Cross Country Newsletter ’91 October 2-5, 1991

In only their third week of competition, Fordham Prep has definitely announced their arrival on the NYC Cross Country scene. Anyone remotely connected with the sport had to have taken notice of Fordham’s dominance at the Iona Invitational (1^st in Varsity and Soph and 2^nd in Frosh), and at the St. Anthony’s Invitational (4^th in the Varsity and 5^th in Soph and Frosh), not to mention the 37 medals won this week

Iona Invitational – Wed. Oct. 2, 1991

Varsity Race – 2.5 miles Sophomore Race-2.5 miles

Rey Mendez 13:45*PR 1^st Tom O’Dea 15:08*PR 2^nd

Gerry Sullivan 14:27*PR 2^nd John Fink 16:14*PR

Mike Fink 14:34* 3^rd Gerry Guerrero 16:29*

Dom Lopez 14:50*PR Chris Gomprecht 16:45*PR

Brian Etheridge 15:34* Joe Cosgrove 16:47*

Carlos Nunez 15:55*PR Mike Casey 16:51*

Ed Rivera 15:59*PR John Verlezza 17:10*PR

John Keane 16:15* Pete Canale 17:19*

Travis Bowens 16:49* Chris Ketcham 17:22*PR

Dave Gleeson 16:52* James Dongallo 17:38*

Brian Mayer 18:25*

Freshman A Race- 1.5 miles Tom Pozzi 18:32*PR

Andy Hinman 9:45* 3^rd Jason Smith 19:22*

Paul Rice 9:28*PR 4^th Neil Singh 19:28

Bob Finnerty 10:16* Jim Purekal 19:59

Pete Putigano 10:21*PR Chris Stanton 20:39

Walter Nolan 11:04*PR

Robert Ferrara 11:39

Brad Smith 11:53 CHSAA Development Meet

VCP – 10/4/91

Freshman B Race – 1.5 miles Freshman Race

Jermain Luke 12:46*PR Jermain Luke 12:46

Robert Navarro 14:19 Robert Navarro 13:19 PR

Jose Chavez 14:23 Jose Chavez 14:02 PR

St. Anthony’s Invitational – Sunken Meadow Park – 10/5/91

Varsity Race – 5K (3.1 Miles) Sophomore Race – 5K

Rey Mendez 17:17* 6th Tom O’Dea 19:04*

Mike Fink 18:27* John Fink 20:04*

Brian Etheridge 19:00 Gerry Guerrero 20:49

Dom Lopez 19:00 Chris Gomprecht 20:56

Carlos Nunez 20:19 Joe Cosgrove 21:05

Ed Rivera 20:32 Pete Canale 21:12

Gerry Sullivan 20:33 John Verlezza 21:38

4^th Place (18 schools) Mike Casey 22:07

James Dongallo 22:15

Chris Ketcham 22:15

JV Race – 5K Jason Smith 23:55

Dave Gleeson 21:04* Jim purekal 24:48

Travis Bowens 21:05* Neil Singh 24:55

John Keane 22:13 5^th place (17 schools)

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Freshman Race – 1.4 miles

Andy Hinman 8:28*

Paul Rice 8:41*

Bob Finnerty 8:51

Pete Puntignano 9:00

Walter Nolan 9:53

Robert Ferrara 10:08

Brad Smith 10:09

5^th place – 24 schools

XC notes

- Among many others, two Sophs had superb outings this week. Tom O’Dea and Chris Gomprecht, each in just their first Cross Country season, continued to show excellent progress. Congrats the their Senior Dom Lopez for (officially) breaking the 15-minute barrier, and to Freshman Robert Navarro for improving his time by one minute

- Conversion times to the Van Cortlandt Course are difficult, especially when comparing to a much different course like Sunken Meadow. Nonetheless, most coaches agreed on the following:

- Freshman course: + 1:00

- Vars. And Soph: - 3:50 below 18:00

- - 4:20 between 18:00 and 21:30

- -4:50 between 21:30 and 25:00