRILLER!!!

Prep Wins National Distance Medley Championship in Nailbiter over Farrell; 
10:14.68 is NY State Catholic High School Record!

3/10-12 - National Indoor Championships - Armory
As Freshmen, they got to see McCabe, Dalton et al capture the Prep's first-ever National relay titles.  As Seniors, they help solidify the Prep's place among the Nation's best track programs........

Egan, patient as ever, led off in 3:09.1, 5th in a tight pack; Keefer passed rival Farrell and handed off 3rd in 51.6; Doherty quickly took the lead, but also Farrell's Jeff Carbonella with him; Brian split 1:54.6 to Carbonella's 1:54.9; with a one second lead, John Bradley set to work, leading, then trailing anchor Farrell's Dan Lewis for the whole race.  He passed Lewis with 200m to go, gave up the lead with 130m left, then won the last sprint to seal the National Title!  10:14.68 breaks the New York State Catholic HS record set 14 years ago by Bishop Ford (10:17.38)!    Journal News Story

The Hurdlers faced tough competition but ran well, clocking 32.24 to take 8th place--just .07 seconds from winning a medal! 

Saturday, March 11, 2006: Heartbreak, mixed with pride, for the Shuttle Hurdle Relay, as they take 7th at Nike Indoor Nationals in Maryland by only .02 seconds.  Despite missing medals this weekend by a combined .09 seconds, hurdlers Marcos Ferrer, Mike McCabe, Brian Andreycak, Chris Palicka and Mohamed Kanu performed like the stars they are: owners of all of the School records for all four varieties of Shuttle Hurdle Relays!  Also of note is the 6 seconds Jon Bednarz spent in competition today.  He took one jump at 13'6.25", cleared it easily and qualified for Sunday's final

Sunday, March 12, 2006:
The 4x800 came out strong: Egan ran his best leadoff time ever, Keefer broke 2 minutes for the first time, and Bradley pulled into 3rd place with a PR 1:57.3; Doherty took it out in 53, finished in his 4th sub 1:55 performance of the season, 2nd (7:51.16) to winners Warwick HS.  Jon Bednarz set the Prep Junior-year record in the Pole Vault, taking 8th place in a PR 14'6".   John Dingee tripled 42'3.5", capping a fine indoor campaign for the school record holder.

3/4/06 - NYS Indoor Championships - Cornell U
Brian Doherty medals, taking 6th in the 1000m in 2:34.33; John Bradley 9th in 3200m in 9:33.25, Jon Bednarz 11th in vault at 13'6"

3/5/06 - Coogan's Salsa, Blues, Shamrock 5K - Wash Heights
Gian Caccia '04 is top 15-19 age group finisher, and 13th out of 2800 overall!  Prep takes 2nd in Dr. Sander HS Challenge behind Jan Michael Llanes, Ed Jennings, Phil O'Connell & Chris Cavanaugh;
Coach Matt is top finisher (18:38) for Greater NY TC!

DMR Rips 10:20.14!
3rd Best Distance Medley Time in the Nation
Bednarz 4th in Vault with Season's 3rd 14' Clearance

Brian Doherty about to overtake the leader en route to 1:54.7 split

Tue Feb 28: Eastern States Championships - Armory
 The meet directors put 22 teams on the line, and leadoff Terrence  Egan stayed out of the fray, coolly resting in, yes, 19th place until the field strung out, then pounced to hand off in 5th at 3:10.1; Matt Keefer edged closer to the leaders with a 52.3 carry, and Brian Doherty burst to the lead with a stunning 1:54.7 leg.  John Bradley turned in a brilliant 4:22.8 leg, finishing 2nd and holding off some of the best milers in the nation, including Colt's Neck 4:05 junior Craig Forys.  Just .16 off the school record, it was the best time ever for the Prep at the storied Easterns. 

Some mid-winter vacation reading: "Winning" by Dom Angiello '58

Sat 2/18: Hall of Fame Classic - Armory
John Dingee 6th in TJ 42'5"; Soph 4x800 8:47.8 led by Dan Altenau's 2:08 leadoff, Luis Petrovich 2:07.5

2/11/06 - 79th Annual CHSAA Championships - Armory

2/5/06 - Frosh/Soph City Championships - Armory
SOPHS ARE TOPS!  2nd Years take CHSAA title in convincing fashion.  Score in throws, jumps, relays and distance!
Frosh Runners-Up!  In close battle, Frosh are 2nd to Iona. 
Congrats!

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4x800 Takes 5!

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4x800 Captures Historic 5th Consecutive Millrose Games Title

8:04.07...Fastest Ever Prep Finish!
 Egan 2:01.2, Bradley 1:58.9, Keefer 2:05.7, Doherty 1:58.1
A special thanks to the nearly 400 Ram Faithful
screaming from the rafters!
Photos from Millrose 2006

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Good Luck Wishes....from the South Pole!


CMSgt Wayne "Buzz" Carroll '65, sending his best wishes for the 4x800 from the bottom of the planet at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Wayne, the one-time Prep record holder for the VCP 2.5 mile course,  will be back in the Bronx this March to be inducted into the Prep Track & Field Hall of Fame

Sun 1/29 - NY Sectional Championships - Armory

Fri 1/20 - Jesuit Champs - Fordham U
17th Straight Indoor Title; Hurdlers tie 10-year old mark
Sat 1/21- New Balance Games - Armory
Hurdlers top their own 4-man Shuttle Relay record!
Sat 1/21 - Yale Invitational - New Haven, CT
Jon Bednarz is 4th in PV at 13'0"

Sat 1/14 -  Stanner Games - Armory
John Bradley 3rd in Invitational Mile, 4:24.06; Brian Doherty 600m 1:21.68, #2 ATP; Jack Flanagan and Ed Jennings are newly minted sub-5vers!
Sat 1/14 -  Phipps' Phlips - Fordham Prep
Throwers record some phine tosses

7:54.88!!!
Fastest Time in the Nation this Year
All-Time Best Prep Effort at Millrose Trials

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Wed 1/11 - Millrose Time Trials - Armory
Everyone knew they were ready for a big race, but this surpassed all expectations.   Brian Doherty led off with a personal record 1:55.5, stretching out the field as hoped and giving Junior Matt Keefer a sizable lead.  Matt ran a solid 2:03.6 to keep us right in the race.  Terrence brought us back into the lead with a personal best 1:58.1, and John held off a charge from Farrell anchor Jeff Carbonellla to give the Prep the win.  Now, onto the Garden where history awaits!
Journal News Article  -  Staten Island Advance Article

Sat 1/7 - Bronx Champs - Fordham U
Frosh 1st behind double winner Phil O'Connell; Jourdan White HJs 5'6";  Varsity: Meet comes down to final event!  Sean Connolly takes 3200-1600 double to lead squad to close 2nd; John Bradley meet record 2:38.0 1000m
Sat 1/7 - Sophomore Sectionals - Fordham U
Sophs complete 2nd leg of triple crown with 17 point win;  Jan-Michael Llanes, Brian Murphy & Griffin Meissner earn Sectional titles
team photo by Mrs. Cavanagh
Sat 1/7 - Hispanic Games - Armory
800 Meters: Brian Doherty 2nd in 1:56.50 and Terrence Egan 7th in 1:58.73!  Jon Bednarz 4th in season-best 13'6"!
Journal News Article

Team Profiles:
Will be updated this week.  Fill out form by Friday Jan 6,.  Sophs, Jrs, Srs only.   Facetious entries will result in cancellation of the project (thus no profiles since 2001).  Photos will be taken Saturday at the meet. 

Fr 12/29-30 - Brown Invitational - Providence, RI
Hurdlers Roll to New School Record, taking 3rd in 32.38......ten years to the day of previous mark!

Fri 12/30 - Grinch Games - Fordham U.
Jack Doherty takes 600m; Ed Jennings, Dan Altenau and Mike Zizzo sweep 1600m; solid Frosh performances round out 2005!

Tue 12/27 - Marine Corps Holiday Classic - Armory
Hurdlers top 10-year old school Shuttle Hurdle record with 31.89 3rd Place!  Brian Murphy annexes Soph LJ School record as first Prep 10th grader to LJ 20 feet!  Frosh pull off come-from-behind 4x800 win!  Coach Matt runs 5:09.5 mile! Prep is 3rd out of 200+ teams!

Sat 12/17 - 52nd Bishop Loughlin Games - Armory
Brian Doherty and Terrence Egan Medal at Nation's Largest Indoor Meet!  Doherty 2nd in 1000m, Egan 5th in Mile.
See Journal News Story

Sat  12/10- CHSAA Relay Carnival - Armory
The Prep won a staggering 65 medals....more medals than most teams have athletes.  State-Ranked and Prep Record-book performances abound.  Superb effort all around! 

Thanks! The Team would like to thank their family and friends for buying over 700 poinsettias to support the team. Merry Christmas!

Prep Takes Joe Fox Ram Relays
Hurdlers go 1-2, All levels contribute to first Ram Relays title since 2001
12/3 - 23rd Annual Joe Fox Ram Relays - Fordham U

Frosh Dominant at Molloy Relays as Varsity takes first shuttle hurdle relay of year!
11/26- Molloy Relays:  Frosh take gold in all three relays, plus silver in two, and Jordan White and Dylan LaGamma go 1-2 in high jump!

.9/30- Fordham Prep Development Meet- VCP
Fine performances turned in by Freshman Daniel Malloy, Soph Mike Miro, and junior Jose Petrovich as Prep racks up many medals.