Fordham Prep Cross Country Newsletter '99
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Matt Cowan is 50th Prep runner under 14:00!
Earns All City Status!

November 13, 1999   
With some of the Prep's greatest runner's present, Senior Matt Cowan made Prep history by becoming the 50th Prep harrier to break the 14 minute barrier at  famed Van Cortlandt Park.  The Varsity finished 11th out of more than 30 teams, and saw many personal records achieved.  

A special thanks to the dozen alumni who came to cheer on their alma mater, eight of whom donned the spikes and paced the Prep to a close second place at the CHSAA Alumni race! 

73rd CHSAA Championships - November 13, 1999 - VCP - 60 deg, sunny 

Championship  Race - 2.5m Team Score   
Cowan 13:56*PR

St. Anthony’s

38

Chaminade

76

Xaverian

149

Moore Catholic

173

Xavier

224

Mount St. Michael

251

St. Peter’s

252

Msgr. Farrell

260

Kellenberg

282

St. Joseph/Sea

282

Fordham Prep

301

32 teams competed
Van Metter 14:22*
Raguso 14:32
Payne 14:39 PR
Pond 14:50 PR
McCabe 15:33
Rodriguez 16:56
JV A Race
Giovine 15:42*PR
Hunt 15:57*
Salvati 16:06    
Khan 16:43 Alumni race  
LeVoci 16:50 Gerry Sullivan '92 13:29*(PR) 4th place
Forman 16:57 Tom Carpenter '98 14:25* 7th
Baum 19:43 Todd Young '97 14:54 11th
    Jim DeRienzo '75 15:25
JV B Race   Fred Miller '69 17:28
Guimaraes 16:39 PR Jim Purekal '94 18:08
Doering-Dor 16:53 Kevin Farragher '75 19:09
Dearie 17:04 PR Bruno Degen '68 22:46
Mitchell 17:18    
Westphal 17:33 Team Score  
Byrnes-Alv 17:59 PR Chaminade 18
Stabile 18:42 Fordham  22
Fedigan 18:58 Kellenberg 49
Urban 19:23 PR 21 teams represented
    and thanks to Dan Dengler '96, Gerry Guerrero '94, Dave Guerrero '91, and John Verlezza '94 for their support!
   

Cross Country Notes
Congrats to MIP Matt Cowan for his historic race.

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Sep 3rd - Camp Time Trial
Sep 11th - CHSAA Practice Meet
Sep 18th - Chenango/Regis
Sep 25th - Guilderland/Xavier
Sep 28th - Jim Scott Challenge
Oct 2nd - McQuaid Inv
Oct 9th -  Manhattan, AH, Soph Sects
Oct 16h - Easterns, Molloy, Prep Relays
Oct 19th - Bronx Champs
Oct 30th - Sectionals
Nov 6th - Frosh/Soph Cities, NYC Mara
Nov 13th - CITY CHAMPS
Nov 20th - State Champs, Jesuits

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 competitors' score.

Example: 9/3/99 Xavier-Fordham
Fordham 2-3-7-8-11 = 31 (6th finisher was 12th place)
Xavier 1-5-6-9-10 = 31  (6th finisher was 16th place)

Updated 06/27/01 . E-Mail comments to Coach Febles