2023 Cross Country 

Girls Results

Season Highlights:  The team was coached by Jim Schlentz, John Hickey and Mike Pinnola with volunteer coaches Camille Bertholon and Samantha Hoagland.  The team finished with a record of 7 wins and 0 losses while winning the Shore Conference B North Division for the 8th year in a row.  Team highlights The team was 10th in the Group III State Champs, 2nd in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, 3rd in the Shore Conference Champs and 5th in Monmouth County Champs.  Individual highlights Liz Scarpa was 6th in the Central Jersey Group III Champs, 4th in Shore Conference Champs and 2nd in the Monmouth County Champs.  Emily Scarpa was 16th in Central Jersey Group III Champs.  In the B North Champs, Liz was 2nd, Lydia Bereznitski 6th and Gianna Canova were 10th.

Post-Season Highlights: Liz Scarpa was named 2nd team All-State Group III by the Star Ledger.  She was also were named 1st Team All-Shore by the Asbury Park Press and 1st Team All-Monmouth County by NJXCTFCA..   

 

2023 Cross Country Results

Girls

        change in schedule               last updated 8/28/23  

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
                              *Division meets
Thurs Aug 31  6:00 pm Alumni Meet  (time trial) Bucks Mill Park
Sat Sept 9  9:00 am Thompson 2 mile Thompson Park, Jamesburg
Wed Sept 20  4:00 pm Shore Conference B North Champs Holmdel Park
Sat Sept 23  9:00am Wild Safari Inv (everyone runs and everyone helps out before and after their race)  This is a fundraiser for the team Six Flags Great Adventure
Sat Sept 30   TBA in afternoon Shore Coaches Inv (probably just frosh/JV) Holmdel Park
Tues Oct 10  3:30 pm Monmouth County Champs (all) Holmdel Park
Thurs Oct 19  3:30 pm Shore Conference Champs (Varsity/JV/Frosh)     Ocean County Park
Wed Oct 25  4:00 pm JV/Frosh Meet Thompson Park, Jamesburg
Thurs Oct 26  4:00 pm Future 7s Inv Ocean County Park
Sat Oct 28  Girls: 12:00 noon, Boys: 1:00 pm Central Jersey Group III Champs (top 7 runners) Thompson Park, Jamesburg
Thurs Nov 2 4:00 pm Last Chance Inv Ocean County Park
Sat Nov 4  Girls: 1:30 pm, Boys 2:30 pm  Group III State Champs (qualifiers from State Group Champs (top 3 teams, top 10 ind) This is usually an SAT day.  Please check and schedule SATs on another day if it is a SAT day. Holmdel Park
Sat Nov 11  Girls: 11:00 am, Boys: 12:00 Meet of Champions (qualifiers from State Group Champs (top 3 teams, top 10 ind) Holmdel Park
Sat Nov 25 NTN Northeast Regional Champs (optional) Bowdoin Park
Sat Dec 2 Nike Cross Nationals (need to qualify from Nov 26 (top 2 teams, top 5 ind) Portland, OR

 

 

Thompson 2 mile

@ Thompson Park  9/9/23

started overcast, high 70s, 90% humidity and ended sunny, low 80s, 85% humidity

Senior Girls  (2 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split 
9th Gianna Canova 13:35 6:29/7:06   +37 secs
31st Sophia Scarpa 14:40 6:40/8:00   +80 secs
  need 3 finishers  
Junior Girls  (2 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split 
3rd Elizabeth Scarpa 12:22 5:48/6:34   +46 secs
39th Natalie O'Connor 14:34 6:46/7:46   +60 secs
62nd Isabella Builes 17:10 7:42/9:28   +106 secs
72nd Alessandra Vrlaku 18:24 7:51/10:33   +162 secs
9th 81 pts 14:42.0 team average
Soph Girls  (2 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split 
11th Gia Koratagere 13:57 6:45/7:12   +27 secs
22nd Julianna Sciacca 14:08 6:46/7:22   +36 secs
26th Mahi Patel 14:25 6:46/7:39   +53 secs
27th Lydia Bereznitski 14:31 6:45/7:46   +101 secs
5th 54 pts (3 athletes) 14:10.0 team average 
Frosh Girls  (2 miles)    race results                                                       mile/2 mile split  
4th Emily Scarpa 13:49 6:37/7:12   +45 secs
7th Hailey Molina 14:40 6:50/7:50   +60 secs
14th Kaylee Forte 15:15 6:51/8:24   +93 secs
29th Grace Fine 17:00 7:22/9:38   +136 secs
36th Demi Gatling 17:12 7:32/9:40   +128 secs
2nd 18 pts (3 athletes)   14:34.7 team average 

 

Shore Conference B North Champs

@ Holmdel Park  9/20/23

mid 70s, low humidity

The Cougar Girls win their 17th Shore Conference Division Championship and 8th straight.  They have been in the Shore Conference for 24 years.

Dual meet scores: CN 27  Red Bank 30; CN 19  Manasquan 42; CN 15  Matawan 50; CN 15  SJV 50; CN 15 Neptune 50; CN 15  Long Branch 50; CN 19  Ocean 44

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile (split) / last 1.1 mile
2nd Elizabeth Scarpa 20:12 6:56/13:21 (6:25)/6:51
6th Lydia Bereznitski 22:04 7:39/14:54 (7:15)/7:10
10th Gianna Canova 22:16 7:24/14:49 (7:25)/7:27
11th Emily Scarpa 22:28 7:42/15:07 (7:25)/7:21
14th Julianna Sciacca 22:48 7:42/15:17 (7:35)/7:31
15th Hailey Molina 22:57 7:47/15:27 (7:40)/7:30
17th Gia Koratagere 23:04 7:39/15:18 (7:39)/7:46
19th Mahi Patel 23:15 7:42/15:29 (7:47)/7:46
25th Sophia Scarpa 24:12 7:47/16:02 (8:15)/8:10
30th Kaylee Forte 25:33 8:29/17:10 (8:41)/8:23
1st 35 pts 22:19.2 team average

 

Six Flags Wild Safari Inv

@ Great Adventure  9/23/23

mid 60s, steady rain.  Later race so course was just all mud!!!

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile
2nd Elizabeth Scarpa 19:56 6:31
16th Emily Scarpa 21:27 6:59
22nd Lydia Bereznitski 21:49 6:59
28th Gia Koratagere 21:59 7:13
28th Gianna Canova 22:10 7:03
30th Mahi Patel 22:17 7:34
33rd Julianna Sciacca 22:26 7:13
4th 90 pts 21:28.2 team average
JV Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       
24th Isabella Builes 25:55 7:48
DNF Rihanna Atiles   10:05
Frosh Girls  (2.0 miles)  race results                                                    no mile splits (in middle of woods)                                              
5th Hailey Molina 12:47  
20th Kaylee Forte 14:16  
21st Grace Fine 14:26  

 

Shore Track Coaches Inv

@ Holmdel Park  9/30/23

low 60s, drizzling

Frosh Girls  (2.0 miles)  race results                                                    1 mile splits                                              
4th Emily Scarpa 14:07 7:17/6:50
9th Hailey Molina 14:43 7:39/7:04
36th Kaylee Forte 15:49 8:05/7:44
66th Grace Fine 16:54 8:19/8:35
80th Demi Gatling 17:17 8:59/8:18
1st 75 pts 16:46.0 team average

 

Monmouth County Champs

@ Holmdel Park  10/10/23

mid 60s, low humidity

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile (split) / last 1.1 mile
3rd Elizabeth Scarpa 19:21 6:33/12:52 (6:19)/6:29
30th Emily Scarpa 21:28 7:15/14:22 (7:07)/7:07
53rd Hailey Molina 22:39 7:36/15:07 (7:31)/7:32
55th Lydia Bereznitski 22:42 7:31/14:59 (7:28)/7:43
56th Julianna Sciacca 22:43 7:34/15:04 (7:30)/7:39
60th Gia Koratagere 22:51 7:37/15:12 (7:35)/7:39
70th Mahi Patel 23:10 7:35/15:08 (7:33)/8:02
5th 185 pts 21:46.6 team average
JV Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile (split) / last 1.1 mile                                                       
10th Sophia Scarpa 23:27 7:55/15:46 (7:51)/7:41
19th Paige Suhocki 25:00 8:42/17:03 (8:21)/7:56
Frosh Girls  (2.0 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile (split)                                            
8th Kaylee Forte 16:19 8:10/8:09
11th Demi Gatling 16:46 8:25/8:21
13th Grace Fine 16:52 8:20/8:32

 

Shore Conference Champs

@ Ocean County Park  10/19/23

high 60s, no wind

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace)  /  halfway splits/difference
4th Elizabeth Scarpa (Jr) 18:24 5:44/11:37 (5:53)/6:47 (6:10p)      8:55/9:29  +34
41st Emily Scarpa  (Fr) 20:25 6:23/13:08 (6:45)/7:17 (6:38p)    10:01/10:24  +23
43rd Mahi Patel  (So) 20:29 6:30/13:18 (6:48)/7:11 (6:32p)    10:08/10:21  +13
46th Hailey Molina  (Fr) 20:31 6:28/13:17 (6:49)/7:14 (6:35p)    10:08/10:23  +15
54th Julianna Sciacca  (So) 20:40 6:29/13:17 (6:48)/7:23 (6:43p)    10:08/10:32  +24
71st Lydia Bereznitski  (So) 21:09 6:27/13:15 (6:48)/7:54 (7:11p)    10:06/11:03  +57
72nd Gia Koratagere  (So) 21:10 6:29/13:15 (6:46)/7:55 (7:12p)    10:07/11:03  +56
3rd 178 pts 20:05.0 team average
JV Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace)  /  halfway splits/difference                                                  
5th Natalie O'Connor (Jr) 20:56 6:47/13:40 (6:53)/7:16 (6:37p)    10:30/10:26  -4
12th Sophia Scarpa  (Sr) 21:50 6:47/13:51 (7:04)/7:59 (7:16p)    10:35/11:15  +40
14th Gianna Canova  (Sr) 22:02 6:38/13:53 (7:15)/8:09 (7:25p)    10:25/11:37  +72
38th Paige Suhocki  (So)  23:42 7:15/15:05 (7:50)/8:37 (7:50p)    11:20/12:22  +62
51st Isabella Builes  (Jr) 24:16 7:38/15:41 (8:03)/8:35 (7:49p)    11:52/12:24  +32
2nd 88 pts 22:32.2 team average
Frosh Girls  (2.0 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2nd mile split / difference                                           
11th Kaylee Forte 15:04 7:15/7:49   +34

 

JV/Frosh Champs

@ Thompson Park  10/25/23

low 70s

JV Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace)
4th Gia Koratagere  (So) 22:25 7:11/14:16 (7:05)/8:09 (7:25p)
7th Lydia Bereznitski  (So) 22:35 7:11/14:16 (7:05)/8:19 (7:34p)

 

Future 7

@ Ocean County Champs  10/26/23

mid 70s

Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace)  /  halfway splits/difference
6th Sophia Scarpa  (Sr) 22:16 6:59/14:10 (7:11)/8:06 (7:22p)  10:48/11:28  +40
16th Kaylee Forte (Fr) 24:01 7:39/15:43 (8:04)/8:18 (7:33p)  11:56/12:05   +9
19th Demi Gatling (Fr) 24:26 7:39/15:43 (8:04)/8:43 (7:56p)  11:56/12:30  +34
22nd Paige Suhocki  (So)  24:31 7:56/15:55 (7:59)/8:36 (7:49p)  12:16/12:15   -1
29th Isabella Builes  (Jr) 25:13 7:56/16:16 (8:20)/8:57 (8:09p)  12:20/12:43  +23
43rd Rihanna Atilles (So) 27:10 8:10/17:08 (8:58)/10:02 (9:08p)  12:54/14:16  +82
2nd 70 pts 24:05.1 team average

 

Central Jersey Group III Champs

@ Thompson Park  10/28/23

L-R: Gianna Canova, Emily Scarpa, HaileyMolina, Liz Scarpa, Mahi Patel, Natalie O'Connor, Jules Sciacca

high 70s, sunny (HOT!)

The CN Girls move up from 4th last year to 2nd, 24 pts behind Middletown South.

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace)
6th Elizabeth Scarpa (Jr) 19:50 6:04/12:20 (6:16)/7:30 (6:49p)
16th Emily Scarpa  (Fr) 21:08 6:41/13:29 (6:48)/7:39 (6:58p)
23rd Julianna Sciacca  (So) 21:55 6:53/13:48 (6:55)/8:07 (7:23p)
24th Hailey Molina  (Fr) 21:59 6:52/13:48 (6:56)/8:11 (7:27p)
26th Natalie O'Connor (Jr) 22:02 7:04/14:09 (7:05)/7:53 (7:10p)
36th Gianna Canova  (Sr) 22:48 6:56/14:21 (7:25)/8:27 (7:41p)
46th Mahi Patel  (So) 23:28 6:53/14:18 (7:25)/9:10 (8:20p)
2nd 87 pts (2 pts ahead of 3rd) 21:22.5 team average

 

Last Chance Inv

@ Ocean County Park  11/2/23

around 50 degrees, no wind

Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile (pace)  /  halfway splits/difference
2nd Mahi Patel  (So) 20:35 6:35/13:19 (6:44)/7:16 (6:37p)    10:11/10:24  +13
7th Sophia Scarpa  (Sr) 21:17 6:45/13:42 (6:57)/7:35 (6:54p)    10:29/10:48  +19
18th Kaylee Forte (Fr) 22:49 7:17/14:48 (7:31)/8:01 (7:18p)    11:22/11:27   +5
30th Demi Gatling (Fr) 23:51 7:17/15:14 (7:57)/8:37 (7:50p)    11:30/12:21  +51
35th Paige Suhocki  (So)  24:21 7:25/15:28 (8:03)/8:53 (8:05p)    11:42/12:39  +57
36th Grace Fine (Fr) 24:31 7:22/15:26 (8:04)/9:05 (8:16p)    11:39/12:52  +73
47th Rihanna Atilles (So) 26:37 8:08/17:06 (8:58)/9:31 (8:39p)    12:57/13:40  +43
3rd 69 pts 22:34.1 team average

 

Group III State Champs

@ Holmdel Park  11/4/23

60 degrees

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile
19th Elizabeth Scarpa (Jr) 20:11 6:44/13:22 (6:38)/6:49
50th Emily Scarpa  (Fr) 20:59 7:10/14:02 (6:52)/6:57
86th Julianna Sciacca  (So) 22:03 7:32/14:46 (7:14)/7:17
87th Lydia Bereznitski  (So) 22:05 7:32/14:46 (7:14)/7:19
90th Hailey Molina  (Fr) 22:05 7:32/14:46 (7:14)/7:19
111th Gia Koratagere (So) 22:50 7:40/15:15 (7:35)/7:35
112th Gianna Canova  (Sr) 22:51 7:39/15:12 (7:33)/7:39
10th 273 pts 21:28.6 team average

 

Meet of Champions

@ Holmdel Park  11/11/23

low 50s

Varsity Girls  (3.1 miles)  race results                                                       mile/2 mile split / last 1.1 mile
37th Elizabeth Scarpa (Jr) 19:46 6:36/13:07 (6:31)/19:46 (6:39)