Season Highlights: The team was coached by Joe Lykes and assisted by Jim Schlentz and volunteer coach, Adam Petriella. Just like last year, instead of dual meets, there was a combined Shore Conference A North Public Champs/Freehold District Champs, which the team won easily. Team highlights: The team was 3rd at the Meet of Champions, 1st in the Group III State Champs, their 2nd straight State Championship, 1st in the Central Jersey Group III Champs and 1st in the Monmouth County Champs. Individual highlights: Colleen Megerle was 10th in the Group III State Champs, tied for 2nd at the Central Jersey Group III Champs, 4th in the Monmouth County Champs and 5th in the Shore Conference Champs. Delia Russo was 7th in Monmouth County and 19th in the Group III State Champs, Eva Gibson tied for 2nd at Central Jersey Group III Champs, was 9th at Monmouth County Champs, and 13th at the Shore Conference Champs and 18th at the Group III State Champs, Natalie Shapiro tied for 2nd in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, was 6th at the Monmouth County Champs, 10th at the Shore Conference Champs and 20th in the Group III State Champs. Catie Anderson was 8th and Lucy Gardner 9th at the Central Jersey Group III Champs.
Post-Season Highlights: Colleen Megerle, Delia Russo and Eva Gibson were named 2nd team All-State Group III, Natalie Shapiro was named 3rd team All-State Group III by the Star Ledger. Colleen and Delia were named first team All-Shore Conference by the Shore Track Coaches Ass. Colleen was named 1st team All-Shore Conference by the Asbury Park Press with Delia, Eva and Natalie all named 2nd team. Coach Schlentz and Coach Lykes were named Shore Conference Co-Coaches of the Year by the Shore Track Coaches Ass.
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Mon | Aug 28 6:00 pm | Alumni Meet (time trial) | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Fri | Sept 15 3:40 pm | Battle of Ocean Couny Park (frosh boys and all but top 5 girls) | Ocean County Park | |||||
Sat | Sept 23 10:00 am | Thompson Park Class Meet | Thompson Park, Jamesburg | |||||
Tues | Sept 26 4:00 pm | Shore Conference A North Public Champs* | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Sat | Sept 30 9:00am | Wild Safari Inv (everyone runs and everyone helps out before and after their race) We can compete but it is a fundraiser for team | Six Flags Great Adventure | |||||
Sat | Oct 7 TBA in afternoon | Shore Coaches Inv (all) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Tues | Oct 17 3:30 pm | Monmouth County Champs (all) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Thurs | Oct 26 3:30 pm | Shore Conference Champs (Varsity/JV/Frosh) | Ocean County Park | |||||
Wed | Nov 1 2:30 pm | Unofficial State JV/Frosh Champs | Thompson Park, Jamesburg | |||||
Sat | Nov 4 Group III: Girls: 1:25, Boys: 2:15 | Central Jersey Group III Champs (top 7 runners) This is usually an SAT day. Please schedule SATs on another day. | Thompson Park, Jamesburg | |||||
Sat | Nov 11 Group III: Girls: 10:30, Boys: 11:30 | Group III State Champs (qualifiers from State Group Champs (top 3 teams, top 10 ind) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Nov 18 Group III: Girls 11:00, Boys 11:45 | Meet of Champions (qualifiers from State Group Champs (top 3 teams, top 10 ind) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Nov 25 | NXN Northeast Regional Champs (optional) | Bowdoin Park |
low 80s/high 70s, humid
Junior Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
5 | Colleen Megerle | 19:41 | |
42 | Elizabeth Callahan | 22:18 | |
43 | Sarah Schaughnessy | 22:26 | |
50 | Alexandra Martarella | 22:33 | |
93 | Olivia D'Andrea | 24:28 | |
97 | Emma Farkas | 25:03 | |
160 | Emily Saffaye | 31:43 | |
172 | Lauren Bujnowski | 37:38 | |
Erica Sammarco | DNF | ||
5th | 74 pts (3 athletes) | 21:28.3 team average | |
Soph Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
29th | Juliana Schaefer | 22:09 | |
58th | Chloe Curtis | 23:57 | |
124th | Kelly McGovern | 28:20 | |
17th | 183 pts (3 athletes) | 24:48.7 team average | |
Frosh Girls (2.0 miles) | race results | ||
4th | Lucy Gardner | 12:49 | |
20th | Kavita Shah | 13:52 | |
58th | Anastasia Acierno | 15:34 | |
95th | Grace Pacchiano | 17:16 | |
102nd | Alexis Walter | 17:34 | |
Simren Shah | DNF | ||
1st | 68 pts (3 athletes) | 14:05.0 team average |
early races high 70s to mid 80s later; Seniors 1st, Frosh last
Junior Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits (mile time/2 mile time (split for 2nd mile)/ last 1.1 miles (mile pace for 1.1) | ||
3rd | Eva Gibson | 20:10.9 | 6:11/12:48 (6:38)/7:22 (6:43 pace) |
9th | Catie Anderson | 21:07.7 | 6:32/13:30 (6:58)/7:37 (6:57 pace) |
33rd | Elizabeth Callahan | 22:52.7 | 7:05/14:28 (7:23)/8:24 (7:38 pace) |
38th | Erica Sammarco | 23:12.4 | 7:23/14:53 (7:30)/8:19 (7:33 pace) |
44th | Sarah Schaughnessy | 23:30.9 | 7:22/14:57 (7:35)/8:33 (7:46 pace) |
48th | Alexandra Martarella | 23:48.0 | 7:23/15:03 (7:40)/8:45 (7:57 pace) |
69th | Emma Farkas | 25:06.2 | 7:50/16:00 (8:10)/9:06 (8:16 pace) |
84th | Olivia D'Andrea | 26:30.2 | 8:05/16:34 (8:29)/9:56 (9:02 pace) |
Emily Saffaye | DNF | ||
3rd | 27 pts (3 athletes) | 21:23.6 team average | |
Soph Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
3rd | Natalie Shapiro | 20:30.7 | 6:17/13:00 (6:43)/7:30 (6:50 pace) |
30th | Juliana Schaefer | 22:55.3 | 7:28/14:48 (7:20)/8:07 (7:22 pace) |
54th | Chloe Curtis | 24:31.7 | 7:40/15:32 (7:52)/8:59 (8:10 pace) |
133rd | Kelly McGovern | 30:18.9 | 8:54 |
Zafirah Moody | DNF | 10:56 | |
6th | 71 pts (3 athletes) | 22:39.2 team average | |
Frosh Girls (2.5 miles, might be closer to 2.4 miles) | race results 1 mile split (mile time/last 1.5 mile (mile pace for 1.5 miles) | ||
3rd | Lucy Gardner | 16:32.8 | 6:29/10:03 (6:42 pace) |
14th | Kavita Shah | 17:37.6 | 7:20/10:17 (6:55 pace) |
24th | Veronica Banat | 18:05.4 | 6:50/11:15 (7:30 pace) |
39th | Anastasia Acierno | 19:37.5 | 7:35/12:02.5 (8:00 pace) |
63rd | Alexis Walter | 20:46.5 | 8:12/12:34 (8:22 pace) |
93rd | Grace Pacchiano | 22:45.1 | 8:25/14:20 (9:33 pace) |
3rd | 71 pts (5 athletes) | 18:32.0 team average |
high 70s, humid
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits (mile time/2 mile time (split for 2nd mile)/ last 1.1 miles (mile pace for 1.1) | ||
tie 1st | Delia Russo (Jr) | 20:04 | 6:20/12:40 (6:20)/7:24 (6:44p) |
tie 1st | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 20:04 | 6:20/12:40 (6:20)/7:24 (6:44p) |
3rd | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 20:08 | 6:20/12:40 (6:20)/7:24 (6:44p) |
4th | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 20:32 | 6:20/12:45 (6:25)/7:47 (7:02p) |
6th | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 20:50 | 6:20/12:58 (6:38)/7:52 (7:07p) |
13th | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 21:16 | 6:30/13:20 (6:50)/7:56 (7:10p) |
22nd | Erica Sammarco (Jr) | 22:19 | 6:56/14:13 (7:17)/8:06 (7:20p) |
31st | Juliana Schaefer (So) | 23:29 | 7:26/15:09 (7:43)/8:20 (7:33p) |
32nd | Sarah Schaughnessy (Jr) | 23:37 | 7:02/14:59 (7:57)/8:38 (7:49p) |
1st | 16 pts Freehold District Champs | 20:19.6 team average | |
1st | Dual Meet scores for A North Championship: 6 wins, 0 losses | CN 15 Manalapan 40; CN
16 Freehold Twp 42; CN 15 Freehold Boro 50; CN 15 Howell 48; CN 15 Marlboro 49; CN 15 Neptune 50 |
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JV Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
2nd | Elizabeth Callahan (Jr) | 22:13 | 7:00/14:13 (7:13)/8:00 (7:14p) |
3rd | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 23:09 | 7:19/14:48 (7:29)/8:21 (7:34p) |
4th | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 23:10 | 7:17/14:46 (7:29)/8:24 (7:37p) |
6th | Alexandra Martarella (Jr) | 23:25 | 7:17/14:46 (7:29)/8:39 (7:50p) |
7th | Chloe Curtis (So) | 23:33 | 7:19/14:48 (7:29)/8:45 (7:56p) |
8th | Olivia D'Andrea (Jr) | 24:06 | 7:27/15:13 (7:46)/8:53 (8:03p) |
9th | Emma Farkas (Jr) | 24:17 | 7:28/15:19 (7:51)/8:58 (8:08p) |
18th | Grace Pacchiano (Fr) | 28:04 | 8:22/17:44 (9:22)/10:20 (9:23p) |
21st | Alexis Walter (Fr) | 28:14 | 8:36/17:52 (9:16)/10:22 (9:25p) |
23rd | Kelly McGovern (So) | 28:24 | 8:37/18:05 (9:28)/10:19 (9:22p) |
1st | 22 pts | 23:06.0 team average |
lo 80s, warm
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits | ||
20th | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 20:47 | 6:57 |
21st | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 20:48 | 6:51 |
22nd | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 20:53 | 6:30 |
103rd | Juliana Schaefer (So) | 23:18 | 7:35 |
114th | Elizabeth Callahan (Jr) | 23:37 | 7:37 |
139th | Alexandra Martarella (Jr) | 24:23 | 8:02 |
156th | Erica Sammarco (Jr) | 25:20 | 7:44 |
10th | 263 pts | 21:52.6 team average | |
JV Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
72nd | Sarah Schaughnessy (Jr) | 24:42 | |
94th | Olivia D'Andrea (Jr) | 25:19 | |
95th | Chloe Curtis (So) | 25:20 | |
97th | Emma Farkas (Jr) | 25:22 | |
Frosh Girls (2.0 miles) | race results | ||
1st | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 13:39 | |
23rd | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 14:50 | |
27th | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 15:00 | |
96th | Anastasia Acierno (Fr) | 17:08 | |
110th | Alexis Walter (Fr) | 17:56 | |
113th | Grace Pacchiano (Fr) | 18:06 | |
6th | 152 pts | 15:42.6 team average |
hi 50s, low 60s
The girls win their 2nd straight County Championship with 61 pts to beat runner-up Middletown South by 14 pts.
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits | ||
4th | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 19:20 | 6:25/12:54 (6:29)/19:20 (6:26) |
6th | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 19:39 | 6:36/13:05 (6:31)/19:39 (6:34) |
7th | Delia Russo (Jr) | 19:41 | 6:34/13:03 (6:29)/19:41 (6:38) |
9th | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 19:48 | 6:34/13:04 (6:30)/19:48 (6:44) |
37th | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 21:00 | 7:03/13:57 (6:54)/21:00 (7:03) |
47th | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 21:18 | 6:46/13:44 (6:58)/21:18 (7:34) |
93rd | Juliana Schaefer (So) | 23:22 | 7:56 |
1st | 61 pts | 19:53.6 team average | |
JV Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
6th | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 22:15 | 7:44/15:13 (7:29)/22:15 (7:02) |
7th | Elizabeth Callahan (Jr) | 22:25 | 7:41/15:03 (7:22)/22:25 (7:22) |
8th | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 22:32 | 7:44/15:13 (7:29)/22:32 (7:19) |
12th | Erica Sammarco (Jr) | 22:53 | 7:42/15:13 (7:31)/22:53 (7:40) |
17th | Sarah Schaughnessy (Jr) | 23:07 | 7:51/15:39 (7:48)/23:07 (7:28) |
19th | Alexandra Martarella (Jr) | 23:08 | 7:51/15:38 (7:47)/23:08 (7:30) |
30th | Marisa Brandon (So) | 24:03 | 8:10/16:21 (8:11)/24:03 (7:42) |
36th | Olivia D'Andrea (Jr) | 24:16 | 8:11/16:21 (8:11)/24:16 (7:55) |
37th | Chloe Curtis (So) | 24:17 | 8:14/16:30 (6:16)/24:17 (7:47) |
38th | Emma Farkas (Jr) | 24:21 | 8:10/16:25 (8:15)/24:21 (7:56) |
2nd | 50 pts | 22:38.4 team average | |
Frosh Girls (2.0 miles) | race results | ||
20th | Alexis Walter (Fr) | 16:59 | |
21st | Kaitlyn Genzer (Fr) | 17:07 | |
25th | Grace Pacchiano (Fr) | 17:51 |
mid 50s, breezy, damp
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits halfway splits | ||
5th | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 17:45 | 5:44/11:28 (5:44)/6:17 (5:43p) 8:54/8:51 |
10th | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 18:39 | 5:54/11:57 (6:03)/6:42 (6:05p) 9:12/9:27 |
13th | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 18:43 | 5:56/11:59 (6:03)/6:44 (6:07p) 9:13/9:30 |
33rd | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 19:15 | 6:08/12:20 (6:12)/6:55 (6:17p) 9:34/9:41 |
46th | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 19:28 | 6:08/12:18 (6:10)/7:10 (6:31p) 9:33/9:55 |
74th | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 20:04 | 6:24/12:57 (6:33)/7:07 (6:28p) 9:59/10:05 |
108th | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 20:51 | 6:24/13:12 (6:48)/7:39 (6:58p) 10:05/10:46 |
2nd | 105 pts (Middletown South 96 pts) | 18:46.0 team average | |
JV Girls (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
24th | Elizabeth Callahan (Jr) | 21:09 | 6:49/13:42 (6:53)/7:27 (6:47p) |
28th | Erica Sammarco (Jr) | 21:16 | 6:52/13:47 (6:55)/7:29 (6:49p) |
30th | Juliana Schaefer (So) | 21:19 | 6:59/13:46 (6:47)/7:33 (6:53p) |
34th | Sarah Schaughnessy (Jr) | 21:29 | 6:59/13:53 (6:53)/7:36 (6:56p) |
38th | Marisa Brandon (So) | 21:37 | 6:59/13:56 (6:57)/7:41 (7:01p) |
60th | Chloe Curtis (So) | 22:02 | 7:04/14:12 (7:08)/7:50 (7:09p) |
73rd | Alexandra Martarella (Jr) | 22:23 | 6:59/14:30 (7:31)/8:07 (7:23p) |
79th | Olivia D'Andrea (Jr) | 22:32 | 7:05/14:23 (7:18)/8:09 (7:25p) |
81st | Emma Farkas (Jr) | 22:33 | 7:06/14:23 (7:17)/8:10 (7:26p) |
183rd | Kelly McGovern (So) | 25:17 | 8:06/16:15 (8:09)/9:02 (8:14p) |
223rd | Emily Saffaye (Jr) | 27:22 | 8:36/17:40 (9:04)/9:42 (8:50p) |
238th | Lauren Bujkowski (Jr) | 34:20 | 10:15 |
5th | 154 pts | 21:22.0 team average | |
Frosh Girls (2.0 miles) | race results | ||
12th | Kaitlyn Genzer (Fr) | 13:38 | 6:35/7:03 |
high 50s, beautiful
JV Championship Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1 mile splits | ||
46th | Elizabeth Callahan (Jr) | 22:15 | 7:05/14:20 (7:15)/7:55 (7:12p) |
53rd | Erica Sammarco (Jr) | 22:26 | 7:18/14:35 (7:17)/7:51 (7:08p) |
54th | Marisa Brandon (So) | 22:28 | 7:17/14:34 (7:17)/7:54 (7:11p) |
73rd | Sarah Schaughnessy (Jr) | 22:53 | 7:17/14:40 (7:23)/8:13 (7:29p) |
76th | Chloe Curtis (So) | 22:58 | 7:22/14:42 (7:20)/8:16 (7:32p) |
106th | Emma Farkas (Jr) | 23:39 | 7:40/15:24 (7:44)/8:15 (7:31p) |
12th | 294 pts | 22:35.4 team average | |
JV Open Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1 mile splits | ||
91st | Kelly McGovern (So) | 27:14 | 8:30/17:25 (8:55)/9:49 (8:56p) |
128th | Lauren Bujkowski (Jr) | 36:16 | 10:48 |
Frosh Girls (2.0 miles) | race results | ||
5th | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 21:05 | 6:45/13:31 (6:46)/7:34 (6:53p) |
29th | Kaitlyn Genzer (Fr) | 23:26 | 7:15/14:46 (7:31)/8:40 (7:54p) |
mid 50s, excellent weather
The girls win their 7th sectional title putting 6 ahead of the 2nd place team's 2nd runner. The top 3 ran easy and Delia wore road racing shoes and was asked to run a tempo run.
Pictures from the race from Mrs Roeder
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits | ||
tie 2nd | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 19:41 | 6:10/12:33 (6:23)/7:08 (6:29p) |
tie 2nd | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 19:41 | 6:10/12:33 (6:23)/7:08 (6:29p) |
tie 2nd | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 19:41 | 6:10/12:33 (6:23)/7:08 (6:29p) |
8th | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 20:13 | 6:22/12:49 (6:27)/7:24 (6:43p) |
9th | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 20:22 (frosh record) | 6:20/12:55 (6:35)/7:27 (6:46p) |
10th | Delia Russo (Jr) | 20:27 | 6:22/12:52 (6:30)/7:35 (6:51p) |
32nd | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 22:03 | 6:51/13:56 (7:05)/8:07 (7:23p) |
1st | 26 pts (Allentown 55 pts) | 19:55.3 team average |
mid 30s, cold!
Girls defend their title to win by 11 pts over Middletown South. It is the CN Girls 5th State title.
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile splits | ||
10th | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 19:14 | 6:31/12:53 (6:22)/(6:21) |
18th | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 19:50 | 6:44/13:18 (6:34)/(6:32) |
19th | Delia Russo (Jr) | 19:55 | 6:44/13:22 (6:38)/(6:33) |
20th | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 19:57 | 6:45/13:22 (6:37)/(6:35) |
32nd | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 20:41 | 7:01/13:50 (6:49)/(6:51) |
35th | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 20:50 | 7:04/13:59 (6:55)/(6:51) |
109th | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 22:59 | 7:42/15:23 (7:41)/(7:36) |
1st | 89 pts (Middletown South 100 pts) | 19:55.4 team average |
mid 40s, slight breeze
Girls finish 3rd, only 2006 1st and 2005 2nd are higher.
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1mile split/2 mile split/ last 1.1 miles | ||
30th | Colleen Megerle (Jr) | 19:29 | 6:26/12:57 (6:31)/(6:32) |
33rd | Delia Russo (Jr) | 19:35 | 6:35/13:00 (6:25)/(6:35) |
43rd | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 19:50 | 6:34/13:07 (6:33)/(6:43) |
49th | Natalie Shapiro (So) | 19:55 | 6:37/13:15 (6:38)/(6:40) |
78th | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 20:21 | 6:44/13:34 (6:50)/(6:47) |
90th | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 20:36 | 6:57/13:45 (6:48)/(6:51) |
135th | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 21:36 | 7:13/14:24 (7:11)/(7:12) |
3rd | 135 pts (North Hunterdon 100 pts, Kingsway 126 pts) | 19:50.0 team average |
mid 50s, a bit slow
Colleen was so sick she was in bed and so we pulled Natalie who had a bad foot
Varsity Girls (3.1 miles) | race results 1.55 mile splits | ||
54th | Delia Russo (Jr) | 20:26.4 | 10:07/10:20 |
88th | Eva Gibson (Jr) | 20:58.2 | 9:59/11:00 |
147th | Kavita Shah (Fr) | 21:45.4 | 10:59/10:47 |
183rd | Catie Anderson (Jr) | 22:24.5 | 10:50/11:35 |
185th | Lucy Gardner (Fr) | 22:27.0 | 11:13/11:14 |
208th | Veronica Banat (Fr) | 23:34.2 | 11:28/12:07 |
22nd | 484 pts | 21:36.3 team average |