1993

This is a special year for me. I graduated from North in June and ran my first Alumni Run on Thanksgiving Saturday (there I am at the bottom, in 27th place). After our 1992 cross-country campaign, my fellow classmates and I figured to lead the Rams back to Alumni glory. It didn't quite work out that way (at least not for a few years), but it was fun to get back to the old stomping grounds, even though I was on a two-year hiatus from competitive running and wouldn't rejoin my college team until my junior year.

Paul Sklar became the first male runner to win consecutive titles, beating out the ageless Jamie Kempton. Albertus won yet again for the men, and I experienced firsthand just how dominant their dynasty was. Their 67-point margin of victory over Clarkstown South was, at the time, the largest in race history. The combined scoring bothers me to no end, but this year the standings are not affected (though Nanuet's men pick up nearly 100 points in the adjusted scoring). Pearl River again forms the only complete women's team, thereby taking their fourth title. R.C Ketcham's Marisa Sutera runs an astounding 17:41 to break Rita Keahon's four-year-old course record by 16 seconds. She places 33rd overall and gives me quite a scare.

Men's Top 30

1. Paul Sklar (CS '89) 15:00
2. Jamie Kempton (AM '76) 15:10
3. Art Green (Arlington '84) 15:21
4. George Buckheit (AM '75) 15:50
5. Tim O'Rourke (Arlington '77) 16:01
6. Rich Harrington (St. Joseph's Regional '88) 16:06
7. Keith Reilly (PR '91) 16:10
8. Brian Rubin (Suff '93) 16:12
9. Brian Crowley (AM '82) 16:15
10. Tom Ducey (Burke Catholic '90) 16:17
11. Blair Balogh (Valley Central '85) 16:19
12. Chris Butler (AM '91) 16:26
13. Frank Visingardi (Nan '86) 16:28
14. Dan Glynn (CS '83) 16:32
15. Ted Delaunay (Suff '78) 16:34
16. George Newsome (CS '92) 16:34
17. Chris Goodwin (MW '89) 16:39
18. Barry Baloga (PR '91) 16:41
19. Pat Chambers (AM '76) 16:51
20. Dave Patten (AM '91) 16:57
21. Kristoff Gross (Suff '92) 16:59
22. Steve Sutton (TZ '90) 17:07
23. Art Gunther (TZ '89) 17:07
24. Carter (Kimball Union Academy) 17:12
25. Eammon Benn (AM '93) 17:16
26. Joe Dugandzic (PR '81) 17:19
27. Jason Friedman (CN '93) 17:26
28. Steve Niero (NR '93) 17:27
29. Rich Nieves (NR '93) 17:28
30. Bill Swick (MW '92) 17:28
    

Women's Top 10

1. Marisa Sutera (R.C. Ketcham '81) 17:41
2. Dana Dougan (Suff '88) 18:39
3. Linda Scheu (CN '92) 19:41
4. Kathy Visingardi (Nan '85) 19:54
5. Patti Zoda (Nan '88) 20:13
6. Debra Widman (CS '91) 20:15
7. Jean Larkin (PR '77) 21:03
8. Oakley (Ny '80) 21:23
9. Priti Bhansali (CN '92) 21:28
10. Laura Hudson (Northern Valley, NJ '77) 21:54
    

Total Number of Runners: 258

Team Participation: 1. Pearl River 34, 2. Albertus Magnus 32, 3. Clarkstown North 26, 4. Suffern 25, 5. Clarkstown South 20, 6. North Rockland 17, 7. Tappan Zee 14, 8. Nanuet 11, 9. Spring Valley 6, 10. (tie) Arlington and Ramapo 5, 12. (tie) Goshen and Burke Catholic 4, 14. St. Joseph's Regional 3, 15. (tie) Nyack, Beach Channel, Northern Valley (NJ), Cardinal Hayes 2

Men's Team Scoring

1. Albertus Magnus 46 (Kempton, Buckheit, Crowley, Butler, Chambers)
2. Clarkstown South 113
3. Suffern 131
4. Pearl River 144
5. Arlington 153
6. North Rockland 211
7. Tappan Zee 221
8. Clarkstown North 242
9. Monroe Woodbury 266
10. Nanuet 414
11. Spring Valley 732
12. Ramapo 800
    

Women's Team Scoring

1. Pearl River 69 (Huvala, List, Haley, Houston, Turill)
2. Nanuet 83
3. Albertus Magnus 109