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Bergen County Meet of Champs

US #1's in the pentathlon for Heather Gearity (Rutherford) and Joe Vargas (Paramus)

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - Armory Track & Field Center, New York, NY


Results - Boys - Girls
courtesy of Paul Schwartz
200 meter banked Mondo

Photo Galleries - Boys Action - Girls Action


Highlights
  • The meet had to re-scheduled a few days which resulted in some of the local stars not taking part, but for a few it was a chance to put thier names in the record books.
  • New US #1's in the pentathlon by Rutherford' s  Heather Gearity 3044 points (also a meet record) and Joe Vargas, Paramus, 3,216 points
  • Diane Bain (Ramsey) came from behind to run the fastest time in NJ in the 600 with a 1:36.6 clocking
  • Meet records included Jenni Zymet (Paramus) a 57.3 in the 400, Erin McKenna (Ramapo) 2:57.8 in the 1000 meters - #7 on the dyestat metro elite list, Michelle Farve (Saddle Brook) 11' 6" in the pole vault, and Greg Hoffman (Park Ridge) 14' 6" in the pole vault

Results

Boys
55: 1. Raldaine McDonald, Englewood, 7.2; 2. Conroy Walker, Hackensack, 6.4; 3. Al Artesona, Glen Rock, 6.5; 4. Kwaun Williams, St. Joseph, 6.6; 5. Oswald Welcome, Englewood, 6.6; 6. Casey Pleasants, Teaneck, 6.7.

55 HH: 1. Brandon Hambric, Teaneck, 7.5; 2. Dan Chediak, Fort Lee, 7.7; 3. Travis Lloyd, Dumont, 7.7; 4. Chris Goins, Teaneck, 8.1; 5. Andrew Dyer, Demarest, 8.1; 6. Renell Sadang, Bergenfield, 8.1.

300: 1. Will Ring, Bergen Catholic, 35.5; 2. Jake Hubschman, Demarest, 36.4; 3. InSoo Hwang, Ridgewood, 36.6; 4. Corey Crawford, Indian Hills, 36.9; 5. 5. Adam Zuniga, Garfield, 36.8; 6. Billy Griffith Don Bosco, 37.0.

400: 1. Corey Caidenhead, Bergenfield, 49.9; 2. Keegan Carter, Paramus Catholic, 50.6; 3. Hesham Azzam, Teaneck, 50.6; 4.Kendell Jones, Englewood, 51.9; 5. Andrew Sargeant, Englewood, 52.0; 6. John Burke, Ramapo, 52.4.

600: 1. Bill Leonard, Bergen Catholic, 1:24.0; 2. Ryan McVeigh, River Dell, 1:24.3; 3. Troy Coonrad, Ramsey, 1:27.0; 4. Wilson Bailey, Englewood, 1:27.3; 5. Brian Cleary, Ridgewood, 1:29.0; 6. Malcolm Carter, St. Joseph Regional, 1:29.2.

800: 1. Dayne Mosconi, Tenafly, 1:59.2; 2. Matiss Batarags, Northern Highlands, 2:00.5; 3. Tom Bohlin, Bergen Catholic, 2:01.3; 4. Jeremy Vasquez, Fort Lee, 2:02.5; 5. Mo Gadalla, Ramapo, 2:02.6; 6. Wilson Bailey, Englewood, 2:04.9.

1,000: 1. Tommy Gaidus, Northern Highlands, 2:35.2; 2. Da’Von Robinson, Paramus Catholic, 2:37.0; 3. Pat Rochford, Bogota, 2:38.4; 4. Ryan Arnold, Rutherford, 2:40.5; 5. Joel Douglas, Hackensack, 2:41.3; 6. Dan McNeely, Bergen Catholic, 2:44.8.

1,600: 1. Brendan Offer, Don Bosco, 4:31.1; 2. D.J. Puleo, Pascack Hills, 4:32.2; 3. Andreas Kellas, Bergen Tech, 4:36.0; 4. Nick Ward, Indian Hills, 4:39.1; 5. Sean Martyn, Ridgewood, 4:41.4; 6. Nick Mendolia, Don Bosco, 4:42.0.

3,200: 1. Howie Rosas, Don Bosco, 9:44.5; 2. Mike Obsuth, Fair Lawn, 10:07.6; 3. Sean Farrell, Fair Lawn, 10:11.2; 4. Louie Schiedeler, Westwood, 10:14.7; 5. Alan Zaccone, Mahwah, 10:15.4; 6. Nick Ferrentino, Old Tappan, 10:17.2.

Shot put: 1. Eric Van Dunk, Mahwah, 53-3 ¾; 2. Patrick Cole, Hasbrouck Heights, 53-2; 3. Mike Reilly, Old Tappan, 51-4; 4. Brandon Victorino, Hackensack, 48-8 ½; 5. Jordan Mistretta, Ramsey, 48-6; 6. Travis Malave, Hasbrouck Heights, 48-5.

High jump: 1. Tommy DeVita, Ridgewood, 6-0; 2. John Engel, Old Tappan, 5-10; 3. Mike McNicholas, Bergen Catholic, 5-10; 4. tie between Corey Crawford, Indian Hills and Cyrano Parson, Teaneck, 5-10; 6. tie between Kevin Connoll, River Dell, Zach Davenport, Wood-Ridge and Abdel Ngoan, Bergen Tech, 5-6.

Long jump: 1. Conroy Walker, Hackensack, 21-11; 2. Ackeme Brown, Englewood, 21-6 ¼; 3. Kwaun Williams, St. Joseph, 21-5 ¼; 4. Angel Lora, Garfield, 20-9 ½; 5. Travis Lloyd, Dumont, 20-9 ½; 6. Dahn Pratt, Teaneck, 20-8 ¾.

Triple jump: 1. Angel Lora, Garfield, 42-11 ¾; 2. Conroy Walker, Hackensack, 42-10 ½; 3. Kwaun Williams, St. Joseph, 42-4 ½; 4. Lawrence Banton, Hackensack, 42-3 ½; 5. Bryan Rogers, Englewood, 41-8 ¾; 6. Naitik Vaghasia, Paramus, 41-2 ¼.

Pole vault
: 1. Greg Hoffman, Park Ridge, 14-6 (record, old record, 14-0 by Greg Stripe, Mahwah, 2007); 2. Scott Weismiller, Don Bosco, 13-0; 3. Dan Chediak, Fort Lee, 12-6; Garrett LaCroce, Park Ridge, 12-0; 5. Simon Im, Ramapo, 11-0; 6. Yaniv Sofer, Demarest, 11-0.

4-x-400 relay: 1. Bergen Catholic (Bill Leonard, Pat Ringelstein, Tarique Gray, Will Ring), 3:26.6; 2. Englewood, 3:27.0; 3. Rutherford, 3:34.0; 4. Ridgewood, 3:34.4; 5. River Dell, 3:37.3; 6. Ramsey, 3:37.6.

Pentathlon: 1. Joe Vargas, Paramus, 3,216 points (7.5 HH; 32-1 ¾ SP; 5-10 HJ; 18-6 ½ LJ; 2:52.0 1,000); 2. James Doherty, Tenafly, 3,087; 3. Justin Schneider, Paramus Catholic, 2,984; 4. Andrew Sloves, Fair Lawn, 2,918; 5. Chris Engel, Old Tappan, 2,888; 6. Walter Derrig-Fennell, Fort Lee, 2,646
Girls
55: 1. Serenity Martin, IHA, 7.2; 2. Jessica Altamira, Paramus, 7.2; 3. Katie Landrigan, Rutherford, 7.3; 4. Colleen Murphy, Westwood, 7.5; 5. Kim Nagotko, Mahwah, 7.6; 6. Giulianna Germinaro, Holy Angels, 7.6.

55 HH: 1. Tiffany Evangelou, IHA, 8.5; 2. Kirsten Bowens, Mahwah, 8.9; 3. Gina Germinaro, Old Tappan, 9.1; 4. Stephanie Carnevale, River Dell, 9.2; 5. Katelyn Ary, Demarest, 9.2; 6. Mbalu Keita, Teaneck, 9.6.

300: 1. Myasia Jacobs, Paramus Catholic, 41.7; 2. Katie Landrigan, Rutherford, 43.7; 3. Katie Johnston, Indian Hills, 44.4; 4. Chelsea Davis, Hackensack, 44.5; 5. Taylor Michella, IHA, 45.1; 6. Molly Cohan, Mahwah, 45.5.

400: 1. Jenni Zymet, Paramus, 57.3 (record, old record, 57.6 by Dana Riley, Teaneck, 1993); 2. Victoria Mold, Mahwah, 1:00.1; 3. Aderonke Bakare, 1:00.7; 4. Tori Roth, River Dell, 1:00.8; 5. Ceili Brennan, Westwood, 1:01.1; 6. Toni Gatchalian, Tenafly, 1:02.0.

600: 1. Diane Bain, Ramsey, 1:36.6; 2. Michelle McCourt, IHA, 1:38.5; 3. Christine Spilka, Old Tappan, 1:39.8; 4. Kayla Savage, Indian Hills, 1:40.0; 5. Catherine Buckley, Ridgewood, 1:40.3; 6. Kristen Gray, Park Ridge, 1:45.7.

800: 1. Julie Sinkovitz, IHA, 2:13.8; 2. Julieanne Fontana, Pascack Hills, 2:19.1; 3. Jenni Zymet, Paramus, 2:21.2; 4. Katelyn Ary, Demarest, 2:24.7; 5. Lizzie Rosenberger, Ramsey, 2:27.8; 6. Amanda Jones, Saddle River Day, 2:28.3.

1,000: 1. Erin McKenna, Ramapo, 2:57.8 (record, old record, 2:58.4 by Erin Henry, Glen Rock, 2002); 2. Suzana Markolovic, Holy Angels, 3:06.0; 3. Maggie Loudon, Old Tappan, 3:10.5; 4. Katie Sylvester, Holy Angels, 3:11.6; 5. Torey Middleton, Ridgewood, 3:12.8; 6. Natalie Rowland, Mahwah, 3:13.0.

1,600: 1. Charlotte Tregelles, Northern Highlands, 5:21.7; 2. Sarah Polansky, Indian Hills, 5:26.3; 3. Kasia Gawryluk, Wood-Ridge, 5:40.2; 4. Katie Vandervalk, Glen Rock, 5:42.0; 5. Rebecca Fortoul, Hasbrouck Heights, 5:43.2; 6. Courtney Schofield, Ridgewood, 5:45.0.

3,200: 1. Alex Clinton, Ramsey, 11:28.8; 2. Mary Kaye Duff, IHA, 11:31.2; 3. Teresa Gagliostro, Westwood, 11:50.4; 4. Lily Rutler, Ramapo, 12:00.3; 5. Jill Rothschild, Demarest, 12:20.0; 6. Sarah Hyman, River Dell, 12:23.1.

Shot put: 1. Shannon Sullivan, IHA, 39-7; 2. Ashley Sims, Paramus Catholic, 39-6; 3. Kathryn Hirsch, Demarest, 39-5 ½; 4. Taylor Stever, Rutherford, 38-2 ¾; 5. Olivia Wade, Paramus Catholic, 38-1 ¾; 6. Angela Acosta, Bergenfield, 37-3 ½.

High jump: 1. Khyla Bailey, Paramus Catholic, 5-2; 2. Allie Ritchards, Mahwah, 5-0; 3. Rachel Watkins, Indian Hills, 5-0; 4. tie between Marie Minasi, Holy Angels, and Shelisa Campbell, Hackensack, 4-10; 6. Deirdre Kane, Rutherford, 4-10.

Long jump: 1. Kristen Brown, Englewood, 18-4; 2. Jackie Geitz, Old Tappan, 17-1; 3. Kirsten Bowens, Mahwah, 17-0; 4. Marie Minasi, Holy Angels, 16-7; 5. Tiffany Evangelou, IHA, 16-7; 6. Gina Carlino, IHA, 16-6 ½.

Triple jump: 1. Kirsten Bowens, Mahwah, 36-11 ½; 2. Marie Minasi, Holy Angels, 36-0; 3. Kristen Brown, Englewood, 35-0 ½; 4. Tiffany Evangelou, IHA, 34-10 ¾; 5. Tara Keegan, Westwood, 33-11; 6. Amanda Polifrone, Rutherford, 33-3 ½.

Pole vault: 1. Michelle Favre, Saddle Brook, 11-6 (record, old record, 11-0 by Anne Polcari, Ridgewood, 2008); 2. Kayla Polcari, Ridgewood, 9-6; 3. Robin Lee, Ridgewood, 9-6; 4. Ashley Walker, Mahwah, 9-6; 5. Ramelle Brown, Ridgewood, 9-6; 6. tie between Hillary Felice, River Dell and Melinda Rothman, Mahwah, 9-0.

4-x-400 relay: 1. IHA (Kat McCurdy, Serenity Martin, Michelle McCourt, Julie Sinkovitz), 4:04.6; 2. Westwood, 4:08.9; 3. Ridgewood, 4:12.5; 4. Holy Angels, 4:13.2; 5. tie between River Dell and Hasbrouck Heights, 4:14.9.

Pentathlon: 1. Heather Gearity, Rutherford, 3044 points (record, old record, 2996 by Cristina Law, Ridgewood, 2007) (8.6 HH; 26-0 ½ SP; 5-2 HJ; 16-1 ¼ LJ; 2:34.7 800).

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