1999 Cross Country

Boys Results

Highlights:  The team was coached by Jim Schlentz and assisted by girls coach, Bryan Parks.  This was the first varsity season for the team.  We ended with a dual meet record of 5 wins, 4 losses.  As a  team, we finished 5th in the Central Jersey Group 1 Champs to qualify for the State Group 1 Champs, where we finished 10th.  Individually, sophomore Israel Payan won the Central Jersey Group 1 Championship and was 2nd in the State Group 1 meet.  He also finished 24th in the Meet of Champions, the 7th underclassman to finish. Israel was named 1st Team All-State Group 1, 2nd team All-Monmouth County, 3rd Team All-Shore Conference, and 1st Team All-Freehold District.  Jorge Ventura was named honorable mention All-Freehold District.

Below the schedule, you will find the best times of the season for Holmdel Park and our home course, Buck Mills Park.  You can then scroll down to see the results for each individual meet, or you can go straight to a  meet by hitting the meet name in the schedule.  

Schedule

Day Date Meet Place
Sat 9/4/99 Time Trial Buck Mills Park, Colts Neck
Sat 9/18/99 Battle of Monmouth Class Meet Battleground Park, Manalapan
Tues 9/21/99 @ Keansburg/Keyport Holmdel Park
Mon 9/27/99 @ CBA/Freehold Twp CBA
Wed 9/29/99 @ Henry Hudson Henry Hudson
Sat 10/2/99 Shore Coaches Meet Holmdel Park
Tues 10/5/99 @ Red Bank/Asbury Park Holmdel Park
Thurs 10/7/99 Pt Pleasant Beach Buck Mills Park
Fri 10/15/99 Freehold District Championships Holmdel Park
Tues 10/19/99 Monmouth County Championships Holmdel Park
Wed 10/27/99 Monmouth Reg Buck Mills Park
Sat 10/30/99 Central Jersey Group 1 Champs Holmdel Park
Sat  11/6/99 Shore Conference Championships Ocean County Park
Sat 11/13/99 State Group 1 Championships Holmdel Park
Sat  11/20/99 Meet of Champions Holmdel Park
Sat 11/27/99 Footlocker Eastern Regional Champs Van Cortland Park

 

Top Times for the Year

Holmdel Park Varsity 3.1 mile course

16:52 Isreal Payan - 10 10/15/99 soph
17:32.3 Jorge Ventura - 10 10/19/99 soph
18:58.9 Andrew Leimbach - 9 10/19/99 frosh
20:03 Kevin McGann - 10 10/15/99 soph
20:03.2 Russell Kaufmann - 10 10/19/99 soph
20:29.7 Brad Thompson - 10 11/13/99 soph
20:42 Craig Stivala - 10 10/15/99 soph
21:33.8 Travis Zandor - 11 10/19/99 junior
26:04 Chris Chambers - 9 10/5/99 frosh
27:40 Joey Noble - 9 10/5/99 frosh
28:54 Ben Friedman - 9 10/5/99 frosh

Holmdel Park Freshmen 2.0 mile course

12:34 Andrew Leimbach 10/15/99 frosh
14:09.8 Joey Noble 10/2/99 frosh
15:37 Chris Chambers 10/15/99 frosh
16:46 Ben Friedman  10/15/99 frosh

Buck Mills Park Varsity 3.1 mile course

16:46 Israel Payan 10/7/99 soph
17:50 Jorge Ventura 10/7/99 soph
19:38 Andrew Leimbach 10/7/99 frosh
19:43 Russell Kaufmann 10/7/99 soph
19:52 Kevin McGann 10/7/99 soph
20:08 Brad Thompson 10/27/99 soph
20:14 Craig Stivala 10/27/99 soph
20:50 Travis Zandor 10/27/99 junior
21:40 Joey Noble 10/27/99 frosh
23:53 Chris Chambers 10/27/99 frosh
25:55 Ben Friedman 10/27/99 frosh

Time Trial -  Buck Mills Park 3.1 miles

9/4/99

Athlete 1 mile time 2 mile time mile split 3.1 mile time  1.1 mile split
Israel Payan 5:48 11:44  5:56 17:58 6:14
Jorge Ventura 5:48 11:45 5:57 18:46 7:01
Kevin McGann 6:11 12:58 6:47 20:34 7:36
Andrew Leimbach 6:22 13:31 7:09 21:19 7:48
Russell Kaufmann 6:30 13:40 7:10 21:41 8:01
Craig Stivala 6:51 14:17 7:26 22:30 8:13
Brad Thompson 7:04 14:49 7:45 23:19 8:30
Travis Zandor 6:57 14:49 7:52 23:54 9:05
Phil Valenziano 7:13 15:27 8:14 24:26 8:59
Joey Noble 8:53 32:36
Ben Friedman 9:29 34:00

Battle of Monmouth Class Meet

@ Battleground Park, Manalapan  9/18/99

Boys Frosh
9th Andrew Leimbach 12:32
72nd Joey Noble 15:58
77th Ben Friedman 16:30
79th Chris Chambers 16:51
Boys Soph
1st Israel Payan 17:20.8
34th Russell Kaufmann 20:40.5
45th Kevin McGann 21:35.6
Boys Junior
91st Travis Zandor 22:37.5

Colts Neck vs Keansburg/Keyport

@ Holmdel Park 9/21/99    wet, muddy

Place

Athlete

School

Time

mile split

CN

Keansburg CN Keyport
1 Israel Payan CN 17:57 6:02 1 3 1 3
2 Jorge Ventura CN 18:08 6:02 2 4 2 4
3 Adam Wagner Key 18:26 5 7 5 7
4 Paul Hughes Kean 18:28 6 9 6 10
5 Murphy Key 20:20 8 10 8 11
6 Reed Kean 20:56 22 33 22 35
7 Russell Kaufmann CN 20:57 7:02 Records:
8 Kevin McGann CN 21:02 7:04 (1 - 0) (2 - 2) (2 - 0) (0 - 3)
9 Menges Key 21:05
10 Rambone Kean 21:09
also
11 Andrew Leimbach CN 21:28 7:06
15 Travis Zandor CN 22:49 7:30

Colts Neck vs Freehold Twp/CBA

@ CBA 9/27/99

 
Place Athlete School Time 1.5 mile splits Colts Neck CBA Colts Neck Free Twp
1 Eric Reulbach CBA 15:28 2 1 1 2
2 Israel Payan CN 15:32 7:44/7:48 6 3 3 4
3 Brian Brach FT 15:39 10 4 10 5
4 Leneghan CBA 16:01 11 5 11 6
5 Falvey CBA 16:20 12 7 12 7
6 Maxwell CBA 16:29 41 20 37 24
7 Jorge Ventura CN 16:37 7:55/8:42 Records:
8 Bozenhardt CBA 16:38 (2 - 1) (3 - 0) (2 - 2) (1 - 3)
9 Kincade CBA 16:46
10 Gaul CBA 16:55
11 Majewski FT 17:05
12 ???? CBA 17:07
13 Reed FT 17:15
14 Gaffey FT 17:17
15 Antus FT 17:21
also
22 Andrew Leimbach CN 18:50 9:06/9:44
24 Russell Kaufmann CN 19:17 9:25/9:44
25 Kevin McGann CN 19:19 9:28/9:51
30 Brad Thompson CN 20:40 9:59/10:41
31 Travis Zandor CN 21:00 10:06/10:54
37 Joey Noble CN 25:24 11:13/14:11
38 Chris Chambers CN 28:03 11:37/16:26
39 Ben Friedman CN 28:11 12:58/15:13

Colts Neck vs Henry Hudson

@ Henry Hudson 9/27/99

Place Athlete School Time   Colts Neck Henry Hudson    
1 Israel Payan CN 19:20   1 3    
2 Jorge Ventura CN 19:30   2 4    
3 Chris Meyer (fr) HH 20:41   10 5    
4 Dylan Ascolesa HH 21:00   11 6    
5 Albert Ng HH 21:01   12 7    
6 Ryan Bolger HH 21:01   36 25    
7 Chris Kaasmann HH 21:06          
8 John McGovern HH 21:07 Records: (2 - 3) (1 - 1)    
9 Tom Hayden HH 21:30          
10 Russell Kaufmann CN 22:00          
11 Kevin McGann CN nt          
12 Brad Thompson CN nt          
13 Joey Noble CN 25:08          
14 Travis Zandor CN nt          
15 Chris Chambers CN nt          
16   HH nt          

Shore Coaches Meet

@ Holmdel Park 10/2/99    sunny, dry 70s

Race/Place Name Time mile split
Frosh Boys
40th Joey Noble 14:09.8
101st Ben Friedman 18:20.5
Varsity Boys 10th Place team ave: 19:11.6
2nd Israel Payan 17:12.6 5:48
8th Jorge Ventura 17:44.9 6:01
95th Kevin McGann 20:15.8 6:45
96th Russell Kaufmann 20:17 6:44
98th Andrew Leimbach 20:27.2 6:49
152nd Brad Thompson 22:11.4 7:13
168th Travis Zandor 23:10.9 7:34

Colts Neck vs Asbury Park/Red Bank

@ Holmdel Park 10/5/99  nice, cool, fast

Long Branch and Neptune also ran

Place Athlete School Time mile split CN AP CN RB
1 Walter Kingsberry RB 16:56 1 3 3 1
2 Johnny Rodriguez RB 17:06 2 7 5 2
3 Israel Payan CN 17:07 5:55 4 9 10 4
4 Israel Rodriguez RB 17:31 5 10 11 6
5 Jorge Ventura CN 17:49 6:00 6 12 12 7
6 Greg Langley RB 18:04 18 41 41 20
7 Niles Leisti RB 18:33 Records:
8 Giovanni Cortez RB 19:50 (3 - 3) (3 - 4) (7 - 0)
9 Ben Firner Nept 19:53 CN team ave: 19:03.0
10 Jon Swoope LB 19:54
11 Noel Soto AP 20:00
12 Harry Karger RB 20:05
13 Russell Kaufmann CN 20:05 6:44
14 Kevin McGann CN 20:06 6:45
15 Andrew Leimbach CN 20:08 6:49
also
21 Brad Thompson CN 21:38 7:13
38 Chris Chambers CN 26:04 9:10
40 Joey Noble CN 27:40 8:00
41 Ben Friedman CN 28:54 9:38

Pt Pleasant Beach @ Colts Neck

Buck Mills Park 10/7/99

Place Athlete School Time mile split CN PPB
1 Israel Payan CN 16:46 5:19 1 2
2 Mike Lucke PPB 17:01 3 9
3 Jorge Ventura CN 17:50 5:19 4 10
4 Andrew Leimbach CN 19:38 6:04 5 11
5 Russell Kaufmann CN 19:43 6:04 6 12
6 Kevin McGann CN 19:52 6:10 19 42
7 Shane Huch PPB 20:08 Records: (4 - 4) (0 - 4)
8 Brad Thompson CN 20:37 6:30
9 Craig Stivala CN 20:39 6:30
10 Josh Wilson PPB 20:47
also
13 Joey Noble CN 22:13 6:53
15 Chris Chambers CN 24:26 7:28
16 Ben Friedman CN 25:55 7:47

Freehold District Championships

@ Holmdel Park  10/15/99   cool, windy

Race/Place Name Time mile split
Frosh Boys
1st Andrew Leimbach 12:35 6:12
Joey Noble 14:29
Chris Chambers 14:29
Ben Friedman 16:46
Varsity Boys 5th Place
4th  Israel Payan 16:52 5:32
10th Jorge Ventura 17:58 5:50
31st Kevin McGann 20:03 6:28
37th Craig Stivala 20:42 6:51
39th Brad Thompson 20:48 6:51
45th Travis Zandor 22:29 7:02
DNF Russell Kaufmann breathing problems

Monmouth County Championships

@ Holmdel Park 10/19/99   cool, fast

Race/Place Name Time mile split
Frosh Boys
93rd Chris Chambers 16:14.4
98th Ben Friedman 16:57.8
JV Boys
74th Travis Zandor 21:33.8
Varsity Boys 16th Place team ave: 18:51.3
9th Israel Payan 16:53.4 5:38
26th Jorge Ventura 17:32.3 5:50
90th Andrew Leimbach 18:58.9
141st Russell Kaufmann 20:03.2
159th Craig Stivala 20:49.0
161st Brad Thompson 20:50.1
DNF  Kevin McGann sprained ankle

Monmouth Reg @ Colts Neck

Buck Mills Park 10/27/99

Place Athlete School Time mile split CN Monmouth
1 Israel Payan CN 18:16 5:54 1 3
2 Jorge Ventura CN 18:16 5:54 2 7
3 Kris Johnson Mon 19:34 4 8
4 Russell Kaufmann CN 20:02 5:54 5 10
5 Brad Thompson CN 20:08 6:07 6 12
6 Craig Stivala CN 20:14 6:07 18 40
7 Dave Riehoman Mon 20:44 Records: (5-4) (0-7)
8 Chris Donnangelo Mon 20:45
9 Travis Zandor CN 20:50 6:25
10 David Lackner Mon 21:22
11 Joey Noble CN 21:40 6:49
also
13 Chris Chambers CN 23:53 7:14
14 Ben Friedman CN 24:26 7:21

Central Jersey Group 1 Championships

@ Holmdel Park 10/30/99  warm

Race/Place Name Time
Boys Varsity 5th place team ave: 19:18.7
1st Israel Payan 17:10.6
6th Jorge Ventura 17:57.4
46th  Andrew Leimbach 20:13.4
53rd Russell Kaufmann 20:34.7
54th Brad Thompson 20:37.4
57th Kevin McGann 20:41.2
DNF Craig Stivala stomach muscles

Shore Conference Championships

@ Ocean County Park, Lakewood  11/6/99

  You had to finish top 15 as a team or top 25 individuals at the Monmouth County Championships to qualify.  Only Israel Payan qualified.  

Varsity Boys
21st Israel Payan 16:24.34

 

Group 1 State Championships

@ Holmdel Park 11/13/99  very warm

Varsity Boys 10th Place  team ave: 19:20.0
2nd Israel Payan 17:11.1
25th Jorge Ventura 18:23.0
95th Kevin McGann 20:11.7
100th  Russell Kaufmann 20:24.8
102nd Brad Thompson 20:29.7
118th Andrew Leimbach 20:58.4
120th Craig Stivala 21:03.5

Meet of Champions

@ Holmdel Park 11/20/99  warm

Varsity Boys
24th Israel Payan 16:53.7 7th underclassmen

Footlocker Eastern Regional

@ Van Cortland Park, NYC 11/27/99 

Sophomore Boys
18th Israel Payan 17:18
135th Jesus Salinas 19:29 5:14 1st mile