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Greater Middlesex Conference Championships

Old Bridge boys and South Brunswick girls win third straight, Kumar and Brinkofski take individual crowns

Saturday, November, 1, 2008- Thompson Park, Jamesburg, N.J.


Schedule

2:30 p.m. Varsity boys
3:00 p.m. Varsity girls
3:30 JV boys
4:00 JV girls
4:30 Freshmen boys and girls
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Results - Boys - Girls
courtesy of Elite Racing Systems
Race distance - 5k



Highlights
  • Piscataway sr. Maanek Kumar pours it on in final mile to win in 16:22.2 to become first GMC champion from his school in 28 years
  • Anjelica Brinkofski of Bishop Ahr uses mid race surge to grab girls title in 18:57.7 to break 19 year title drought for her school
  • Old Bridge crams five in top 18 to take third straight boys title and ninth in last 10 years, outscoring East Brunswick by 49
  • With five of the top eight finishers, the South Brunswick girls romps to a 97 point win

STORY

Although Maanek Kumar of Piscataway and Anjelica Brinkofski of Bishop Ahr took opposite approaches, neither lost sight of what an individual triumph would mean to their school.

Kumar, a senior, waited until there was a half-mile left in his race before taking control, while Brinkofski was advised to wait but instead seized the lead from the outset and never looked back.

Both strategies worked. Kumar became the first Piscataway boy in 28 years to win an individual title and Brinkofski earned Bishop Ahr's first girls' title in 19 years at the Greater Middlesex Conference Championships yesterday at Thompson Park in Jamesburg.

Kumar, who crossed in 16:22.2, seemed stunned even after he ran down Old Bridge's Vincent Vento and Billy Crane in the final mile. Not since Dan Belford won in 1980 had Piscataway celebrated an individual championship.

``It hasn't hit me yet,'' Kumar said. ``I'm so stunned that I actually did it that I wonder if I'll be able to go to sleep tonight.''

Piscataway coach Pete Buccino said Kumar's strategy is usually to stay away from the lead pack early and save his higher gears for later. Kumar stayed true to form, checking in at the mile behind a large group of leaders in 5:11 and not emerging with the leaders until he passed the two-mile mark in 10:30.

``A lot of people I didn't know were in front and they took it out way too fast,'' Kumar said. ``When I was going downhill at two miles I just wanted to stay in range and kick at the end.''

Vento placed second in 16:33.2 and Spotswood's Peter Thorpe was third in 16:35.2.

Old Bridge packed five runners in the top 18 and captured its third straight team title and ninth in 10 years. It totaled 41 points, 49 more than runner-up East Brunswick.

Following Vento for Old Bridge were Corey O'Neill (sixth, 16:43.1), Moheb Thomas (12th, 16:54.0), Eric Leight (17th, 17:02.1) and Anthony Branco (18th, 17:02.7).

On the girls' side, Bishop Ahr coach Yancey Munoz said she told Brinkofski that the race was hers for the taking, so she advised her star senior to relax when the race started and take charge midway through. Brinkofski must have sensed that she could run away with the race, because that is what she did.

Brinkofski came through the mile in a pack of five at 5:56, but by two miles she was all by herself, carving out an eight-second lead at 12:03.

Brinkofski finished in 18:57.5, the third-fastest time at Thompson Park this season, with a 11-second victory over runner-up Chelsea Lodato of Old Bridge.

Brinkofski is the first Bishop Ahr girl to claim GMC medalist honors since Beth Ann Snell won in 1989.

``This feels freaking amazing,'' Brinkofski said. ``I've never had anything like this happen to me before. On my bedroom wall at home I have all the girls' pictures of who I'd be racing against. This is the only thing I have cared about all season. This is the one I really wanted.''

South Brunswick easily captured the team title, jamming five girls into the top eight and scoring 29 points to beat runner-up Old Bridge by 97.

Freshman Cayla DelPiano led the assault for South Brunswick, crossing third in 19:17.4.

Following her were Sophia Ginez (fifth, 20:02.0), Lyndsey Sample (sixth, 20:23.0), Ashley Edwards (seventh, 20:24.6) and Jennifer Smilgis (eighth, 20:26.2).

The race marked the return of Ginez, the 2007 champion who had missed the last month of action with persistent pain in her knees. DelPiano took charge for South Brunswick when Ginez went out and has remained at the front.

``She loves to run. That's the best way I can describe her,'' South Brunswick coach Will Rivera said of DelPiano. ``She's a competitor in the truest sense of the word. She was able to run with Sophia for a while there and gauge where she should be, but she has handled being the team's leader very well''

 




Results (more to come)

Boys

Varsity Boys Results by Place 
Place TmPl No.     First Name   Last Name       School                         Hs-Vb   
===== ==== ======= ============ =============== ============================== =======
1 1 10665 Maanek Kumar Piscataway 16:22.2
2 2 10596 Vincent Vento Old Bridge 16:33.2
3 3 10852 Peter Thorpe Spotswood 16:35.2
4 4 10565 Billy Crane Old Bridge 16:37.6
5 5 10279 Rajas Kane Edison 16:42.0
6 6 10583 Corey O'Neill Old Bridge 16:43.1
7 7 10744 Matthew Boley South Brunswick 16:43.8
8 8 10797 Joe Lacerda South Plainfield 16:45.2
9 9 10653 Phil Awich Piscataway 16:45.7
10 10 10251 Brian Smith East Brunswick 16:46.2
11 11 10469 Mark Vorensky Metuchen 16:47.0
12 12 10594 Moheb Thomas Old Bridge 16:54.0
13 13 10226 Alex Elkin East Brunswick 16:57.0
14 14 10233 Matthew Koller East Brunswick 16:57.2
15 15 10522 Cullen Davis North Brunswick 17:00.3
16 16 10344 Neel Patel J.P Stevens 17:01.1
17 17 10577 Eric Leight Old Bridge 17:02.1
18 18 10556 Anthony Branco Old Bridge 17:02.7
19 19 10795 Alan Kasmer South Plainfield 17:03.0
20 20 10225 Joseph Demarco East Brunswick 17:04.4
21 21 10854 Jesse Castellanos St. Joseph Metuchen 17:05.5
22 22 10815 Rich Szeliga South Plainfield 17:06.8
23 23 10558 Shawn Burke Old Bridge 17:08.4
24 24 10702 Nick Pizzi Sayreville 17:09.4
25 25 11607 Kyle Hannis Dunellen 17:11.6
26 26 10859 Michael Fernandes St. Joseph Metuchen 17:11.9
27 27 10741 Jonathan Bellizio South Brunswick 17:13.9
28 28 10459 Chris Lasko Metuchen 17:20.6
29 29 10329 Kaivalya Deshpande J.P Stevens 17:23.7
30 30 10531 Zach Spiegel North Brunswick 17:24.5
31 31 10285 Frank Pulgiano Edison 17:27.2
32 32 10829 Michael Tarantino South River 17:32.8
33 33 10229 Samuel Frost East Brunswick 17:33.6
34 34 10758 Sean Monaghan South Brunswick 17:34.1
35 35 10350 Kyle Wysoczynski J.P Stevens 17:35.6
36 36 10678 Brian Wells Piscataway 17:37.1
37 37 10463 Kyle Palmeter Metuchen 17:38.7
38 38 10457 Sam Kovach-Orr Metuchen 17:40.4
39 39 10332 Andrew Gulya J.P Stevens 17:43.8
40 40 10320 Nick Bencivenga J.P Stevens 17:47.4
41 41 10491 Nicholas Mazurek Monroe 17:48.3
42 42 10224 Daniel Demarco East Brunswick 17:49.7
43 43 10501 Ben Wendel Monroe 17:51.8
44 44 10812 Theodore Skwiat South Plainfield 17:55.0
45 45 10520 Brian Adams North Brunswick 17:55.3
46 46 10039 Eric Grossman Bishop Ahr 17:55.7
47 47 10750 Brian Dixon South Brunswick 17:56.0
48 48 10354 Byron Zhang J.P Stevens 17:56.4
49 49 10234 Gary Le East Brunswick 17:56.8
50 50 10802 Chris Marrone South Plainfield 17:57.2
51 51 10789 Brian Erhardt South Plainfield 17:58.9
52 52 10661 Tejinder Jangi Piscataway 18:00.7
53 53 10341 Thomas McGuire J.P Stevens 18:02.5
54 54 10908 Derwin Velasquez Woodbridge 18:05.5
55 55 10855 Hays Cozza St. Joseph Metuchen 18:05.7
56 56 10866 Alfonse Muglia St. Joseph Metuchen 18:06.0
57 57 10484 Khari Bowen Monroe 18:06.4
58 58 10044 Don Laporta Bishop Ahr 18:09.8
59 59 10453 Derrick Hargwood Metuchen 18:10.3
60 60 10396 Brian Molloy J F Kennedy 18:10.8
61 61 10867 John Nolan St. Joseph Metuchen 18:11.9
62 62 10694 Sean Hullings Sayreville 18:13.8
63 63 10664 Scott Kinney Piscataway 18:15.4
64 64 10383 Ricardo Davis J F Kennedy 18:18.3
65 65 10462 Jake Nevius Metuchen 18:21.9
66 66 10796 Conner Keane South Plainfield 18:22.5
67 67 10452 Marcus Gigliotti Metuchen 18:22.9
68 68 10901 Wismith Francois Woodbridge 18:23.3
69 69 10904 Julio Pinedo Woodbridge 18:24.2
70 70 10498 Francis San Andres Monroe 18:26.3
71 71 10502 Kuldeep Yadav Monroe 18:26.8
72 72 10722 Matthew Richmond South Amboy 18:27.4
73 73 10529 Jerry Salvatore North Brunswick 18:28.0
74 74 10049 Dan Misdea Bishop Ahr 18:28.9
75 75 10766 Connor Scharff South Brunswick 18:30.5
76 76 10274 Joe Cruz Edison 18:31.0
77 77 10284 Smit Patel Edison 18:33.1
78 78 10040 Ryan Hohner Bishop Ahr 18:34.9
79 79 10035 Chris Del Re Bishop Ahr 18:34.9
80 80 10844 John Durrenberger Spotswood 18:37.3
81 81 10283 Neel Patel Edison 18:38.1
82 82 10618 Justin Madden Perth Amboy 18:39.3
83 83 10148 Rick Ciuba Colonia 18:39.8
84 84 10759 Kevin O'Laughlin South Brunswick 18:42.9
85 85 10427 Mike Hookham Middlesex 18:44.1
86 86 10746 James Brennan South Brunswick 18:44.3
87 11629 Hedolis Jaquez New Brunswick 18:44.6
88 87 10384 Christopher Del Fattore J F Kennedy 18:45.0
89 88 10483 Michael Bauman Monroe 18:45.5
90 89 10280 Tim Kraft Edison 18:48.2
91 90 10869 Nicholas Pavia St. Joseph Metuchen 18:49.1
92 91 10107 Gerard Picolomini Cardinal Mccarrick 18:51.3
93 92 10723 Kyle Septor South Amboy 18:53.5
94 11615 Zach Chen Highland Park 18:55.7
95 93 10523 Kyle Davis North Brunswick 18:55.9
96 94 10163 Moaz Hewedy Colonia 18:56.4
97 95 10656 Wesley Enad Piscataway 18:59.8
98 96 10667 Kevin Malamug Piscataway 19:03.7
99 97 10851 Nick Ridgeway Spotswood 19:06.4
100 98 10698 Terrence O'Connor Sayreville 19:09.6
101 99 10104 Ryan Kelly Cardinal Mccarrick 19:14.9
102 100 10849 Joe Opinski Spotswood 19:17.6
103 101 10860 Devin Froelich St. Joseph Metuchen 19:18.4
104 102 10159 Ryan Fitsimmons Colonia 19:19.3
105 103 10490 Daniel Lemelman Monroe 19:20.0
106 104 11603 Zac Danciak Dunellen 19:20.8
107 105 10387 Erik Enright J F Kennedy 19:22.8
108 106 10899 Angel Cordero Woodbridge 19:31.4
109 107 10614 Apolinar Andujar Perth Amboy 19:39.9
110 108 10699 Dan Perone Sayreville 19:40.5
111 10130 Nathaniel Walkes Carteret 19:41.0
112 109 10051 Paul Muniz Bishop Ahr 19:41.4
113 110 10826 Craig Huff South River 19:41.8
114 111 10715 Connor Anderson South Amboy 19:42.6
115 112 10693 Conor Brophy Sayreville 19:43.5
116 113 10102 John Costello Cardinal Mccarrick 19:47.1
117 114 10172 James Mulrooney Colonia 19:51.6
118 115 10382 Michael Danilla J F Kennedy 19:53.1
119 116 11606 Nick Francisco Dunellen 19:53.4
120 117 10179 Josh Spielman Colonia 19:53.7
121 118 10152 Anthony Cyrana Colonia 19:54.0
122 119 10616 Gilbert Almonte Perth Amboy 19:54.7
123 120 10178 Jasmit Singh-Gill Colonia 19:57.7
124 121 10532 Nazir Webb North Brunswick 20:03.6
125 122 10827 Timothy Huff South River 20:06.1
126 123 10700 Eric Perone Sayreville 20:06.7
127 124 10850 Tyler Raba Spotswood 20:11.7
128 125 10612 Alex Vasquez Perth Amboy 20:22.8
129 126 10403 Rameez Rathore J F Kennedy 20:23.0
130 127 10848 Joseph Nemeth Spotswood 20:23.5
131 128 10903 Conor Kelly Woodbridge 20:29.2
132 129 10703 Oscar Reyes Sayreville 20:33.4
133 130 11605 Luke Francisco Dunellen 20:34.8
134 131 10406 Daniel Toczylowski J F Kennedy 20:35.0
135 132 10611 Neson Alicea Perth Amboy 20:42.2
136 133 10430 Chris North Middlesex 20:42.8
137 134 10825 Michael Henry South River 20:54.5
138 135 10828 Adam Mongelli South River 20:56.6
139 136 10824 Kevin Gilbert South River 20:56.6
140 137 10432 Dan Palmer Middlesex 20:58.6
141 11628 Amauri Gomez New Brunswick 20:59.7
142 138 10433 Mark Stitt Middlesex 21:10.0
143 139 10906 Alex Schrieks Woodbridge 21:12.7
144 140 11610 Justin Turlip Dunellen 21:13.2
145 11614 Joe Aversa Highland Park 21:15.5
146 141 10434 Matt Stitt Middlesex 21:19.4
147 142 11608 Sean Mulqueen Dunellen 21:21.0
148 11632 Miguel Rodriguez New Brunswick 21:26.7
149 143 10845 Daniel Estrada Spotswood 21:35.6
150 144 10106 James Nizolek Cardinal Mccarrick 21:48.0
151 145 10101 Robert Clayton Cardinal Mccarrick 21:53.7
152 146 11609 Chris Retenberg Dunellen 22:11.9
153 147 10100 Richard Baumann Cardinal Mccarrick 22:14.0
154 148 10426 Greg Earl Middlesex 22:22.9
155 11602 Brian Breslin Dunellen 22:32.4
156 10120 Mark Fisher Carteret 22:36.0
157 149 10428 Matt Luettchau Middlesex 22:37.5
158 150 10907 Scott Shonk Woodbridge 22:46.4
159 10125 Christian Riascos Carteret 23:42.2
160 151 10105 Ryan Lange Cardinal Mccarrick 23:48.0
161 152 10721 Chris Ikan South Amboy 23:49.7
162 153 10719 Robert Burns South Amboy 23:53.5

Junior Varsity Boys Results by Place 
Place TmPl No.     First Name   Last Name       School                         Hs-Jvg  
===== ==== ======= ============ =============== ============================== =======
1 1 10588 Chris Russo Old Bridge 17:32.2
2 2 10592 Mike Stetson Old Bridge 17:32.9
3 3 10345 Kenny Pu J.P Stevens 17:34.1
4 4 10217 Michael Canfield East Brunswick 17:35.2
5 5 10213 Ethan Andersen East Brunswick 17:45.2
6 6 10247 Matt Rusay East Brunswick 17:45.8
7 7 10250 Alexander Silverman East Brunswick 17:49.1
8 8 10586 Evan Petrovich Old Bridge 17:53.3
9 9 10584 Tom Panaro Old Bridge 17:55.4
10 10 10749 Nicholas Denuzzo South Brunswick 17:56.4
11 11 10232 Jaya Kasa East Brunswick 17:56.9
12 12 10809 Anthony Salerno South Plainfield 17:57.5
13 13 10576 Alex Leight Old Bridge 17:59.5
14 14 10582 Gemini Nazareno Old Bridge 18:05.7
15 15 10745 Daniel Boyle South Brunswick 18:09.0
16 16 10450 Henry Clements Metuchen 18:12.9
17 17 10757 Dan Medell South Brunswick 18:13.7
18 18 10337 Kevin Li J.P Stevens 18:14.8
19 19 10615 Jonathan Velasquez Perth Amboy 18:16.9
20 20 10572 Mike Gaynor Old Bridge 18:17.1
21 21 10252 Hongbo Song East Brunswick 18:17.5
22 22 10771 Andrew Sudran South Brunswick 18:18.3
23 23 10760 William Pan South Brunswick 18:21.8
24 10591 Dillon Seesman Old Bridge 18:29.1
25 24 10343 Jeh Seug Noh J.P Stevens 18:29.5
26 25 10786 Michael Dezmin South Plainfield 18:32.5
27 10579 Sean Lunkenheimer Old Bridge 18:38.1
28 26 10464 James Rasmussen Metuchen 18:38.3
29 27 10227 Matthew Elkins East Brunswick 18:41.4
30 10242 Kyle Reardon East Brunswick 18:43.3
31 10220 Miles Colmon East Brunswick 18:45.5
32 10590 Jackson Saraf Old Bridge 18:46.1
33 28 10468 Tommy Thompson Metuchen 18:47.4
34 10218 Eric Chi East Brunswick 18:52.0
35 29 10751 Sean Hudgins South Brunswick 18:53.3
36 30 10767 Rajeev Shah South Brunswick 18:54.2
37 31 10326 Chiedozie Chukwuneke J.P Stevens 18:54.4
38 10763 Ryan Polny South Brunswick 18:54.7
39 10552 Colin Albrecht Old Bridge 18:55.3
40 10249 Tariq Shaikh East Brunswick 18:56.9
41 32 10668 Julius Nadarajah Piscataway 18:57.6
42 10246 Josh Rosario East Brunswick 18:58.8
43 33 10807 Fred Reichert South Plainfield 19:00.0
44 34 10046 Chris Ludwig Bishop Ahr 19:02.0
45 35 10174 Jorge Rosales Colonia 19:02.6
46 36 10043 Mike Krehel Bishop Ahr 19:03.1
47 10764 Stephen Ragany South Brunswick 19:04.2
48 37 10458 Norbert Kuter Metuchen 19:05.3
49 38 10816 Anthony Usuriello South Plainfield 19:06.8
50 10580 Mike MacAluso Old Bridge 19:07.3
51 10568 Raz Gabor Old Bridge 19:07.5
52 10593 Ocean Thakar Old Bridge 19:07.9
53 10756 Patrick Landy South Brunswick 19:08.5
54 10237 Ryan March East Brunswick 19:09.6
55 39 10060 Nick Pytlonwany Bishop Ahr 19:11.9
56 40 10334 Andrew Hor J.P Stevens 19:12.9
57 41 10449 Kevin Blanchard Metuchen 19:16.5
58 10752 Jithin Jacob South Brunswick 19:18.1
59 10595 Fahad Ullah Old Bridge 19:21.3
60 42 10339 John Lu J.P Stevens 19:22.4
61 43 10321 Enoch Chang J.P Stevens 19:25.0
62 10261 Pawel Wnek East Brunswick 19:26.3
63 10221 Jake Cotton East Brunswick 19:26.5
64 10762 Brian Park South Brunswick 19:26.7
65 10553 Dan Antoniazzi Old Bridge 19:27.1
66 44 10177 Viman Singh Colonia 19:27.9
67 10219 Evan Coimbra East Brunswick 19:28.5
68 45 10794 Rob Hoffman South Plainfield 19:29.2
69 46 10858 Ron Desantis St. Joseph Metuchen 19:31.9
70 47 10393 Alex Lugo J F Kennedy 19:33.0
71 48 10672 Parth Patel Piscataway 19:33.9
72 10557 Mike Brooks Old Bridge 19:35.2
73 49 10659 Jon Erik Gulliksen Piscataway 19:37.6
74 10351 Yixi Xiao J.P Stevens 19:39.5
75 50 10024 Matt Barlow Bishop Ahr 19:41.2
76 10322 Dereck Chen J.P Stevens 19:42.0
77 51 10488 Raleigh Kane Monroe 19:43.3
78 10570 Manin Gauba Old Bridge 19:45.9
79 10555 Angelo Bautista Old Bridge 19:46.2
80 52 10814 Ed Sullivan South Plainfield 19:46.7
81 10754 Nadeem Kazi South Brunswick 19:49.1
82 53 10790 Darrec Fonti South Plainfield 19:55.6
83 54 10868 Michael Olson St. Joseph Metuchen 19:56.3
84 55 10870 Anthony Petrocci St. Joseph Metuchen 19:56.5
85 56 10610 Gerson Martinez Perth Amboy 19:58.9
86 57 10864 James Livingstone St. Joseph Metuchen 19:59.3
87 58 10861 Anthony Gazzo St. Joseph Metuchen 20:03.2
88 10575 David Krzewinsky Old Bridge 20:04.3
89 10328 Francis Delacruz J.P Stevens 20:04.8
90 59 10036 Kyle Derikito Bishop Ahr 20:06.4
91 10349 John Wang J.P Stevens 20:06.6
92 60 10072 James Wetzel Bishop Ahr 20:06.9
93 10340 Zach Marguiles J.P Stevens 20:07.2
94 10335 Tom Horvath J.P Stevens 20:07.8
95 10278 Son Hoang Edison 20:11.7
96 61 10671 Paras Patel Piscataway 20:14.6
97 62 10492 Matt Mindur Monroe 20:17.1
98 10331 Shubho Ghosh J.P Stevens 20:17.4
99 10747 Chris Campagnola South Brunswick 20:17.8
100 63 10697 Sam Moko Sayreville 20:18.1
101 10793 Joe Hernandez South Plainfield 20:18.6
102 64 10467 Matt Taurone Metuchen 20:19.3
103 10323 Derek Chen J.P Stevens 20:24.1
104 10211 Drew Agey East Brunswick 20:24.7
105 65 10401 Parth Patel J F Kennedy 20:27.9
106 66 10385 Mike Destasio J F Kennedy 20:28.1
107 67 10063 Kyle Rich Bishop Ahr 20:29.3
108 68 10466 Jesse Szteinbaum Metuchen 20:29.9
109 69 10704 Abdur Saddiqi Sayreville 20:30.6
110 70 10494 Arvid Pagsanjan Monroe 20:32.6
111 10597 Kevin Zhong Old Bridge 20:33.4
112 10813 Andrew Staynings South Plainfield 20:33.5
113 71 10669 Masanari Parker Piscataway 20:38.1
114 10238 Anthony Massoni East Brunswick 20:39.1
115 10282 Rajahn Lewis Edison 20:40.8
116 72 10390 Jeffrey Karabin J F Kennedy 20:41.8
117 73 10674 Dan Rebbel Piscataway 20:42.0
118 10803 Andrew Nguyen South Plainfield 20:42.3
119 74 10663 Eric Kaiser Piscataway 20:42.7
120 10673 Jerel Phoenix Piscataway 20:43.2
121 75 10481 Keith Anacker Monroe 20:43.6
122 76 10395 Patrick McFadden J F Kennedy 20:48.8
123 10034 Joe Defino Bishop Ahr 20:49.7
124 10581 Cedric Magaway Old Bridge 20:50.9
125 77 10158 Fernando Faura Colonia 20:53.6
126 10029 Mike Bosworth Bishop Ahr 21:00.8
127 78 10499 Gurpal Sran Monroe 21:01.4
128 10038 Chris Grinthal Bishop Ahr 21:02.2
129 10528 Mark Romano North Brunswick 21:03.8
130 79 10609 Cesar Medina Perth Amboy 21:06.3
131 80 10853 Vince Buccigrossi St. Joseph Metuchen 21:06.6
132 10461 Job Ma Metuchen 21:07.5
133 10228 Ali Fakhrzadeh East Brunswick 21:09.5
134 10057 Sam Petrone Bishop Ahr 21:10.8
135 81 10489 Evan Korsak Monroe 21:11.0
136 82 10397 Gary Ng J F Kennedy 21:11.6
137 10248 Steven Santamarina East Brunswick 21:14.1
138 10069 Dylan Triggs Bishop Ahr 21:15.5
139 11604 Micheal Dudley Dunellen 21:19.8
140 10660 Justin Howell Piscataway 21:26.9
141 10465 Drew Sher Metuchen 21:27.7
142 83 10181 Mike Swiderski Colonia 21:28.0
143 10658 Joe Ferretti Piscataway 21:30.3
144 10241 Taylor Neuman East Brunswick 21:31.5
145 84 10482 Aaron Armeror Monroe 21:32.5
146 85 10386 Kyle Donovan J F Kennedy 21:33.8
147 10500 Kyle Suarez Monroe 21:35.9
148 10662 Shaquille John Piscataway 21:38.1
149 10407 Alex Wilson J F Kennedy 21:39.3
150 10798 Chris Lesniak South Plainfield 21:40.7
151 86 10701 Kenny Piscitelli Sayreville 21:42.4
152 10769 Utsarga Sikder South Brunswick 21:42.8
153 10485 Colten Budrewicz Monroe 21:43.7
154 10905 Will Rojas Woodbridge 21:44.5
155 87 10142 Tim Alcid Colonia 21:46.3
156 10563 William Cenegy Old Bridge 21:56.1
157 88 10862 Christian Hibinski St. Joseph Metuchen 21:57.4
158 10493 Nicholas Otero Monroe 22:00.1
159 10526 Avinash Moondra North Brunswick 22:00.3
160 89 10606 Jimmy Andujar Perth Amboy 22:00.7
161 10045 Pat Laporta Bishop Ahr 22:02.2
162 10677 Dave Tran Piscataway 22:04.6
163 10392 Hao Lin J F Kennedy 22:08.9
164 10347 Mark Tsao J.P Stevens 22:10.8
165 10253 Natesh Sood East Brunswick 22:12.1
166 10235 Justin Li East Brunswick 22:15.4
167 90 10705 Kevin Varghese Sayreville 22:17.0
168 10527 Poonit Patel North Brunswick 22:19.6
169 10405 Aziz Tahzib J F Kennedy 22:19.9
170 10524 James Decicco North Brunswick 22:20.9
171 10353 John Yi J.P Stevens 22:21.5
172 91 10613 Joel Pena Perth Amboy 22:22.9
173 10236 John Lim East Brunswick 22:25.3
174 92 10608 Andrew Fajardo Perth Amboy 22:29.7
175 10585 Krishna Patel Old Bridge 22:31.9
176 10022 Poalo Alicantte Bishop Ahr 22:33.8
177 10784 Julio Calderone South Plainfield 22:43.4
178 10424 Tom Cirone Middlesex 22:50.1
179 10429 Jeff Malt Middlesex 22:58.6
180 10260 Wesley Wang East Brunswick 23:00.3
181 10258 Matthew Tung East Brunswick 23:02.2
182 93 10607 Ryan Cameron Perth Amboy 23:03.0
183 10026 Jay Bisda Bishop Ahr 23:03.2
184 10404 Christopher Sawyer J F Kennedy 23:10.7
185 10788 Glen Edridge South Plainfield 23:14.7
186 10495 Parth Patel Monroe 23:14.9
187 10619 Jose Batista Perth Amboy 23:25.4
188 94 10696 Tianhua Liu Sayreville 23:29.0
189 95 10173 Richard Paola Colonia 23:47.8
190 10670 Neil Patel Piscataway 23:49.7
191 10605 Jason Almonte Perth Amboy 24:00.6
192 10027 Brendan Blanchfield Bishop Ahr 24:00.8
193 10055 George Oshauaghnessy Bishop Ahr 24:27.9
194 10460 Jerry Luo Metuchen 24:41.8
195 10028 Don Bobal Bishop Ahr 25:15.7
196 10068 Anthony Sotelo Bishop Ahr 25:17.8
197 10676 Conor Sukhdeo Piscataway 27:10.4
198 10032 James Cicere Bishop Ahr 27:11.5
199 10617 Mario Sazo Perth Amboy 27:17.6
200 10030 Don Brandenburg Bishop Ahr 27:20.6
201 10324 Kaishoo Chen J.P Stevens 28:18.3
202 10061 Neil Rasbury Bishop Ahr 29:16.2

Frosh Boys Results by Place 
Place TmPl No.     First Name   Last Name       School                         Hs-Fros 
===== ==== ======= ============ =============== ============================== =======
1 1 10023 Tim Ball Bishop Ahr 17:30.3
2 2 10874 Luke Sprenger St. Joseph Metuchen 17:54.1
3 3 10748 Brendan Dempsey South Brunswick 18:12.1
4 4 10330 Joel George J.P Stevens 18:14.0
5 5 10856 Santino Cozza St. Joseph Metuchen 18:18.1
6 6 10740 Tilak Balavijayan South Brunswick 18:19.4
7 7 10765 Sean Rogers South Brunswick 18:22.0
8 8 10352 Peter Xing J.P Stevens 18:45.7
9 9 10743 Daniel Boley South Brunswick 18:51.6
10 10 10811 Joe Skwiat South Plainfield 19:07.6
11 11 10770 Justin Sonatore South Brunswick 19:09.4
12 12 10346 Nitin Saxena J.P Stevens 19:11.1
13 13 10753 Jason Jeon South Brunswick 19:14.2
14 14 10245 William Roeder East Brunswick 19:19.1
15 15 10780 Brendan Berry South Plainfield 19:21.9
16 16 10281 William Lesch Edison 19:23.0
17 17 10761 Matthew Paradowski South Brunswick 19:24.0
18 18 10215 Benjamin Belzer East Brunswick 19:29.2
19 19 10244 Benjamin Resch East Brunswick 19:34.7
20 20 10064 Tyler Ringwood Bishop Ahr 19:49.5
21 10755 Ashwin Kommajesula South Brunswick 19:52.8
22 21 10782 Ryan Bors South Plainfield 19:56.9
23 10454 Troy Kanaszka Metuchen 19:58.9
24 10521 Tyler Coe North Brunswick 20:06.0
25 22 10325 Jishen Cheng J.P Stevens 20:21.5
26 10571 Kevin Gaynor Old Bridge 20:22.1
27 23 10875 Michael Von Ohlen St. Joseph Metuchen 20:24.1
28 24 10059 Pat Procaccini Bishop Ahr 20:39.4
29 25 10783 James Butrico South Plainfield 20:45.1
30 10559 Tom Burrows Old Bridge 20:54.8
31 26 10290 Kevin Sookhu Edison 21:00.3
32 10654 Robert Cook Piscataway 21:11.9
33 10900 Steven Cordero Woodbridge 21:13.0
34 27 10338 Adam Lipson J.P Stevens 21:16.3
35 28 10256 Ross Teicher East Brunswick 21:19.8
36 29 10216 Maksim Berger East Brunswick 21:28.3
37 30 10231 Alejandro Herrera East Brunswick 21:35.3
38 10129 Michael Toth Carteret 21:37.1
39 10902 Padraig Gonzalez Woodbridge 21:45.1
40 31 10214 James Anouna East Brunswick 21:56.2
41 32 10037 Kevin Douyon Bishop Ahr 21:58.9
42 33 10275 Stephen Dennis Edison 21:59.9
43 34 10801 Matt Manning South Plainfield 22:01.4
44 10846 Nick Frost Spotswood 22:03.5
45 35 10286 Mike Pulgiano Edison 22:13.3
46 36 10873 Seth Siems St. Joseph Metuchen 22:14.4
47 37 10865 Edward Lubowicki St. Joseph Metuchen 22:14.6
48 38 10058 Andrew Potenski Bishop Ahr 22:20.4
49 39 10871 Richard Pychewicz St. Joseph Metuchen 22:22.1
50 40 10042 Mike Julve Bishop Ahr 22:24.9
51 41 10070 Chris Vergara Bishop Ahr 22:34.3
52 10847 Joh Kowal Spotswood 22:38.8
53 10053 Eugene Ng Bishop Ahr 22:44.8
54 10381 Shabas Clarke J F Kennedy 22:46.0
55 10675 Kevin Sekulich Piscataway 22:46.8
56 10050 Omar Montero Bishop Ahr 22:52.0
57 42 10872 Anthony Ravino St. Joseph Metuchen 22:57.6
58 43 10342 Andrew Noh J.P Stevens 22:58.7
59 44 10273 Patrick Clark Edison 23:01.5
60 10065 Tyler Rothlesburger Bishop Ahr 23:17.6
61 45 10333 Keerthan Harish J.P Stevens 23:20.2
62 10574 Matt Klubeck Old Bridge 23:47.7
63 46 10817 Michael Vega South Plainfield 23:51.3
64 47 10804 Brian Nguyen South Plainfield 23:52.8
65 10047 Zack McAfie Bishop Ahr 23:54.1
66 10021 Chris Abood Bishop Ahr 23:56.3
67 10566 Alex Diaz Old Bridge 24:00.0
68 10336 Kevin Jang J.P Stevens 24:04.2
69 10720 Mike Gualtiere South Amboy 24:44.1
70 10052 Charles Napoles Bishop Ahr 24:59.0
71 10327 Aaron Cuoto J.P Stevens 25:35.3
72 10048 Matt Meoni Bishop Ahr 25:37.8
73 10067 Robert Sanchez Bishop Ahr 25:49.4
74 10716 Nick Bellanich South Amboy 26:02.5
75 10717 Nick Biesiada South Amboy 27:25.6
76 10073 Ken Zhang Bishop Ahr 28:35.7
77 10031 Tim Celis Bishop Ahr 28:50.1
78 10391 James Lenart J F Kennedy 30:08.7
79 10071 Chris Wanser Bishop Ahr 30:46.6
80 10772 Kuhan Umakanthan South Brunswick 32:00.0



Girls

Varsity Girls Results by Place 
Place TmPl No.     First Name   Last Name       School                         Hs-Vg   
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1 1 10003 Angelica Brinkofski Bishop Ahr 18:57.5
2 2 10539 Chelsea Lodato Old Bridge 19:08.2
3 3 10726 Cayla Delpiano South Brunswick 19:17.4
4 4 10437 Elise Brevet Metuchen 19:21.5
5 5 10729 Sophia Ginez South Brunswick 20:02.0
6 6 10735 Lyndsey Sample South Brunswick 20:23.0
7 7 10727 Ashley Edwards South Brunswick 20:24.6
8 8 10737 Jennifer Smilgis South Brunswick 20:26.2
9 9 10013 Michelle Navarro Bishop Ahr 20:28.0
10 10 10682 Erin Fitzgibbons Sayreville 20:33.2
11 11 10686 Shannon McKenna Sayreville 20:33.5
12 12 10831 Brooke Astor Spotswood 20:34.0
13 13 10294 Casey Bauman J.P Stevens 20:35.6
14 10648 Breanne Hollenbach Piscataway 20:38.0
15 14 10262 Ginna Arora Edison 20:43.4
16 15 10205 Alyssa Silver East Brunswick 20:52.5
17 16 10514 Allison McQuillen North Brunswick 20:54.2
18 17 10263 Jillian Eagle Edison 21:02.9
19 18 10889 Melissa King Woodbridge 21:03.2
20 19 10510 Julia Decicco North Brunswick 21:05.0
21 20 10537 Marissa Felicetti Old Bridge 21:10.9
22 21 10299 Maggie Fry J.P Stevens 21:12.6
23 22 10894 Morgan Reinhart Woodbridge 21:13.7
24 23 10731 Kimberley McGrath South Brunswick 21:15.1
25 24 10196 Lesya Kuzmyk East Brunswick 21:17.0
26 25 10736 Amanda Smilgis South Brunswick 21:25.3
27 26 10316 Suneri Shah J.P Stevens 21:27.9
28 27 10416 Brielle Doremus Middlesex 21:28.4
29 28 10839 Nicole Salge Spotswood 21:29.3
30 29 10301 Maryam Haque J.P Stevens 21:32.5
31 30 10006 Chelsea Cullen Bishop Ahr 21:34.8
32 31 10544 Chelsea Mazur Old Bridge 21:36.5
33 32 10840 Hadeer Shwket Spotswood 21:37.5
34 33 10886 Nadia Hernandez Woodbridge 21:39.6
35 34 10512 Amy Head North Brunswick 21:41.2
36 35 10542 Katie Lynch Old Bridge 21:42.2
37 36 10201 Bianca Nfonoyim East Brunswick 21:44.1
38 37 10296 Sarah Chang J.P Stevens 21:45.7
39 38 10543 Christina Marquez Old Bridge 21:48.6
40 39 10271 Julissa Veras Edison 21:53.4
41 40 10136 Lovdeep Kaur Colonia 21:54.1
42 41 10598 Michelle Acevedo Perth Amboy 21:54.9
43 42 10599 Lillian Medoza Perth Amboy 21:57.0
44 43 10189 Lea Chin East Brunswick 21:58.8
45 44 10264 Amanda Ezykowich Edison 22:02.6
46 45 10446 Rachel Walton Metuchen 22:03.5
47 46 10319 Sarah Zhang J.P Stevens 22:10.8
48 47 10016 Chelsea Sheehy Bishop Ahr 22:14.3
49 48 10132 Brittany Ellam Colonia 22:17.4
50 49 10443 Lindsey Michaliszyn Metuchen 22:23.1
51 50 10441 Chelsea Mercurio Metuchen 22:23.3
52 10113 Taijah Walker Carteret 22:24.1
53 51 10833 Florence Chan Spotswood 22:24.9
54 52 10882 Patricia Dobrowski Woodbridge 22:25.6
55 53 10004 Bridget Burns Bishop Ahr 22:28.4
56 54 10005 Christina Butrico Bishop Ahr 22:29.8
57 55 10009 Colleen Hayes Bishop Ahr 22:30.9
58 56 10190 Rachel Christensen East Brunswick 22:32.0
59 10650 Dionna Littles Piscataway 22:34.8
60 57 10298 Jenna Cuzzo J.P Stevens 22:39.2
61 58 10200 Erica Maltby East Brunswick 22:43.7
62 59 10440 Cristina Lombardi Metuchen 22:45.6
63 60 10470 Valine Bogue Monroe 22:53.9
64 61 10192 Erin Donahue East Brunswick 23:00.1
65 62 10364 Hillary Novosedlik J F Kennedy 23:03.5
66 63 10476 Anna Penaherrera Monroe 23:11.9
67 10646 Jennifer Doan Piscataway 23:12.9
68 64 10895 Victoria Steele Woodbridge 23:15.6
69 65 10690 Kathryn Seaman Sayreville 23:18.2
70 66 10535 Cassie Campbell Old Bridge 23:22.4
71 11624 Magda Kubasek New Brunswick 23:27.0
72 67 10267 Samantha Murray Edison 23:31.4
73 68 10877 Marie Blondin Woodbridge 23:31.6
74 10778 Samantha Pukash South Plainfield 23:37.0
75 69 10413 Katie Cirone Middlesex 23:37.6
76 70 10600 Yineisi Gonzales Perth Amboy 23:38.9
77 71 10601 Isabelle Acevedo Perth Amboy 23:39.7
78 72 10411 Ashley Brower Middlesex 23:42.0
79 73 10358 Melissa Majewski J F Kennedy 23:45.7
80 74 10551 Jessica Thomas Old Bridge 23:46.8
81 75 10409 Diane Arlotta Middlesex 23:47.3
82 76 10683 Janice Fronter Sayreville 23:48.0
83 77 10518 Aastha Tandon North Brunswick 23:50.1
84 78 10360 Megan Martinez J F Kennedy 23:55.6
85 79 10503 Megan Arias Mother Seton 23:55.8
86 80 10691 Rebecca Serrano Sayreville 23:58.5
87 81 10710 Aubrey Deleo South Amboy 24:04.2
88 82 10270 Katie Sharp Edison 24:07.5
89 11611 Yeasol Lee Highland Park 24:22.8
90 83 10472 Mariah Garcia Monroe 24:42.5
91 84 10602 Lorraine Nunez Perth Amboy 24:49.0
92 85 10418 Jennifer Jesionka Middlesex 24:51.1
93 86 10820 Brindell Jennings South River 24:56.1
94 87 10604 Jamie Perez Perth Amboy 24:58.8
95 88 10471 Erika Korsack Monroe 25:00.9
96 89 10687 Kristi McKenzie Sayreville 25:01.2
97 90 10412 Krista Campbell Middlesex 25:06.3
98 91 10355 Jane Cho J F Kennedy 25:19.4
99 92 10363 Kaitlyn Murray J F Kennedy 25:20.7
100 93 10376 Betty Tran J F Kennedy 25:27.2
101 10089 Joanna Prumos Cardinal Mccarrick 25:27.5
102 94 10821 Gabrielle Juba South River 25:33.2
103 95 10359 Jillian Martinez J F Kennedy 25:43.6
104 96 10417 Carrie England Middlesex 25:48.1
105 97 10513 Jenna Lonczak North Brunswick 25:48.3
106 10090 Sydney Ransom Cardinal Mccarrick 25:57.8
107 98 10893 Melissa Rack Woodbridge 26:00.5
108 99 10133 Charlotte Figueroa Colonia 26:10.2
109 100 10131 Cynthia Ayala Colonia 26:11.6
110 10088 Shayna O'Connor Cardinal Mccarrick 26:41.5
111 101 10838 Kaitlin MacKnowski Spotswood 26:45.3
112 102 10836 Melaine Groves Spotswood 26:46.0
113 103 10519 Colleen Thiersch North Brunswick 26:50.3
114 104 10508 Ada Yeung Mother Seton 27:00.2
115 105 10134 Kayla Figueroa Colonia 27:01.3
116 106 10137 Jessica Pinto Colonia 27:20.6
117 11613 Jackie Watters Highland Park 27:30.2
118 107 10711 Kim Richmond South Amboy 27:46.1
119 108 10603 Stephanie Dejesus Perth Amboy 28:13.1
120 10111 Clara Castro Carteret 28:14.9
121 109 10822 Susan Lukcas South River 28:21.0
122 110 10504 Julie Howell Mother Seton 28:21.4
123 111 10707 Nicole Acosta South Amboy 28:37.0
124 112 10709 Alice Chiu South Amboy 29:02.7
125 11621 Briana Barlow New Brunswick 29:03.2
126 113 10135 Sylvia Jaroslawski Colonia 29:21.5
127 114 10474 Samantha Mischler Monroe 30:06.3
128 115 10819 Kim Guerriero South River 31:31.4
129 116 10823 Lakira Smith South River 31:51.5
130 10087 Sondra Musialek Cardinal Mccarrick 31:59.8
131 117 10714 Bridget Winkler South Amboy 32:40.6
132 118 10505 Africa Morales Mother Seton 32:44.9
133 11623 Nashiera Kelly New Brunswick 33:24.8
134 119 10507 Deanna St. Louis Mother Seton 33:28.8


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Place TmPl No.     First Name   Last Name       School                         Hs-Jvg  
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1 10738 Emilie Transue South Brunswick 22:08.7
2 10010 Paulina Jones Bishop Ahr 22:40.8
3 1 10186 Veronique Anderson East Brunswick 22:59.1
4 2 10549 Rory Skene Old Bridge 22:59.8
5 3 10292 Anum Azher J.P Stevens 23:03.4
6 10725 Afshan Ahmed South Brunswick 23:11.8
7 4 10291 Kristina Aurelio J.P Stevens 23:13.8
8 5 10540 Tiffany Lui Old Bridge 23:15.8
9 10728 Rebecca Giampolo South Brunswick 23:17.6
10 6 10293 Mahum Azher J.P Stevens 23:18.1
11 7 10309 Ting-Ting Meng J.P Stevens 23:19.6
12 8 10300 Samantha Grabler J.P Stevens 23:33.2
13 9 10545 Nicole Nugent Old Bridge 23:47.2
14 10 10194 Ashley Grabowski East Brunswick 23:58.5
15 11 10295 Jamie Chang J.P Stevens 24:04.6
16 12 10315 Sree Rajendran J.P Stevens 24:15.0
17 13 10208 Samantha Wu East Brunswick 24:18.2
18 14 10448 Maria Zullo Metuchen 24:21.1
19 15 10193 Aleksandra Galkowska East Brunswick 24:39.1
20 10308 Stephanie Liem J.P Stevens 24:42.5
21 10307 Tara Lacson J.P Stevens 24:45.1
22 16 10195 Brooke Kuei East Brunswick 24:47.7
23 17 10444 Meredith Reatz Metuchen 24:54.1
24 10879 Legna Cordero Woodbridge 24:59.5
25 10313 Reena Patel J.P Stevens 25:04.8
26 18 10447 Linda Wang Metuchen 25:05.8
27 10304 Amulya Kattimani J.P Stevens 25:07.3
28 10312 Andrea Park J.P Stevens 25:30.0
29 19 10197 Susan Lasher East Brunswick 25:36.8
30 10685 Ariana Kerchner Sayreville 25:40.5
31 20 10422 Danika Yacik Middlesex 25:43.4
32 21 10436 Micayla Bransfield Metuchen 25:46.4
33 10303 Soderia Kakoulakis J.P Stevens 25:47.9
34 22 10191 Bianca Delvecchio East Brunswick 25:48.8
35 10306 Katrina Labayen J.P Stevens 25:54.8
36 23 10534 Karishma Arora Old Bridge 25:57.4
37 10011 Eckenrode Lauren Bishop Ahr 26:07.3
38 24 10538 Carly Haviland Old Bridge 26:11.2
39 10372 Andrea Samulewski J F Kennedy 26:19.6
40 25 10435 Tory Baran Metuchen 26:23.5
41 26 10408 Lauren Anthony Middlesex 26:34.7
42 10019 Shannon Tietchen Bishop Ahr 26:41.4
43 10732 2-Jun McQueen South Brunswick 27:14.3
44 10511 Melissa Devries North Brunswick 27:19.9
45 10368 Jessica Phan J F Kennedy 27:38.4
46 10318 Vania Wang J.P Stevens 27:45.0
47 10302 Yasmeen Jalili J.P Stevens 28:17.8
48 27 10415 Jenna De Vincentz Middlesex 28:19.3
49 10305 Ashley Kim J.P Stevens 28:38.5
50 10681 Veronica Ferreira Sayreville 29:04.1
51 10377 Karoline Tuason J F Kennedy 29:13.6
52 10314 Queenie Qui J.P Stevens 29:40.7
53 28 10421 Stephaine Ulrichney Middlesex 29:44.5
54 10517 Brianne Stockman North Brunswick 31:21.2
55 10361 Sarah Masperi J F Kennedy 32:28.9
56 10887 Lita Herrick Woodbridge 32:30.0
57 29 10420 Jamie Primeau Middlesex 37:21.8






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Frosh Girls Results by Place 
Place TmPl No.     First Name   Last Name       School                         Hs-Fros 
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1 10730 Melanie Huen South Brunswick 21:57.5
2 10733 Kayla Noll South Brunswick 22:17.8
3 10317 Maxine Wagenhoffer J.P Stevens 22:48.7
4 10773 Casey Butrico South Plainfield 22:59.4
5 1 10002 Kristen Barlow Bishop Ahr 23:09.1
6 2 10198 Rachel Lee East Brunswick 23:15.6
7 3 10209 Samantha Young East Brunswick 23:42.7
8 11601 Becky Turlip Dunellen 23:55.0
9 10734 Kelly Prince South Brunswick 24:06.9
10 10892 Valerie Pugh Woodbridge 24:21.0
11 10776 Miranda Garcia South Plainfield 24:23.3
12 4 10206 Rebecca Tilbor East Brunswick 24:32.1
13 10645 Emily Convery Piscataway 24:36.0
14 10546 Olla Olabi Old Bridge 24:38.9
15 10548 Lisa Savarese Old Bridge 24:54.3
16 5 10014 Megan O'Donnell Bishop Ahr 24:58.3
17 6 10015 Stephanie Raspa Bishop Ahr 25:09.7
18 10516 Harsha Seelam North Brunswick 25:25.0
19 7 10008 Kaitlyn Feeley Bishop Ahr 25:36.4
20 10445 Jackie Thomas Metuchen 26:07.5
21 8 10012 Emilieclaire Miller Bishop Ahr 26:22.1
22 9 10203 Brittani Parrino East Brunswick 26:35.0
23 10 10020 Brittany Walker Bishop Ahr 26:37.5
24 10739 Amanda Walters South Brunswick 26:46.3
25 11600 Alexandra Griffitts Dunellen 26:59.1
26 10647 Aya Elgendy Piscataway 27:12.9
27 10890 Kelly Lanigan Woodbridge 27:14.4
28 11 10188 Sichang Chen East Brunswick 27:52.2
29 10651 Erin Moiser Piscataway 27:58.3
30 12 10007 Shelby Decarlo Bishop Ahr 28:24.5
31 13 10207 Anna Vesely East Brunswick 29:09.0
32 10888 Sophia Jose Woodbridge 29:53.7
33 14 10199 Jennifer Lu East Brunswick 30:58.0
34 10210 Sophia Zhao East Brunswick 31:21.9
35 10110 Alyssa Avent Carteret 32:00.0




PREVIEW


When Sophia Ginez began experiencing slight pain in her knee while preparing for the Stewart Memorial in the last week of September, she had no idea that it was her first indicator that she could miss a chance to defend her title as Greater Middlesex Conference individual champion a month later.

Ginez, a junior at South Brunswick, would love to lead her team, No. 18 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, to a third straight team title.

But the pain in Ginez' knee eventually knocked her out of the Shore Coaches Invitational mid-race Oct. 4 at Holmdel Park. Now it is uncertain if Ginez will feel strong enough to defend her title when the GMC meet convenes on Saturday at Thompson Park in Jamesburg.

The boys race is at 2:30 p.m. and the girls follows at 3 p.m.

"I've been out for a month, so it's hard to gauge how my knee is feeling," Ginez said. "I give myself more than a 50 percent chance of running Saturday, just from the sheer fact that I want to be out there. My knee is definitely better than it was before, but there's a lot of unknown."

Ginez was cleared for light running Oct. 23 and has run every day since but has not taken part in any team workouts. Since the Shore Coaches meet, she has been busy with pool running, bike workouts and physical therapy two times a week. In fact, it is questionable whether she will even run the rest of the cross-country season.

"I was having a pretty good season so it's been kind of upsetting watching the team," Ginez said. "If I do go out it will be about helping the team and not focusing on an individual role."

Ginez is confident that without her services, South Brunswick is strong enough to bring home the team trophy again. Freshman Cayla DelPiano has done an unbelievable job as the team's front-runner. On Oct. 18, she led her team to a third-place finish in the Old Bridge Classic A Division race with a fifth-place time of 19:21 at Thompson Park.

"It might be a little intimidating for Cayla without me up there with her, but I think she knows what she's doing out there," Ginez said. "We have a great chance (to repeat). In our dual meets we've shown we can match up against any team in the conference and put up a solid five."

Meanwhile, Maanek Kumar is favored to end a long drought for Piscataway in the boys race. He and teammate Phil Awich have a chance for a rare 1-2 finish.

Piscataway has not crowned an individual champion at the GMC meet since Dan Belford in 1980.

"It would be a great honor to win," Kumar said. "I've seen all these runners before and there are some fast guys in the county. But I feel like I'm ready to run fast and I'd like to get close to 16 flat. If I do that, I should have a good chance at winning."

If Kumar and Awich can finish 1-2, they would duplicate a feat accomplished by Piscataway in 1979 when Bob Robinson was first and Belford second.

"I'm not going say what we will do, but I wouldn't put it past us," Kumar said. "We have a shot at it."

A victory by Kumar or Awich or anyone else not from Old Bridge would end a streak of five straight individual champions from Old Bridge. The last runner not from Old Bridge to cross first was Alex Shatskov of East Brunswick in 2002.

Kumar, who was just 20th at the GMC meet last year, has enjoyed a breakout senior season. He owns the fastest time of any Middlesex County runner at Thompson Park this season (16:25), and he is the only county runner to break 17 minutes at Holmdel Park (16:45).

"I ran 4:27 for the mile twice in track last spring and that really gave me a lot of confidence heading into my summer training," Kumar said. "I've worked real hard and I was determined to have a strong season in cross country."

While it appears that Old Bridge's streak of individual champions will end, its team winning streak should continue. It is No. 8 in The Star-Ledger Top 20 and has earned two straight county titles and eight of the last nine.






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