Notre Dame NJ boys reclaim US#1
with 7:51.39 win over Mumford Detroit MI 7:52.56 US#2.
The Irish get their plaques from Dr. Norb Sander,
president of the New York Armory Track and Field Center. From
left, Jeff Zodda, Jerry DiColo, Dan Napiecek, and Esteban Olivarez.
Stats of the race
Leg
|
Lap
|
Cum
|
Leader
|
Lap
|
400
|
800
|
1
|
1
|
0:27.5
|
South Shore
|
27.5
|
|
|
|
2
|
0:57.0
|
Fordham
|
29.5
|
57.0
|
|
|
3
|
1:27.2
|
Fordham
|
30.2
|
|
|
|
4
|
1:57.9
|
Notre Dame
|
30.7
|
60.9
|
1:57.9
|
2
|
1
|
2:25.5
|
Notre Dame
|
27.6
|
|
|
|
2
|
2:55.4
|
Notre Dame
|
29.9
|
57.5
|
|
|
3
|
3:25.9
|
St. Peter's
|
30.5
|
|
|
|
4
|
3:56.8
|
St. Peter's
|
30.9
|
61.4
|
1:58.9
|
3
|
1
|
4:26.1
|
South Shore
|
29.3
|
|
|
|
2
|
4:55.8
|
South Shore
|
29.7
|
59.0
|
|
|
3
|
5:26.4
|
South Shore
|
30.6
|
|
|
|
4
|
5:57.3
|
Notre Dame
|
30.9
|
61.5
|
2:00.5
|
4
|
1
|
6:23.9
|
Notre Dame
|
26.6
|
|
|
|
2
|
6:52.4
|
Notre Dame
|
28.5
|
55.1
|
|
|
3
|
7:22.0
|
Notre Dame
|
29.6
|
|
|
|
4
|
7:51.39
|
Notre Dame
|
29.4
|
59.0
|
1:54.1
|
Story of the race
Notre Dame NJ, which lost its US#1 ranking to Willingboro NJ at
Eastern States here on Tuesday, won it back in decisive fashion
tonight. After several lead changes, Jerry DiColo got Notre Dame
back in front to stay on the last turn of the third leg. Then Jeff
Zodda threw a 55.1 punch in the first half of the anchor leg to
seal the victory. Mumford Detroit rallied on the last lap to get
second. The first seven teams now rank in the top 10 in the US in
the DyeStat Elite 2002 indoor
lists.
Fordham Prep leads in 1st leg
|
St. Peters in 2nd leg
|
South Shore in 3rd leg
|
|
Jeff Zodda finishes it off for Notre
Dame
and gets high fives from the crowd.
|
BOYS 4X800
1 Notre Dame HS 7:51.39 US#1
2 Mumford HS 7:52.56 US#2
3 Fordham Prep 7:53.85 US#4
4 Willingboro HS 7:54.01 US#5
5 South Shore HS 7:54.66 US#6
6 St. Benedict's Prep 7:58.03 US#8
7 Midwood HS 7:59.04 US#10
8 St. Peter's HS 7:59.79
9 Mt. St. Michael HS 8:01.35
10 Don Bosco Prep 8:01.82
11 St. Francis Prep 8:03.88
12 Chaminade HS 8:07.01
13 Archbishop Molloy HS 8:09.37
USA National Indoor Championships
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