There were many impressive performances on Thursday at the Pearl River Invitational. Medalists included Frank Risole, Ryan Gomba, Audrey Harper, Alex Blackman, Karlie Dean, Alex Bernasconi, Olivia Mancuso and Ally Neidig. Click Here For Results

Excellent Job by all.. The Frosh/Soph meet had some excellent times. What i did notice from our first meet is that some of us are running like we are running a workout.  It is a learning period and we will work on that… but here are a few things that us coaches saw:

1. Getting boxed in.. This is when you are caught in th with a runner in front and on your sides.. you must be aware  of where you are on the track..

2. Not being aggresive in getting out of the box

3. Being able to surge ahead to get away from trouble

Karlie Dean missed the school record in the 300y of 38.7 held by Stephanie Blake in 2002 by 2 tenths of a second with a time of 38.9. She will have to wait for the Suffern meet for another attempt.

Ryan Gomba had a great race in the 600y.  Running a 1:18.8… missing the school  record by 3 seconds.

John Jay had some great performances at the Kick Off Meet this Saturday at the Armory. We had several PR’s broken and 9 people placed: Ryan Gomba, Kevin Joyce, Mike Mosca, Mike Clifford, Jenna DiLullo, Karlie Dean, Grace Tilearcio, Rachel Miura and Chanelle Santilli. We coaches hope this encourages you all to keep working hard at achieving your goals and putting in the effort everyday at practice. Boys Results: Boys Kick Off. Girls Results: Girls Kick Off.

Below is a list of the most common form problems that I saw, in our 1st 2 days of practice. If there is one word you will hear from me over and over again it is ” FORM”…….. Coach Lee

1. Arms swinging across the midline of the body.
2. Tightly clenched fists, arms, neck and face.
3. Too much ‘backside mechanics’ – a lot of leg movement taking placebehind the body, but not much going on in front of the body.
4. ‘Reaching’ – foot strike takes place out in front of the body resulting inthe shoulders being slightly behind the hips instead of directly above orslightly in front of the hips.
5. Running heel to toe – the heels should never hit the ground duringSpeed work.

Lets congratulate Ryan Gomba and Bruce Hotaling for making 3rd team All County this Cross Country Season. This is a great accomplishment with our County being the toughest in Section 1. 

They will be rewarded for their accomplishments by attending the Section 1 Awards Dinner in December.

Results Job well done this season. After a long season and many races at Bowdoin the team really ran tremendously well. Many of you ran to personal best on your last meet. Really a great effort by everyone. Both Coaches are very proud of you for your effort. Nov 19th is the date for the awards dinner at John Jay. Our personal awards Dinner will be on the 26th. The cost is $23.00 dollars per person which I will need as soon as you can get it to us. Thank You  

Results Great job running this past weekend despite some horrible weather. I am sorry i had to miss it. I would like to thank everyone for wishing me well. The surgery went well, now its up to rest and therapy. We are down to our last race of the year. I will try to make it. Coach Lee

Results Great job by everyone.. It looks like we are still improving.. Chris Coscio continues to gain confidence not only at the meets but at practice to..Definitely will go under 21 next Friday at Bowdoin 

With a lot of competition, we ran well at Bowdoin on Monday. Both the boys and the girls teams placed 5th. Congratulations to Ryan Gomba who placed 11th and recieved All-League honors. League Meet Results

Place: Pizza Village..Anthonys Catering

Date:Nov 26th…Put this date on your calander

Time:6:30pm

Dress: Semi Formal Attire

Boys: Shirt and Tie….Girls: As always looking your best..

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