2013

And then there was one.

Larry Beckerle, the former Albertus Magnus star and the longtime coach of the Nanuet girls' XC team, finally outlasted fellow Albertus alum Pat Chambers, the 1983 Alumni champ, becoming the only runner to have finished all 31 Alumni races.  I don't want to speculate on the nefarious methods Beckerle may have employed that resulted in Pat's father's hospitalization, thus ensuring triumph in this three-decades-old competition.  Congrats to Coach Beckerle and to Mr. Chambers as well on a rather amazing accomplishment.

Monroe-Woodbury repeated their dominance of the previous year, sweeping the mens', womens', and participation titles.  The mens' team needed a herculean effort from the Trautmann brothers to hold off a pesky, if undermanned, Clarkstown North side.  If all we need is a former Olympian to come back and help us reclaim the team title, I'm sure we have nothing to worry about.  The womens' race was again only a two-team affair, which the Lady Crusaders handled with ease.  Caile Kohlbrenner won her third straight womens' title, becoming the first woman to crack the top 30 overall.  Carlos Jamieson repeated for the men.

Check out Jamie's write-up and full results below.

Overall Top 30

1. Carlos Jamieson (NR '05) 15:55
2. Louis Tafuto (Warwick '06) 16:03
3. John Trautmann (MW '86) 16:27
4. Kyle Collins (Suff '12) 16:35
5. Brian Crowley (AM '82) 17:00
6. Shai Ben-Dar (Goshen '12) 17:30
7. Ben Nilsestuen (Warwick '01) 17:33
8. Stephen McNiff (PR '12) 17:33
9. Tom Dillon (CN '97) 17:34
10. Anthony Calingo (CN '01) 17:46
11. Nick Sullivan (Goshen '13) 17:54
12. Paul Mueller (St. Cloud Apollo, MN '02) 17:55
13. Jim Trautmann (MW '90) 18:07
14. Patrick Michen (James O'Neil '13) 18:10
15. Jason Friedman (CN '93) 18:10
16. Llaney Hernandez (MW '12) 18:16
17. Michael Guglielmo (CS '13) 18:28
18. Danny Kane (TZ '09) 18:32
19. Brian Holahan (MW '08) 18:36
20. Ed Ackerly (MW '86) 18:36
21. Devon White (CN '96) 18:40
22. Rob Conklin (NR '00) 18:43
23. Matt McKenna (CN '03) 18:43
24. Dan Pragdat (CS '11) 18:44
25. Caile Kohlbrenner (TZ '11) 18:46
26. James Higgins (CS '08) 18:53
27. Frank Visingardi (Nan '86) 19:06
28. Stephen O'Shea (MW '13) 19:09
29. Russell Maloney (Walter Panas '09) 19:13
30. John MacKenzie (TZ '98) 19:20

Womens' Top 10

1. Caile Kohlbrenner (TZ '11) 18:46
2. Suzanne LaBurt (MW '81) 20:56
3. Kim Newsome Chalfin (CS '88) 21:06
4. Dayna McLaughlin (NR '08) 21:22
5. Erin Haugh Colleran (Nan '97) 21:24
6. Mary-Beth Gray (Spartanburg, SC '10) 21:36
7. Eileen Shiel Herman (CS '81) 21:29
8. Kristie Horner Kapusta (MW '89) 22:44
9. Jennifer Newsome Flannery (CS '90) 23:01
10. Kelly Anne Bondulicj (TZ '11) 23:19

Total Number of Runners: 199

Team Participation: 1. Monroe-Woodbury 44, 2. Clarkstown North 21, 3. Pearl River 18, 4. (tie) Albertus Magnus and Suffern 14, 6. Clarkstown South 12, 7. Nanuet 11, 8. Tappan Zee 8, 9. Warwick 6, 10. North Rockland 5, 11. (tie) Burke Catholic, Goshen, and Ramapo 3, 14. (tie) Arlington, Mepham, Rockland Country Day, St. Barnabas, Spring Valley 2.

Mens' Team Scoring

1. Monroe-Woodbury 71 (Jo. Trautmann, Ji. Trautmann, Hernandez, Holahan, Ackerly)
2. Clarkstown North 78
3. Clarkstown South 167
4. Pearl River 170
5. Suffern 219
6. Nanuet 247
7. Albertus Magnus 281
8. Warwick 384

Womens' Team Scoring 

1. Monroe-Woodbury 48 (LaBurt, Kapusta, Boyle, Smith-Whalen, Holahan)
2. Clarkstown South 81