Season Highlights: The team was coached by Jim Schlentz and assisted by Joe Lykes and volunteer coaches, John Hickey and Camille Bertholon. It was a weird year due to COVID-19. The coaches were not allowed to have practices until Sept 14, meets could not start until Oct 1, masks had to be worn at all times except when running. There was an emphasis on small meets so dual/tri meets were brought back. The team finished with a record of 7 wins and 0 losses in dual/tri meets while winning the Shore Conference B North Division. Despite all of that, the Cougar Boys ended the season ranked #5 in all of NJ and finished as the top Group III school, with the 2nd highest, Summit, at 14th. It was our 2nd highest final NJ ranking ever. Team highlights: The team was 5th in the Unofficial Meet of Champions (Holmdel Inv), 1st in the Central Jersey Group III Champs and 2nd in the Monmouth County Champs. Individual highlights: Matt Bogdan was 2nd in the Meet of Champions, 1st in the Central Jersey Champs, Monmouth County Champs and Cougar Inv. Christian Mariner was 3rd, Ryan Johnson 4th, Dylan Perkinson 8th, and Joe Allegro 9th in the Central Jersey Group III Champs.
Post-Season Highlights: Matt Bogdan was named 1st team All-State All-Groups and 1st team All-State Group III by the Star Ledger and nj.milesplit.com. Ryan Johnson and Christian Mariner were named 3rd team All-State Group III. Matt was named 1st team All-Shore Conference and Shore Conference Male Cross Country Runner of the Year by the Asbury Park Press. He was named 1st Team All-Monmouth County and Monmouth County Runner of the Year by the Shore Track Coaches Ass. Dylan Perkinson was named to the 3rd Team All-Shore Conference team. Matt was named 1st team All-Monmouth County and Ryan Johnson and Christian Mariner were named 2nd team All-Monmouth County by NJXCTFCA. Coach Jim Schlentz was named Shore Conference Coach of the Year by the Shore Track Coaches Ass.
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Mon | Aug 31 6:00 pm | Alumni Meet (time trial) | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Thurs | Sept 17 5:00 pm | Alumni Meet (time trial) | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Thurs | Oct 1 4:00 pm | Red Bank* | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Sat | Oct 10 9:15 am | Cougar Inv Team Challenge (8 teams only; closed) | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Tues | Oct 13 4:00 pm | SJV*/Neptune* | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Wed | Oct 21 Girls 4:00 pm, Boys 4:25 pm | Colt Invite | Holmdel Park | |||||
Thurs | Oct 22 5:00 pm | Wall*/Freehold Boro* | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Oct 24 9:00 am | Middletown North JV Series | Middletown North | |||||
Sat | Oct 31 9:00 am | CBA/Southern/CN Frosh/JV Meet | CBA | |||||
Fri | Nov 6 2:00 pm | Monmouth County Boys Champs (all) | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Tues | Nov 10 2:30 pm | Manasquan*/Matawan* | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Nov 14 Girls: 11:00 am, Boys: 11:25 am | Central Jersey Group III Champs (top 7 runners) This is usually an SAT day. Please check and schedule SATs on another day if it is a SAT day. | Thompson Park, Jamesburg | |||||
Wed | Nov 25 | Holmdel Inv (Unoffial Meet of Champions) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Dec 5 | East Coast Championships (Boys/Girls Varsity) | Holmdel Park |
low 70s, low humidity
Place |
Individual |
Team | Time | Splits mile/2mile/(split)/last 1.1(pace) |
CN | RB |
1 | Matt Bogdan | CN | 16:18 | 5:24/10:30 (5:06)/5:48 (5:16p) | 1 | 5 |
2 | Christian Mariner | CN | 16:45 | 5:25/10:40 (5:15)/6:05 (5:32p) | 2 | 6 |
3 | Ryan Johnson | CN | 17:05 | 5:26/10:46 (5:20)/6:19 (5:45p) | 3 | 8 |
4 | Joe Allegro | CN | 17:52 | 5:32/11:11 (5:39)/6:41 (6:05p) | 4 | 10 |
5 | Tyler Linko | RB | 18:24 | 7 | 13 | |
6 | Kyle Arend | RB | 19:04 | 17 | 42 | |
7 | Connor Horan | CN | 19:06 | 5:45/11:45 (6:00)/7:21 (6:41p) | record: (1 - 0) | (0 - 1) |
8 | Andrew McDowell | RB | 19:17 | team average: 17:25.2 | ||
9 | Owen Leccese | CN | 19:21 | 6:06/12:12 (6:06)/7:09 (6:30p) | ||
10 | Andrew Savko | RB | 19:24 | |||
others | ||||||
11 | Marcus Sosa | CN | 20:02 | 5:56/12:22 (6:26)/7:40 (7:02p) | ||
12 | Tyler Sapoznik | CN | 20:04 | 6:13/12:46 (6:36)/7:18 (6:38p) | ||
17 | Andrew Krok | CN | 21:00 | 6:14/13:00 (6:46)/8:00 (7:16p) | ||
JV Race | ||||||
Mauricio Catalan | CN | 21:03 | 6:47/13:39 (6:52)/7:25 (6:43p) | |||
Jacob McNamara | CN | 21:04 | 6:46/13:35 (6:49)/7:28 (6:47p) | |||
Jordan Stein | CN | 22:08 | 7:01/14:20 (7:19)/7:48 (7:05p) | |||
Ryan Walsh | CN | 22:10 | 6:54/14:14 (7:20)/7:56 (7:13p) | |||
Louis Bertone | CN | 22:53 | 7:00/14:22 (7:22)/8:31 (7:45p) | |||
Skyler Loui | CN | 22:58 | 6:57/14:19 (7:22)/8:39 (7:52p) | |||
Eren Alpa | CN | 23:11 | 7:11/14:52 (7:41)/8:19 (7:34p) | |||
Quinn Killane | CN | 23:17 | 7:00/14:38 (7:38)/8:39 (7:52p) | |||
High 60s, slight breeze
Matt Bogdan would beat Ridge's Jackson Barna by 1 sec. picture courtesy of John Nepolitan (Dyestat.com)
Final scores with NJ ranking: CBA #1 1st 70 pts, Ridge #2 2nd 89
pts, Westfield #8 3rd 92 pts, Colts Neck #6 4th 97 pts, Cherry Hill East #3 5th
103 pts, Haddonfield #16 6th 107 pts, Summit #9 7th 125 pts, Middletown South #7
8th 182 pts.
Matt Bogdan wins with #5 time all-time on course behind Craig Forys 14:58
(2006).
Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1/pace | ||
1st | Matt Bogdan (Sr) | 15:25 | 5:02/9:56 (4:54)/5:29 (4:59p) |
12th | Christian Mariner (Jr) | 16:17 | 5:06/10:15 (5:09)/6:02 (5:29p) |
18th | Ryan Johnson (Jr) | 16:32 | 5:07/10:24 (5:17)/6:08 (5:35p) |
24th | Dylan Perkinson (Sr) | 16:49 | 5:08/10:33 (5:25)/6:16 (5:42p) |
43rd | Joe Allegro (Jr) | 17:05 | 5:15/10:43 (5:28)/6:22 (5:47p) |
51st | Joey Schandall (Sr) | 17:31 | 5:17/10:59 (5:42)/6:32 (5:56p) |
62nd | Connor Horan (Jr) | 18:30 | 5:32/11:31 (5:59)/6:59 (6:21p) |
4th | 97 pts (5 athletes) | 16:25.1 team average | |
Junior Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results | ||
13th | Owen Leccese (Jr) | 18:16 | 5:40/11:32 (5:52)/6:44 (6:07p) |
62nd | Mauricio Catalan (Jr) | 20:11 | 6:06/12:41 (6:35)/7:30 (6:49p) |
71st | Jordan Stein (Jr) | 20:58 | 6:16/13:13 (6:57)/7:45 (7:03p) |
32nd | Louis Bertone (Jr) | 21:20 | 6:32/13:24 (6:52)/7:56 (7:13p) |
76th | Skyler Loui (So) | 21:52 | 6:40/13:40 (7:00)/8:12 (7:27p) |
82nd | Brandon Astuto (Jr) | 22:34 | 6:52/14:10 (7:18)/8:24 (7:38p) |
84th | Quinn Killane (Jr) | 22:40 | 6:40/14:03 (7:23)/8:37 (7:50p) |
7th | 184 pts (5 athletes) | 20:31.1 team average | |
Frosh Boys (3200 meters) | race results | ||
6th | Lucas Sanginari (Fr) | 11:13 | 5:21/5:52 |
7th | Andrew Krok (Fr) | 11:18 | 5:23/5:55 |
8th | Jacob McNamara (Fr) | 11:22 | 5:22/6:00 |
32nd | Eren Alpa (Fr) | 12:59 | 6:13/6:46 |
low 60s, real humid, course very wet and soft
Place |
Individual |
Team | Time | Splits mile/2mile/(split)/last 1.1(pace) |
CN | SJV |
Tie 1 | Joe Allegro | CN | 17:53 | 5:39/11:03 (5:34)/6:50 (6:11p) | 1 | 7 |
Tie 1 | Joey Schandall | CN | 17:53 | 5:39/11:03 (5:34)/6:50 (6:11p) | 2 | 9 |
Tie 1 | Matt Bogdan | CN | 17:53 | 5:39/11:03 (5:34)/6:50 (6:11p) | 3 | 10 |
Tie 1 | Christian Mariner | CN | 17:53 | 5:39/11:03 (5:34)/6:50 (6:11p) | 4 | 11 |
Tie 1 | Ryan Johnson | CN | 17:53 | 5:39/11:03 (5:34)/6:50 (6:11p) | 5 | 12 |
Tie 1 | Dylan Perkinson | CN | 17:53 | 5:39/11:03 (5:34)/6:50 (6:11p) | 15 | 49 |
7 | Luke Marotta | SJV | 18:05 | record: (3 - 0) | (1 - 3) | |
8 | Connor Horan | CN | 18:10 | 5:49/11:31 (5:42)/6:39 (6:03p) | team average: 17:53.0 | |
9 | Zach Jersey | SJV | 18:38 | |||
10 | Lucas Sanginari | CN | 19:21 | 5:56/12:10 (6:14)/7:11 (6:32p) | CN | Neptune |
11 | Owen Leccese | CN | 19:33 | 5:59/12:14 (6:15)/7:19 (6:39p) | 1 | 8 |
12 | Jacob McNamara | CN | 19:42 | 6:11/12:28 (6:17)/7:14 (6:35p) | 2 | 9 |
13 | Andrew Krok | CN | 19:52 | 6:14/12:37 (6:23)/7:15 (6:36p) | 3 | 10 |
14 | Montez Schwartz | N | 20:16 | 4 | 11 | |
15 | Tyler Sapoznik | CN | 20:21 | 6:17/12:42 (6:25)/7:39 (6:57p) | 5 | 12 |
Others | 15 | 50 | ||||
17 | Mauricio Catalan | CN | 20:59 | 6:37/13:24 (6:47)/7:35 (6:54p) | record: (4 - 0) | (0 - 4) |
18 | Jordan Stein | CN | 21:03 | 6:37/13:23 (6:46)/7:40 (6:58p) | team average: 17:53.0 | |
22 | Louis Bertone | CN | 22:17 | 6:48/13:52 (7:04)/8:25 (7:39p) | ||
23 | Eren Alpa | CN | 22:18 | 7:10/14:17 (7:07)/8:01 (7:17p) | ||
28 | Brandon Astuto | CN | 23:25 | 7:02/14:26 (7:24)/8:59 (8:10p) | ||
29 | Quinn Killane | CN | 23:50 | 7:05/14:41 (7:36)/9:09 (8:21p) | ||
30 | Andrew Nadolny | CN | 24:04 | 6:59/14:53 (7:54)/9:11 (8:21p) | ||
32 | Skyler Loui | CN | 24:20 | 7:05/14:58 (7:53)/9:22 (8:31p) |
low 70s, very humid
Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1 | ||
3rd | Matt Bogdan (Sr) | 16:04 | 5:24/10:40 (5:16)/5:25 |
11th | Dylan Perkinson (Sr) | 16:47 | 5:34/11:05 (5:31)/5:42 |
15th | Ryan Johnson (Jr) | 16:53 | 5:33/11:07 (5:34)/5:46 |
29th | Joe Allegro (Jr) | 17:51 | 5:49/11:50 (5:51)/6:01 |
35th | Joey Schandall (Sr) | 18:14 | 5:55/12:07 (6:12)/6:07 |
41st | Connor Horan (Jr) | 19:54 | 6:05/12:34 (6:29)/7:20 |
DNF breathing | Christian Mariner (Jr) | 5:31/11:12 (5:41) | |
3rd | 89 pts (5 athletes) | 17:09.57 team average |
low 70s, humid
Place |
Individual |
Team | Time | Splits mile/2mile/(split)/last 1.1(pace) |
CN | Wall |
Tie 1 | Dylan Perkinson | CN | 18:10 | 6:13/12:14 (6:01)/5:56 | 1 | 5 |
Tie 1 | Ryan Johnson | CN | 18:10 | 6:13/12:14 (6:01)/5:56 | 2 | 6 |
Tie 1 | Matt Bogdan | CN | 18:10 | 6:13/12:14 (6:01)/5:56 | 3 | 9 |
Tie 1 | Christian Mariner | CN | 18:10 | 6:13/12:14 (6:01)/5:56 | 4 | 10 |
5 | Ethan Fletcher | W | 18:14 | 7 | 11 | |
6 | Steve Ramirez | W | 18:46 | 17 | 41 | |
tie 7 | Jacob McNamara | CN | 19:16 | 6:36/12:56 (6:20)/6:20 | record: (4 - 0) | (4 - 2) |
tie 7 | Joe Allegro | CN | 19:16 | 6:36/12:56 (6:20)/6:20 | team average: 18:23.2 | |
9 | Joe Turdik | W | 19:28 | |||
10 | Jozef Callano | W | 19:28 | CN | FB | |
11 | Jake Childs | W | 19:48 | 1 | 8 | |
12 | Marcus Sosa | CN | 19:52 | 6:35/13:28 (6:53)/7:24 | 2 | 9 |
13 | Ben Fernandez | FB | 19:54 | 3 | 10 | |
14 | Thomas Assenza | FB | 20:10 | 4 | 11 | |
15 | Dylan Cerenov | FB | 20:30 | 5 | 12 | |
Others | 15 | 50 | ||||
16 | Andrew Krok | CN | 20:56 | 6:36/13:27 (6:51)/7:29 | record: (5 - 0) | (0 - 6) |
17 | Tyler Sapoznik | CN | 21:20 | 6:58/14:10 (7:12)/7:10 | team average: 18:23.2 | |
Junior Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1/pace | ||
2nd | Mauricio Catalan (Jr) | 20:32 | 6:20/13:03 (6:43)/7:29 (6:48p) |
5th | Jordan Stein (Jr) | 21:12 | 6:24/13:20 (6:56)/7:52 (7:09p) |
9th | Eren Alpa (Fr) | 21:50 | 7:03/14:14 (7:11)/7:36 (6:55p) |
10th | Louis Bertone (Jr) | 22:05 | 6:42/13:47 (7:05)/8:18 (7:33p) |
11th | Skyler Loui (So) | 22:14 | 6:48/14:00 (7:12)/8:14 (7:29p) |
14th | Quinn Killane (Jr) | 23:50 | 7:10/15:00 (7:50)/8:50 (8:02p) |
16th | Brandon Astuto (Jr) | 23:59 | 7:14/15:06 (7:52)/8:53 (8:05p) |
17th | Venkat Vellanki (Sr) | 23:59 | 7:16/15:08 (7:52)/9:13 (8:23p) |
1st | 33 pts (5 athletes) | 21:34.6 team average |
mid 30s, huge puddles and mud
Junior Varsity (3.0 miles) | race results 1.5 mile/last 1.5/difference | ||
Lucas Sanginari (Fr) | 17:13 | 8:26/8:47/+21 | |
Jacob McNamara (Fr) | 17:21 | 8:25/8:56/+31 | |
Andrew Krok (Fr) | 18:01 | 8:41/9:20/+39 | |
Marcus Sosa (Sr) | 18:19 | 8:46/9:33/+47 | |
Mauricio Catalan (Jr) | 18:32 | 9:05/9:27/+22 | |
Ryan Walsh (Jr) | 19:42 | 9:38/10:04/+26 | |
Louis Bertone (Jr) | 19:58 | 9:41/10:17/+36 | |
Skyler Loui (So) | 20:56 | 10:13/10:43/+30 | |
Andrew Nadolny (Jr) | 21:03 | 10:33/10:30/-3 | |
Quinn Killane (Jr) | 21:56 | 10:31/11:25/+54 | |
Brandon Astuto (Jr) | 21:58 | 10:37/11:21/+44 | |
Venkat Vellanki (Sr) | 23:21 | 11:21/12:00/+39 | |
pts (5 athletes) | 17:53.2 team average | ||
Frosh (1.5 miles) | race results | ||
Eren Alpa (Fr) | 9:39 |
mid 60s, breezy
Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1 | ||
1st | Matt Bogdan (Sr) | 15:54 | 5:09/10:09 (5:00)/5:45 (5:14p) |
10th | Christian Mariner (Jr) | 16:38 | 5:13/10:28 (5:15)/6:10 (5:37p) |
14th | Ryan Johnson (Jr) | 16:59 | 5:19/10:40 (5:21)/6:19 (5:45p) |
24th | Joe Allegro (Jr) | 17:27 | 5:26/10:55 (5:29)/6:32 (5:57p) |
26th | Joey Schandall (Sr) | 17:35 | 5:31/11:10 (5:39)/6:25 (5:50p) |
40th | Jacob McNamara (Fr) | 18:22 | 5:51/11:44 (5:53)/6:38 (6:02p) |
43rd | Lucas Sanginari (Fr) | 18:25 | 5:51/11:45 (5:54)/6:40 (6:04p) |
2nd | 75 pts (5 athletes) | 16:54.0 team average |
mid 70s, breezy
The Cougar Boys win the Shore Conference A North title and finish undefeated in the division. This was the Boys 12th Shore Conference Division title in 21 years of being in the Shore Conference.
Place |
Individual |
Team | Time | Splits mile/2mile/(split)/last 1.1(pace) |
CN | Mat |
1 | Matt Bogdan | CN | 17:28 | 6:02/11:45 (5:43)/5:43 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Christian Mariner | CN | 17:45 | 6:02/11:45 (5:43)/6:00 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Carter Lopresti | Mat | 18:09 | 4 | 10 | |
4 | Ryan Johnson | CN | 18:15 | 6:22/12:19 (5:57)/5:56 | 5 | 11 |
5 | Joe Allegro | CN | 18:17 | 6:22/12:20 (5:58)/5:57 | 6 | 12 |
6 | Joey Schandall | CN | 18:20 | 6:22/12:20 (5:58)/6:00 | 18 | 44 |
7 | Connor Horan | CN | 18:50 | 6:12/12:27 (6:15)/6:23 | record: (6 - 0) | (5 - 2) |
8 | Daniel Strader | Mat | 19:23 | team average: 18:01.0 | ||
9 | Jacob McNamara | CN | 19:30 | 6:22/12:48 (6:26)/6:42 | ||
10 | Lucas Sanginari | CN | 20:03 | 6:22/12:55 (6:33)/7:08 | CN | Manas |
11 | Marcus Sosa | CN | 20:27 | 6:30/13:27 (6:57)/7:00 | 1 | 8 |
12 | Jack Sassa | Mat | 20:33 | 2 | 9 | |
13 | Luke Sassa | Mat | 20:45 | 3 | 10 | |
14 | Andrew Krok | CN | 20:51 | 6:34/13:36 (7:02)/7:15 | 4 | 11 |
15 | Nick Carabetta | Manas | 21:05 | 5 | 12 | |
Others | 15 | 50 | ||||
16 | Tyler Sapoznik | CN | 21:30 | 7:03/14:05 (7:03)/7:25 | record: (7 - 0) | (3 - 4) |
team average: 18:01.0 | ||||||
high 40s, very muddy!
From left: Coach Bertholon, Joey Schandall, Matt Bogdan, Ryan Johnson, Coach Hickey, Connor Horan, Joe Allegro, Christian Mariner, Coach Schlentz, Dylan Perkinson, Andrew Krok, Leo Kurtz
The boys win by 78 pts over Allentown to win their 5th title in the last 7 years. It was their 7th Central Jersey title.
Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1 | ||
1st | Matt Bogdan (Sr) | 15:49 | 5:00/10:03 (5:03)/5:46 (5:15p) |
3rd | Christian Mariner (Jr) | 17:01 | 5:21/10:45 (5:24)/6:16 (5:42p) |
4th | Ryan Johnson (Jr) | 17:01 | 5:21/10:45 (5:24)/6:16 (5:42p) |
8th | Dylan Perkinson (Sr) | 17:22 | 5:27/10:59 (5:32)/6:23 (5:48p) |
9th | Joe Allegro (Jr) | 17:23 | 5:34/11:11 (5:37)/6:12 (5:38p) |
12th | Joey Schandall (Sr) | 17:43 | 5:34/11:11 (5:37)/6:33 (5:57p) |
23rd | Connor Horan (Jr) | 18:24 | 5:46/11:40 (5:54)/6:44 (6:08p) |
1st | 25 pts (5 athletes) | 16:54.8 team average |
high 50s, calm
Varsity (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1 | ||
2nd | Matt Bogdan (Sr) | 15:40 3rd fastest all-time for a CN runner | 5:11/10:24 (5:13)/5:16 |
20th | Ryan Johnson (Jr) | 16:35 | 5:28/11:04 (5:36)/5:31 |
28th | Dylan Perkinson (Sr) | 16:43 | 5:34/11:09 (5:35)/5:34 |
60th | Christian Mariner (Jr) | 17:34 | 5:31/11:22 (5:51)/6:12 |
61st | Joe Allegro (Jr) | 17:35 | 5:39/11:38 (5:59)/5:57 |
65th | Joey Schandall (Sr) | 17:41 | 5:49/11:48 (5:59)/5:51 |
83rd | Connor Horan (Jr) | 19:20 | 6:00/12:22 (6:22)/6:58 |
5th | 125 pts (5 athletes) | 16:49.2 team average |
low 40s, rain, 15-20 miles winds against the first mile, huge puddles and mud, very slow!
Varsity (3.1 miles) merge | race results mile/2 mile/split/last 1.1 | ||
5th | Matt Bogdan (Sr) | 16:09 | 5:33/10:52 (5:19)/5:17 |
49th | Dylan Perkinson (Sr) | 17:19 | 5:55/11:39 (5:44)/5:40 |
60th | Ryan Johnson (Jr) | 17:31 | 5:53/11:40 (5:47)/5:51 |
66th | Joe Allegro (Jr) | 17:41 | 6:03/11:52 (5:49)/5:49 |
73rd | Christian Mariner (Jr) | 17:49 | 5:54/11:47 (5:53)/6:02 |
88th | Joey Schandall (Sr) | 18:22 | 6:16/12:18 (6:02)/6:04 |
3rd | 115 pts (5 athletes) NH 84, Ridge 89 | 17:17.4 team average |