2006 Spring Track

Girls Results

Season Highlights:  The team was coached by Joe Lykes (jumps, hurdles) and assisted by Jim Schlentz (distances), Kevin Hein (sprints), Dennis Bruck (throws), Tinishia Bass (throws), and Tim Mulligan (distances)  finished with a record of 6 wins and 0 losses.  They now have won the last 17 dual meets over 3 years.  Season highlights: These included Ashley Higginson winning the prestigious Penn Relays 3000 meter title and finishing 3rd in the 3200 at the Meet of Champions and the team winning the Monmouth County Championships to finish the triple crown for the year (winning Cross Country, Winter Track and Spring Track).  Team highlights: The team was 5th in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, the girls won the Freehold District championship for the 2nd straight year and the Shore Conference A Central division title for the 4th year in a row.  They also won the Freshman Shore Conference title.  Individual highlights: Ashley Higginson won the 3200 and was 5th in the 1600 at the Group III State Champs with the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Kathlyn Herrick, Julia Tomaro, Samatha Santo and Meryl Wimberly 5th; Ashley won the 1600 and tied with Briana Jackucewicz for 1st in the 3200 at the Central Jersey Group III Champs with Jessica Pagliano (high jump) also winning, the 4 x 400 meter team was 2nd and Meryl and Kathlyn also top 6;  Ashley (1600 and 3200), Jessica (high jump) and the 4x 400 meter relay all were Monmouth County Champs and at the Freehold District Championships, Jessica (high jump and long jump), Meryl (400), Ashley (1600), Briana (3200), and the 4 x 400 meter relay team were all champions.

Post-Season Highlights:  Ashley Higginson was named 3rd team All-State All-Groups in the 3200 meters by the Star Ledger and New Jersey Track magazine.  Ashley (3200) was named 1st team All-State Group III and Briana Jackucewicz (3200) 3rd team by the Star Ledger.  Ashley (3200) and Jessica Pagliano (high jump) were named 1st team All-Shore with Meryl Wimberly (400) and the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Kathlyn Herrick, Julia Tomaro, Samatha Santo and Meryl Wimberly 3rd team by the Asbury Park Press. Ashley (3200), Jessica (high jump), Briana (1600) and the 4 x 400 meter team were named 1st team All-Monmouth County with Meryl (400) 2nd team and Kathlyn (400), Julia (400 hurdles) and Lindsey Rappleyea (long jump) 3rd team by the Star Ledger.  Ashley (1600 & 3200), Meryl (400), Jessica (long jump & high jump), and the 4 x 400 meter relay team were all named 1st team All-Freehold District by the News Transcript.  Kristen O'Dowd (800), Allison Linnell (1600), Allie Flott (1600), Briana (3200), Allison Donaghy (3200) and Lindsey were named honorable mention All-Freehold District.  

JV Inv #1

@ Colts Neck 04/07/06

Sam Howell Inv

Princeton 4/07/06

This is a college and open meet.  This is Ashley's first 5000 on the track and went out a little too aggressively.  She had no choice because that was the slow pack in the race.

Cougar Classic

@ Cranford  04/08/06

40 degrees, raining steadily with the wind against the back stretch.  As day went on, times got slower.  Miserable!!!

Colts Neck Relays

@ Colts Neck  4/15/06

Holmdel vs Colts Neck

@ Colts Neck  4/20/06

JV Inv #2

@ Matawan  4/21/06

Colts Neck vs Matawan

@ Matawan  4/24/06

The Lady Cougars ride a host of personal bests to a big win over undefeated Matawan.  Meryl Wimberly won an event and finished 2nd twice with a new school record, Kathlyn Herrick won two events and Jessie Pagliano won an event and had a 2nd and a 3rd and broke a school record.  We lost track of all the personal bests set today. 

Penn Relays

@ Philadelphia  4/27/06

Ashley wins Penn Relays and the gold watch that goes along with the win.  Ashley sat on the two other leaders, Catherine White (Indoor National runner-up in the 3000) and Cassie Schenck (Ohio State Champ) until 700 meters to go where she surged and opened up a 10 meter lead.  Running the last 200 meters in 37.0, she extended the lead to 3 secs at the finish.   

JV Inv #3

@ Matawan 04/28/06

Lion Inv

@ Middletown North  4/29/06

Cougar girls finish 2nd with 53 pts as a team as we use the meet to try new events.  Meryl Wimberly, Jessie Pagliano and Allison Linnell all won events with Meryl placing in two.

RBC, Raritan, Manasquan vs Colts Neck

@ Colts Neck  5/01/06

The girls clinch at least a tie for the A Central division title with just SJV to go.

Freehold District Champs

@ Howell  5/04/06

The Lady Cougars win the Freehold District Spring Track title for the 2nd year in a a row scoring 137 pts to win by 40 pts. Jessie Pagliano won the high jump and long jump and was named most outstanding field athlete and Meryl Wimberly won the 400, was 3rd in the 200, 4th in the 100 and was named most outstanding track athlete.  Other winners were Ashley Higginson (1600), Briana Jackucewicz (3200), and the 4 x 400 meter relay of Nicole Vacarella, Julia Tomaro, Samatha Santo, Kathlyn Herrick.

Monmouth County Champs

@ Neptune  5/10 & 5/13/06

The Cougar Girls finish off the triple crown as they win the spring track title to go along with the cross country and winter track County titles won earlier this year. Jessie Pagliano (high jump), Ashley Higginson (1600 and 3200) and the 4x400 meter relay (Herrick, Tomaro, Santo, and Wimberly) won individual titles; Kathlyn Herrick and Lindsey Rappleyea placed in two and Briana Jackucewicz, Julia Tomaro and Allie Flott placed in one.  The girls finished with 88 pts, 18 ahead of Ocean.

Colts Neck vs SJV

@ SJV  5/15/06

The girls win the A Central division title for the 4th year in a row and finish undefeated for the 2nd straight year.

Shore Conference Champs

@ Neptune  5/19-20/06

against a big wind on homestretch both days, real big 1st day

Some of the girls take the weekend to rest up for next week but the ones that do compete come away with some big performances.  Meryl Wimberly finishes 2nd in the 400 and the big news...the 4 x 400meter team becomes the first Freehold District team to break 4:00 in finishing 2nd.