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#1
Group 1 State Championship,
Holmdel Park Nov 11, 2000
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starting from the left, Ashley Liberatore, Leisha
Jackucewicz, Lianne Price, Becky Piper, Jamie Squillare, Laura Paterson,
Alyssa Besho |
The CN girls went into the meet knowing they had a shot to
be the first Colts Neck team in any sport to win a State
Championship. This was the school's 3rd year and the first with
seniors. The girls cross country team had started with just 5 girls
the 1st season and none had returned for the 2nd season. The 2nd
season with all new girls had ended at the Central Jersey Championship
with only four CN girls finishing the race. The 2000 team had won the
Central Jersey Group 1 Championship by just 10 points over Metuchen.
The other sections were won by Haddon Twp, Saddle Brook and Mountain
Lakes. This team had the potential to win it all and it started with
Ashley Liberatore, Leisha Jackucewicz and Lianne Price finishing 5th, 6th
and 7th with Leisha and Lianne running season bests. Jamie finished
27th and when Laura Patterson ran a season best to finish 54th, it was all
over. CN scored 86 points to beat runner-up Haddon Twp who finished
with 129 points. In fact the CN team averaged 49 secs faster a
runner than they had at the Central Jersey meet. The boys followed
up moments later by just missing a 2nd State title for the school as they
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Girls State Group 1 Results: (1st 3 teams)
1 Colts Neck 86 pts average 22:25.9
2 Haddon Heights 129 pts average 23:04.9
3 Gloucester City 158 pts average 23:17.8
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#2
Group 3 State Championship, Holmdel Park Nov 12, 2005
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from the left, Ashley Higginson, Allison Linnell,
Allie Flott, Briana Jackucewicz, Allison Donaghy, Kristen O'Dowd, Erin
Donaghy
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The CN girls went into the meet heavily favored. They
were ranked #1 in all of NJ and #4 in the Northeast region. They had
averaged 19:22.0 as a team in the Shore Conference Champs at Holmdel Park
which was the 4th fastest in state history but the pressure was on for a
different reason. They were looking for a big performance to move up
in the Northeast rankings to get a chance at going to the Nike Team
Nationals (NTN) in Oregon. They started out with a 1-2 finish by
Briana Jackucewicz and Ashley Higginson. Briana broke future
Olympian Erin Donahue's state freshman record for the course by 14 secs
with her 18:22. Ashley finished well off her 18:10 from the Shore
Conference with her 18:55 and the others, probably too fired up, went out
a little too fast. Behind the 1-2 finish was Erin Donaghy 20th,
Allison Donaghy 25th and Kristen O'Dowd 29th. They averaged 22 secs
slower than the Shore Conference race but they still managed to score just
61 pts to win by 49 pts over Ridge. It would be the most subdued
State Championship celebration ever seen. The team would come back
to average 19:23.6 the next week in the Meet of Champions to finish
2nd. The last team to be picked of the 20 teams invited to NTN
then came down to CN and a
team from Alaska. The committee picked the team from Alaska but
still the Harrier magazine ranked CN 17th in the US in their final
rankings to end a fantastic season. |
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Girls State Group III Results: (1st 3 teams)
1 Colts Neck 61 pts average 19:44.8
2 Ridge 110 pts average 20:20.2
3 Moorestown 123 pts average 20:40.6
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#3
Group 4 State Championship,
Holmdel Park Nov 12, 2006
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From the left, Coach Jim Schlentz, Allison Donaghy,
Allie Flott, Kristen O'Dowd, Ashley Higginson, Briana Jackucewicz, Morgan
Clark, Erin Donaghy, Coach Joe Lykes |
Having won the Group III State Championship the previous
year, the CN girls moved up to Group IV for 2006. For the 2nd year
in a row, the CN girls came into the meet heavily favored, needing a big
performance to help their Northeast rankings and get a chance to make it
to the Nike Team Nationals (NTN). For the 2nd year in a row they ran
a bit slower than they wanted to. After setting course team records
at Ocean County Park at the Shore Conference Champs (18:29/runner) and at
Thompson Park in the Central Jersey meet (18:58), they had high hopes for
a great average at Holmdel Park but were hit by a warm, humid day.
Ashley Higginson would battle National mile champion, Danielle Tauro to
the finish, losing by just 4 secs in 18:10 and Briana Jackucewicz would
follow in 5th at 18:53. Allison Donaghy 23rd, Allie Flott 30th and
Erin Donaghy 35th completed the scoring. The team score was 75 pts
as they beat runner-up Cherry Hill East by 42 pts averaging 19:39.4.
The following week they would average the 2nd best in NJ history, 19:11.2,
as they won the Meet of Champions (NJ All-Groups State Championship) by 66
pts and then move on to the Nike Team Nationals where they finished
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Girls State Group IV Results: (1st 3 teams)
1 Colts Neck 75 pts average 19:44.8
2 Cherry Hill East 117 pts average 20:22.0
3 Lenape 174 pts average 20:48.2
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Individual
State Champions
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