Friday, January 4, 2019

2018

More of the same this year: Monroe Woodbury again swept the men's, women's, and team participation titles, in fairly dominant fashion on all counts.  In fact the Crusaders this year accounted for nearly one-third of the 164 finishers.  Overall finish numbers continue to lag from the race's heyday.  Certainly on the Rockland side, we're seeing fewer recent graduates making the pilgrimage to the Bear an annual event, and there is precious little new blood coming in every year.  This is likely due to the fact that Nike Regionals now take place on the same day as the Alumni run, stealing many recent alums who are now coaches, and eroding awareness of the race among current high school athletes.  Perhaps some education and outreach is needed.

Automated timing and scoring this year was graciously provided by MW's Matt Hemmer who did a fantastic job compiling the results.  (It did screw up the formatting a little bit, sorry for difficulty reading the results on the "Full Results" link below.)  As Matt's system scores the race according to standard team XC rules, only the top seven runners for each team are included in the team scores, and only full teams are counted.  While this is standard for a large XC invitational, it isn't how the last 35 years of Alumni scoring have gone, where all runners count toward the team scores and displacing other runners.  For the most part, I've left this year's team results as is.  Adjusting the scores for our traditional method had very little effect on the overall standings (Pearl River would've jumped Goshen for second; Clarkstown South leaps Suffern for fifth), though it would've made the winning scores on the men's and women's sides slightly less impressive.  I've adjusted the women's score below, as there have been a number of years when there was only one women's team; while I left the men's scores untouched, my instinct is not to count the men's 34-point total among the top records, as their "raw" score would've been substantially higher.  We'll see how this team question will be addressed moving forward.

Jamie's recap

Overall Top 30

  1. John Dove (MW '14) 15:57
  2. Evan Ward (Suff '12) 16:00
  3. Nick Roosa (TZ '03) 16:17
  4. Corey Calajoe (PR '04) 16:22
  5. Louis Greco (Gosh '18) 16:25
  6. Ben Nilsestuen (Warwick '01) 17:15
  7. Kyle Egan (MW '16) 17:47
  8. JT McEntyre (MW '13) 18:00
  9. Jesse Chain (Goshen '15) 18:32
  10. Jason Friedman (CN '93) 18:34
  11. Bryan Herbst (PR '07) 18:42
  12. Elizabeth Wasserman (MW '13) 18:44
  13. Ed Ackerly (MW '86) 18:48
  14. Tom McCarney (CN '93) 18:55
  15. Jamie Boyle (MW '09) 18:59
  16. James Kessler (PR '03) 19:00
  17. Brett Walker (Gosh '98) 19:00
  18. TJ Benzi (MW '88) 19:04
  19. Mike Lawrence (Warwick '01) 19:07
  20. Mike St. Lawrence (Gosh '00) 19:09
  21. Thomas Cobb (NR '17) 19:26
  22. Mike Hannon (MW '18) 19:34
  23. unknown runner 19:36
  24. Trevor Ladue (MW '18) 19:38
  25. John MacKenzie (TZ '98) 19:47
  26. Matt McKenna (CN '03) 19:49
  27. John O'Rourke (O'Neill '06) 19:51
  28. David Walsh (NFA '79) 20:09
  29. Jamie Kempton (AM '76) 20:16
  30. Matt Lenihan (PR '03) 20:21
Womens' Top 10
  1. Elizabeth Wasserman (MW '13) 18:44
  2. Suzanne LaBurt (MW '81) 20:30
  3. Julianne Littmann-Viscardo (MW '95) 21:18
  4. Caitlin Pohl (Miami Valley OH '11) 21:33
  5. Alaina Neubauer (MW '16) 22:10
  6. Ashley Foley (Mahopac '06) 23:15
  7. Laura Murray-Fuggella (Suff '02) 23:52
  8. Melissa Brady (AM '95) 23:59
  9. Leslie Ballantyne (Suff '92) 25:24
  10. Jennifer Boyle-Gagliardi (MW '12) 25:45
Total Number of Runners: 164

Team Participation: 1. Monroe-Woodbury 51, 2. Pearl River 14,  3. Clarkstown South 12, 4. Suffern 11, 5. (tie) Clarkstown North and Albertus Magnus 9, 7. Goshen 8, 8. North Rockland 5, 9. (tie) Nanuet and Warwick 4, 11. (tie) Tappan Zee, Cornwall James O'Neill, and Evangelisches Schulzentrum 2.

Mens' Team Scoring
  1. Monroe Woodbury 34 (Dove, Egan, McIntyre, Ackerly, Boyle)
  2. Goshen 68
  3. Pearl River 69
  4. Clarkstown North 95
  5. Suffern 140
  6. Clarkstown South 142
  7. North Rockland 196
  8. Albertus Magnus 200
Women's Team Scoring
  1. Monroe-Woodbury 24 (Wasserman, LaBurt, Littman-Viscardo, Neubauer, Boyle-Gagliardi)

2018: Full results

Saturday, November 25, 2017
Bear Mountain State Park, Bear Mountain, N.Y.
Course: 3.0 miles
Meet records: 14:08, John Trautmann (Monroe-Woodbury ’86), 1994
                         17:04, Debbie Grant (Ramapo ’83), 1995

Men’s team scores: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW), 34; 2. Goshen (Gosh), 68; 3. Pearl River (PR), 69; 4. Clarkstown North (CN), 95; 5. Suffern (Suff), 140; 6. Clarkstown South (CS), 142; 7. North Rockland (NR), 196; 8. Albertus Magnus (AM), 200.

Women’s team scores: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW), 24; other teams incomplete.

Team participation (combined men/women):  1. Monroe-Woodbury, 36; 2. Clarkstown South, 19; 3. Suffern, 15; 4. Pearl River, 14; 5. Clarkstown North, 13; 6. Goshen, 9; 7. Albertus Magnus, 7; 8. Nanuet, 4; 9. Tie, North Rockland (NR), Tappan Zee (TZ), Warwick (War) and Washingtonville (Wash), 3; 13. Tie, Nyack, and James I. O’Neill, 2; 15. Tie, Archbishop Molloy, Arlington, Baldwin, Bayside, Bergen Catholic (N.J.), Brooklyn Tech, Chaminade, Cornwall, Croton-Harmon, Deerfield (Ill.), Hendrick Hudson, Highland, Jesuit (Calif.), John Jay-East Fishkill, Kingswood-Oxford (Conn.), Mahopac, Mepham, Middletown, Mount St. Michael, Newburgh Free Academy, Northern Valley-Old Tappan (N.J.), Seekonk (Mass.), S.S. Seward, Southridge (Ind.), St. Barnabas, Walpole (Mass.), 1. 

Women’s top 10

1. Suzanne La Burt (MW ’81), 20:17; 2. Abagaile Kimbrell (MW ’17), 21:00; 3. Julianne Littmann-Viscardo (MW ’95), 21:37; 4. Angelique Atlas (Gosh ’16), 23:19; 5. Alison Newman (Kingswood-Oxford, W. Hartford, Conn. ’93), 24:49; 6. Laura Hudson (Northern Valley-Old Tappan, N.J. ’77), 24:50; 7. Ann O’Rourke (O’Neill ’11), 24:54; 8. Samantha Cofsky (Walpole, Mass. ’07), 25:23; 9. Leslie Ballantyne (Suf ’92), 26:34; 10. Gail (Littmann) Swiryn (MW ’94), 26:39.

Overall Finishers
   1     1  Dove, John                 M14  Monroe-Woodbury              15:57.08      1
    2     2  Ward, Evan                 M12  Suffern                      16:00.07      2
    3     3  Roosa, Nick                M03  Tappan Zee                   16:17.56       
    4     4  Calajoe, Corey             M04  Pearl River                  16:22.81      3
    5     5  Greco, Louis               M18  Goshen                       16:25.00      4
    6     6  Nilsestuen, Ben            M01  Warwick Valley               17:15.01       
    7     7  Egan, Kyle                 M16  Monroe-Woodbury              17:47.48      5
    8     8  McEntyre, JT               M13  Monroe-Woodbury              18:00.91      6
    9     9  Chain, Jesse               M15  Goshen                       18:32.62      7
   10    10  Friedman, Jason            M93  Clarkstown North             18:34.38      8
   11    11  Herbst, Bryan              M07  Pearl River                  18:42.38      9
   12    12  Wasserman, Elizabeth       W13  Monroe-Woodbury              18:44.33      1
   13    13  Ackerly, Ed                M86  Monroe-Woodbury              18:48.61     10
   14    14  McCarney, Thomas           M93  Clarkstown North             18:55.49     11
   15    15  Boyle, Jamie               M09  Monroe-Woodbury              18:59.64     12
   16    16  Kessler, James             M03  Pearl River                  19:00.05     13
   17    17  Walker, Brett              M98  Goshen                       19:00.64     14
   18    18  Benzi, TJ                  M88  Monroe-Woodbury              19:04.14     15
   19    19  Lawrence, Mike             M01  Warwick Valley               19:07.90       
   20    20  St. Lawrence, Mike         M00  Goshen                       19:09.13     16
   21    21  Cobb, Thomas               M17  North Rockland               19:26.75     17
   22    22  Hannon, Mike               M18  Monroe-Woodbury              19:34.84     18
   23    23  No Name, No Name           M85  Unattached                   19:36.48       
   24    24  Ladue, Trevor              M18  Monroe-Woodbury              19:38.72       
   25    25  MacKenzie, John            M98  Tappan Zee                   19:47.05       
   26    26  McKenna, Matthew           M03  Clarkstown North             19:49.76     19
   27    27  O'Rourke, John             M06  James I O'Neill              19:51.59       
   28    28  Walsh, David               M79  Newburgh Free Academy        20:09.50       
   29    29  Kempton, Jamie             M76  Albertus Magnus              20:16.23     20
   30    30  Lenihan, Matt              M03  Pearl River                  20:21.70     21
   31    31  Modafferi, Tony            M04  Clarkstown South             20:28.17     22
   32    32  LaBurt, Suzanne            W81  Monroe-Woodbury              20:30.68      2
   33    33  Paik, Kevin                M18  Monroe-Woodbury              20:44.90       
   34    34  Kessler, Mike              M07  Pearl River                  20:47.78     23
   35    35  McEntyre, Nick             M18  Monroe-Woodbury              21:03.01       
   36    36  Peralta, Regner            M95  Unattached                   21:08.99       
   37    37  Laroe, Jake                M04  Warwick Valley               21:11.73       
   38    38  Littmann-Viscardo, JulianneW95  Monroe-Woodbury              21:18.02      3
   39    39  O'Shea, Stephen            M13  Monroe-Woodbury              21:19.66       
   40    40  Meehan, Kerry              M85  James I O'Neill              21:28.52       
   41    41  Pohl, Caitlin              W11  Miami Valley (Oh)            21:33.12       
   42    42  Coleman, Glenn             M83  Clarkstown South             21:36.71     24
   43    43  Klein, Adam                M14  Clarkstown South             21:38.71     25
   44    44  Borg, Adam                 M97  Clarkstown North             21:47.86     26
   45    45  Beckerle, Michael          M79  Nanuet                       21:50.39       
   46    46  Markiewicz, Daniel         M96  Goshen                       21:54.31     27
   47    47  Rosaschi, Edward           M16  Monroe-Woodbury              22:01.77       
   48    48  Kurchain, Joshua           M98  Brooklyn Tech                22:07.86       
   49    49  Neubauer, Alaina           W16  Monroe-Woodbury              22:10.73      4
   50    50  Tmimi, Amin                M13  Monroe-Woodbury              22:15.19       
   51    51  List, Tom                  M80  Pearl River                  22:19.85     28
   52    52  Garvey, John               M03  Deerfield                    22:25.78       
   53    53  Sommerlad, Kyle            M16  Monroe-Woodbury              22:53.84       
   54    54  Dugandzic, Jim             M81  Pearl River                  23:09.22     29
   55    55  Foley, Ashley              W06  Mahopac                      23:15.85       
   56    56  Renwick, Anlista           M74  St. George (Grenada)         23:18.21       
   57    57  Sussmann, Raymond          M81  Pearl River                  23:19.33       
   58    58  Tout, Andrew               M95  Suffern                      23:24.86     30
   59    59  Lipman, Jason              M91  Clarkstown North             23:29.66     31
   60    60  Hauser, Douglas            M02  Monroe-Woodbury              23:32.03       
   61    61  Pragdat, Dan               M11  Clarkstown South             23:49.01     32
   62    62  Murray-Fuggella, Laura     W02  Suffern                      23:52.65     33
   63    63  Reimer, Patrick            M84  Xavier (Ct)                  23:54.29       
   64    64  Brady, Melissa             W95  Albertus Magnus              23:59.47       
   65    65  Lopez, Javier              M98  Fordham Prep                 24:03.71       
   66    66  Carter, Doug               M71  Kimball Union (Nh)           24:08.54       
   67    67  Cerefice, Jeff             M93  Goshen                       24:16.13     34
   68    68  Smith, Henry               M01  Warwick Valley               24:21.31       
   69    69  Markiewicz, Matt           M93  Goshen                       24:23.14     35
   70    70  Constantine, Zak           M18  Goshen                       24:25.16       
   71    71  Berbit, Zack               M96  Suffern                      24:26.83     36
   72    72  Kelly, Michael             M79  Nanuet                       24:27.64       
   73    73  Waples, Tim                M00  Suffern                      24:30.74     37
   74    74  Rowland, Bill              M75  Pearl River                  24:33.78       
   75    75  Ratnow, Evan               M96  Suffern                      24:41.27     38
   76    76  Alicea, Steven             M98  North Rockland               24:46.10     39
   77    77  Pasqual, Robert            M77  Archbishop Molloy            25:05.81       
   78    78  Conlon, Brian              M17  Monroe-Woodbury              25:16.04       
   79    79  Carpentieri, Anthony       M17  Clarkstown South             25:24.24     40
   80    80  Ballantyne, Leslie         W92  Suffern                      25:24.80       
   81    81  Goldblatt, Steve           M98  Clarkstown South             25:25.75     41
   82    82  Urio, Chris                M16  Monroe-Woodbury              25:26.26       
   83    83  Marcotte, Michael          M17  Monroe-Woodbury              25:29.64       
   84    84  Miranda-Gonzalez, Bryan    M17  Monroe-Woodbury              25:31.03       
   85    85  McGovern, James            M90  Pearl River                  25:33.95       
   86    86  Cortes, Mario              M16  Monroe-Woodbury              25:40.44       
   87    87  Bushey, Tom                M75  Monroe-Woodbury              25:41.92       
   88    88  Dolan, Joe                 M90  Pearl River                  25:43.96       
   89    89  Boyle-Gagliardi, Jennifer  W12  Monroe-Woodbury              25:45.13      5
   90    90  Allison, Kelli             W87  Monroe-Woodbury              26:01.23      6
   91    91  Beckerle, Stephen          M74  Albertus Magnus              26:14.47     42
   92    92  Chanowsky, Kevin           M94  Monroe-Woodbury              26:27.87       
   93    93  Siegel, Naomi              W05  Manalapan                    26:32.72       
   94    94  Sharma, Anjun              M16  Clarkstown South             26:36.89     43
   95    95  Koeder, Ina                W13  Evangelisches Schulzentru    26:38.46       
   96    96  Koeder, Kim                W13  Evangelisches Schulzentru    26:38.93       
   97    97  Kenny, Teresa              W83  Clarkstown North             26:40.66       
   98    98  Mehr, Jeff                 M96  Suffern                      26:45.05     44
   99    99  Goldwater, Dan             M97  Monroe-Woodbury              26:53.74       
  100   100  Donovan, Meghan            W11  Cornwall                     26:56.88       
  101   101  Casey, Sean                M11  Cornwall                     26:57.68       
  102   102  Reilly, Keith              M90  Pearl River                  27:01.65       
  103   103  LaFreance, Les             M76  Monroe-Woodbury              27:19.68       
  104   104  Murphy, John               M85  Monroe-Woodbury              27:21.85       
  105   105  Darga, John                M85  North Rockland               27:22.97     45
  106   106  Casey, E                   M82  Pearl River                  27:47.70       
  107   107  Moran, Mike                M83  Albertus Magnus              27:58.17     46
  108   108  Danyluk, Michael           M16  Clarkstown South             28:24.22       
  109   109  Roy, Terry                 M16  Clarkstown South             28:25.13       
  110   110  Comerford, Jeff            M85  Monroe-Woodbury              28:30.50       
  111   111  Maile, Tom                 M60  Bloomfield Hills (Mi)        28:43.68       
  112   112  Alicea, Ray                M86  Clarkstown South             29:06.40       
  113   113  Beckerle, Larry            M73  Albertus Magnus              29:16.71     47
  114   114  Pineba, Alex               M80  Lasalle Academy              29:35.87       
  115   115  Monohan, Kevin             M85  Monroe-Woodbury              29:36.12       
  116   116  Frandino, Braden           M16  Monroe-Woodbury              29:38.59       
  117   117  Frandino, Austin           M16  Monroe-Woodbury              29:38.94       
  118   118  Lopez, Edwin               M16  Monroe-Woodbury              29:39.30       
  119   119  Morton, Tyler              M15  Monroe-Woodbury              29:39.58       
  120   120  Sussmann, Andrew           M18  Monroe-Woodbury              29:41.52       
  121   121  Shirley, Richard           M85  Monroe-Woodbury              29:42.11       
  122   122  Sander, Bridget            W73  Hastings                     30:26.62       
  123   123  Stephens, Ross             M94  Arlington                    30:44.10       
  124   124  McNamara, Rob              M86  Nanuet                       30:47.86       
  125   125  Sommerlad, Chuck           M85  Monroe-Woodbury              31:01.00       
  126   126  Gulla-Lanoce, Sue          W83  Pearl River                  31:05.25       
  127   127  Gerber, Ken                M92  Clarkstown South             31:06.28       
  128   128  Hermesch, Bob              M68  Hendrick Hudson              31:09.70       
  129   129  Maze, Chuck                M73  North Rockland               31:15.79     48
  130   130  Carey, Peggy               W84  Monroe-Woodbury              31:19.67      7
  131   131  Owens, Harry               M76  Chaminade                    31:26.18       
  132   132  Edwards-Wells, Linda       W81  Monroe-Woodbury              31:26.66       
  133   133  Pineda, Ali                W11  St. Francis Prep             31:58.87       
  134   134  Andrea, Michael            M67  St. Joseph's (Nj)            32:02.63       
  135   135  Quinn, Larry               M69  Albertus Magnus              32:51.42     49
  136   136  Coakley, Mike              M87  Clarkstown North             33:10.96     50
  137   137  Walmsleus, Marie           W86  Albertus Magnus              33:23.12       
  138   138  Rosaschi, Charles          M14  Monroe-Woodbury              33:31.11       
  139   139  Schaber, Robin             W98  Southridge (In)              33:47.77       
  140   140  Rosachi, Sharon            M81  Monroe-Woodbury              34:17.93       
  141   141  Maloney, Mark              M96  North Rockland               35:15.21     51
  142   142  Quinn, Shirley             W81  Clarkstown South             35:16.17       
  143   143  England, Kim               W85  Monroe-Woodbury              35:30.12       
  144   144  Kaplan, Jay                M67  Spring Valley                35:31.73       
  145   145  Meyer, Rebecca             W94  Suffern                      36:03.98       
  146   146  Rogan, Mike                M86  Clarkstown North             36:23.65     52
  147   147  Hudson, Donna              W65  Albertus Magnus              37:20.40       
  148   148  Roosa, Deste               W02  Roy C Ketcham                38:04.92       
  149   149  Markiewicz, Mike           M70  Albertus Magnus              39:09.85     53
  150   150  Rosaschi, Margaret         W18  Monroe-Woodbury              39:11.47       
  151   151  Rosaschi, Dan                M  Monroe-Woodbury              39:12.15       
  152   152  Snow, J                    M83  Monroe-Woodbury              39:18.05       
  153   153  Herr, John                 M83  Monroe-Woodbury              39:19.25       
  154   154  Glum, George               M82  Clarkstown North             39:36.31       
  155   155  Tischler, Elisabeth        W89  Monroe-Woodbury              39:39.95       
  156   156  Conlon, Brian (Dad)        M85  Monroe-Woodbury              39:40.20       
  157   157  Collins, Dustin            M18  Nanuet                       41:17.24       
  158   158  Collins, Michael           M78  Mepham                       41:17.88       
  159   159  Pineda, Edgar              M89  New Hyde Park                41:55.05       
  160   160  Meyer, Ed                  M52  Jesuit                       42:45.68       
  161   161  Hogan, Dan                 M99  Suffern                      43:57.78       
  162   162  Pasqual, Helen             W81  Jamaica                      45:14.75       
  163   163  Collins, Kyle              M12  Suffern                      53:00.71       
  164   164  Berbit, Warren             M60  Bayside                      53:22.83