Fordham Prep Cross Country Newsletter 2006
Week-by-Week Results - Records - Schedule - armorytrack.com - rankings

9/25 - 14th Annual Jim Scott Invitational - Joe Fox Track
The Prep won the Jim Scott 2 Mile Challenge for the 4th straight year, and Pat Hemsley broke an 11 year-old record in the JV 1600 meter run.  Many great personal bests in the mile

Varsity 2 Mile Run                      
Place Name Time Score 1 2 3 4 5 Total 6 7  
2 FATA 10:16.58 Fordham 2 3 4 5 7 21 11 15  
3 ALTENAU 10:26.62 Xavier 1 6 8 9 10 34 12 16 17
4 E. JENNINGS 10:26.68 Regis 13 14 18 19 20 84 21 22  
5 O'CONNELL 10:49.26                    
7 M. JENNINGS 10:50.29                    
11 SANTINI 11:03.42                    
15 CAVANAUGH 11:22.87 PR                    

 

JV 1600 Meters     Frosh 1600 Meters  
Pat Hemsley 4:52.91   Thomas Jennings 05:41.8
Matt Keefer 4:58.56   John Brosnan 05:47.1
Corey Punter 5:11.10   Hyun-Kim Jay 05:52.2
Larry Unrein 5:13.00   Thomas Petriccione 05:54.1
Carlos Petrovich 5:17.50   Evan Groetch 05:55.0
Luis Petrovich 5:25.49   Eric Engelbrecht 05:56.1
Chris Johnson 5:27.12   Lloyd Bistany 06:03.7
Nick Grecco 5:33.95   Ciaran McGeever 06:06.6
Fran McCabe 5:34.01   Ryan Fink 06:09.3
John O'Shea 5:34.62   Greg Wright 06:13.6
Joe Adamo 5:37.22   Dylan Barrett 06:15.1
Chris Corsillo 5:37.75   Thomas McShane 06:21.0
Chris Pryor 5:38.68   Jake McShane 06:24.1
Colin Coogan 5:39.65   Matthew Pisicotta 06:32.1
John DeMarzo 5:42.34   Craig Edwards 06:35.4
John Hobart 5:44.18   Vincent Alleluia 06:35.8
Mohamed Kanu 5:49.66   Daniel Lerebours 06:39.1
Chris Bennett 5:49.83   Reidy Gavin 06:43.1
Griffin Meissner 5:51.13   Lynch Eric 06:51.9
Adrian Mansylla 5:55.07   John Grenawalt 06:53.3
Anthony Rivera 6:04.75   Spencer Granelli 06:54.4
Lucas Anstotz 6:07.20   Cole Mackenzie 06:56.5
Andrew Shaw 6:12.49   Daniel Donovan 06:56.9
Rory Mulcahy 6:18.18   Daniel Massari 06:56.9
Joe Estrella 6:20.26   James Murtagh 07:14.5
Giovanni Leon 6:29.14   A.J. Paracchini 07:17.0
Mark Martino 6:29.31   Daniel Brady 07:26.6
Andrew Petrovich 6:38.88   Kieran Purce 07:27.3
Anthony Carr 6:44.35   Steven Pisicotta 07:30.9
Matt Cardosa 6:44.77   James Gallo 07:32.3
Nick Pisano 6:45.07   Bryan Ptucha 08:10.7
Ed Allison 6:45.61   James Catuogno 08:41.5
6:46.92   Gjovalin Gegaj 09:08.1
Al Morgante 6:54.55        
Mark Lukaj 7:32.72        
Elliott Pena 7:52.06        

 

 

Jim Scott 2 Mile Run Challenge - Meet History          
Team Champion Points Site   Jim Scott, Fordham Prep Class of '44, coached Xavier High School Track and Cross Country from 1957 through 1993, overseeing some of the best years in the sport not only for Xavier High School but also for the Catholic High Schools and the City of New York.  Along with longtime friend Joe Fox '29 (for whom the Fordham Prep Track is named), Jim organized 2 Mile Runs for his runners as a way to prepare them for the tough championship races later in the season.  The Jim Scott 2 Mile Run Challenge was inaugurated in 1993 to commemorate Jim's retirement and honor his tried and true coaching methods.   Jesuits schools Xavier, Regis and Fordham Prep compete in a "Cross Country 2 Mile run on the track", whereby cross country scoring is applied to the results of the Varsity 2 mile run.  JV and Freshman runners compete in a spirited Mile run as well.                                      

Xavier and Fordham have each won the event 6 times, Regis won in 2002
1993 Xavier 33 Macombs Dam Park
1994 Xavier 27 Macombs Dam Park
1995 Xavier 30 Macombs Dam Park
1996 Fordham 33 Fordham Prep's Joe Fox Track
1997 Fordham 28 Fordham Prep's Joe Fox Track
1998 Fordham 24 Fordham Prep's Joe Fox Track
1999 Xavier 27 Van Cortlandt Stadium
2000 Xavier  (Meet Rec)

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Van Cortlandt Stadium
2001 Xavier 35 Van Cortlandt Stadium
2002 Regis 25 Van Cortlandt Stadium
2003 Fordham  27 Van Cortlandt Stadium
2004 Fordham 23 Van Cortlandt Stadium
2005 Fordham 22 Joe Fox Track
2006 Fordham 21 Joe Fox Track

Series: Fordham 7, Xavier 6, Regis 1

  
 
3200m Run Champions    
1993 Elliot Han Xavier 10:35.0  
1994 John McDermott Xavier 10:00.0  
1995 Brendan Brouder Xavier 09:51.0  
1996 Todd Young Fordham  10:12.0  
1997 Tim Simko Xavier 10:21.6  
1998 John Traugott Xavier 10:06.5  
1999 Ryan Harmon Xavier 09:49.5  
2000 Ryan Harmon Xavier 09:44.9  
2001 Jose Benitez Xavier 10:01.8  
2002 Matt Redden Xavier 09:58.9  
2003 Brian McCabe Fordham  09:35.0  Meet Record
2004 Jim Lundy Fordham  10:12.1  
2005 John Bradley Fordham 10:10.0  
2006 Kevin D'Emic Xavier 10:12.9  
Series: Xavier 10, Fordham 4  
 

JV 1600m Champions

    
1993    
1994 Joe Gonzalez Xavier 05:01.0  
1995 Joe Gonzalez Xavier 04:59.0  
1996 J. Maceda Regis 05:09.0  
1997 Carrihill Xavier 05:04.0  
1998 Idris Payne Fordham 05:13.1  
1999 Gerardo Rincon Xavier 05:14.7  
2000 Nazir Khan Fordham 05:04.1  
2001 James Caulfield Xavier 04:59.3  
2002 David Zimmerman Xavier 05:05.6  
2003 Terrence Egan Fordham 04:59.1  
2004 Tom Tarangioli Fordham 05:00.0  
2005 Vin Fata Fordham 4:59.2  
2006 Pat Hemsley Fordham 4:52.9  Meet Record

Series: Xavier 6, Fordham 6, Regis 1

  
 
Frosh 1600m Champions    
1993 Todd Young Fordham 05:13.0  
1994 Vazquez Regis 05:24.0  
1995 Cardenal Xavier 05:29.0  
1996 Saltalamacchia Regis 05:19.0  
1997 Tim Lynch Fordham 05:19.2  
1998 Mike Fazio Fordham 05:34.2  
1999 Kevin Ward Regis 05:21.0  
2000 Peter Porcino Regis 05:23.9  
2001 Nick Peterson Xavier 05:26.4  
2002 Jaime Peralta Xavier 05:11.2  
2003 Rudy Quinn Regis 05:07.9 Meet Record  
2004 Kevin Demic Xavier 05:17.2  
2005 Harley Griffiths Fordham

5:18.0
2006 John McGinn Xavier

5:40.9
 

Series: Regis 5, Xavier 5, Fordham 4

 
Of additional interest to Fordham Prep fans is that the school record for this event (the 5x2 mile run) is 51:33 run in 1973.  That is, the times of the Prep’s top five finishers in the 2 mile run are added together to arrive at the cumulative time.  The current team will need to average about 10:18 per man to be able to break the record.  Last year’s team won in 51:53. 
                   

Joe Fox Track
Newly installed, along with a state of the art turf field, in June 2005, the Joe Fox Track is the only Mondo track made specifically for a New York City High School.  Mondo is the highest quality synthetic track surface available, used at all Olympic Games since 1992, and at New York City's two premier track and Field facilities: The Armory Track and Field Center and Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island.  Many Prep alumni and parents contributed to this project and we wish to extend our thanks to all of them.

The track is 242 meters around; the 3200 meter run is 13 laps plus 54 meters, and the 1600 meter run is 6 and one half laps.   We will have splits called at 400m marks, and will have lap counters for both lead and lapped runners.  Spikes are allowed in races.

Scoring a Cross Country Meet:
Is simple.  Usually, a team is made up of 7 competitors.  In scoring, each team adds the finish places of their top 5 finishers.  Thus, the lowest score wins.  In case of a tie, the team with the lowest 6th place finisher wins. 7th place ( and lower, if a meet agrees to have unlimited team members) also plays an important role, as he might finish ahead of another team's 5th place finisher, thus increasing that team's score.

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