Cross Country Newsletter ’96                                                              October 26, 1996

 

            The Freshmen are improving every weekend and are quickly becoming one of the best Frosh teams the Prep has seen. An outstanding 3rd place at the Sectionals points toward the possibility of a top 5 finish at the Cities next week. 18 medals were won overall.

 

New York Sectional Championships – 10/26/96

Varsity Race – 2.5 miles                                   JV Race – 2.5 miles

Todd Young                 14:30*                         Dave Rolston                15:47*

John Soden                  14:39*                         Tim Sheahan                 15:55*

Jason Brown                14:47 PR                      Mark Soden                 15:58*

Dave Fernandez           14:54                           Dom Canale                 16:20

Rich Hinman                 15:02                           Charles Baserap           16:37

Brendan Moroney        15:22                           Brendan McCauley       16:56

Tom Carpenter             15:48                           Robert Sankey             17:36

                                                                        Jim Riley                       17:39

Varsity Team Score                                          Rob Abdelaziz              17:59 PR

Iona Prep                     53                                Ed Pisacreta                 18:18 PR

Regis High                    62                                Sean Clark                   18:22 PR

Xavier                          68                                Justin Rodriguez            19:03 PR

Farrell                          90                                Mark Ibe                      19:35 PR

Fordham Prep             143                              Mike Ibe                      20:15

St. Joseph by the Sea   152                              Ben Dunford                 21:53

            12 other teams                                      Etienne Van Harte        23:14

 

Freshmen “A” Race 1.5 miles                           Freshmen “B” Race

Chris Van Metter          09:24** PR 4th             Evan Berridge               10:21* PR 2nd

Sean O’Keefe              09:41**                       Chris Castro                 10:57* PR

Steve Piacente              09:52** PR                  Bart Schwartz               11:04 PR

Ryan Darcy                  09:59** PR                  Doyle Hunt                   11:08 PR

Kevin Foley                  10:30*                         Mike Cox                     11:09 PR

Paul Ammatuli              10:35* PR                    Evan Silva                    11:29 PR

Mike Eduardo              10:44*                         Tony Fauntleroy           11:31

            3rd Place                                               Rodrigo Rodriguez        11:33

                                                                        Griffin Irving                 11:47

Team Score                                                      Joe Salvati                    12:11

Iona Prep                     68                                Ted Arzole                   12:13

St. Peter’s                    84                                Nick Rhee                    12:58

Fordham Prep 94

            14 other teams

 

XC Notes

-           Congratulations to Freshman Chris Van Metter who earned his way into the Prep record book among the 30 fastest Freshmen the Prep has ever seen at Van Cortlandt. He’s this week’s MIP- -although many other Frosh could have claimed that spot as well.