Season Highlights: The team was coached by Bryan Parks and assisted by Jim Schlentz. The team finished with a dual meet record of 5 wins and 0 loss in the A Central Public School division of the Shore Conference and 7 wins and 1 loss overall.. Team highlights included finishing 2nd in the Central Jersey Group III championship and winning the A Central Division championship, our 3rd in the last four years. Individual highlights included Danielle Plenzo, Kim Lang and Melanie Mahoney finishing 11th, 14th and 17th respectively in the Central Jersey Group III Champs.
Post-Season Highlights: Danielle Plenzo was named 2nd team All-Monmouth County by the Star Ledger. Danielle Plenzo was also named the All-Freehold District 1st team. Kim Lang and Melanie Mahoney were named honorable mention All-Freehold District.
2003 Cross Country Results
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| Sat | August 30 | Team Time Trial (Alumni Meet) | Bucks Mill Park | |||
| Tues | Sept 16 | Marlboro/Freehold Twp | Holmdel Park | |||
| Sat | Sept 20 | Bull Run Inv | Parkton, MD | |||
| Tues | Sept 23 | Wall* | Bucks Mill Park | |||
| Sat | Sept 27 | Cougar Inv (everyone runs and everyone helps out before and after their race) | Bucks Mill Park | |||
| Tues | Sept 30 | Matawan*/Rumson* | Holmdel Park | |||
| Sat | Oct 4 | Shore Coaches Inv | Holmdel Park | |||
| Tues | Oct 7 | Red Bank Catholic* | Buck Mills Park | |||
| Fri | Oct 10 | Freehold District Champs | Holmdel Park | |||
| Tues | Oct 14 | Manasquan* | Buck Mills Park | |||
| Tues | Oct 21 | Monmouth County Champs | Holmdel Park | |||
| Tues | Oct 28 | Freehold Boro* | Holmdel Park | |||
| Sat | Nov 1 | Shore Conference Champs | Holmdel Park | |||
| Sat | Nov 8 | Central Jersey Group III Champs | Holmdel Park | |||
| Sat | Nov 15 | Group III State Champs | Holmdel Park | |||
Best times for 2003:
| 20:42 | Danielle Plenzo | 10/04 | junior |
| 20:57 | Kim Lang | 11/15 | junior |
| 21:21 | Melanie Mahoney | 10/04 | junior |
| 21:59 | Amy Karaniewsky | 10/04 | senior |
| 22:14 | Danielle Leimbach | 10/04 | junior |
| 22:25 | Rachel Grande | 11/01 | junior |
| 24:04 | Alyssa Besho | 09/16 | senior |
| 24:04 | Jessi Knapp | 10/28 | junior |
| 24:05 | Amy Lewis | 10/21 | junior |
| 20:27 | Danielle Plenzo | 10/07 | junior |
| 20:57 | Kim Lang | 10/07 | junior |
| 20:56 | Melanie Mahoney | 10/07 | junior |
| 21:39 | Amy Karaniewsky | 10/07 | senior |
| 22:29 | Danielle Leimbach | 10/07 | junior |
| 22:08 | Rachel Grande | 10/07 | junior |
| 23:07 | Alyssa Besho | 09/23 | senior |
| 23:19 | Amy Lewis | 10/14 | junior |
| 23:43 | Jessi Knapp | 10/14 | junior |
| 23:48 | Jackie Austin | 10/14 | junior |
sunny, low 80s, horrible humidity, extremely slow
| Name | 1 mile | 2 mile | 3.1 mile |
| Danielle Plenzo | 7:05 | 14:15 (7:10) | 22:17 (8:02) |
| Melanie Mahoney | 7:15 | 14:50 (7:35) | 22:57 (8:07) |
| Kim Lang | 7:24 | 15:15 (7:51) | 23:42 (8:27) |
| Amy Lewis | 8:00 | 16:46 (8:46) | 26:33 (9:47) |
| Linda Barron | 8:24 | 17:59 (9:35) | 28:23 (10:24) |
| Amy Karaniewski | 7:24 | 15:45 (8:21) | stopped |
| Place |
Name |
Team | Time | mile split | CN | FT |
| 1 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 21:54 | 7:15 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 21:59 | 7:25 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Walsh | FT | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Kim Lang | CN | 22:35 | 7:30 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Jenna Brock | FT | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | Amy Karaniewski | CN | 22:59 | 7:51 | 20 | 35 |
| 7 | Pecoraro | M | record: | |||
| 8 | Rachel Grande | CN | 23:47 | 8:05 | (1 - 0) | (1 - 1) |
| 9 | Malloy | FT | CN | Marl | ||
| 10 | Alyssa Besho | CN | 24:04 | 8:00 | 1 | 5 |
| other | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | Amy Lewis | CN | 25:55 | 8:28 | 3 | 9 |
| 24 | Jessi Knapp | CN | 28:45 | 9:55 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 12 | |||||
| 16 | 44 | |||||
| team average: 22:56.6 | (2 - 0) | (0 - 2) |
Meet cancelled due to loss of electricity from hurricane. We ran an unofficial tri-meet with Hereford H.S. and Townson H.S., both from Maryland. Hereford was 2nd and Townson 9th in last years State Class 2A championships. Course 3.0 miles but extremely hilly and slow. High humidity, 80 degrees.
| Place |
Name |
Team | Time | mile split | unofficial results | |
| 1 | Townson | T | 21:39 | Townson | 30 pts | |
| 2 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 22:43 | Colts Neck | 31 pts | |
| 3 | Townson | T | 22:53 | Hereford | 62 pts | |
| 4 | Kim Lang | CN | 23:41 | |||
| 5 | Townson | T | 23:45 | |||
| 6 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 23:46 | |||
| 7 | Hereford | H | ||||
| 8 | Amy Karaniewski | CN | 24:10 | |||
| 9 | Townson | T | ||||
| 10 | Hereford | H | ||||
| 11 | Rachel Grande | CN | 24:36 | |||
| 12 | Townson | T | ||||
| 13 | Alyssa Besho | CN | 25:50 | |||
| 14 | Hereford | H | ||||
| 15 | Hereford | H | ||||
| 16 | Hereford | H | ||||
The Cougars get by the toughest team in the A Central division to move closer to the division title.
| Place |
Name |
Team | Time | mile splits | CN | Mat |
| 1 | Kelly Wojiehawski | R | 21:20 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 21:23 | 7:25/14:38 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 21:38 | 7:25/14:38 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Kim Lang | CN | 21:45 | 7:25/14:38 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Sam Marinko | R | 21:57 | 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | Amy Karaniewski | CN | 22:09 | 7:35/15:00 | 15 | 47 |
| 7 | Serena Hunt | R | 22:25 | records: | ||
| 8 | Katie Zokreski | R | 22:33 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 4 | |
| 9 | Danielle Leimbach | CN | 22:41 | 7:50/15:15 | conf: 3 - 0 | 0 - 4 |
| 10 | Sara Robinson | R | 22:43 | CN | Rum | |
| 11 | Bridget Dowd | R | 22:59 | 2 | 1 | |
| 12 | Rachel Grande | CN | 23:24 | 7:50/15:35 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | R | 23:45 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 14 | M | 23:49 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 15 | R | 24:41 | 9 | 10 | ||
| other | 24 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Jessi Knapp | CN | 27:13 | 9:00 | records: | |
| 5 - 0 | 3 - 1 | |||||
| conf: 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | |||||
| team average:21:55.2 | ||||||
Warm and extremely humid!! Two lead runners collapsed during races.
The Cougars finish 4th, just 7 points out of 2nd in the team battle.
| JV Girls | mile split | ||
| 37th | Jessi Knapp | 26:15 | |
| Varsity Girls | |||
| 11th | Danielle Plenzo | 21:15 | 6:26 |
| 14th | Kim Lang | 21:26 | 6:40 |
| 17th | Melanie Mahoney | 21:43 | 6:40 |
| 26th | Amy Karaniewski | 22:26 | |
| 34th | Rachel Grande | 22:47 | |
| 53rd | Amy Lewis | 24:39 | 7:29 |
| 4th | 88 points | team average:21:55.4 | |
Cool, humid, very muddy (rained all day up to 1:00)
| Place |
Name |
Team | Time | mile split | CN | Wall |
| 1 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 21:44 | 7:05 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 21:52 | 7:06 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Kim Lang | CN | 22:13 | 7:07 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Amy Karaniewski | CN | 22:32 | 7:15 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Danielle Leimbach | CN | 23:03 | 7:14 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Alyssa Besho | CN | 23:07 | 7:23 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Pixie Raxon | W | 23:08 | Records: | ||
| 8 | Rachel Grande | CN | 24:00 | 7:24 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 |
| 9 | Amy Lewis | CN | 24:21 | 7:30 | Conf: | |
| 10 | Kelsey Clayton | W | 25:04 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | |
| other | ||||||
| 13 | Jessi Knapp | CN | 25:54 | team average: 22:16.8 | ||
Cool, fast course. We ran hard intervals on Thurs.
The girls run a school record for fastest average and Danielle Plenzo breaks the varsity school record.
| JV Girls | mile split | ||
| 120th | Jessi Knapp | 25:34 | |
| Varsity Girls | |||
| 14th | Danielle Plenzo | 20:42 | |
| 31st | Kim Lang | 21:16 | |
| 37th | Melanie Mahoney | 21:21 | |
| 47th | Amy Karaniewski | 21:59 | |
| 60th | Danielle Leimbach | 22:14 | |
| 75th | Rachel Grande | 22:33 | |
| 6th | 167 points | team average: 21:30.4 | |
| Place |
Name |
Team | Time | mile split | CN | RBC |
| 1 | Chelsea Bollerman | R | 20:25 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 20:27 | 6:16 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Ahearn | R | 20:30 | 7 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lauren Pfeifer | R | 20:33 | 11 | 5 | |
| 5 | Meghan McGrath | R | 20:46 | 12 | 8 | |
| 6 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 20:56 | 6:38 | 38 | 21 |
| 7 | Kim Lang | CN | 20:57 | 6:38 | records: | |
| 8 | Erin Lunney | R | 21:02 | 5 - 1 | 4 - 0 | |
| 9 | Lindsey DeMarco | R | 21:16 | Div: 3 - 1 | 4 - 0 | |
| 10 | Tina Forgah | R | 21:37 | |||
| other | team average: 21:13.4 | |||||
| 11 | Amy Karaniewski | CN | 21:39 | 6:56 | ||
| 13 | Rachel Grande | CN | 22:08 | 7:03 | ||
| 17 | Danielle Leimbach | CN | 22:29 | 7:00 | ||
| 19 | Amy Lewis | CN | 23:31 | 7:20 | ||
| 26 | Jessi Knapp | CN | 24:18 | 7:21 | ||
The Cougars were forced to rest a few girls who had minor injuries to keep them healthy for later in the year.
| Varsity Girls | milesplit | ||
| 9th | Danielle Plenzo | 21:22 | |
| 10th | Kim Lang | 21:23 | |
| 14th | Melanie Mahoney | 21:55 | 7:18 |
| 31st | Jessi Knapp | 24:57 | |
| Place |
Name |
Team | Time | mile split | CN | Man |
| 1 | Amy Lewis | CN | 23:19 | 7:40 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 23:20 | 7:40 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Jessi Knapp | CN | 23:43 | 7:40 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 23:45 | 7:40 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Jackie Austin | CN | 23:48 | 7:40 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Kim Lang | CN | 23:49 | 7:40 | 15 | 45 |
| 7 | Kelly Carmody | M | 24:16 | Records: | ||
| 8 | Sarah Roab | M | 24:24 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 4 | |
| 9 | Liz Miller | M | 25:34 | Conf: 4 - 1 | 1 - 4 | |
| 10 | Jenni Pretz | M | 25:50 | |||
| team average: 23:35.0 | ||||||
Warm, breezy, humid.
We equaled our best finish ever at the Monmouth County Champs (2000 also finished 7th but averaged almost a minute slower.) and scored our lowest amount of points at this meet.
| Varsity Girls | |||
| 18th | Danielle Plenzo | 21:11 | |
| 24th | Kim Lang | 21:20 | |
| 32nd | Melanie Mahoney | 21:31 | |
| 56th | Amy Karaniewski | 22:11 | |
| 66th | Rachel Grande | 22:28 | |
| 107th | Amy Lewis | 24:05 | |
| 133rd | Jessi Knapp | 25:17 | |
| 7th | 191 pts | team average: 21:44.2 | |
The Cougars win their 2nd straight A Central Division Championship and 3rd in the last 4 years.
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Name |
Team | Time | mile split | CN | FB | |
| 1 | Danielle Plenzo | CN | 21:01 | 7:25 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Kim Lang | CN | 21:38 | 7:25 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Melanie Mahoney | CN | 21:45 | 7:25 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | N Sanchez | FB | 22:20 | 6:02 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | D Shea | FB | 22:41 | 9 | 11 | |
| 6 | Amy Karaniewski | CN | 22:53 | 7:38 | 21 | 34 |
| 7 | J Winitt | FB | 23:55 | Records: | ||
| 8 | L Buchalski | FB | 24:03 | 7 - 1 | 4 - 3 | |
| 9 | Jessi Knapp | CN | 24:04 | 8:20 | Conf: 5 - 1 | 3 - 3 |
| 10 | Amy Lewis | CN | 24:27 | 8:08 | ||
| other | team average: 23:16.2 | |||||
| 13 | Rachel Grande (twisted ankle) | CN | 26:05 | 7:35 | ||
Warm, 75 degrees
| Varsity Girls | |||
| 24th | Danielle Plenzo | 20:52 | 7:00 |
| 44th | Kim Lang | 21:29 | 7:15 |
| 66th | Melanie Mahoney | 22:00 | 7:22 |
| 87th | Rachel Grande | 22:25 | 7:34 |
| 90th | Amy Karaniewski | 22:29 | 7:36 |
| 133rd | Jessi Knapp | 24:14 | 8:20 |
| 135th | Amy Lewis | 24:18 | 8:10 |
| 14th | 306 pts | team average: 21:51.0 | |
cold and windy
The girls finish 2nd and knock off Ocean who had beat them at the Shore Conference Champs.
| Varsity | ||
| 11th | Danielle Plenzo | 21:06 |
| 14th | Kim Lang | 21:23 |
| 17th | Melanie Mahoney | 21:36 |
| 26th | Amy Karaniewski | 22:35 |
| 27th | Rachel Grande | 22:36 |
| 50th | Amy Lewis | 24:08 |
| 56th | Jessi Knapp | 24:56 |
| 2nd place | 85 pts | team average: 21:51.2 |
cool and windy
| Varsity | ||
| 38th | Kim Lang | 20:57 |
| 74th | Danielle Plenzo | 21:40 |
| 93rd | Melanie Mahoney | 22:12 |
| 105th | Rachel Grande | 22:28 |
| 113th | Amy Karaniewski | 22:41 |
| 136th | Jessi Knapp | 24:08 |
| 144th | Amy Lewis | 25:07 |
| 15th place | 363 pts | team average: 21:59.6 |
