Pomperaug Cross Country: October 2011

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Class L Meet

The Class L Championship meet is still on. The bus is at 9:00. The boys race at 9:10 and the girls race at 9:40.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Congratulations on a very good day at the SWC championships at Bethel High School. Both the boys and girls finished 3rd in the meet with very strong showings.

Brittany Mendelson lead the way with her second consecutive SWC championship. Brittany became the 7th girl in conference history to win two titles. Brittany was followed in her race by Erin Gibbons (16th), Sara Greco (20th), Gabby Holguin (26th), Sarah Qadir (35th), Alicia Cascella (44th), and Marina Alfonso (60th).

Troy Volanth lead the boys with a 10th place finish. Troy was followed by Jason Oemcke (11th), Evan Oemcke (15th), Jackson Burzynski (29th), Jon Novitski (30th), Sam DePalma (33rd), and Adam Castles (52nd)

Kelly Gaffney won the Girls JV race. Congratulations on your first win.

Tom DePalma lead the boys with a 13th place finish.

Here are the results:
Boys' Varisty
Girls' Varsity
Boys' JV
Girls' JV

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Bus Times for SWC championships

Unfortunately, we only have one bus for the SWC championships. The bus will pick up the girls and boys varsity first, drop them off at Bethel, and then come back to pick up boys JV.

The entire girls team and the boys varsity team is being dismissed at 1:30 from class. Your bus is at 1:45.

The boys JV is being picked up at 3:00. Be ready at 2:50 in front of the big gym.

SWC Championship Postponned until Friday

Due to the condition of the course, the SWC championships have been moved to Friday, October 21. The times are still the same:

Girls' JV - 3:30
Boys' Varsity - 4:00
Girls' Varsity - 4:30
Boys' JV - 5:00

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Nonnewaug Invitational Results

Congratulations on a good day at the Nonnewaug Invitational. Both the boys and girls finished second (with the boys losing on a tie breaker). Alicia Cascella lead it off by winning the girl's JV race. Steve Davis was 2nd in the boy's JV race. Brittany Mendelson was 4th in the girl's varsity race and Troy Volanth was fifth in the boy's varsity race. Congratulations!

Here is a link to the results: http://www.fasttrackcoaching.net/timing/Results/2011-NONNEWAUG-INVITATIONAL-RESULTS.txt

Friday, October 14, 2011

Nonnewaug Invitational Information

The Nonnewaug Invitational is on Saturday, October 15. Here is the itenerary:

1:00 - bus leaves from PHS
2:30 - Girls' JV race
3:00 - Boys' JV race
3:45 - Girls' Varsity race
4:15 - Boys' Varsity race

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

2nd Home Meet Results

Today the Pomperaug Cross Country team finished its dual meet season with losses to Newtown and wins against Notre Dame and Lauralton Hall. The boys finished their season with a record of 12-2 while the girls finished with a record of 11-4. Congratulations on good dual meet records.

The boys were lead by Jason Oemke's 3rd place finish of 17:18. This was only five seconds off the sophomore course record set by Colin McCrory in 2008. Jason was followed by Jackson Burzynski (8th), Troy Volanth (9th), Jon Novitski (13th), Adam Castles (14th), Evan Oemcke (15th), and Sam DePalma (21st).

The girls were lead by Brittany Mendelson's 2nd place finish of 20:01. Brittany was followed by Erin Gibbons (4th), Sara Greco (9th), Gabby Holguin (10th), Sarah Ollayos (12th), Sarah Qadir (14th), and Marina Alfonso (15th).

Good luck on Saturday at the Nonnewaug Invitational.

Results can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7970671/Cross%20Country/Results%202011.xls

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

1st Home Meet Results

Congratulations to everybody on a good day at the races today. Both the boys and girls won their races. Nice job. Troy won his first high school race ever while Brittany won her second race in a row. Congratulations. Here are the race results. I'll post the traditional format later on.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7970671/Cross%20Country/10-4%20results.xls

Top 10 Class Championship Finishes

1 Ann Cullagh 1985 (M) 14:09 So
1 Joe Carpisassi 1994 (MM) 16:34 Jr
1 Brittany Mendelson 2011 (L) 19:34 Jr
2 Ann Cullagh 1986 (M) 15:17 Jr
2 Joe Carpisassi 1993 (M) 17:01 So
2 Kevin Somok 1999 (MM) 16:34 Sr
2 Brittany Mendelson 2010 (L) 19:42 So
3 Ann Cullagh 1987 (M) 15:29 Sr
3 John Chesto 1988 (M) 17:46 Sr
3 Shane Kearns 1996 (MM) 17:23 Jr
4 Marnie Bartolomeo 1987 (M) 15:32 So
4 Colin McCrory 2010 (L) 16:38 Sr
4 Sean McLaughlin 1988 (M) 16:46 Jr
4 Jeanne Theleen 2008 (L) 19:44 Sr
5 Jeanne Theleen 2007 (L) 17:00 Jr
5 Justin Lynch 1993 (M) 17:17 So
5 Justin Lynch 1994 (MM) 17:03 Jr
5 Brittany Mendelson 2009 (L) 20:15 Fr
6 Brett Romano 1996 (MM) 17:08 Sr
6 Joe Carpisassi 1991 (M) 17:17 Fr
6 Nicole Goode 1989 (M) 16:31 Jr
6 Shane Kearns 1997 (MM) 17:50 Sr
7 Jeanne Theleen 2006 (L) 16:56 So
7 Sarah Rosasco 1996 (MM) 17:10 Jr
7 Sara Greco 2009 (L) 20:16 So
8 Jon Bauer 2010 (L) 16:49 Sr
8 Brendan McNeish 2003 (MM) 16:51 Sr
8 Colin McCrory 2009 (L) 17:19 Jr
8 Sean McLaughlin 1989 (M) 18:22 Sr
9 Kevin Somok 1997 (MM) 17:54 So
note: girls ran 4k until 2007, run 5k 2008 - present

Top 5 SWC Championship Finishes

1 Jeanne Theleen 2006 15:49 So
1 Jeanne Theleen 2005 16:10 Fr
1 Kevin Somok 1999 16:25 Sr
1 Shane Kearns 1996 16:34 Jr
1 Brittany Mendelson 2010 18:38 So
1 Brittany Mendelson 2011 19:48.9 Jr
2 Colin McCrory 2010 15:35 Sr
2 Jeanne Theleen 2008 19:45 Sr
2 Brittany Mendelson 2009 19:54 Fr
3 Brett Romano 1996 15:50 Sr
3 Jeanne Theleen 2007 15:57 Jr
3 Lizzie Nyitray 1999 16:33 Sr
3 Rob Rosasco 2001 16:46 Sr
3 Sara Greco 2009 19:59 So
4 Sara Rosasco 1997 15:46 Sr
5 Jon Bauer 2010 15:59 Sr
5 Sara Rosasco 1996 16:00 Jr
5 John Critelli 2002 16:36 Jr
5 Kasey Sullivan 2002 16:39 Fr
5 Kevin Somok 1997 16:40 So
5 Colin McCrory 2009 17:06 Jr
5 Tim Gannon 1996 17:07 So
note: girls ran 4k until 2007, run 5k 2008 - present

Pomperaug Cross Country Hall of Fame

Dave Ahearn - '82 Captain, 3yrs Varsity. Held 4 school records.
Tim Dillistin - '82 Captain, 3yrs varsity. Set old course record.
Clare Bean - '81. 1st PHS qualifier for Class M. Set 3 school records.
Mike Kepics - '84 Capt. In four years, never missed a race or finished out of our top 5.
Ray Peterson - '86 Capt. 3yrs varsity. Set old course record. Team's lead runner 36 races.
Ken Schielke - '86 Capt. Tied/won 11 races. Ran at SCSU.
Ann Cullagh - '85-86-87 Capt. 3 times WCC champion. Set old course record. Undefeated in 33 dual meets over 3 seasons. 1985 Class M State Champion, 2nd in 0pens. 3 times All-State. Set 5 conference course records. Ran at Fordham University
Rob Johnson - '88 Capt. Co-designer/builder of home course. Ran at Marist College
Jon Chesto - '88 Capt. Co-designer/builder of home course. Tied Old course record. Won Woodbury Inv. New Haven 20K, 3rd Class M & WCC. Ran at Weslyan University
Sean McLaughlin - '89 Capt. Won Woodbury Inv. All Class M.
Marnie Bartolomeo - '88-89 Capt. of 2 state championship teams. In 4yrs, never finished out of top 4 on team. Winner of 13 dual meets, 1987 Woodbury Inv.
Nicole Goode - '90 Capt. 1989 6th in Class M & WCC. Won 9 dual meet races. Ran at Smith College.
Loree Maloney - '90 Capt. 4yrs varsity runner. Finished in our top 5 of every race. 3 times ran in state opens. Ran at SCSU
Kristen White - '91 Capt. 4yrs varsity runner. 4 times qualified for state opens.
Jennifer Kearny - '93 Capt. Home course record. Ran at SCSU.
Joe Carpisassi - '93-94 Capt. Home course/WCC course record. '92-93-94 WCC champion and All-State. '93 4th at State Opens, All-New England (14th). 1st place in 26 dual meets, '93 winner Woodbury Inv., '94 winner Bethel Inv., '94 Class MM Champion. Ran at University of Maryland and North Carolina.
Justin Lynch - '94 Capt. WCC 3rd '93, 4th '94, Class M 5th '93, Class MM 5th '94.
Mike Tegler - '94. 4 years varisty. WCC 9th '94, 14th '93, 8th '92.
Brett Romano - '96 Capt. SWC 3rd '96, Class MM '6th. Ran at Colorado.
Shane Kearns - '97 Capt. 4 years varsity. Class MM 6th '97, '96 1st SWC, 3rd Class MM. 1st in 22 dual meets
Sara Rosasco - '97 Capt. All-State, 4th SWC '97, 10th Class MM '96, 5th SWC '96, 7th Class MM '97. 1st in 22 dual meets.
Tim Gannon - '98 Capt. SWC twice top 8, 4 times varsity, home course record '98.
Lizzie Nyitray - '99 All-State '99 (8th Class MM), All-SWC '99 (4th), 1st in 14 dual meet races. Ran at Boston College.
Kevin Somok - 99 Capt. All-State '99 (2nd Class MM), SWC Champion '99, 2nd in Wickham seeded race '99, 35th in New Englands, 1st in 14 dual meet races. Ran at Notre Dame
Casey Cole - '99 Capt. 6th SWC '99, All-State '99 (8th Class MM)
Rob Rosasco - '01 Capt. All-SWC '01 (3rd), 2nd at Windham Inv, 2nd at Nonnewaug, 12th Class L. Ran at Kansas.
Brenden McNeish - '02-03 Capt. All-State '03 (8th Class MM), All-SWC '03 (4th). 1st at Nonnewaug '03. Ran at Brandeis and Richmond.
John Critelli - '03 Capt. All-SWC '01 (8th), '02 (5th), '03 (8th). 3yrs as a top 3 finisher on team. Ran at Southern Connecticut.
Kasey Sullivan - '05 Capt All-SWC '02 (5th) '03 (11th) '04 (6th) '05 (8th). Qualified for State Opens in '02, '03, '04. Set home course record '04 & '05. 4yrs as the top finisher on the team. Runs at Southern Connecticut.
Jeanne Theleen - ''07 & '08 Capt. SWC champion '05 & '06. All-State '06 (7th), '07 (5th) & '08 (4th). Qualified for State Opens in '05 - '08. Qualified for New England Championships '07 & '08. All-SWC '05 - '08. 2nd at Nonnewaug Inv ('05, '06, '07). 2nd at Windham Inv ('06), 3rd in '07. 1st at Bethel Inv '06, 3rd in '07, 4th in '08. Set Pomperaug course record '08. 1st in 16 different races.
Colin McCrory - '10 Capt. All-New England '10 (23rd). All-State '09 (8th) & '10 (4th). All-SWC '09 (5th) and '10 (2nd). Qualified for State Opens in '08, '09, & '10. 10th at State Opens in '10. Qualified for New England Championships in '09 & '10. 1st Nonnewaug Inv. ('10). Runs at Tufts.
Sara Greco - '11 Capt. All-State '09 (7th). All-SWC '09 (3rd), '10 (7th). Qualified for State Opens in '09. Qualified for New England Championships in '09. 1st at Bethel Inv '09, '10. 1st at Windham Inv '10. Won 8 meets. Set Pomperaug course record in '09.

5000 m	race pace
16:30	5:19
16:45	5:24
17:00	5:29
17:15	5:33
17:30	5:38
17:45	5:43
18:00	5:48
18:30	5:58
19:00	6:07
19:30	6:17
20:00	6:27
20:30	6:36
21:00	6:46
22:00	7:05
23:00	7:25
24:00	7:44
25:00	8:03
26:00	8:23
27:00	8:42

Pomperaug Cross Country

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Class L Meet

Friday, October 28, 2011

Class L Championship Race

As of this afternoon, the championship meet tomorrow is still on. The races have been moved up to 11:10 and 11:40, but the bus is still at 9:00. We are leaving as soon as we can, so aim to be there before 9:00. Bring warm clothes.

If anything changes, I'll let you know.