2004-5 Winter Track 

Girls Results

Season Highlights:  The team was coached by Jim Schlentz and assisted by Joe Lykes and Emily Bohn.  You name it and it happened this year.  From the girls getting their first points in the Group III State Relays and ending up in 2nd place to Ashley Higginson becoming the school's first All-Groups Champion.  Team highlights: The girls finished 2nd at the Group III State Relay Championships, 4th at the State Group III Individual Championships and 2nd in the Monmouth County Champs.  Individual highlights: Ashley Higginson winning the 3200 at the State Meet of Champions, as well as winning the 1600 at the Shore Conference and Monmouth County meets and the 3200 in the State Group III meet and the Monmouth County meet, and finally finishing 4th at the National Championships to become the school's first individual All-American;  Gretchen Volherbst and Amy Lewis winning the State Group III Pole Vault Relay; Jessica Pagliano and Rose Lang winning the State Group III High Jump Relay and Jessica also winning the Monmouth County individual title.  The 4 x 1 mile relay running the #4 time in NJ history and the #1 time in NJ in 2005 as well as the "B" 4 x 1 mile running the #3 time in NJ for 2005.  Finally, the 4 x 800 meter relay running the #3 time in NJ for 2005 and the #30 time in NJ history.  

Post-Season Highlights:  Ashley Higginson was named 1st team All-State All-Group by New Jersey Track and 1st team All-Shore Conference in the 3200 meters ( Asbury Park Press and Star Ledger).  The 4 x 1 mile relay of Jackie Austin, Ashley Higginson, Kristen O'Dowd, and Danielle Plenzo was named 1st team All-Groups All-State and the same girls also made up the 4 x 800 meter relay which was named 3rd team All-Groups All-State by New Jersey Track.  Rose Lang was named 3rd team All-State Group III in the high jump.  Ashley was named 1st team All-Monmouth County and Jessica Pagliano (high jump) was named 3rd team by the Star Ledger and Shore Coaches Ass.  The two, Ashley (1600 and 3200) and Jessica (high jump), also made 1st team All-Freehold District with Amy Lewis (55 hurdles).  Danielle Plenzo, Jackie Austin, Gretchen Volherbst and Kim Lang were named honorable mention All-Freehold District.

 2004-5 Winter Track Results

Girls 

It is a world of the individual against himself, it is his aspirations challenging the capacity of his body.  There is no enemy but the straining of every muscle.  It is not a sport, it is a life of work and precision and sometimes it is rewarded by a cheer or a press clipping.  But when the press clipping turns yellow, there will still be the memory of that time, perhaps only a moment, when the crowd faded to nothing and the only sound was breathing and the only feeling was the ache of endurance and pushing, pushing until the body soared with the mind, and no one else knew what it was to strive. 
Mon Dec 20  4:30 pm NJ Spiked Shoe Holiday Festival (Varsity) NYC Armory
Mon Dec 27  9:00 am Jersey Shore Relays (JV/Frosh) The Atlantic Club, Manasquan
Tues Dec 28  9 am Marine Corps Holiday Relays (Varsity) NYC Armory
Sun Jan 9   9 am Group III State Relay Champs (Varsity) Princeton
Mon Jan 10 6:00 pm CBA Soph/Frosh Shot Put and High Jump Inv CBA
Sun Jan 16  9 am Group III State Champs (top 2 per event) Princeton
Sat Jan 22  2 pm Lavino Relays (Varsity +) snowed out, postponed to Feb 12 Lawrenceville School
Sat Jan 29 Monmouth County Champs  Jersey City Armory
Sun Feb 6  Shore Conference Champs (3 per event)  Red Bank
Sat Feb 12  12 noon Lavino Relays (Varsity +) Lawrenceville School
Sat Feb 19  9:00 am Coca Cola Hall of Fame Classic (all) NYC Armory
Sun Feb 27  1 pm Meet of Champions (qualifiers from Group meet) Princeton
Mon Feb 28  4:30 pm  Eastern States Champs (qualifiers only) NYC Armory
Fri-Sun March 11-13 National Scholastic Champs (qualifiers only) NYC Armory

 

Best performances for 2004-2005:

* JC Armory, slippery wood, yards instead of meters.  converted times to meters for the Jersey City Armory races.  .4 for 440, .9 for 880, 1.9 for 1 mile, 3.9 for 2 mile 
55 meter dash .24 added to hand times in the 55 meter dash   Place
8.12 (a) Jessica Pagliano 02/06/05 soph Red Bank
8.84 (h) Julissa Campos 01/31/05 soph Jersey City Armory
9.44 (h) Brittany Hinton 01/31/05 frosh Jersey City Armory
9.54 (h) Liz Blaskovich 01/31/05 frosh Jersey City Armory
         
200 meter run        
29.36 (a) Kathlyn Herrick 01/16/05 frosh Princeton
29.6 Jackie Austin 12/20/04 senior NYC Armory
29.7 Danielle Pierre 12/20/04 soph NYC Armory
30.03 (a) Julia Tomaro 01/16/05 frosh Princeton
29.9 Quistara Letona 12/20/04 junior NYC Armory
         
200 meter relay splits        
28.0 Julia Tomaro 02/19/05 frosh NYC Armory
28.2 Kathlyn Herrick 02/19/05 frosh NYC Armory
28.5 Danielle Pierre 02/19/05 soph NYC Armory
28.8 Quistara Letona 02/12/05 junior Lawrenceville
30.2 Meri Lasner 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
30.2 Carrie Schmidt 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
30.9 Julissa Campos 02/12/05 soph Lawrenceville
32.6 Alyssa Dietsch 02/12/05 soph Lawrenceville
34.0 Brittany Hinton 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
         
400 meter run        
65.28 Jackie Austin 01/16/05 senior Princeton
66.28 Kathlyn Herrick 02/06/05 frosh Red Bank
67.04 Quistara Letona 02/06/05 junior Red Bank
68.85 Julia Tomaro 02/06/05 frosh Red Bank
83.7* Brittany Hinton 01/31/05 frosh Jersey City Armory
         
400 meter relay splits        
63.0 Kristen O'Dowd 02/19/05 soph NYC Armory
63.3 Jackie Austin 02/12/05 senior Lawrenceville
63.8 Quistara Letona 02/19/05 junior NYC Armory
65.6 Ashley Higginson 02/19/05 soph NYC Armory
66.7 Kathlyn Herrick 02/19/05 frosh NYC Armory
66.8 Danielle Plenzo 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
69.8 Julia Tomaro 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
70.0 Christine Lynch 02/12/05 junior Lawrenceville
71.2 Meri Lasner 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
84.9 Nisha Haran 02/12/05 soph Lawrenceville
86.0 Roxanne Greco 02/19/05 frosh NYC Armory
91.0 Tracy Karaniewsky 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
         
800 meter run        
2:24.2 Ashley Higginson 12/20/04 soph NYC Armory
2:29.63 Kristen O'Dowd 02/06/05 soph Red Bank
2:30.15 Jackie Austin 02/06/05 senior Red Bank
2:37.37 Christine Lynch 01/16/05 junior Princeton
         
800 meter relay splits        
2:18.6 Ashley Higginson 02/19/05 soph NYC Armory
2:22.8 Jackie Austin 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
2:25.5 Kristen O'Dowd 02/19/05 soph NYC Armory
2:27.6 Danielle Plenzo 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
2:33.6 Christine Lynch 03/13/05 junior NYC Armory
2:37.7 Kim Lang 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
2:37.9 Rachel Grande 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
2:38.0 Allison Linnell 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
         
1200 meter relay splits        
3:55.1 Kristen O'Dowd 03/02/05 soph NYC Armory
4:01.2 Danielle Plenzo 12/28/04 senior NYC Armory
4:10.5 Kim Lang 02/12/05 senior Lawrenceville
         
1600 meter run        
5:09.16 Ashley Higginson 02/06/05 soph Red Bank
5:31.62 Danielle Plenzo 01/16/05 senior Princeton
5:40.16 Kim Lang 02/06/05 senior Red Bank
5:40.7* Kristen O'Dowd 01/31/05 soph Jersey City Armory
5:45.5* Rachel Grande 01/31/05 senior Jersey City Armory
5:54.80 Christine Lynch 02/06/05 junior Red Bank
         
1600 meter relay splits        
5:08.0 Ashley Higginson 03/02/05 soph NYC Armory
5:25.7  (5:27.7 mile) Danielle Plenzo 03/12/05 senior NYC Armory
5:28.0  (5:30.0 mile) Kristin O'Dowd 03/12/05 soph NYC Armory
5:29.9  (5:31.9 mile) Jackie Austin 03/12/05 senior NYC Armory
5:39.4  (5:41.4 mile) Allison Linnell 03/12/05 frosh NYC Armory
5:41.0  (5:43.0 mile) Kim Lang 03/12/05 senior NYC Armory
5:41.3  (5:43.3 mile) Christine Lynch 03/12/05 junior NYC Armory
5:43.9  (5:45.9 mile) Rachel Grande 03/12/05 senior NYC Armory
         
1 mile run        
5:05.9 Ashley Higginson 02/10/05 soph NYC Armory
         
3200 meter run        
10:47.3 Ashley Higginson 03/13/05 soph NYC Armory
12:03.37 Danielle Plenzo 02/06/05 senior Red Bank
12:14.04 Kim Lang 01/16/05 senior Princeton
12:42.90 Rachel Grande 02/06/05 senior Red Bank
         
2 mile run        
10:51.08 Ashley Higginson 03/13/05 soph NYC Armory
         
55 meter hurdles   .24 added to hand times in the 55 meter hurdles  
9.84 (a) Amy Lewis 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
10.11 (a) Kathlyn Herrick 02/19/05 frosh NYC Armory
10.59 (a) Julia Tomaro 02/19/05 frosh NYC Armory
11.31 (a) Dani Candelora 02/19/05 soph NYC Armory
12.74 (h) Liz Blaskovich 01/31/05 frosh Jersey City Armory
         
55 meter hurdles relay splits (4 hurdles)    
9.0 Amy Lewis 02/12/05 senior Lawrenceville
9.8 Julia Tomaro 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
10.0 Kathlyn Herrick 02/12/05 frosh Lawrenceville
10.7 Dani Candelora 02/12/05 soph Lawrenceville
         
High Jump        
5' 02" Rose Lang 12/20/04 senior NYC Armory
5' 00" Jessica Pagliano 01/31/05 soph Jersey City Armory
4' 06" Jessi Knapp 02/12/05 senior Lawrenceville
         
Long Jump        
14' 06.5" Jessie Pagliano 02/12/05 soph Lawrenceville
14' 00.5" Quistara Letona 02/12/05 junior Lawrenceville
         
Triple Jump        
30' 04.75" Jackie Austin 12/20/04 senior NYC Armory
         
Pole Vault        
8' 06" Gretchen Volherbst 01/16/05 senior Princeton
8' 06" Amy Lewis 02/19/05 senior NYC Armory
         
Shot Put        
27' 11.25" Rikki Dascal 12/20/04 soph NYC Armory
25' 11" Anastasia Gaszynski 12/20/04 junior NYC Armory
25' 10.5" Jessie Pagliano 02/12/05 soph Lawrenceville
         
4 x 55 meter hurdle relay      
39.6 Amy Lewis 12 Kathlyn Herrick 9 Julia Tomaro 9  
  Dani Candelora 10 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
4 x 200 meter relay      
1:53.48 Quistara Letona 11 Kathlyn Herrick 9 Julia Tomaro 9  
  Danielle Pierre 10 02/19/05   NYC Armory
2:01.64 Danielle Pierre 10 Julissa Campos 10 Kathlyn Herrick 9  
  Julia Tomaro 9 01/09/05   Princeton
2:07.0 Meri Lasner 9 Brittany Hinton 9 Carrie Schmidt 9  
  Alyssa Dietsch 10 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
2:15.3 Liz Blaskovich 9 Carrie Schmidt 9 Brittany Hinton 9  
  Maggie Kallas 9 02/19/05   NYC Armory
2:16.4 Dani Candelora 10 Carrie Schmidt 9 Kathlyn Herrick 9  
  Brittany Hinton 9 12/27/04   Atlantic Club
2:30.3 Julia Tomaro 9 Victoria Mauro 10 Maggie Kallas 9  
  Liz Blaskovich 9 12/27/04   Atlantic Club
2:30.36 Julissa Campos 10 Dani Candelora 10 Nisha Haran 10  
  Frances Pivovarov 9 02/19/05   NYC Armory
         
4 x 400 meter relay      
4:22.68 Jackie Austin 12 Danielle Plenzo 12 Kristen O'Dowd 10  
  Ashley Higginson 10 02/19/05   NYC Armory
4:28.32 Quistara Letona 11 Jackie Austin 12 Ashley Higginson 10  
  Kristen O'Dowd 10 02/06/05   Red Bank
4:35.4* Jackie Austin 12 Christine Lynch 11 Ashley Higginson 10  
  Kristen O'Dowd 10 01/31/05   Jersey City Armory
5:09.2 Kathlyn Herrick 9 Tracy Karaniewsky 9 Quistara Letona 11  
  Roxanne Greco 9 02/19/05   NYC Armory
5:34.6 Meri Lasner 9 Nisha Haran 10 Tracy Karaniewsky 9  
  Roxanne Greco 9 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
         
4 x 800 meter relay      
9:34.50 Jackie Austin 12 Danielle Plenzo 12 Kristen O'Dowd 10  
  Ashley Higginson 10 02/19/05   NYC Armory
9:58.48 Jackie Austin 12 Christine Lynch 11 Danielle Plenzo 12  
  Kristen O'Dowd 10 03/13/05   NYC Armory
10:15.40 Christine Lynch 11 Danielle Plenzo 12 Allison Linnell 9  
  Kristen O'Dowd 10 03/02/05   NYC Armory
10:35.0 Rachel Grande 12 Christine Lynch 11 Kim Lang 12  
  Allison Linnell 9 02/19/05   NYC Armory
10:54.47 Rachel Grande 12 Danielle Plenzo 12 Kim Lang 12  
  Christine Lynch 11 01/09/05   Princeton
         
4 x 1 mile relay      
21:40.21 Jackie Austin 12 Ashley Higginson 10 Kristen O'Dowd 10  
  Danielle Plenzo 12 03/12/05   NYC Armory
22:53.67 Christine Lynch 11 Allison Linnell 9 Rachel Grande  
  Kim Lang 12 03/12/05   NYC Armory
         
Sprint Medley Relay      
4:24.7 Kathlyn Herrick 9 Quistara Letona 11 Jackie Austin 12  
  Ashley Higginson 10 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
4:30.21 Jackie Austin 12 Danielle Pierre 10 Quistara Letona 11  
  Ashley Higginson 10 01/09/05   Princeton
4:32.92 Quistara Letona 11 Julissa Campos 10 Christine Lynch 11  
  Ashley Higginson 10 12/28/04   NYC Armory
4:39.6 Jackie Austin 12 Quistara Letona 11 Danielle Pierre 10  
  Kristen O'Dowd 10 12/20/04   NYC Armory
4:50.2 Danielle Pierre 12 Julissa Campos 10 Christine Lynch 11  
  Kim Lang 12 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
         
Distance Medley Relay      
12:37.55 Kristen O'Dowd 10 Quistara Letona 11 Jackie Austin 12  
  Ashley Higginson 10 03/02/05   NYC Armory
12:54.38 Danielle Plenzo 12 Quistara Letona 11 Kristen O'Dowd 10  
  Ashley Higginson 10 12/28/04   NYC Armory
13:23.7 Kristen O'Dowd 10 Julia Tomaro 9 Allison Linnell 9  
  Danielle Plenzo 12 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
13:42.4 Kim Lang 12 Quistara Letona 11 Christine Lynch 11  
  Rachel Grande 12 02/12/05   Lawrenceville
         
High Jump Relay        
10' 00" Rose Lang 12 Jessica Pagliano 10 01/09/05 Princeton
9' 02" Jessica Pagliano 10 Jessi Knapp 12 02/12/05 Lawrenceville
         
Long Jump Relay        
28' 07" Jessica Pagliano 10 Quistara Letona 11 02/12/05 Lawrenceville
         
Pole Vault Relay        
16' 00" Gretchen Volherbst 12 Amy Lewis 12 01/09/05 Princeton
         
Shot Put Relay        
51' 03.5" Rikki Dascal 10 Anastasia Gasznski 11 01/09/05 Princeton
51' 01.5" Jessica Pagliano 10 Anastasia Gasznski 11 02/12/05 Lawrenceville
         

 

Spiked Shoe Holiday Festival

@ NYC Armory  12/20/04

Ashley Higginson ran a State leading 5:10.2 to win the 1600 and followed it with a 2nd place in the 800 (2:24.2.)  Rose Lang finished 2nd in the high jump, to equal her school record.  Amy Lewis was 4th in the Novice division.

1600 meter run          
5:10.2  1st Ashley Higginson 74 2:33 (79) 3:53 (80) 5:10.2 (77.2)
5:37.5 Danielle Plenzo 80 2:46 (86) 4:13 (87) 5:37.5 (84.5)
5:43.3 Kim Lang 82 2:47 (85) 4:16 (89) 5:43.3 (87.3)
6:01.2 Rachel Grande 88 2:59 (91) 4:32 (93) 6:01.2 (89.2)
Sprint Medley Relay        
67.4 Jackie Austin 31.4 67.4 (36.0)    
29.3 Quistara Letona        
30.1 Danielle Pierre        
2:32.8 Kristen O'Dowd 35.8 74.6 (38.8) 1:56.3 (41.7) 2:32.8 (36.5)
4:39.6          
800 meter run          
2:24.2  2nd Ashley Higginson 35.0 70.9 (29.7) 1:47.6 (36.7) 2:24.2 (36.6)
2:42.9 Christine Lynch 37.6 78.2 (40.6) 2:01.6 (43.4) 2:42.9 (41.3)
55 meter hurdles        
9.6  4th Nov Amy Lewis 9.6 trials 9.6 semis 9.8 finals  
200 meter run          
29.6 Jackie Austin        
29.7 Danielle Pierre        
29.9 Quistara Letona        
High Jump          
5' 02"  2nd Rose Lang        
nh Jessie Pagliano        
Triple Jump          
30' 04.75" Jackie Austin        
Shot Put          
27' 11.25" Rikki Dascal        
25' 11" Anastasia Gaszynski        
 

Jersey Shore Relays

@ Atlantic Club  12/27/04

4 x 200 meter relay
"A" "B"
Dani Candelora Julia Tomaro
Carrie Schmidt Victoria Mauro
Kathlyn Herrick Maggie Kallas
Brittany Hinton Liz Blaskovich
2:16.4 2:30.3
"C"
Tracy Karaniewsky
Shot Put
"A"
27' 00.5" Rikki Dascal
22' 04.25" Anastasia Gaszynski
49' 04.75"

 

Marine Corps Holiday Classic

@ NYC Armory  12/28/04

Championship Distance Medley
4:01.2 Danielle Plenzo 74.1 2:37.6 (83.4) 4:01.2 (83.6)
65.6 Quistara Letona 31.9 65.6 (33.7)
2:36.4 Kristen O'Dowd 38.1 76.0 (37.9) 1:54.6 (38.6) 2:36.4 (41.8)
5:11.2 Ashley Higginson 72.7 2:31.5 (78.8) 3:50.9 (79.4) 5:11.2 (80.3)
12:54.38 11th place qualifies for Easterns
4 x 800 meter run
2:39.0 Rachel Grande 37.8 78.3 (40.5) 1:58.7 (40.4) 2:39.0 (40.3)
2:41.7 Christine Lynch 38.1 78.6 (40.5) 2:01.0 (42.4) 2:41.7 (40.7)
2:36.6 Danielle Plenzo 38.4 77.4 (39.0) 1:57.6 (40.2) 2:36.6 (39.0)
only had three girls
Sprint Medley Relay
67.7 Quistara Letona 32.7 67.7 (35.0)
31.6 Julissa Campos
31.0 Christine Lynch
2:22.6 Ashley Higginson 34.1 70.4 (36.3) 1:47.0 (36.6) 2:22.6 (35.6)
4:32.92
High Jump
5' 00" Rose Lang
Pole Vault
7' 00" Amy Lewis

 

Group III State Relays

@ Princeton  1/09/05

The girls made history!  They had never scored a point at this meet and they came back with not one, but two State Champions as the team finished 2nd place overall in Group III.  Gretchen Volherbst became the 1st NJ girl to clear a height in the pole vault at the State Championships (it is a new indoor event) and was followed by Amy Lewis as they both cleared 8' 00" to win the pole vault.  Rose Lang cleared 5' 02" and Jessie Pagliano 4' 10" to win the high jump.  The Distance Medley also scored by taking 5th.

Distance Medley Relay
4:06.0 Danielle Plenzo 78.3 2:42.4 (84.1) 4:06.0 (83.6)
66.9 Quistara Letona 31.4 66.9 (35.5)
2:34.7 Kristen O'Dowd 36.9 75.3 (38.4) 1:55.9 (40.6) 2:34.7 (38.8)
5:14.8 Ashley Higginson 74.2 2:35.5 (81.3) 3:58.1 (82.6) 5:14.8 (76.7)
13:02.14 5th place
4 x 200 meter run
29.6 Danielle Pierre
32.5 Julissa Campos
29.8 Kathlyn Herrick
29.7 Julia Tomaro
2:01.64
4 x 800 meter run
2:48.3 Rachel Grande 40.2 81.7 (41.5) 2:05.0 (43.3) 2:48.3 (43.3)
2:38.5 Danielle Plenzo 36.7 75.8 (39.1) 1:57.0 (41.2) 2:38.5 (41.5)
2:43.1 Kim Lang 39.6 80.0 (41.4) 2:01.3 (41.3) 2:43.1 (41.8)
2:44.6 Christine Lynch 39.2 79.8 (40.6) 2:02.0 (42.2) 2:44.6 (42.6)
10:54.47
Sprint Medley Relay
66.1 Jackie Austin 31.7 66.1 (34.4)
30.6 Danielle Pierre
31.0 Quistara Letona
2:22.5 Ashley Higginson 33.2 68.7 (35.5) 1:45.9 (37.2) 2:22.5 (36.6)
4:30.21 7th place
High Jump
5' 02" Rose Lang
4' 10" Jessi Pagliano
10' 00" 1st place  STATE CHAMPION
Pole Vault
8' 00" Gretchen Volherbst
8' 00" Amy Lewis
16' 00" 1st place  STATE CHAMPION
Shot Put
25' 09.25" Rikki Dascal
25' 06.25" Anastasia Gaszynski
51' 03.5"
 

CBA Frosh/Soph HJ-SP Inv

@ CBA  1/10/05

Shot Put
27' 02.5"  2nd place Soph Rikki Dascal
High Jump
4' 10"  2nd place Soph Jessie Pagliano

 

Group III State Champs

@ Princeton  1/16/05

Ashley Higginson becomes the Cougars first female individual State Champion by winning the 3200 in 11:09.97.  It also breaks the Freehold District Record by Olympic Trials qualifier, Lindsey Gallo.  Rose Lang finishes 3rd in the high jump and Gretchen Volherbst misses 6th place in the Pole Vault by more misses.  The Cougars finished 4th as a team, our highest finish ever! 

200 meter run          
29.36 Kathlyn Herrick        
30.03 Julia Tomaro        
1600 meter run          
5:31.62 Danielle Plenzo 80.3 2:43.3 (83.1) 4:07.3 (84.0) 5:31.62 (84.3)
5:49.97 Rachel Grande 82.8 2:51.8 (89.0) 4:23.1 (91.3) 5:49.97 (86.9)
800 meter run          
2:32.53 Kristen O'Dowd 36.8 75.1 (38.3) 1:53.4 (38.3) 2:32.53 (39.1)
2:37.37 Christine Lynch 37.4 77.0 (39.6) 1:57.7 (40.7) 2:37.37 (39.7)
400 meter run          
65.28 Jackie Austin 30.9 65.28 (34.4)    
3200 meter run          
11:09.97  1st Ashley Higginson 85.4 2:51.0 (85.6) 4:14.9 (83.9) 5:37.1 (82.2)
STATE CHAMPION- FDR Record 7:01.1 (84.0) 8:26.9 (85.8) 9:50.7 (83.8) 11:09.97 (79.3)
12:14.04 Kim Lang 88 2:56.5 (88.5) 4:27 (90.5) 5:58.5 (91.5)
    7:32 (93.5) 9:08 (95) 10:41 (93) 12:14.04 (93.0)
Pole Vault          
8' 06"  7th* Gretchen Volherst *tied with 6th but lost on more misses    
7' 06" Amy Lewis        
High Jump          
5' 02"  3rd Rose Lang        
4' 04" Jessica Pagliano        
 

Monmouth County Champs

@ Jersey City Armory  1/29/05

The girls finished 2nd as a team as we got our first female County Champions as Ashley Higginson won the 2 mile and one mile and Jessie Pagliano won the high jump.  Danielle Plenzo added a 3rd in the 2 mile and a 5th in the 1 mile to make up the team's 38 points.

*  The meet was run in yards not meters for the races 440 and over.  Subtract about .4 for each 400 to get your meter time.  A little extra as the race goes up and you are running a slightly longer race.
440 yard run        
70.3 Julia Tomaro        
71.2 Kathlyn Herrick        
84.1 Brittany Hinton        
2 mile run        
12:08.2  1st Ashley Higginson        
12:12.1  3rd Danielle Plenzo        
12:26.4 Kim Lang        
55 meter hurdles        
11.5 Kathlyn Herrick        
11.5 Julia Tomaro        
12.0 Dani Candelora        
12.5 Liz Blaskovich        
fell Amy Lewis        
55 meter dash        
8.2 Jessie Pagliano        
8.6 Julissa Campos        
9.2 Brittany Hinton        
9.3 Liz Blaskovich        
880 yard run          
2:38.3 Jackie Austin        
1 mile run          
5:21.2  1st Ashley Higginson        
5:41.0  5th Danielle Plenzo        
5:42.6 Kristen O'Dowd        
5:47.4 Rachel Grande        
6:03.2 Christine Lynch        
4 x 440 yard run        
67.7 Jackie Austin        
72.2 Christine Lynch        
67.7 Ashley Higginson        
69.2 Kristen O'Dowd        
4:36.8          
High Jump          
5' 00"  1st Jessie Pagliano        

 

Shore Conference Champs

@ Red Bank  2/06/05

Ashley Higginson became the girls 1st Winter Track Shore Conference champion winning the 1600 in 5:09.16, a new school record.
400 meter run        
66.28 Kathlyn Herrick 31.3 66.28 (35.0)    
67.04 Quistara Letona 30.6 67.04 (36.4)    
68.85 Julia Tomaro 32.3 68.85 (36.6)    
3200 meter run        
12:03.37 Danielle Plenzo 86 2:53 (87)  4:22 (89) 5:52 (90) 
7:20 (88) 8:53 (93)  10:27 (94)  12:03.37 (96.4) 
12:42.90 Rachel Grande 92 3:10 (98)  4:45 (95) 6:20 (95) 
7:56 (96) 9:33 (97)  11:09 (96)  12:42.90 (93.9) 
55 meter hurdles        
9.98 Amy Lewis        
10.60 Kathlyn Herrick        
10.67 Julia Tomaro        
55 meter dash        
8.12 Jessie Pagliano        
800 meter run        
2:29.63 Kristen O'Dowd 70 2:29.63 (79.6)    
2:30.15 Jackie Austin 72 2:30.15 (78.2)    
1600 meter run        
5:09.16  1st Ashley Higginson 76 2:36 (80) 3:53 (77) 5:09.16 (76.2)
5:40.16 Kim Lang 80 2:44 (84) 4:12 (88) 5:40.16 (88.2)
5:54.80 Christine Lynch 86 2:55 (89) 4:26 (89) 5:54.8 (88.8)
4 x 400 meter relay        
67.8 Quistara Letona        
66.7 Jackie Austin        
66.6 Ashley Higginson        
67.2 Kristen O'Dowd        
4:28.32          
High Jump          
no height (4' 08") Jessie Pagliano        

 

Thursday Night at the Armory

@ NYC Armory  2/10/05

1 mile run          
5:05.9 Ashley Higginson 74.5 2:29.0 (74.5) 3:47.3 (78.3) 5:04.0 (76.7)
       

1 mile

5:05.9

 

Lavino Relays

@ Lawrenceville School  2/12/05

Freehold District records, meet records, and school records were the order of the day.  The 4 x 800 meter relay got all three as they won in 9:42.8, 3rd fastest time in NJ right now.  It was a meet record by 18 seconds.  The Distance Medley was 3rd, the Sprint Medley team 4th, with a new school and Freehold District record.  We also had a new school record in the long jump relay.

4 x 55 meter hurdles
9.0 Amy Lewis
10.0 Kathlyn Herrick
9.8 Julia Tomaro
10.8 Dani Candelora
39.6
4 x 200 meter relay
"A" "B"
29.2 Quistara Letona 30.2 Meri Lasner
28.8 Kathlyn Herrick 34.0 Brittany Hinton
30.2 Julia Tomaro 30.2 Carrie Schmidt
29.1 Danielle Pierre 32.6 Alyssa Dietsch
1:57.3 2:07.0
4 x 800 meter relay
"A"
2:26.4 Jackie Austin 35.3 72.0 (36.7) 1:51.1 (39.1) 2:26.4 (35.3)
2:29.2 Danielle Plenzo 33.6 69.8 (36.2) 1:48.6 (38.8) 2:29.2 (40.6)
2:26.1 Kristen O'Dowd 33.7 71.3 (37.6) 1:49.4 (38.1) 2:26.1 (36.7)
2:21.1 Ashley Higginson 33.8 69.6 (35.8) 1:46.0 (36.4) 2:21.1 (35.1)
9:42.8  1st Meet and school record
4 x 400 meter relay
71.2 Meri Lasner 32.5 71.2 (38.7)
84.9 Nisha Haran 39.6 84.9 (45.3)
91.0 Tracy Karaniewsky 41.6 91.0 (49.4)
87.5 Roxanne Greco 41.0 87.4 (46.4)
5:34.6
Distance Medley Relay
"A"
4:03.0 Kristen O'Dowd 80.4 2:43.4 (83.0) 4:03.0 (79.6)
69.8 Julia Tomaro 34.0 69.8 (35.8)
2:38.0 Allison Linnell 35.4 75.2 (39.8) 1:57.4 (42.2) 2:38.0 (40.6)
5:32.9 Danielle Plenzo 79.1 2:44.7 (84.6) 4:11.1 (86.5) 5:32.9 (81.8)
13:23.7  3rd
"B"
4:10.5 Kim Lang 80.8 2:44.4 (83.6) 4:10.5 (86.1)
66.5 Quistara Letona 31.9 66.5 (34.6)
2:40.6 Christine Lynch 37.5 78.7 (41.2) 2:00.1 (41.4) 2:40.6 (40.5)
5:44.6 Rachel Grande 83.4 2:51.2 (87.8) 4:18.2 (87.0) 5:44.6 (86.4)
13:42.4
Sprint Medley Relay
"A"
29.0 Kathlyn Herrick
28.8 Quistara Letona
63.3 Jackie Austin 30.2 63.3 (33.1)
2:23.6 Ashley Higginson 32.9 68.7 (35.8) 1:46.0 (37.3) 2:23.6 (37.6)
4:24.7  4th new Freehold District and school record
"B"
29.9 Danielle Pierre
30.9 Julissa Campos
70.0 Christine Lynch 33.3 70.0 (36.7)
2:39.4 Kim Lang 79.3 2:39.4 (80.1)
4:50.2
High Jump
4' 08" Jessie Pagliano
4' 06" Jessi Knapp
9' 02"
Long Jump
14' 06.5" Jessie Pagliano
14' 00.5" Quistara Letona
28' 07" school record
Pole Vault
8' 00" Amy Lewis
7' 00" Gretchen Volherbst
15' 00"
Shot Put
25' 10.5" Jessie Pagliano
25' 03" Anastasia Gaszynski
51' 01.5"

 

Coca Cola Hall of Fame Classic

@ NYC Armory  02/19/05

The girls finish 3rd in the Invitational 4x800 meter relay in 9:34.50 to set a new Freehold District record, the 4x200 meter relay smashes the school record by almost 4 secs, and Gretchen Volherbst and Amy Lewis both tie the Freehold District Pole Vault record.

55 meter hurdles        
9.84 Amy Lewis        
10.11 Kathlyn Herrick        
10.59 Julia Tomaro        
11.31 Dani Candelora        
Invitational 4 x 800 meter relay        
2:22.8 Jackie Austin 34.0 69.9 (35.9) 1:46.9 (37.0) 2:22.8 (35.9)
2:27.6 Danielle Plenzo 34.8 70.2 (35.4) 1:48.4 (38.2) 2:27.6 (39.2)
2:25.5 Kristen O'Dowd 34.8 71.5 (36.7) 1:49.5 (38.0) 2:25.5 (37.0)
2:18.6 Ashley Higginson 32.4 66.5 (34.1) 1:41.6 (35.1) 2:18.6 (37.0)
9:34.50 3rd Freehold District Record, #30 fastest time in NJ history and #5 in Shore Conference history  
  #16 in US this year        
4 x 400 meter relay (30 minutes rest after the 4x800)      
67.1 Jackie Austin 31.9 67.1 (35.2)    
66.8 Danielle Plenzo 32.6 66.8 (34.2)    
63.0 Kristen O'Dowd 29.8 63.0 (33.2)    
65.8 Ashley Higginson 31.5 65.8 (34.3)    
4:22.68 school record        
4 x 400 meter relay       
66.7 Kathlyn Herrick        
91.7 Tracy Karaniewsky        
63.8 Quistara Letona        
86.0 Roxanne Greco        
5:09.2 school record        
4 x 800 meter relay        
2:37.9 Rachel Grande 36.9 75.9 (39.0) 1:56.5 (40.6) 2:37.9 (41.4)
2:41.1 Christine Lynch 38.5 79.5 (41.0) 2:01.7 (42.2) 2:41.1 (39.4)
2:37.7 Kim Lang 27.9 59.0 (31.1) 1:32.1 (33.1) 2:04.9 (32.8)
2:38.3 Allison Linnell 35.4 74.6 (39.2) 1:57.2 (42.6) 2:38.3 (41.1)
10:35.0          
Varsity 4 x 200 meter relay       
28.8 Quistara Letona        
28.3 Kathlyn Herrick        
28.0 Julia Tomaro        
28.4 Danielle Pierre        
1:53.48 school record        
Freshman 4 x 200 meter relay        
1:03.0 Liz Blaskovich        
Carrie Schmidt        
1:12.3 Brittany Hinton        
Maggie Kallas        
2:15.3 freshman record        
4 x 200 meter relay        
1:05.2 Julissa Campos        
Dani Candelora        
1:25.2 Nisha Haran        
Frances Pivovarov        
2:30.36          
High Jump          
5' 00" Jessica Pagliano        
no height Jessi Knapp        
Long Jump          
no mark  15' min Jessica Pagliano        
Pole Vault          
8' 06"  6th Gretchen Volherbst        
8' 06" Amy Lewis        
 

State Meet of Champions

@ Princeton  2/27/05

Ashley Higginson becomes the school's first overall State Champion in any sport as she wins the 3200 in a Freehold District record.  She went out in 5:31.8 for the first 1600 and came back in 5:20.9.  She sat on Jenn Clausen, the defending champion,  from the 7th to 12th laps and took the lead with 3 1/2 laps to go.  She pulled away to win by 6.4 secs over Karen Guthrie of West Morris.

picture courtesy of Gary Glasgall

picture courtesy of Gary Glasgall

In the picture to the left, Ashley (#2) starts next to Jenn Clausen from Jackson HS who finished 3rd in 11:06.22 and Kristen Stevens  from Roxbury HS who finished 8th in 11:19.56.  In the picture to the right, Ashley leads through lap one where Karen Guthrie (#4) would take the lead.

3200 meter run          
10:52.72 Ashley Higginson 81.9 2:44.8 (82.9) 4:09.1 (84.3) 5:31.8 (82.7)
    6:53.3 (81.5) 8:15.4 (82.1) 9:35.3 (79.9) 10:52.72 (77.5)
Pole Vault          
8' 06" Gretchen Volherbst        
no height (8' 00") Amy Lewis        
 

Eastern States Championships

@ NYC Armory  03/02/05

Distance Medley Relay        
3:55.1 Kristen O'Dowd 72.4 2:31.9 (79.5) 3:55.1 (83.2)  
64.3 Quistara Letona 31.3 64.3 (33.0)    
2:30.2 Jackie Austin 73.0 2:30.2 (77.2)    
5:08.0 Ashley Higginson 71.8 2:29.2 (77.4) 3:50.9 (81.7) 5:08.0 (77.1)
12:37.55 school and Freehold District record      
4 x 800 meter relay        
2:34.8 Christine Lynch 35.2 74.2 (39.0) 1:55.1 (40.9) 2:34.8 (39.7)
2:28.6 Danielle Plenzo 35.5 72.2 (36.7) 1:49.9 (37.7) 2:28.6 (38.7)
2:40.6 Allison Linnell 38.9 80.0 (41.1) 2:01.4 (41.4) 2:40.6 (39.2)
2:31.4 Kristen O'Dowd 35.8 73.3 (37.5) 1:52.6 (39.3) 2:31.4 (38.8)
10:15.40          

 

National Scholastic Championships

@ NYC Armory  03/11-13/05

Day 1- 3/11/05

No girls from Colts Neck competed on the first day.

Day 2- 3/12/05

The 4 x 1 mile team ran the same time that finished 6th last year but it was good for only 12th this year.  Still, the top performance by a NJ team this year as the "B" team's time was #3 on the NJ list for 2005. 

4 x 1 mile relay      

1600 split

1 mile split

"A" team            
5:31.9 Jackie Austin 77.0 2:37.0 (78.0) 4:03.1 (86.1) 5:29.9 (86.8) 5:31.9
5:10.6 Ashley Higginson 75.1 2:32.2 (77.1) 3:51.6 (79.4) 5:08.6 (77.0) 5:10.6
5:30.0 Kristen O'Dowd 75.0 2:37.8 (82.8) 4:02.4 (84.6) 5:28.0 (85.6) 5:30.0
5:27.7 Danielle Plenzo 75.7 2:36.7 (81.0) 4:01.8 (85.1) 5:25.7 (83.9) 5:27.7
21:40.21 #4 time in NJ history, #1 for NJ for 2005    
"B" team            
5:43.3 Christine Lynch 82.4 2:49.1 (85.2) 4:17.6 (88.5) 5:41.3 (83.7) 5:43.3
5:41.4 Allison Linnell 79.7 2:44.9 (85.2) 4:13.0 (88.1) 5:39.4 (86.4) 5:41.4
5:45.9 Rachel Grande 86.1 2:53.7 (87.6) 4:23.0 (89.3) 5:43.9 (80.9) 5:45.9
5:43.1 Kim Lang 79.8 2:46.1 (86.3) 4:14.5 (88.4) 5:41.1 (86.6) 5:43.1
22:53.67 #3 time in NJ for 2005      

Day 3- 3/13/05

Ashley Higginson becomes the 1st Cougar girl to make All-American in any sport as she finishes 4th in the #14 fastest time in NJ history.

4 x 800 meter relay        
2:27.7 Jackie Austin 34.8 72.8 (38.0) 1:51.1 (38.3) 2:27.7 (36.6)
2:33.6 Christine Lynch 34.4 73.1 (38.7) 1:54.0 (40.9) 2:33.6 (39.6)
2:30.2 Danielle Plenzo 36.4 73.4 (37.0) 1:51.9 (38.5) 2:30.2 (38.3)
2:26.9 Kristen O'Dowd 36.5 72.8 (36.3) 1:49.8 (37.0) 2:27.0 (37.2)
9:58.48          
2 mile run          
10:51.08 Ashley Higginson 77.9 2:38.2 (80.3) 3:58.2 (80.0) 5:19.0 (80.8)
4th place 6:41.6 (82.6) 8:06.1 (84.5) 9:31.0 (84.9) 10:47.3 (76.5) 10:51.08
3rd American; 1st was US high school XC champion and 2nd Canadian 3000 meter champion 3200 meter 2 mile
  3000 meter split 10:10.5