Ladies:
1. You must bring in your money for the dinner before November 12th. $15 for athletes, $25 for guest.
2. Coach Lee and I have received raffle donations from only 2 girls so far. YOU MUST COLLECT RAFFLE DONATIONS!
3. If you are not running indoor track, I need your uniform returned by Wednesday.

This team has really come together this year. What i saw was a Team that has bonded into a unit of focused and driven competitors.. The will to challenge yourselve all year long.. The future is very bright for next season.. Take a week off get your studies under control and get ready for Indoors.

Mike Turi – 16:32 – 4th –  STATE QUALIFIER…Congratulations..You ran a smart race..You were Focused ,and deserve to represent John Jay and Section one at the state meet..Great job making your goal a reality, but our work is not done!!

Eric Berlinghoff – 18:05 – 37th – Good job this season..Keep the focus, Indoor is coming

Kevin French – 18:06 – 38th – Excellent progress this season..You will be a force to contend with.

Brian Moy – 19:02 – 68th – You came up short in your attempt to break 19mins  but your effort was fantastic

Matt Finuoli – 19:07 – 71st – You ran like a warrior all season.. Nice job

Troy Dean – 19:24 – 84th -  Great race for you first time making the varsity squad. Tremendous progress all year.

Valliappan Lakshmanan – 19:34 – 87th – Your best race of the year.. as always great finishing kick..

JV Race -  I am very happy that you guys pulled together and finished your seson at the State Qualfier. You did not have too but you wanted your season to continue..and thats what it is all about.  That not finished yet feeling. and try one more time to do your best.. Congrats!!!

Travis Duffy - 20:01 – 55th You are looking more like a runner eac time you race.. Great work ethic it paid off this season

Gary Ellison – 20.21 – 70th Your new and improved form has transformd you into a top runner in us.

Aaron Finch – 21:19 – 121st – You have turned into a rather strong Jv runner,very good 1st season

Steve Vinci – 21:20 – 123rd – Nice job giving your all . Your desire to run after your injury is what go you through the season. Keep it up!

Justin Pietrapoli – 22:19 – 136th – It is alot of fun seeing progress being made ..and you have progressed greatly.

The girls team finished off a successful season with a 3rd place finish out of 16 teams in the large school Class AA race. In the merge results  with all schools in Section 1 the girls team placed 7th overall out of  46 teams. The best finish since 2002. Gabi Drummond led four runners across the line all within 20 seconds. With the loss of Gabrielle Robert due to sickness, Amanda Pecorella stepped it up to be the fifth runner running a personal best time of 22:28 to help the team clinch a top 3 place and beat out Suffern.

Gabi Drummond           17th     20:43

Danielle Drummond     18th    20:46

Claire Gomba                   20th    20:49

Samantha Gisonni          23rd    21:04

Amanda Pecorella         53rd     22:28

Abigail Paglia                  61st       22:51

Courtney Connor           62nd     22:54

We are class AA.. The girls go off at 2pm and the Boys at 3pm.. Parents who plan to attend please be early . You will need to park at the grade school and get a shuttle bus back to the park.

All varsity will leave at 11.30 directly after 5th period.  Please let parents know that you will miss 3 periods of class.  

Looks like rain on Friday.. Be prepared !!! 

The Boys JV will send a team to compete on Friday.. I am very proud of the ones who still want to compete.. !!! The JV race will be at 4pm..

UPDATED TIME SCHEDULE
11:00AM GIRLS CLASS C
11:30AM GIRLS CLASS B
12:00PM GIRLS CLASS A
12:30PM BOYS CLASS C
1:00PM BOYS CLASS B
1:30PM BOYS CLASS A
2:00PM GIRLS CLASS AA
2:30PM GIRLS CLASS D
3:00PM BOYS CLASS AA
3:30PM BOYS CLASS D

I have only received  a few payments for the awards dinner.. I do not plan on chasing you around for money.. All checks need to be to me by Nov 12th. At that time i will assume that you do not plan on coming.. Remember that it cost: $15.00 dollars for the athletes and $25.00 dollars for the parents..The booster club will make up the difference.  Thank You

Coach Lee

Absolutely tremendous day for the girls team! Both teams brought home plaques. Congratulations ladies on 2 second place finishes!

Varsity girls gave Arlington a real fight, finishing only 8 points behind them. The compression between runners 1-5 was impressive. Only 42 seconds!! Incredible!! Team average time of only 20:49! This team is probably one of the most talented teams behind the 2000 NYS Championship Runner-ups, and may be the second fastest team average ever by a John Jay Girls Cross Country team at Bowdoin Park. Arlington has gotten a taste of some competition from us, and they better watch out on Friday. John Jay Girls Cross Country will be lethal! Let’s keep this focus and keep moving up! Believe. Anything can happen if you set your mind to it.

Gabrielle Robert          4th     20:27 (21 second PR)….Keep focused on their number 2. You are stronger than her. Friday will be time for redemption. Let’s just get healthy first.

Danielle Drummond    5th     20:33… Nice job sticking with Robert. Let’s get both of you in front of their 2.

Gabrielle Drummond   9th    20:55… We will figure out why you don’t feel well racing. Keep positive and stay hungry. You can stick with Robert and Dani.

Samantha Gisonni       11th   21:02 (30 second PR)…. Excellent job stepping up. So close to break 21! You will this Friday.  Nice kick! That new stride of yours is helping you.

Claire Gomba              15th   21:09 (23 second PR)… Surprise finish. Way to come back from injury! Keep it up. Sub 21 this Friday! Stay right with Sam and finish ahead of their 4 and 5.

Abigail Paglia             31st    22:51(54 second PR)….Let’s keep chopping time off. First sub 23! Keep moving up in the race and don’t settle.

Amanda Pecorella       37th   23:11.…Stay focused during the race. You need to channel your energies and emotions into your race. You are still the same runner from last year. I believe it, you just have to believe it too.

JV Awesome job! 8 out of 10 medals! Congratulations on a great season! There is a lot of promise from this group of girls. I am sure with hard work and summer training, this squad of girls will be running much faster times next year and can come back with a 1st place plaque. Great first year of XC for most of you newbies

Courtney Connor     2nd    23:15 (36 seconds PR)….Great job going right to the front and sticking with the Arlington girl. Nice way to end your season.

Caroline O’Brien    5th     23:39 (1:25 PR)….Nice top 5 finish and way to end your freshman season.

Erica Rausch           9th     24:01 (2:51 PR)….. Excellent senior year. Very impressed with your racing, and your improvements. Watch out walkers!

Emily Incledon        13th   24:50.….Leader of the pack. Nice way to lead 4 girls one after another. Next year will be your year.

Brittany Bennett       14th   25:01 (28 seconds PR)…. Nice improvement for such a short season. You will run great in the 400m this coming track season.

Jessica Guthrie        15th  25:19 (1:31 PR)… Nice duo. Great job working together and keeping the pack close.

Marissa Diedrick     16th  25:19 (26 second PR)…. Nice duo. You continued to improve.

Kailey Diedrick       20th  26:01 (57 seconds faster)…. Congrats on your first XC medal.  Nice surprise for you. Well deserved.

Chrissy McGovern   28th  27:45.…Great 1st year. I think you will have a great track season. No walking allowed.

Amber Borrero        30th  28:51 (2:52 seconds faster)…. Nice PR! Great way to end your first season.

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Congratulations on finishing 5th out of 12 schools and receiving a  plaque for your effort.. Everyone continues to beat their personal record at Bowdoin which means that the effort and focus and the will to survive is still there.

VARSITY RESULTS: 5th place…18:22 average..This is where we need to get better. We need to be around 17:30 to be competitive in our County.. keep that number in mind intil we see Bowdoin next year.

Mike Turi – 16:42…Must stay acutely aware of your competition next week.

Eric Berlinghoff – 18:06…Need to develop a better rhythm while racing.

Kevin French – 18:20…Very efficient form and stride

Brian Moy – 19:14…super effort.. Close to going under 19. 

Matt Finuoli – 19:26…still improving every race.. Keep it up

Valliappan  Lakshmanan – 19:47….Great kick..need to use more energy during the race..What are you afraid of?  

Tom Birmingham – 20:28….did not have it this week?

JV RESULTS:

Troy Dean – 19:37 – Beat 2 varsity times.. #5 runner on Varsity this week..Outstanding!!!Congrats!!

Gary Ellison – 19:54 – looking much better of late..FORM has improved!!but not there yet!

Travis Duffy – 20:04 – Back to back great races..

Kyle McCormack – 21:07 – Big PR..Tough as nails!!!

Aaron Finch – 21:32 - Great effort.. Loosen up a little..  

Justin Pietropaoli – 21:47 – great improvement this season.   

Steve Vinci – 21:48 – nice performance coming back from that injury

David Greenberg – 21:52 – i expect good thinks out of you in the 400m this year..

Dominic Testa – 22:50….your running form has improved.. Nice finishing kick

Ryan Sherwood – 22:59…feeling good this year has paid off..ran strong all season..  

Ben Lederman – 24:18…nice finish to a good season

Michael Docherty – 25:57…great season . You should be in good shape to wrestle now..

The price has changed for athletes.. The price is $15.00 dollars for athletes and $25.00 dollars for parents and guests.. Please make check out to John Jay Track. Everyone please get out and get raffle donations from our business community.  The more we get the better our night will be .

Thank you