2005 Cross Country 

Boys Results

Season Highlights:  The team was coached by Jim Schlentz and assisted by Joe Lykes.  The team finished with a dual meet record of 5 wins and 2 losses overall and 5 wins and 1 losses in the B North division of the Shore Conference, which they finished 2nd.  Team highlights included finishing 15th in the Group III State Championships, finishing 3rd in the Central Jersey Group III Championship, and the 5th place finish in the Monmouth County Champs.  Also, the boys freshman team finishing 2nd in the Shore Conference Champs.  Individual highlights included Craig Forys winning the Meet of Champions (the first Cougar MOC XC champion) and the State Group III titles, and repeating as Central Jersey Group III, Shore Conference and Monmouth County Champion.  Craig's time in the Meet of Champions was the 4th fastest in NJ history and was a Shore Conference record; Brenden Krewer winning the Freehold District Championship and finishing 4th at the CJ Group III Champs; and Dan Fiasconaro and Curt McKittrick finishing 9th and 11th at the Freehold District Champs.  Devrin Vivino winning the Freehold District JV championship before going on to finish as 3rd fastest Varsity Cougar.  Also, Mark Leininger winning the Freehold District freshman champs with Evan Ralph in 2nd and Jason Weiner and Matt Smutko 7th and 8th at the freshman Shore Conference Champs. 

Post-Season Highlights:  Craig Forys was named 1st team All-State All-Groups by New Jersey Track and the Star Ledger as well as NJ Runner of the Year by the Star Ledger.  He was named 1st team Group III All-State by the Star Ledger.  Craig was named 1st team All-Shore Conference by the Asbury Park Press and the Shore Coaches Association (as well as Runner of the Year for the Shore Conference).  Craig was named 1st team All-Monmouth County by the Star Ledger.  Craig, Brenden Krewer were named 1st team All-Freehold District by the News Transcript.  Dan Fiasconaro, Devrin Vivino and Matt Smutko were named honorable mention All-Freehold District. 

 2005 Cross Country Results

Boys 

* B North Division meets

Tues Sept 6  6 pm Alumni Meet  (time trial) Bucks Mill Park
Tues Sept 13  3:45 Matawan Holmdel Park
Tues Sept 20  3:45 Red Bank*/Wall*   Shark River Park
Sat Sept 24  9 am Cougar Inv  (everyone runs and everyone helps out before and after their race) Bucks Mill Park
Mon Sept 26  3:45 Monmouth Reg* Monmouth Reg
Sat Oct 1  12:45 Paul Short Inv  (Varsity)  Top 8 boys and girls Bethlehem, PA
Fri Oct 7  3:30 Freehold District Champs Holmdel Park
Sat Oct 8  1:30 Manhattan Inv Van Cortland Park, NYC
Tues Oct 18  3:30 Monmouth County Champs  Holmdel Park
Thurs Oct 20  3:45 Freehold Boro*         Holmdel Park
Mon Oct 24  3:45 Neptune/Long Branch* Bucks Mill Park
Sat Oct 29  10:00 Shore Conference  Champs Holmdel Park
Sat Nov 5  10:00 Central Jersey Group III Champs Holmdel Park
Sat Nov 12  1:20 Group III State Champs Holmdel Park
Sat Nov 19  10:00 Meet of Champions Holmdel Park
Sat Nov 26 Footlocker Northeast Regional Champs (optional) Van Cortland Park, NYC

 

Boys Cross Country 2005 Bests

Holmdel Park Varsity 5000 meter course

15:34 Craig Forys 11/19 junior
17:08 Brenden Krewer 11/05 junior
18:10 Devrin Vivino 11/05 junior
18:22 Dan Fiasconaro 11/05 soph
18:27 Matt Smutko 10/18 frosh
18:27 Curt McKittrick 10/29 soph
18:38 Jason Weiner 11/05 frosh
19:08 Kenny Liu 10/07 senior
19:59 Brian Valenziano 10/18 senior
20:05 Joe Sanseverino 10/29 senior
20:28 Kyle Knapp 10/18 soph
20:38 Pete Salvati 10/29 junior
21:02 Evan Ralph 10/20 frosh
21:05 Jack Dolan 10/20 frosh
21:17 Adam Petriella 10/20 junior
21:45 Mark Leininger 09/13 frosh
21:45 Dylan Bongartz 10/20 frosh
22:31 Aaron Beaty 10/20 frosh
24:37 Jeff Slipek 10/20 frosh
25:20 Dan Sobieski 10/20 frosh
29:12 Kyle Gittleson 09/13 soph
30:04 Joe Aerts 09/13 frosh
30:06 Carter Schwartz 09/13 frosh
44:12 Dan Evanhrow 09/13 frosh
44:12 Adrien Dacqual 09/13 junior

Buck Mills Park Varsity 5000 meter course

15:56 Craig Forys 09/24 junior
17:00 Brenden Krewer 09/24 junior
18:13 Jason Weiner 09/24 frosh
18:34 Curt McKittrick 09/24 soph
18:52 Dan Fiasconaro 09/24 soph
18:53 Matt Smutko 09/24 frosh
19:04 Brian Valenziano 09/24 senior
19:44 Mark Leininger 10/24 frosh
19:55 Joe Sanseverino 10/24 senior
19:56 Kyle Knapp 10/24 soph
19:58 Evan Ralph 10/24 frosh
20:03 Devrin Vivino 09/24 junior
20:43 Pete Salvati 10/24 junior
20:49 Adam Petriella 09/24 junior
20:51 Dylan Bongartz 10/24 frosh
20:52 Aaron Beaty 10/24 frosh
21:05 Jack Dolan 10/24 frosh
21:38 Terry Kuo 10/24 frosh
22:25 Adrien Dacqual 09/24 junior
23:36 Jeff Slipek 10/24 frosh
25:05 Dan Sobieski 10/24 frosh

Holmdel Park Freshman 2.0 mile course

12:11 Jason Weiner 10/29 frosh
12:15 Matt Smutko 10/29 frosh
12:21 Mark Leininger 10/29 frosh
12:31 Evan Ralph 10/29 frosh
13:22 Jack Dolan 10/29 frosh
13:31 Aaron Beaty 10/29 frosh
13:31 Dylan Bongartz 10/29 frosh
14:19 Terry Kuo 10/07 frosh
15:44 Jeff Slipek 10/18 frosh
16:01 Dan Sobieski 10/29 frosh
16:51 Carter Schwartz 10/29 frosh
18:14 Dan Evanhrow 10/29 frosh

Bucks Mill Freshman 2.0 mile course

11:54 Mark Leininger 09/24 frosh
11:56 Evan Ralph 09/24 frosh
12:54 Aaron Beaty 09/24 frosh
12:54 Jack Dolan 09/24 frosh
14:38 Dan Sobieski 09/24 frosh
14:49 Jeff Slipek 09/24 frosh

 

Time Trial

@ Bucks Mill Park  9/06/05

mid 70s, low humidity, burnt grass which made it fast

1st mile
Brenden Krewer 17:27 5:41
Craig Forys 17:29 5:41
Jason Weiner (F) 18:27 5:41
Matt Smutko (F) 18:29 5:49
Kenny Liu 19:25 5:49
Curt McKittrick 19:27 6:23
Brian Valenziano 19:29 6:13
Dan Fiasconaro 19:51 6:13
Kyle Knapp 20:39 6:31
Joe Sanseverino 22:32 7:16
Adam Petriella 22:34 6:58
Devrin Vivino 22:35 7:16
Pete Salvati 22:40 7:16
Aaron Beaty (F) 23:33 7:05
Dyan Bongartz (F) 25:05 7:45
Jack Dolan (F) 25:05 7:45
Joe Aerts (F) 25:17 7:34
Terrance Kuo (F) 28:58 8:28
Kyle Gittleson 29:03 9:16
Dan Sobieski 29:12 8:23
Jeff Slipek 30:31 8:07

 

Colts Neck vs Matawan

@ Holmdel Park  9/13/05

90 degrees/sunny, very hot!

Place

Name

Team Time mile split CN Mat
1 Brenden Krewer CN 18:10 5:50 1 2
2 McCormick M 18:44   4 3
3 Smith M 18:47   10 4
4 Maida M 18:58   11 6
5 Jason Weiner CN 19:21   12 7
6 Smith M 19:44   37 22
7 Nucum M 19:46   records:  
8 DeCosta M 19:55   (0 - 1) (2 - 0)
9 Coredor M 19:57   team average:  
10 Matt Smutko CN 19:57   19:30.0  
other            
11 Curt McKittrick CN 20:01      
12 Dan Fiasconaro CN 20:01      
15 Devrin Vivino CN 21:05      
19 Mark Leininger CN 21:45      
20 Joe Sanseverino CN 22:15      
21 Kyle Knapp CN 22:17      
22 Brian Valenziano CN 22:18      
  Adam Petriella CN 22:40      
  Evan Ralph CN 22:41      
  Aaron Beaty CN 22:43      
  Jack Dolan CN 22:47      
  Pete Salvati CN 23:50      
  Dyan Bongartz CN 24:26      
  Kyle Gittleson CN 29:12      
  Jeff Slipek CN 29:43      
  Joe Aerts CN 30:04      
  Carter Schwartz CN 30:06      
  Dan Sobieski CN 30:10      
  Dan Evanhrow CN 44:12      
  Adrien Decqual CN 44:12      

 

Colts Neck/Red Bank vs Wall

@ Shark River Park  9/20/05

80 degrees, very humid

Place

Name

Team Time mile split CN RB
1 Brenden Krewer CN 17:14   1 2
2 Tom Friscia R 17:22   8 3
3 Denny Waite R 17:43   9 4
4 Russ Kiely R 18:16   11 5
5 Rob Regan W 18:37   12 6
6 Jeff Seidel W 18:38   41 20
7 Lewis Ramos R 18:58   records:  
8 Pat Ayries R 18:59   (0-2)  Div: (0-1) (2-0)  Div: (2-0)
9 Mike Kolooziej R 19:02   CN Wall
10 Ken Lia CN 19:07   1 2
11 Matt Smutko CN 19:40   4 3
12 Kevin New R 19:42   5 9
13 Curt McKittrick CN 19:44   6 10
14 Eric Brindley R 19:45   7 12
15 John Forrester R 19:57   23 36
other         records:  
17 Brian Valenziano CN 19:59   (1-2)  Div: (1-1) (1-2)  Div: (1-2)
18 Mark Leininger CN 20:06      
23 Joe Sanseverino CN 21:15      
24 Devrin Vivino CN 21:16      
25 Pete Salvati CN 21:17      
26 Kyle Knapp CN 21:24      
28 Evan Ralph CN 21:33      
30 Jack Dolan CN 21:59      
33 Aaron Beaty CN 22:08      
42 Kerry Kuo CN 23:44      
46 Carter Schwartz CN 25:48      
50 Kyle Gittleson CN 26:52      
51 Dan Sobieski CN 28:01      
             

Cougar Inv

@ Bucks Mill Park  9/24/05

Lo 70s, lo humid, burnt fast grass

Boys Freshman    
5th Mark Leininger 11:54
6th Evan Ralph 11:56
30th Aaron Beaty 12:54
31st Jack Doran 12:54
78th Dan Sobieski 14:38
83rd Jeff Slipek 14:49
3rd place     133 pts team average: 12:51.2  
* note two freshman ran varsity race for us.  
Boys JV    
41st Devrin Vivino 20:03
47th Joe Sanseverino 20:27
51st Pete Salvati 20:44
53rd  Adam Petriella 20:49
54th Kyle Knapp 20:53
92nd Adrien Dacquel 22:25
5th place     168 pts team average: 20:35.2  
Boys Varsity    
1st Craig Forys 15:56
6th Brenden Krewer 17:00
20th Jason Weiner 18:13
34th Curt McKittrick 18:34
38th Dan Fiasconaro 18:52
39th Matt Smutko 18:53
44th Brian Valenziano 19:04
5th place     99* pts team average: 17:43.0  
* 14 pts outside of 2nd place  

 

Colts Neck vs Monmouth Reg

@ Monmouth Reg  9/26/05

Place

Name

Team Time mile split CN Mon
1 tie Curt McKittrick CN 19:13   1 7
1 tie Jason Weiner CN 19:13   2 9
1 tie Dan Fiasconaro CN 19:13   3 10
1 tie Kenny Liu CN 19:13   4 11
5 tie Mark Leininger  CN 19:14   5 12
5 tie Brian Valenziano CN 19:14   15 49
7 Mike Killins M 19:26   records:  
8 Devrin Vivino CN 20:03   (2-2)  Div: (2-1) (1-2)  Div: (1-2)
9 Nyles Thorne M 20:17      
10 Zach Mentzer M 20:22      
other            
11 Joe Sanseverino CN 20:38      
12 Pete Salvati CN 20:39      
13 Adam Petriella CN 20:44      
15 Jack Doran CN 21:00      
18 Aaron Beaty CN 22:07      

 

Paul Short Inv

@ Bethlehem, PA  (Lehigh University)  10/01/05

mid 70s, lo humid, very sunny!! burnt fast grass

Meet website for full results

1st Craig Forys 15:14
24th Brenden Krewer 16:32
134th Matt Smutko 18:13
167th Dan Fiasconaro 18:50
175th Curt McKittrick 18:56
186th Jason Weiner 19:04
200th Brian Valenziano 19:21
497 pts 19th place team average: 17:33
Craig wins in battle with two other runners together with 300 meters to go.  Duriel Hardy (West Chester East) 15:16 2nd and Curtis Bixler (Cumberland Valley) 15:22 3rd.

 

Freehold District Championships

@ Holmdel Park  10/07/05

Mid 70s, very humid, some raining

Brenden Krewer wins his first District championship as he breaks open a race that is neck-to-neck and pulls away for the win.  The boys finish 2nd without Craig who is running Manhattan tomorrow.

Boys Freshman    
1st Mark Leininger 13:17
2nd Evan Ralph 13:30
6th Jack Doran 14:03
8th Terry Kuo 14:19
11th Dylan Bongartz 14:35
12th Aaron Beaty 14:40
17th Jeff Slipek 16:50
18th Dan Sobieski 16:52
1st place (unofficial)   24 pts team average: 13:56.8  
* note two freshman ran varsity race for us.  
Boys JV    
1st Devrin Vivino 19:06
11th Kyle Knapp 20:52
14th Adam Petriella 21:58
Boys Varsity    
1st Brenden Krewer 17:22
9th Dan Fiasconaro 18:50
11th Curt McKittrick 18:52
15th Kenny Liu 19:08
17th Matt Smutko 19:14
27th Brian Valenziano 20:27
DNF Jason Weiner  
2nd place    53 pts team average: 18:41.2  
   

 

Manhattan Inv

@ Van Cortland Park, NYC  10/08/05

steady rain, muddy 1st 450m and strong wind against last 550 m

Varsity Boys C race - Craig Forys 2nd place  12:47.2  (courtesy of John Dye of dyestat.com)

 

 

Monmouth County Championships

@ Holmdel Park  10/18/05

lo 70s, air seemed difficult to breath

Boys Freshman    
9th Evan Ralph 12:46
34th Jack Doran 13:39
43rd Dylan Bongartz 13:50
62nd Aaron Beaty 14:29
97th Jeff Slipek 15:44
108th Dan Sobieski 16:12
7th   181 pts team average: 14:05.6  
Boys JV    
54th Kyle Knapp 20:28
63rd Joe Sanseverino 20:45
84th Adam Petriella 21:26
Boys Varsity    
1st Craig Forys 16:02
16th Brenden Krewer 17:22
51st Matt Smutko 18:27
86th Devrin Vivino 19:02
106th Curt McKittrick 19:30
124th Brian Valenziano 19:59
5th place    260 pts team average: 18:05.6  

 

Colts Neck vs Freehold Boro

@ Holmdel Park  10/20/05

Cool, mid 60s, good breathing

Place

Name

Team Time mile split CN FB
1 Nick Mastriana FB 18:54 2 1
2 tie Matt Smutko CN 18:58 6:36 3 7
2 tie Dan Fiasconaro CN 18:58 6:36 4 8
2 tie Jason Weiner CN 18:58 6:36 5 9
2 tie Devrin Vivino CN 18:58 6:36 6 11
6 Curt McKittrick CN 19:05 6:36 20 36
7 Greg Heden FB 19:33 records:  
8 Mike Dimstius FB 19:56 overall: (3 - 2) (3 - 3)
9 John Gatti FB 20:10 Div: (3 - 1) (3 - 3)
10 Brian Valenziano CN 20:11 team average:  
other         18:58.0  
13 Kyle Knapp CN 20:57      
15 Evan Ralph CN 21:02      
16 Jack Doran CN 21:05      
17 Adam Petriella CN 21:17      
20 Dylan Bongartz CN 21:45      
21 Aaron Beaty CN 22:31      
25 Jeff Slipek CN 24:37      
29 Dan Sobieski CN 25:20      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

Neptune/Long Branch vs Colts Neck 

@ Bucks Mill Park  10/24/05

misty and cool, low 60s

Place

Name

Team Time mile split CN Nep
1 Brian Valenziano CN 19:24 6:18 1 6
2 Mark Leininger CN 19:44 6:18 2 9
3 Carlos Viedna LB 19:52   3 10
4 Joe Sanseverino CN 19:55   4 11
5 Kyle Knapp CN 19:56   5 12
6 Evan Ralph CN 19:58   15 48
7 Anthony Steverson LB 20:32   records:  
8 John Daniels N 20:36   (5 - 1) (1 - 5)
9 Justin Alcott CN 20:41   CN LB
10 Pete Salvati CN 20:43   1 3
other         2 7
11 Dylan Bongartz CN 20:51   4 8
12 Aaron Beaty CN 20:52   5 11
15 Jack Doran  CN 21:05 6 12
16 Adam Petriella CN 21:14 18 41
18 Terry Kuo CN 21:38 records:  
23 Jeff Slipek CN 23:36 (5 - 2) (0 - 6)
25 Dan Sobieski CN 25:05 Div: (5 - 1)  

 

Shore Conference Championships

@ Holmdel Park  10/29/05

lo 50s, beautiful 

Craig Forys runs his fastest time at Holmdel to win in 15:51.  The freshman team finishes 2nd, just 9 points behind CBA with a new school record for team average, beating the old average of 13:04 from 2002 and Jason Weiner misses the frosh record by 1 sec.

Boys Freshman     mile split
7th Jason Weiner 12:11  
8th Matt Smutko 12:15  
11th Mark Leininger 12:21  
14th Evan Ralph 12:31  
50th Jack Doran 13:22  
60th Aaron Beaty 13:31  
63rd Dylan Bongartz 13:37  
128th Jeff Slipek 15:59  
130th Dan Sobieski 16:01  
135th Carter Schwartz 16:51  
146th Dan Evankow 18:14  
2nd   80 pts team average: 12:32.0  school record!!  
Boys Varsity      
1st Craig Forys 15:51 5:18/10:31
34th Brenden Krewer 17:32 5:54
97th Curt McKittrick 18:27 6:20
118th Devrin Vivino 18:44 6:26
151st Joe Sanseverino 20:05 6:40
154th Kyle Knapp 20:35 6:42
155th Pete Salvati 20:38 6:40
15th place    260 pts team average: 18:07.8    

 

Central Jersey Group III Championships

@ Holmdel Park  11/05/05

lo 70s, humid 

Boys run their best average of the year and set 4 personal bests as they pick up 25 places in the last 1200 to finish 3rd, just 4 pts ahead of 4th place and 7 ahead of 5th. 

1st Craig Forys 16:01 5:17/10:29
4th Brenden Krewer 17:08 5:38/11:20
35th Devrin Vivino 18:10 6:09
44th Dan Fiasconaro 18:22 6:10
46th Curt McKittrick 18:31 6:11
50th Jason Weiner 18:38 6:07
70th Matt Smutko 19:22 6:17
3rd place  130 pts team average: 17:38 Ocean Twp won with 106 pts.

 

Group III State Championships

@ Holmdel Park  11/12/05

hi 50s, slight breeze 

Craig Forys wins his 1st State XC title with a 5:05 2nd mile to finish in 15:55.  The team does not run as fast as last week and finishes 15th, with all of them back next year.

1st Craig Forys 15:55 5:29/10:34
39th Brenden Krewer 17:08 5:43
86th Devrin Vivino 18:12 6:10
129th Jason Weiner 18:56 6:12
129th Curt McKittrick 18:58 6:13
134th Matt Smutko 19:03 6:12
DNS Dan Fiasconaro hurt ankle in practice  
15th place  349 pts team average: 17:53.6 Morris Hills won with 56 pts

 

NJ State Meet of Champions

@ Holmdel Park  11/19/05

lo 40s, calm 

Craig Forys becomes CN's 1st XC MOC winner.  Craig was with the leader, Ben Massam, through the first mile.  Massam threw a big surge during the 2nd mile and led by 5 secs through 2 miles.  Craig started to close the gap, passed him with 1000 meters and went on to win by 12 secs.  His time of 15:34 sets new Shore Conference and Freehold District records as he becomes the 4th fastest runner of all time at Holmdel Park.

      splits
1st Craig Forys 15:34 (15:33.1) 5:16/10:20  (5:16-5:04-5:14)
previous Shore Conference record holder - Pete Hess (Toms River North) 15:36  2002
previous Freehold District record holder - Tom Fischer (Manalapan) 15:43  1981

 

NJ All-Time Top 10 (Holmdel Park)

Craig in the closing strides as he becomes the 4th fastest runner in Holmdel Park history.

 

photos by Ron Crocker

 

 

 

15:16 Jason DiJoseph Paul VI 1988
15:21 Mohamed Khadraoui JFK-Patterson 2003
15:31 Brenden Heffernan North Hunterdon 1991
15:34 Craig Forys Colts Neck 2005
15:35 Andy Martin North Hunterdon 1984
15:36 Ben Massam Chatham 2005
15:36 Pete Hess Toms River North 2002
15:38 Brad Hudson North Hunterdon 1983
15:38 Gregory Hughes Mainland 2003
15:38 Robert Papazian Gill St Bernard 2004

 

Footlocker Northeast Regional Champs

@ Van Cortland Park  11/26/05

lo 40s, calm 

Catching a day where he felt horrible from the start, Craig was 4:53 at the mile and back in 25th-30th place and could not move up.  He still ran the fastest Colts Neck time ever for Van Cortland Park.

Seeded Race mile split
28th Craig Forys 16:08.2 4:53