2020 Cross Country 

Girls Results

Season Highlights:  The team was coached by Jim Schlentz and assisted by Joe Lykes and volunteer coaches, Camille Bertholon and John Hickey.  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 Girls ended the season ranked #6 in all of NJ and finished just behind the 1st Group III school, Middletown South, who was 5th.  Team highlights The team was 1st in the Central Jersey Group III Champs (their 4th title in a row)and 2nd in the Monmouth County Large School Champs and Colt Invite.  Individual highlights Lilly Shapiro was 5th in the Meet of Champions, 1st in the Central Jersey Champs, Monmouth County Champs, Cougar Inv and Colt Invite. Kavita Shah 3rd, Presslie Mariner 4th and Ashley Pavlosky 7th in the Central Jersey Group III Champs.  Olivia Petschauer was 6th and Kavita 8th in the Monmouth County Large School Champs.

Post-Season Highlights: Lilly Shapiro was named 1st team All-State All-Groups and 1st team All-State Group III by the Star Ledger and nj.milesplit.com.  Kavita Shah and Presslie Mariner were named 3rd team All-State Group III.  Lilly was named 1st team All-Shore Conference and Shore Conference Female Runner of the Year by the Asbury Park Press.  She was named 1st Team All-Monmouth County and Monmouth County Runner of the Year by the Shore Track Coaches Ass.  Kavita Shah was named Monmouth County Senior Runner of the Year by the Shore Track Coaches Ass.  Lilly was named 1st team and Kavita Shah and Olivia Petschauer 2nd team All-Monmouth County by NJXCTFCA.

Colts Neck vs Red Bank

@ Bucks Mill Park  10/1/20

low 70s, low humidity

Cougar Inv Team Challenge

@ Bucks Mill Park  10/10/20

High 60s, slight breeze

Lilly Shapiro would go on to the victory by 11 secs.  picture courtesy of John Nepolitan (Dyestat.com)

Teams with NJ ranking: Haddonfield #8 1st 54 pts, Middletown South #3 2nd 54 pts, Westfield #7 3rd 77 pts, Colts Neck #6 4th 83 pts, RBC #16 5th 117 pts, Cherry Hill East #13 6th 146 pts, Summit #14 7th 152 pts, Ridge #11 8th 206 pts. 
Lilly Shapiro wins with #2 time all-time on course behind Ashley Higginson 17:34 (2006).

Colts Neck/SJV vs Neptune

@ Bucks Mill Park  10/13/2020

low 60s, real humid, course very wet and soft

Colt Invite

@ Holmdel Park  10/21/20

low 70s, very humid

Colts Neck/Wall vs Freehold Boro

@ Holmdel Park  10/22/20

low 70s, humid

Middletown North JV Series

@ Middletown North  10/24/20

low 60s, very humid

Monmouth County Champs

@ Bucks Mill Park  11/5/20

Monmouth County split into two groups, small school and large school. We ran large school.  Small school 2 hours later, 10 degrees cooler with mostly shade

low 70s, felt HOT!

Colts Neck/Matawan vs Manasquan

@ Holmdel Park  11/10/20

mid 70s, breezy

The Cougar Girls win the Shore Conference A North title and finish undefeated in the division.  This was the Girls 14th Shore Conference Division title in 21 years of being in the Shore Conference.

Central Jersey Group III Champs

@ Thompson Park  11/14/20

high 40s, very muddy!

From left: Coach Bertholon, Gianna Canova, Ashley Pavlosky, Lilly Shapiro, Coach Hickey, Christina Sosa, Taylor Powell, Coach Schlentz, Ava Wilmot, Kavita Shah, Presslie Mariner, Briana Johnson

Girls win their 4th straight title by 9 pts over Hopewell Valley.  It is their 10th Central Jersey title and 5th in the last 6 years.

Holmdel Inv (Unofficial Meet of Champions)

@ Holmdel Park  11/25/20

high 50s, breezy

East Coast Champs

@ Holmdel Park  12/5/20

low 40s, rain, 15-20 miles winds against the first mile, huge puddles and mud, very slow!