Season Highlights: The team was coached by Jim Schlentz and assisted by John Hickey and Camille Bertholon, as well as volunteer coach Mike Pinnola. The team finished with a record of 7 wins and 0 losses, winning the Shore Conference B North Division for the 4th straight year. Team highlights: The team was 4th in the Group III State Champs, 1st in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, 3rd in the Shore Conference Champs and 3rd in the Monmouth County Champs. Individual highlights: Jacob McNamara was 15th in the Group III Champs, 2nd in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, 5th at the Monmouth County Champs and 18th in the Shore Conference, Leo Kurtz was 14th in the Group III Champs, 3rd in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, 15th at the Shore Conference Champs and 9th at the Monmouth County Champs. John Shapiro was 10th at the monmouth County Champs and 11th at Central Jersey Group III Champs. Hunter Celkupa was 6th and Andrew Krok 15th in the Central Jersey Group III Champs.
Post-Season Highlights: Jacob McNamara and Leo Kurtz were named 3rd team All-State Group III by the Star Ledger. They were both named 2nd team All-Monmouth County by the NJXCTFCA.
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Mon | Aug 29 6:00 pm | Alumni Meet (time trial) | Bucks Mill Park | |||||
Fri | Sept 16 3:30 pm | Battle of Ocean County Park Class Meet (probably not varsity runners) | Ocean County Park | |||||
Wed | Sept 21 4:00 pm | Shore Conference B North Champs | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Sept 24 9:00am | Wild Safari Inv (everyone runs and everyone helps out before and after their race) This is a fundraiser for the team | Six Flags Great Adventure | |||||
Sat | Oct 1 TBA in afternoon | Shore Coaches Inv (probably just frosh) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Tues | Oct 11 3:30 pm | Monmouth County Champs (all) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Thurs | Oct 20 3:30 pm | Shore Conference Champs (Varsity/JV/Frosh) | Ocean County Park | |||||
Thurs | Oct 27 4:00 pm | Future 7s Inv | Ocean County Park | |||||
Sat | Oct 29 Boys: 12:30, Girls: 1:30 pm | 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 | |||||
Thurs | Nov 3 4:00 pm | Last Chance Inv | Ocean County Park | |||||
Sat | Nov 5 Boys: 11:30 am, Girls: 12:30 | Group III State Champs (qualifiers from State Group Champs (top 3 teams, top 10 ind) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Nov 12 Boys: 11:00 am, Girls: 12:00 noon | Meet of Champions (qualifiers from State Group Champs (top 3 teams, top 10 ind) | Holmdel Park | |||||
Sat | Nov 26 | NTN Northeast Regional Champs (optional) | Bowdoin Park | |||||
Sat | Dec 3 | Nike Cross Nationals (need to qualify from Nov 26 (top 2 teams, top 5 ind) | Portland, OR |
high 70s, low humidlity
Frosh Boys (2 miles) | race results mile/2nd mile split / difference | ||
52nd | Zack Metzger | 13:18 | 6:20/6:58 +38 secs |
91st | Colin Gulka | 14:17 | 7:02/7:15 +13 secs |
110th | Cameron Guindi | 14:54 | 7:12/7:42 +31 secs |
117th | Matt Mochinski | 15:12 | 7:32/7:40 +8 secs |
123rd | Logan Correale | 15:28 | 7:32/7:56 +24 secs |
145th | Matty Faber | 16:16 | 7:36/8:40 +64 secs |
151st | Joey Puma | 16:23 | 8:01/8:22 +21 secs |
161st | David Schell | 17:20 | 8:39/8:41 +2 secs |
167th | Matt Gatto | 18:07 | 7:33/10:34 +181 secs |
169th | Anthony Vendittoli | 18:29 | 8:31/9:58 +87 secs |
21st | 211 pts (3 athletes) | 14:06.5 team average | |
Soph Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
36th | Braden Manzi | 18:26 | 5:38/11:57 (6:19)/6:29 (5:54 pace) 9:05/9:21 +16 secs |
67th | Ryan Brush | 19:27 | 6:13/12:44 (6:31)/6:43 (6:07 pace) 9:42/9:45 +3 secs |
125th | Michael Allegro | 21:19 | 6:34/13:45 (7:11)/7:11 (6:32 pace) 10:20/10:59 +39 secs |
131st | Logan Lalli | 21:34 | 6:47/14:00 (7:13)/7:34 (6:53 pace) 10:38/10:56 +18 secs |
135th | Josue Elias-Linares | 21:56 | 6:47/14:01 (7:14)/7:55 (7:12 pace) 10:38/11:18 +40 secs |
195th | Brandon Schell | 25:41 | 8:21/16:50 (8:29)/8:51 (8:03 pace) 12:48/12:53 +5 secs |
20th | 197 pts (3 athletes) | 19:44.0 team average | |
Junior Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
98th | Andrew Besculides | 19:54 | 5:54/12:42 (6:48)/7:12 (6:33 pace) 9:25/10:29 +64 secs |
134th | Nick Wang | 20:56 | 6:35/13:35 (7:00)/7:21 (6:41 pace) 10:20/10:36 +16 secs |
Senior Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
117th | Skyler Loui | 20:29 | 5:57/12:58 (7:01)/7:31 (6:50 pace) 9:35/10:54 +79 secs |
low 80s, sunny, lower humidity
The Cougar Boys win their 14th Shore Conference Division Championship and 4th straight. They have been in the Shore Conference for 23 years.
Dual meet scores: CN 15 Manasquan 48; CN 15 Red Bank 48; CN 15 Matawan 47; CN 20 SJV 43; CN 15 Neptune 50; CN 15 Long Branch 49; CN 20 Ocean 43
Varsity Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile (split) / last 1.1 mile (pace) | ||
tie 3rd | Leo Kurtz | 18:29 | 6:09/12:18 (6:09)/6:10 (5:37 pace) |
tie 3rd | Jacob McNamara | 18:29 | 6:09/12:18 (6:09)/6:10 (5:37 pace) |
tie 3rd | John Shapiro | 18:29 | 6:09/12:18 (6:09)/6:10 (5:37 pace) |
tie 3rd | Andrew Krok | 18:29 | 6:09/12:18 (6:09)/6:10 (5:37 pace) |
7th | Lucas Sanginari | 18:36 | 6:09/12:18 (6:09)/6:17 (5:44 pace) |
8th | Eren Alpa | 18:39 | 6:09/12:24 (6:15)/6:15 (5:42 pace) |
17th | Braden Manzi | 19:51 | 6:37/13:17 (6:40)/6:34 (5:58 pace) |
1st | 25 pts (5 athletes) | 18:30.4 team average |
low 50s, low humidty
Varsity B Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile split | ||
5th | Jacob McNamara | 16:04 | 5:10 |
6th | Leo Kurtz | 16:09 | 5:10 |
7th | Hunter Celkupa | 16:15 | 5:10 |
9th | John Shapiro | 16:21 | 5:10 |
14th | Andrew Krok | 16:54 | 5:10 |
20th | Lucas Sanginari | 17:11 | 5:21 |
23rd | Eren Alpa | 17:34 | 5:31 |
1st | 41 pts (5 athletes) | 16:20.3 team average (2nd in the merge of all Varsity races) | |
JV B Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile split | ||
1st | Braden Manzi | 18:16 | 5:44 |
29th | Andrew Besculides | 19:43 | 6:09 |
32nd | Ryan Brush | 19:52 | 6:21 |
35th | Nick Wang | 20:01 | 6:21 |
48th | Josue Elias-Linares | 20:24 | 6:21 |
61st | Skyler Loui | 20:50 | 6:21 |
63rd | Logan Lalli | 20:52 | 6:35 |
145th | Brandon Schell | 24:31 | 7:45 |
150th | Michael Allegro | 24:58 | 7:32 |
5th | 135 pts (5 athletes) | 19:38.6 team average | |
Frosh A Boys (2 miles) | race results | ||
29th | Zack Metzger | 11:46 | |
49th | Cameron Guindi | 12:52 | |
59th | Matt Mochinski | 13:08 | |
67th | Logan Correale | 13:29 | |
84th | David Schell | 14:39 | |
86th | Joey Puma | 14:41 | |
94th | Anthony Vendittoli | 15:22 | |
10th | 193 pts (5 athletes) | 13:10.6 team average |
High 50s, wet, muggy
Frosh Boys (2 miles) | race results | ||
42nd | Zack Metzger | 13:54 | |
81st | Matt Mochinski | 15:00 | |
82nd | Cameron Guindi | 15:04 | |
92nd | Logan Correale | 15:41 | |
102nd | David Schell | 16:40 | |
105th | Joey Puma | 16:47 | |
120th | Matt Gatto | 18:26 | |
123rd | Anthony Vendittoli | 19:10 | |
9th | 227 pts (5 athletes) | 15:15.8 team average |
hi 60s - low 70s, low humidity
Varsity Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile (split) / last 1.1 mile (pace) | ||
5th | Jacob McNamara | 16:54 | 5:42/11:27 (5:45)/5:27 (4:57 pace) |
9th | Leo Kurtz | 16:57 | 5:42/11:25 (5:43)/5:32 (5:02 pace) |
10th | John Shapiro | 16:59 | 5:42/11:25 (5:43)/5:34 (5:04 pace) |
20th | Andrew Krok | 17:35 | 5:45/11:35 (5:50)/6:00 (5:27 pace) |
63rd | Braden Manzi | 19:03 | 6:12/12:38 (6:26)/6:25 (5:50 pace) |
97th | Ryan Brush | 20:09 | 6:33/13:15 (6:42)/6:54 (6:16 pace) |
4th | 107 pts (5 athletes) | 17:29.1 team average | |
JV Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile split | ||
54th | Nick Wang | 21:17 | 7:07/14:12 (7:05)/7:05 (6:27 pace) |
75th | Josue Elias-Linares | 22:11 | 7:15/14:45 (7:30)/7:26 (6:46 pace) |
Frosh Boys (2 miles) | race results | ||
19th | Zack Metzger | 13:44 | |
31st | Cameron Guindi | 14:43 | |
38th | Matt Mochinski | 15:14 | |
40th | Logan Correale | 15:25 | |
51st | David Schell | 16:34 | |
55th | Joey Puma | 16:43 | |
63rd | Matt Gatto | 18:14 | |
65th | Anthony Vendittoli | 18:46 | |
5th | 133 pts (5 athletes) | 15:07.5 team average |
low 60s, breezy
Varsity Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
15th | Leo Kurtz | 16:02 | 5:06/10:12 (5:06)/5:50 (5:18 pace) 7:52/8:10 +12 |
18th | Jacob McNamara | 16:11 | 5:07/10:27 (5:20)/5:44 (5:13 pace) 8:00/8:11 +11 |
28th | Andrew Krok | 16:31 | 5:13/10:35 (5:22)/5:56 (5:24 pace) 8:07/8:24 +17 |
29th | John Shapiro | 16:32 | 5:08/10:31 (5:23)/6:01 (5:29 pace) 8:02/8:30 +28 |
39th | Hunter Celkupa | 16:49 | 5:07/10:31 (5:24)/6:18 (5:44 pace) 8:00/8:49 +49 |
81st | Braden Manzi | 17:40 | 5:34/11:20 (5:46)/6:20 (5:46 pace) 8:42/8:58 +16 |
96th | Ryan Brush | 17:59 | 5:46/11:37 (5:51)/6:22 (5:48 pace) 8:59/9:00 +1 |
3rd | 123 pts (5 athletes) | 16:24.3 team average | |
JV "B" Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
30th | Andrew Besculides | 19:28 | 6:08/12:44 (6:36)/6:44 (6:08 pace) 9:45/9:43 -2 |
48th | Nick Wang | 19:52 | 6:18/12:46 (6:28)/7:06 (6:28 pace) 9:55/9:57 +2 |
51st | Skyler Loui | 19:56 | 6:08/12:44 (6:36)/7:12 (6:33 pace) 9:46/10:10 +24 |
55th | Josue Elias-Linares | 20:00 | 6:20/12:57 (6:37)/7:03 (6:25 pace) 9:55/10:05 +10 |
73rd | Jason Mentonis | 20:46 | 6:35/13:30 (6:55)/7:16 (6:37 pace) 10:27/10:19 -8 |
85th | Brandon Kerwin | 21:09 | 6:45/13:33 (6:48)/7:36 (6:55 pace) 10:29/10:40 +11 |
89th | Logan Lalli | 21:27 | 6:42/13:36 (6:54)/7:51 (7:09 pace) 10:32/10:55 +23 |
8th | 228 pts (5 athletes) | 19:59.1 team average | |
Frosh Boys (2 miles) | race results mile/2nd mile split / difference | ||
37th | Zack Metzger | 12:49 | 6:18/6:31 +15 |
49th | Cameron Guindi | 13:37 | 6:33/7:04 +31 |
58th | Matt Vulpescu | 13:54 | 6:33/7:24 +51 |
59th | Matt Mochinski | 13:55 | 6:48/7:07 +19 |
64th | Colin Gulka | 14:12 | 6:54/7:18 +24 |
79th | Logan Correale | 14:36 | 7:09/7:27 +18 |
92nd | David Schell | 15:20 | 7:32/7:48 +15 |
93rd | Joey Puma | 15:21 | 7:33/7:48 +14 |
94th | Matt Gatto | 15:21 | 7:30/7:51 +21 |
105th | Anthony Vendittoli | 16:43 | 7:45/8:58 +73 |
8th | 201 pts (5 athletes) | 13:40.8 team average |
mid 60s, breezy
JV Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
48th | Nick Wang | 19:45 | 6:14/12:46 (6:32)/6:59 (6:21 pace) 9:45/10:00 +15 |
60th | Josue Elias-Linares | 20:16 | 6:13/12:52 (6:39)/7:24 (6:44 pace) 9:47/10:29 +42 |
67th | Zack Metzger | 20:35 | 6:43/13:28 (6:45)/7:07 (6:28 pace) 10:25/10:10 -15 |
70th | Logan Lalli | 20:40 | 6:27/13:20 (6:53)/7:20 (6:40 pace) 10:08/10:32 +24 |
98th | Colin Gulka | 22:54 | 6:58/14:39 (7:41)/8:15 (7:30 pace) 11:20/11:34 +14 |
100th | Logan Correale | 22:59 | 7:12/14:47 (7:35)/8:12 (7:28 pace) 11:25/11:34 +9 |
106th | David Schell | 24:31 | 7:41/15:59 (8:18)/8:32 (7:46 pace) 12:12/12:19 +9 |
11th | Matt Gatto | 25:11 | 7:41/16:13 (8:32)/8:58 (8:09 pace) 12:12/12:59 +47 |
114th | Anthony Vendittoli | 26:42 | 7:41/17:18 (9:37)/9:24 (8:39 pace) 12:36/14:06 +90 |
9th | 237 pts (5 athletes) | 20:50.0 team average |
mid 50s
L-R: Andrew Krok, John Shapiro, Coach Schlentz, Hunter Celkupa, Braden Manzi, Ryan Brush, 1st row: Leo Kurtz, Jacob McNamara
Slow 1st mile since no one wanted to lead so there was a huge front pack, fast 2nd mile.
Varsity Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) | ||
2nd | Jacob McNamara (Jr) | 16:44 | 5:25/10:42 (5:17)/6:02 (5:29 pace) |
3rd | Leo Kurtz (Sr) | 16:47 | 5:26/10:42 (5:16)/6:05 (5:32 pace) |
6th | Hunter Celkupa (So) | 17:11 | 5:28/10:51 (5:23)/6:20 (5:46 pace) |
11th | John Shapiro (So) | 17:29 | 5:28/10:53 (5:25)/6:36 (6:00 pace) |
15th | Andrew Krok (Jr) | 17:35 | 5:28/10:53 (5:25)/6:42 (6:06 pace) |
59th | Braden Manzi (So) | 19:10 | 5:55/12:02 (6:07)/7:08 (6:29 pace) |
61st | Ryan Brush (So) | 19:27 | 6:08/12:18 (6:10)/7:09 (6:30 pace) |
1st | 34 pts (5 athletes) | 17:08.7 team average |
mid 60s, no breeze
JV Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) / halfway splits/difference | ||
21st | Josue Elias-Linares | 20:25 | 6:31/13:14 (6:43)/7:11 (6:32 pace) 10:10/10:15 +5 |
22nd | Zack Metzger | 20:26 | 6:32/13:14 (6:42)/7:12 (6:33 pace) 10:10/10:16 +6 |
24th | Logan Lalli | 21:00 | 6:36/13:35 (6:59)/7:25 (6:45 pace) 10:22/10:38 +16 |
26th | Matt Mochinski | 21:15 | 6:36/13:36 (7:00)/7:39 (6:58 pace) 10:22/10:53 +31 |
32nd | Colin Gulka | 22:38 | 6:49/14:30 (7:41)/8:08 (7:24 pace) 10:59/11:39 +40 |
33rd | Logan Correale | 22:58 | 7:03/14:49 (7:46)/8:09 (7:25 pace) 11:07/11:51 +44 |
38th | David Schell | 24:15 | 7:45/15:52 (8:07)/8:23 (7:37 pace) 12:06/12:09 +3 |
39th | Joey Puma | 24:16 | 7:45/15:52 (8:07)/8:24 (7:38 pace) 12:06/12:10 +4 |
40th | Matt Gatto | 24:17 | 7:45/15:52 (8:07)/8:25 (7:39 pace) 12:06/12:11 +5 |
42nd | Brandon Schell | 24:49 | 7:45/15:52 (8:07)/8:57 (8:09 pace) 12:11/12:38 +27 |
43rd | Anthony Vendittoli | 25:43 | 7:45/16:21 (8:36)/9:22 (8:31 pace) 12:10/13:33 +83 |
low 70s, humid!
Varsity Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) | ||
14th | Leo Kurtz (Sr) | 16:50 moves on to MOC as wild card | 5:44/11:10 (5:26)/5:40 (5:09 pace) |
15th | Jacob McNamara (Jr) | 16:52 moves on to MOC as wild card | 5:44/11:12 (5:28)/5:40 (5:09 pace) |
41st | Hunter Celkupa (So) | 17:45 | 5:52/11:36 (5:44)/6:09 (5:37 pace) |
43rd | John Shapiro (So) | 17:46 | 5:52/11:45 (5:51)/6:01 (5:29 pace) |
60th | Andrew Krok (Jr) | 17:58 | 5:56/11:53 (5:57)/6:06 (5:34 pace) |
96th | Braden Manzi (So) | 18:50 | 6:16/12:32 (6:16)/6:18 (5:44 pace) |
130th | Ryan Brush (So) | 19:55 | 6:27/12:58 (6:31)/6:57 (6:19 pace) |
4th | 130 pts (5 athletes) 4 pts behind 2nd, 1 behind 3rd | 17:26.2 team average |
high 60s, humid!
Varsity Boys (3.1 miles) | race results mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace) | ||
52nd | Jacob McNamara (Jr) | 16:51 | 5:46/11:15 (5:29)/5:36 (5:06 pace) |
109th | Leo Kurtz (Sr) | 17:38 | 5:47/11:34 (5:47)/6:04 (5:31 pace) |