Brian Leung NJ 12:18 is fastest time of the day. Don Bosco 79 edges DyeStat NY #3 Warwick Valley 93. left, Brian Leung photo by John Nepolitan Boys Varsity F Report - by Matt Soja When two weeks ago, Warwick Valley NY and Don Bosco Prep NJ won their respective divisions at the Warwick Mania meet, the New Yorkers had a significantly better team average, so they were considered the favorites when the two teams finally clashed head-to-head. But reality quickly nullified these predictions, and on Saturday afternoon, it quickly became apparent that Bosco came out on top. Although WV had a solid pack, putting its entire top 5 under 13:25 and into the top 25 in the race, it was the spectacular performance of Bosco’s top harriers that gave them the win. Rob Molke’s 12:41.0 gave him third place and Anthony Belgiovine’s 12:54.0 gave him eighth. Since WV did not have anyone in the top ten, and the third, fourth and fifth runners from each team finished close to each other, Bosco won this affair by a comfortable margin of 79-93. The team averages were 13:07.0 for Bosco and 13:11.7 for WV. The New Jerseyans were not even ranked in the region before this weekend, but will surely be now, and very high at that. But the real story of this race was the stunning 12:17.9 clocking by Brian Leung of West Windsor Plainsboro South NJ. The Central Jersey senior said he was very surprised at his victory over Peter Dorrell of Blacksburg VA (ranked #14 in the United States) and especially at his time, which put him at #8 on the all-time VCP 2.5 mile list, ahead of such names as Alan Webb, Marty Liquori, and Alberto Salazar. This performance could mean a very exciting battle at the New Jersey Meet of Champions between Leung and Doug Smith, and Craig Forys’s Holmdel course record from last year could be in jeopardy.

 1 Don Bosco 79  
129 2 Warwick Valley 93  
130 3 Monsignor Donovan 189  
131 4 Guilderland 197  
132 5 Cornwall 197  
133 6 West Windsor-Plainsboro S. 214  
134 7 Blacksburg 232  
135 8 Saratoga 324  
136 9 Xavier, Ct 334  
137 10 Manalapan 338  
138 11 Sherwood 344  
139 12 Somers 367  
140 13 Hauppauge 375  
141 14 Westhill 378  
142 15 Damascus 413  
143 16 Council Rock So 428  
144 17 Sachem east 444  
145 18 Msgr. Farrell 446  
146 19 MSIT 510  
147 20 William Floyd 548  


1 Brian Leung West Windsor Plainsboro South 12:17.88  
2 Peter Dorell Blacksburg 12:20.07  
3 Rob Molke Don Bosco 12:40.98  
4 Bobby Andrews Manalapan 12:43.47  
5 Demetri Goutos Saratoga 12:44.28  
6 Forrest Misenti Xavier CT 12:47.35  
7 Colin Anderson Cornwall 12:53.09  
8 Anthony Belglovine Don Bosco 12:53.97  
9 Roland Graves Guilderland 12:54.71  
10 Ian Clerkin Cornwall 12:55.26  
11 Ted Brinkofski Bishop Ahr 12:57.45  
12 Alex Leuchanka Warwick Valley 12:58.85  
13 Ray Coles Monsignor Donovan 13:01.46  
14 Joe Brancale MSIT 13:02.06  
15 George Johnson Monsignor Donovan 13:04.44  
16 Dan Prial Warwick Valley 13:04.78  
17 Mike Fox Warwick Valley 13:06.92  
18 Leighton  Don Bosco 13:12.94  
19 Dylan Conway Hauppauge 13:15.19  
20 Wil Zahorodry Damascus 13:17.37  
21 Andrew Corcoran Westhill 13:19.64  
22 Rafael Vargas Don Bosco 13:20.37  
23 Greg Miniger Warwick Valley 13:23.57  
24 Russell Speoden Sherwood 13:23.87  
25 Brad Ackerman Warwick Valley 12:24.36  
26 Mike Bertocctti Parsippany Hills 13:25.37  
27 Kyle Balderson Sherwood 13:26.34  
28 Howard Rosas Don Bosco 13:26.61  
29 Sean Keefe Council Rock South 13:29.65  
30 Kevin Foy West Windsor Plainsboro South 13:31.34