Point Beach's Feerst, RBC's Napolitano highlight Thompson Park Class Meet - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

First awesome weather day of the cross-country season, at least here in NJ (Colts Neck coach Jim Schlentz said it poured on his troops in Williamsburg, Va., today) and meet director Marty Holleran was one of the fortunate fellows to stage a meet today. 

The Thompson Park Class Meet offered some familiar faces and some new ones as well. It was nice to see a trio of Shore girls return to the winner's circle at Thompson for this meet: Brianna Feerst of Point Pleasant Beach, Lennon Cooper of Holmdel and Anne Skimmons of Point Pleasant Boro.

Feerst, the junior winner last season, won the senior race today in 19:03, No. 1 among all girls running and just a few ticks off the pace she set when she was a sectional champion here last fall.

Feerst has her sights set on another sectional title and a Group 1 title as well later this fall. She geared up for those goals by getting her summer mileage up to about 50-55 miles per week, and by attending the Notre Dame XC camp in the hottest part of the summer.

The senior boys winner was Old Bridge's Joe Capolino, who charged across in 16:51. Joe split 5:27 and 10:54 before leaving the pack behind. He says he is going 16:40 at Holmdel Park and wants to be a top 10 finisher this season. 

Cooper, the sophomore girls winner here last fall, won the junior race in 19:28. Coop swears by the Bennett Running Camp, which she has attended for the last two summers. She swears camp director Chris Bennett, assistant coach at CBA, and his staff have improved her form by leaps and bounds. 

Rob Napolitano of RBC won the junior race with a 16:46, the fastest boys time of the day. With a 1:55 and a 4:18 in track, it was hardly a surprise to see Napolitano pull away late with a super kick. His goals are to win the Monmouth County title and run fast at Holmdel to the tune of 16:15.

The sophomore girls winner was Skimmons, the freshman winner here last season. Skimmons prevailed in 19:51. 

Anne was telling me about her brutal training schedule after the race. Apparently, she had a 3,00-yard swimming training session yesterday, which I know isn't a big deal to competitive swimmers but it still sounds demanding to us Average Joes. She said the combination of training for XC and swimming keeps her balanced and also keeps her from getting in a training rut with one sport or the other. Makes sense.

Freehold Township's Dylan Tarpey won the sophomore boys race in 16:49, no. 2 among the boys today. Tarpey was Freehold's No. 5 man last year as a freshman when the team placed second at the Central Jersey, Group 4 meet at Thompson. I have a feeling you can look for big things from Tarpey this fall.

The boys freshman winner was Ryan Fischer of Robbinsville, who covered the 2.5-mile course in 14:02. Here's where the day got a little weird.

I was interviewing Ryan when Fischer's TWIN brother, Michael, came up to us and said ``You want to talk to me? I won.'' For maybe a split second, he had me. And just before I noticed the CHAMPION shirt in Ryan's hand, Ryan backed his brother off, saying, ``Don't try and fool him. He's a reporter from the Ledger. He sees everything.''

Now there's a young man who has my back. And shame on you, Michael, for trying to pull a switcheroo. Here's the deal, Mike. With four kids at home, my brain is like mush almost every day. It's easy to fool me, so don't take advantage of an old man. Please.

Will and Ryan are my 5-year-old twin boys at home. Is this what I have to look forward to? They are already a couple of wiseacres.

My apologies to the freshman class girls at the meet today. Due to computer error, I did not have access to the complete results, and they will not be seen in the paper. Marin Warner of Holmdel came away as the individual medalist in 14:53. 

BOYS

SENIORS (3.1 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Howell 22. 2-Mater Dei 31. 3-Old Bridge 31. 4-Red Bank Catholic 42. 5-Matawan 45. 6-Rahway 53. 7-Brick 59. 8-Ocean 60. 9-Montgomery 72. 10-North Brunswick 75. 11-Henry Hudson 77. 12-Point Pleasant Beach 99.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Joe Capolino, Old Bridge, 16:51. 2-Paul Juelis, Mater Dei, 17:13. 3-Charley Rooney, Red Bank, Catholic, 17:14. 4-Alex Diaz, Old Bridge, 17:31. 5-Tai Musari, Bordentown, 17:37. 6-Andrew Cooper, Freehold Twp., 17:43. 7-Jack McCabe, Howell, 17:47. 8-Drew Kinghorn, Howell, 17:48. 9-Franco Rodriguez, Dickinson, 17:55. 10-Daniel Orsino, Brick, 17:59.

JUNIORS (3.1 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Old Bridge 9. 2-Ocean 32. 3-Freehold Twp. 34. 4-Red Bank Catholic 46. 5-Montgomery 58. 6-Allentown 64. 7-Brick 71. 8-Shore 73. 9-Rahway 77. 10-Bordentown 82. 11-Monmouth 86. 12-North Brunswick 88. 13-Manasquan 102. 14-Parsippany 117. 15-Matawan 117. 16-Trenton 124. 17-Point Pleasant Beach 146.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Rob Napolitano, Red Bank Catholic, 16:46. 2-Sam Habib, 17:01. 3-Ryan Colon, Old Bridge, 17:09. 4-Nick Price, Old Bridge, 17:11. 5-Greg Lowing, Ocean, 17:15. 6-Taylor Casserly, Old Bridge, 17:27. 7-Andrew Dombrowiecki, Ocean, 17:31. 8-Cesar Gamarra, Rahway, 17:34. 9-Jack Morrissey, Montgomery, 17:39. 10-Andrew Freire, Freehold Twp., 17:41.

SOPHOMORES (3.1 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Freehold Twp. 11. 2-Point Pleasant Boro 18. 3-Old Bridge 28. 4-Howell 48. 5-Allentown 58. 6-Dickinson 58. 7-Ocean 64. 8-Monmouth 69. 9-Manasquan 73. 10-Montgomery 77. 11-Shore 85. 12-Matawan 99. 13-Trenton 104. 14-Parsippany 111.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Dylan Tarpey, Freehold Twp., 16:49. 2-Joe Lundberg, Freehold Twp., 17;26. 3-Sam Haber, Point Pleasant Boro, 17;28. 4-Shaquille Sutherland, Dickinson, 17:39. 5-Nick Ferraro, Howell, 17:40. 6-Evan O'Leary, Point Pleasant Boro, 18:03. 7-Kyle Bogart, Red Bank Catholic, 18:04. 8-Nick Piccillo, Old Bridge, 18:04. 9-Jake Simon, Freehold Twp., 18:09. 10-Evan Martz, Point Pleasant Boro, 18:14.

FRESHMEN (2.5 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Robbinsville 31. 2-Howell 43. 3-Old Bridge 71. 4-Ocean 81. 5-Dickinson 117. 6-Johnson 122.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Ryan Fischer, Robbinsville, 14:02. 2-Craig Lapham, Manasquan, 14:12. 3-Brian Mitchell, Howell, 14:13. 4-Chris McGloaughlin, Red Bank Catholic, 14:23. 5-Fletcher Rice, Ocean, 14:29. 6-Michael Fischer, Robbinsville, 14:33. 7-Ryan Gross, Robbinsville, 14:37. 8-Kameron O'Leary, Point Pleasant Boro, 14:42. 9-Brenden Edgeworth, Freehold Twp., 14:46. 10-Austin Chang, Freehold Twp., 14:48.

GIRLS

SENIORS (3.1 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Howell 15. 2-Red Bank Catholic 28. 3-Jackson 40. 4-Holmdel 58. 5-Metuchen 59. 6-Monmouth 60. 7-Shore 71. 8-Montgomery 76. 9-Matawan 78. 10-Allentown 81. 11-Manasquan 83. 12-Bishop Ahr 87. 13-East Brunswick 88. 14-Dickinson 93. 15-Jackson Liberty 128.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Brianna Feerst, Point Pleasant Beach, 19:03. 2-Ashley Carle, Jackson, 19;48. 3-Lindsey Bellaran, Red Bank Catholic, 20:17. 4-Fawzia Kheir, Dickinson, 20:26. 5-Naomi Barnett, Howell, 20:46. 6-Jamie Hand, Howell, 20:54. 7-Aileen Rivell, Howell, 21:00. 8-Elizabeth Davis, Point Pleasant Boro, 21:03. 9-Kathryn Little, Holmdel, 21:13. 10-Emily Pszeniczny, Monmouth, 21:21.

JUNIORS (3.1 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Freehold Twp. 38. 2-Red Bank Catholic 38. 3-Howell 40. 4-Holmdel 42. 5-Jackson 45. 6-Manasquan 47. 7-East Brunswick 59. 8-Johnson 62. 9-Montgomery 68. 10-Allentown 81. 11-Jackson Liberty 82. 12-Bishop Ahr 85. 13-Monmouth 93.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Lennon Cooper, Holmdel, 19;28. 2-Grace Nielsen, Manasquan, 19:41. 3-Brianne Roche, Freehold Twp., 20:35. 4-Anna Lignell, Metuchen, 20:44. 5-Jessica Vaccaro, Johnson, 20:45. 6-Anne Werkley, Howell, 20:46. 7-Kassi Chrysanthopoulus, Red Bank Catholic, 21:07. 8-Alexandra Kavoleff, Jackson Liberty, 21:07. 9-Ashley Collimore, Jackson, 21:17. 10-MaryKate Dooley, Red Bank Catholic, 21:20.

SOPHOMORES (3.1 miles)

TEAMS (top three score): 1-Jackson 21. 2-Holmdel 28. 3-East Brunswick 39. 4-Red Bank Catholic 40. 5-Point Pleasant Boro 52. 6-Bishop Ahr 56. 7-North Brunswick 67. 8-Montgomery 68. 9-Jackson Liberty 74. 10-Johnson 81. 11-Allentown 82. 12-Manasquan 87. 13-Monroe 100. 14-Matawan 108.

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Anne Skimmons, Point Pleasant Boro, 19:51. 2-Jennifer Salvatore, North Brunswick, 20:08. 3-Ariana Nash, Jackson, 20:27. 4-Rachel Belmont, Bishop Ahr, 20:36. 5-Alivia Carlton, Jackson, 20:39. 6-Lindsey Conlan, Holmdel, 20:43. 7-Sarah Frost, East Brunswick, 20:49. 8-ZuZu Cooper, Holmdel, 21:01. 9-Francesca Dee, Howell, 21:11. 10-Katia Saling, Red Bank Catholic, 21:16.

FRESHMEN

INDIVIDUALS: 1-Marin Warner, Holmdel, 14:53. No other results were available.

18 Sep, 2011

--
Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrNUE7IAzZRjHT5negmWRuBBinOw&url=http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/girlscrosscountry/index.ssf/2011/09/point_beachs_feerst_rbcs_napolitano_highlight_thompson_park_class_meet.html
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com