First place in something: Academic honors!

We are humbled and proud to announce that four of our student-athletes (4!) have earned Academic All District Honors. A total of seven track student-athletes (5 men, 2 women) from the MAAC were honored -- and four of them are Red Foxes. That's pretty neat! The four honorees are: Recent graduates Michael Kennedy and Drew Burns, rising senior Christopher Rivas (the only one of the five men who is not a graduating senior) and rising junior Hayley Collins. The award combines success in the classroom with success on the track. For details on the honorees, click this link at GoredFoxes.com and/or go to maacsports.com to read about all of the MAAC honorees. Nicely done!

Commencement 2019: Day in the sun

Another commencement is in the books, this year with much better weather than 2018. I seem to say this every year, but this was a really special class. Celebrating them is tinged with sadness as these fine men and women will no longer be part of our day-to-day process, but they will always be part of the heart and soul of what we do, each day, each week and each season. Long May They Run.

Commencement 2019: Friday photos

From the Honors Program medal ceremony on Friday afternoon, with Riley Hughes and Eamonn Beers. From the graduate school graduation, with now two-time alum Brian Edsall with his MPA degree.

Hayley's great half marathon!

Congratulations to Hayley Collins, who extended her spring “season” by one week in racing the Mystic (Conn.) Half Marathon. Hayley was sixth overall and second woman in 1:20:27 (6:08 pace). She went through 5km in 18:11 and the half in 38:48, according to the official race results. And she got to meet running legend Amby Burfoot as well. Very cool!

Into the sunset

As commencement approaches on Saturday, the final in the series of goodbyes, just wanted to share this photo of Kennedy and me in the moments following his final race in red-and-white at the IC4As 10,000-meter run. We will miss him and all the seniors as they run off into the sunset, with many more great sunrises in their future.

Do dragons have arms? My 24-hour story …

It had to be around 4:45 a.m. I had been moving forward, on my feet, on and off – mostly on – for nearly 20 hours. Save for street lamps and an awesome nearly full moon, it was dark and quiet outside. I was getting tired, sleepy even, but I was still walking. My eyes blinked. Once. Twice. Man. I’m … really … tired. Wait. What was THAT! I flinched. I actually flinched. What I saw – what I “saw” – made me flinch. It looked like the arm of a dragon (wait, do dragons have arms?), reaching

out of the moon, in the sky, with flames shooting all around (kind of like this Santana album cover from the 1970s). Whoa man. Might be time to take a nap.

This past weekend, I was at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in New Jersey, site of an incredible – if little known – event called “Three Days at the Fair.” The event name is actually a bit of a misnomer. It’s an ultramarathon race … or really, races, and one of its many distances is, in fact, three days; my event of choice was 24 hours, one of the shorter ones on the docket (the longest is a 10-day ultra; there’s also a 6-day, 3-day, 2-day, 1-day, 12-hour, 50km and marathon races). But there’s so much more going on here, besides quasi-hallucinogenic images in the night. For nearly two weeks, the rural fairgrounds turns into a small, tight-knit community, a de facto tent city, with relentless forward movement (a takeoff on a similarly named ultramarathon book) being the primary theme.

This was my first 24-hour ultra; my previous long in fixed time races was 12 hours. I didn’t really have a goal, other than trying to stay on the course for as much of the 24 hours as possible. Which led me to the flaming dragon in the sky. Having never done or tried drugs of any kind – unless you count an extra few cups of coffee on a long day at a track meet – flames in the sky was a new experience for me. I headed to my car, started it to get the heat cranking (sorry, environmentalists and “idling law” watchdogs), and was asleep in seconds. After a quick, 35-minute nap, I stepped out of my car. Or at least, attempted to. My body had turned into a solid wall of granite discomfort. Pain, stiffness and fatigue melded as one. I stumbled to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and thought to myself: “What the f—k am I DOING? I should just pack up and drive home!” But alas, it was only 5:45 a.m., and I still had a full three hours to log more mile loops. But how. But WHY?

Ah, but here’s the deal with this sort of thing: Don’t ask why. Never ask why! Focus on the how. How am I gonna do this next lap? Fortunately, I remembered something Butch – veteran ultra guy, friend of Big Mike, pictured here with me -- told me earlier, in the bright hot sunshine of Saturday afternoon that seemed like a week ago but was really just about 12 hours before: After you start up after a break, that first lap will feel funky. Don’t worry; it’ll get better. Or, in the classic ultra vernacular: It never always gets worse.

I stumbled through the next few hours, eclipsed 70 miles (which somewhere in my brain haze had become a “goal”) and then added two more miles for good measure. Why? Because some guy named Ronald I met in the last hours of the race had a goal of 120 miles, but he extended it to 126 miles, which is 200 kilometers, because that would “mean something” to the French people with whom he does business. Then he said to me, “you know, if you do 72 miles, it’s exactly 3 miles per hour for the entire day,” thus enticing me to waddle through to 72 laps completed. This is the kind of warped logic that takes over. I guess you could call it “loopy” …

So yeah. I finished my first 24-hour. Along the way, I learned a few random lessons:

1. Hokas are by far the preferred shoe of ultra competitors. This makes sense, since they have an incredible amount of cushioning, which is necessary for the long haul. Given the toll this sort of repeated pounding takes on the feet and legs, I may have to give that a try. My trusty Asics Cumulus didn’t seem quite up to this endless task. I tested out Nick Cruz’s Hoka Bondis for the last two laps and they felt good. By the way, young Cruz won the 12-hour event in a predictably crash-and-burn methodology, cruising through the marathon in 2:55 before falling apart in the later stages of his race. A good introduction for him!
2. Defizzed (flat) cola might be the best “sports drink” in history. Healthy? No. Effective? For me and many others, yes.
3. Like many others in the world these days, ultrarunners have a lot of tattoos!
4. My haphazard “diet” for the race consisted of, in no particular order: bananas, potato chips, orange and yellow peppers, hot dogs, protein bars, cheese quesadillas, coffee (blessed coffee in the middle of the night), and perhaps the best bacon egg and cheese sandwich I’ve ever had, at around 3 in the morning. The aid station was fully stocked and manned 24/7, cooking hot food on request. It was truly outstanding.
5. I came to the realization that I’m not as good at power walking as I thought. I would get routinely passed by faster walkers for the majority of the race. However, during my catatonic post-nap death march from mile 66 to mile 72, I was able to ambulate between 18-20-minute miles. Not exactly power walking, but not exactly a stumble either, in that state.

Basically, to sum it up, I think I was consistently mediocre. Staying out on the course for most of the race, moving at very unspectacular paces most of the time, with a final average of 3 miles per hour, exactly, for 24 hours. While that’s not particularly impressive or even noteworthy, I’ll end with this very Fun Fact: According to Google maps, the distance from my home in Hyde Park, NY, to the Sussex County Fairgrounds is 72 miles. Which is exactly what I covered in the race. Pretty neat.

McCann construction update

As I was walking into the McCann Center this morning, I happened upon this huge crane hoisting real-world, huge Lego pieces that will form the outside portion of the new McCann Center. That STONE will look familiar to those of you accustomed to the Modern Marist Look. By the middle of the afternoon, several more pieces like this were coming on huge flatbed tractor trailer trucks. Soon, the new McCann Center stone facade will be done and the interior construction phases can continue quickly. It is, as one would say, pretty neat.

IC4A/ECAC Championships: A record-breaking weekend!

One last day in the miserable rain this spring. It has been a remarkable run of lousy weather, literally every weekend for the past six weekends – perhaps none worse than Sunday’s spitting, freezing, windy rain. Incredible for May 12. Didn’t dampen a historic weekend for our team. Here are the highlights:

--This was the greatest team performance in school history at an ECAC Championships, as the women placed a program-best 12^th place with a program-best 22 points. Amazing!

--We had three medalists: Gianna Tedeschi, second in 5km, second fastest time in school history, personal-best time by 14 seconds (see previous posts); Hayley Collins, second in 10km; Debbie Boerke, fifth in 400 hurdles in final race of her collegiate career, during the peak of the terrible weather on Sunday afternoon.

--For the men, the meet marked the end to the great careers of seniors Mike Kennedy, Drew Burns and Brian Henderson, all of whom qualified for this meet for the past three years. We will miss these men greatly and will remember their contributions on and off the track forever.

Rainy relay pictures are courtesy of Kathy Gaye, who ended her long career as Marist Track Mom (fittingly on Mother’s Day). She will always be part of our family and we will miss seeing her at meets. Note one of the pics you can see Chuck holding the Fox Umbrella. Picture of our ECAC medalists comes from a surprising source: Assistant coach Terry Horton, who like me is not known for his adroit cell phone skills. As we like to say, sometimes the blind mouse finds the cheese.

Below are the complete results from the weekend, along with official meet splits from pctiming.com. And with that, the 2018-2019 journey – a long, soggy slog of three seasons of what seemed like mostly bad weather, but with enough highlights to fill a lifetime – comes to an end.

ECAC Championships

Princeton University

Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, 2019

1,500-meter run

17. Gianna Mastromatteo 4:32.39

51.67 (51.67), 2:03.69 (1:12.02), 3:16.24 (1:12.56), 4:32.39 (1:16.15)

3,000-meter run

7-Maria Smith 10:17.39

36.36 (36.36)       1:54.90 (1:18.55)       3:13.46 (1:18.57)       

     4:33.78 (1:20.32)       5:57.61 (1:23.83)       7:24.75 (1:27.15)       

     8:52.24 (1:27.49)      10:17.39 (1:25.16)

5,000-meter run

2-Gianna Tedeschi 16:45.17

41.74 (41.74)       2:01.74 (1:20.01)       3:22.70 (1:20.97)       

     4:42.00 (1:19.31)       6:02.03 (1:20.03)       7:23.09 (1:21.07)       

     8:43.63 (1:20.54)      10:04.62 (1:21.00)      11:24.81 (1:20.19)       

    12:45.97 (1:21.16)      14:07.50 (1:21.54)      15:29.06 (1:21.56)       

    16:45.17 (1:16.11)     

10,000-meter run

2-Hayley Collins 35:47.99

1:19.03 (1:19.03)       2:43.36 (1:24.33)       4:05.02 (1:21.66)       

     5:28.72 (1:23.70)       6:51.99 (1:23.27)       8:15.10 (1:23.12)       

     9:38.53 (1:23.43)      11:03.00 (1:24.47)      12:27.69 (1:24.69)       

    13:52.61 (1:24.92)      15:18.95 (1:26.35)      16:44.23 (1:25.28)       

    18:11.37 (1:27.15)      19:38.22 (1:26.85)      21:05.83 (1:27.61)       

    22:32.97 (1:27.15)      24:01.39 (1:28.43)      25:28.87 (1:27.49)       

    26:56.89 (1:28.02)      28:24.47 (1:27.59)      29:53.75 (1:29.29)       

    31:22.75 (1:29.00)      32:51.22 (1:28.48)      34:20.86 (1:29.64)       

    35:47.99 (1:27.13)

3,000-meter steeplechase

14. Ali Bartolotta 10:53.98

400-meter hurdles

5-Debbie Boerke 1:02.22

3,000-meter steeplechase

14. Ali Bartolotta 10:53.98

3,200-meter relay

14. Marist (Kerry Gaye, Denise Grohn, Maria Smith, Gianna Mastromatteo) 9:32.41

IC4A Championships

Princeton University

Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, 2019

800-meter run

26. Drew Burns 1:53.32

54.17, 1:53.32 (59.15)

10,000-meter run

11. Michael Kennedy 30:59.89

1:14.30 (1:14.30)       2:27.30 (1:13.00)       3:40.12 (1:12.82)      

     4:52.24 (1:12.12)       6:04.71 (1:12.48)       7:17.55 (1:12.84)      

     8:30.71 (1:13.16)       9:43.62 (1:12.92)      10:56.71 (1:13.10)      

    12:09.61 (1:12.90)      13:23.28 (1:13.68)      14:36.06 (1:12.79)      

    15:49.30 (1:13.24)      17:05.27 (1:15.97)      18:19.20 (1:13.93)      

    19:34.37 (1:15.18)      20:49.80 (1:15.43)      22:05.78 (1:15.98)       

    23:22.57 (1:16.80)      25:57.41 (2:34.84)      27:14.73 (1:17.33)      

    28:31.19 (1:16.46)      29:47.48 (1:16.29)      30:59.89 (1:12.42)  

 3,200-meter relay

12. Marist (Brian Henderson, James Moehringer, Drew Burns, Christopher Tibbetts) 8:00.70

ECAC 5km recap and photos

It was one of the more thrilling races to watch unfold over the weekend. As the last few laps of the 12.5-lap women's 5,000-meter race happened, it became clear that sophomore Gianna Tedeschi was onto something special. How special? She nearly pulled off a dramatic, come-from-behind victory. Regardless, her 14-second PR was amazing -- Coach Chuck said he predicted it and saw it coming! -- and her near-victory had the finish-area bleachers going nuts. It was pretty exciting. Check out the official race splits below and you can see how her final lap she almost ran down the first-place finisher from rival Iona. Photos above are from the race and the raw emotions of athlete and coach afterwards.

Event 20  Women 5000 Meter Run
=======================================================================         
 Meet Record: M 16:00.72  1992        Lauren Gubicza, Fordham                   
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points         
=======================================================================         
Finals                                                                          
  1 Kearley, Julia            JR Iona                  16:44.63   10            
         41.85 (41.85)       2:02.06 (1:20.22)       3:22.87 (1:20.82)          
     4:42.12 (1:19.26)       6:02.27 (1:20.15)       7:23.14 (1:20.87)          
     8:43.88 (1:20.75)      10:04.86 (1:20.98)      11:24.92 (1:20.07)          
    12:44.30 (1:19.38)      14:03.48 (1:19.19)      15:25.33 (1:21.85)          
    16:44.63 (1:19.30)                                                          
  2 Tedeschi, Gianna          SO Marist                16:45.17    8            
         41.74 (41.74)       2:01.74 (1:20.01)       3:22.70 (1:20.97)          
     4:42.00 (1:19.31)       6:02.03 (1:20.03)       7:23.09 (1:21.07)          
     8:43.63 (1:20.54)      10:04.62 (1:21.00)      11:24.81 (1:20.19)          
    12:45.97 (1:21.16)      14:07.50 (1:21.54)      15:29.06 (1:21.56)          
    16:45.17 (1:16.11)                  

ECAC Championships: Day 1 results

A strong and historic first day for our women as we notched a whopping 18 points and currently are sitting in ninth place in the meet. Gianna Tedeschi posted the race of the night with a major, breakthrough effort in the 5km race, pushing the pace from the front and running a 14-second PR and second-fastest time in school history, trailing only school record holder Michelle Gaye. Hayley Collins also did a lot of up-front running in the 10km race, getting a silver medal there in 35:47.99. Maria Smith scored in the 3km, and Gianna Mastromatteo (1,500) and Ali Bartolotta (3km steeple) posted solid races in their respective events.

ECAC Championships

Princeton University

Saturday, May 11, 2019

1,500-meter run

17. Gianna Mastromatteo 4:32.39

3,000-meter run

7-Maria Smith 10:17.39

5,000-meter run

2-Gianna Tedeschi 16:45.17

10,000-meter run

2-Hayley Collins 35:47.99

3,000-meter steeplechase

14. Ali Bartolotta 10:53.98

IC4A Championships: Day 1 results

The individual careers of two of the greatest runners and people we have ever coached came to an end on Saturday at Princeton. Drew Burns ran his last individual race in the open 800, falling a bit short of his goal. And Mike Kennedy ran his last 10,000-meter race, blitzing at an aggressive early pace and hanging gamely for an 11^th-place finish in a competitive field. Love this photo of Kennedy, his high school coach and great mentor Mr. Bob Andrews, and me. Kennedy touched both our lives greatly and it was fitting to have Big Bob there for his last race in the red and white.

IC4A Championships

Princeton University

Saturday, May 11, 2019

800-meter run

26. Drew Burns 1:53.32

10,000-meter run

11. Michael Kennedy 30:59.89

IC4A/ECAC: Team dinner on Friday night

Thanks to Paul and Debbie Tedeschi (Gianna's parents) for hosting an awesome team dinner at their house in Skillman (near Princeton) on Friday night. It was a good, relaxing way to start the weekend. Races begin this afternoon for our team. As has been a theme throughout this spring season, the weather today is forecast to be sunny and pleasant, and tomorrow is forecast to be rainy and unpleasant. For those seeking live updates, the official meet timing is Paynes Corner Timing (pctiming.com). Check back here later tonight or early tomorrow for updates.

IC4A/ECAC schedule

Here's the preliminary schedule and entries for us for this weekend at Princeton. We look forward to one final bus ride with our team before the "summer" begins. 

IC4A/ECAC Championships

Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12

Weaver Stadium, Princeton University

Time schedule and Marist entries (in bold)

Saturday, May 11

2:30 IC4A 4x100 Relay Final

2:45 ECAC 4x100 Relay Final

3:00 IC4A 800 Final: Drew Burns

3:15 ECAC 800 Final

3:35 IC4A 1500 Final

4:00 ECAC 1500 Final: Gianna Mastromatteo

4:30 ECAC 3000 Final: Maria Smith

5:00 IC4A 3000 Steeplechase Final

5:30 ECAC 3000 Steeplechase Final: Ali Bartolotta

6:00 IC4A 5000 Final

6:30 ECAC 5000 Final: Gianna Tedeschi

7:00 IC4A 10,000 Final: Mike Kennedy

7:40 ECAC 10,000 Final: Hayley Collins

Sunday May 12

10:30 ECAC 100 Meter Dash Trials

10:45 IC4A 100 Meter Dash Trials

11:00 ECAC 100 Meter Hurdles Trials

11:15 IC4A 110 Meter Hurdles Trials

11:40 ECAC 100 Meter Dash Final

11:45 IC4A 100 Meter Dash Final

11:50 IC4A 110 HH Final

12:05 ECAC 100 HH Final

12:20 ECAC 400 Meter Dash Final

12:35 IC4A 400 Meter Dash Final

12:50 ECAC 400 Meter Hurdles Final: Debbie Boerke

1:15 IC4A 400 Meter Hurdles Final

1:30 ECAC 200 Meter Final

1:50 IC4A 200 Meter Final

2:05 ECAC 4x800 Meter Relay Final

2:30 IC4A 4x800 Meter Relay Final

2:50 ECAC 4x400 Meter Relay Final

3:15 IC4A 4x400 Meter Relay Final

Last lap

Because of end-of-semester scheduling conflicts, our ECAC/IC4A qualified athletes have had to practice at varying times this week. Senior captains Mike Kennedy and Kerry Gaye did their final track workouts in the late afternoon/early evening at the desolate Vassar College track. Going there at 6 p.m., with the lacrosse netting down and no one around, is equal parts an eerie and calming feeling. And as luck would have it, Kennedy and Kerry reached the conclusion of their workout, a 400-meter interval, at the same time and the same pace. This was a truly unusual coincidence; Kennedy is a strength-based runner whose best event is 10,000 meters. Kerry is a middle distance runner who is proficient at a wide range of races, all the way down to the 4x400 relay. This weekend, she’ll be on our 4x800 relay. So they knocked out that last lap in the fading sunlight on a beautiful spring evening in about 68 seconds, stride by stride, together, one last time on the track. It was pretty neat, and I was really glad to have been there. My daughter Natalie took this photo of the three of us. While they cooled down, I drove Natalie over to the Vassar pool for her club swim practice. A last lap, and life continues on as a typical Wednesday evening. In a few days, we look forward to one last meet from them -- and the team -- this weekend.

Senior Awards Banquet 2019

The long series of goodbyes continued last night at the Senior Awards Banquet. We'll always remember the Class of 2019 as a truly cohesive unit, from start to finish, and we'll never forget them.

MAAC Championships: One final image

Here's one more photo from the weekend's MAAC Championships, of sophomore Gianna Tedeschi having the "time" of her life -- literally! -- in the 10,000-meter run on Saturday afternoon. Very neat.

MAAC Championships, Day 2: Men's results -- 4x800 relay wins in photo finish!

Like the rain that kept pelting down, the suspense built with each leg of the men's 4x800 relay. Brian Henderson put us out front and in position in the leadoff leg, as he has done sooooo many times. James Moehringer ran an MVP caliber second leg, Drew Burns put us in command, and Chris Tibbetts battled every step to the finish -- a photo finish vs. Rider! The finish line photo was flashed on the scoreboard. No one knew who won. The suspense built ... until ... the scoreboard flashed ... a Marist win! By the slimmest of margins. Pretty cool, great way for our seniors to go out. Speaking of seniors ... Mike Kennedy ran a gutsy scoring effort in the 5km, taking control of the chase pack when no one else would, and made us all proud. Elias Platanias and Patrick Kutch got impressive PRs in the terrible conditions as well. Very good stuff. 
MAAC Outdoor Championships

Monmouth University

Sunday, May 5

Day 2 results, men

400-meter relay

6. Marist (Santosh Krishnan, Jeremy Mooney, Jon Green, Josh Hindle) 43.97

800-meter run

4. Drew Burns 1:55.17

1,500-meter run

7. James Moehringer 3:59.05

5,000-meter run

5. Michael Kennedy 15:05.99

14. Elias Platanias 15:29.88

15. James Draney 15:35.19

16. Conor Stack 15:39.13

18. Patrick Kutch 15:44.07

22. Alex Hogue 15:52.90

26. Will Esposito 16:31.40

1,600-meter relay

6-Marist (Santosh Krishnan 52.148, Tanner Senius 53.490, Brendan Zeng 53.803, Josh Hindle 54.577) 3:34.02

3,200-meter relay

1-Marist (Brian Henderson 1:57.754, James Moehringer 1:57.628, Drew Burns 1:55.760, Christopher Tibbetts 1:56.311) 7:47.45

Final team standings

1-Monmouth 331, 2-Rider 152, 3-Iona 116, 4-Manhattan 103, 5-Siena 45, 6-Marist 28, 7-St. Peter’s 22, 8-Canisius 11

MAAC Championships, Day 2: Women's results

The weather went from bad to worse to unspeakably, laughably horrendous from the 5k and beyond -- rain, wind, raw cold. Remarkably, across the board for all teams, the performances were still pretty strong in terms of times. It was another memorable and emotional MAAC meet.

MAAC Outdoor Championships

Monmouth University

Sunday, May 5

Day 2 results, women

400-meter relay

7. Marist (Grace Cepeda, Camille McHenry, Debbie Boerke, Kayla Sexton) 51.49

1,500-meter run

8. Gianna Mastromatteo 4:35.94

400-meter hurdles

2. Debbie Boerke 1:01.31

5,000-meter run

5. Hayley Collins 17:18.23

9. Jordan Casey 17:44.76

14. Boushra Belkhir 18:27.82

17. Talia Cutrone 18:32.14

27. Hannah Albert 19:46.93

1,600-meter relay

6-Marist (Grace Cepeda 59.914, Camille McHenry 65.814, Gianna Mastromatteo 61.827, Debbie Boerke 59.316) 4:06.87

3,200-meter relay

5. Marist (Kerry Gaye 2:22.494, Denise Grohn 2:24.341, Maria Smith 2:25.322, Rebecca Walters 2:25.384) 9:37.54

Final team standings

1-Monmouth 221.5, 2-Rider 181.5, 3. Quinnipiac 127.5, 4-Manhattan 105.5, 5. Iona 89, 6-Marist 38, 7-St. Peter’s 20, 8-Siena 16, 9-Niagara 10, 10-Canisius 4

MAAC Championships, Day 1: Women's results!

Amazing first day for the women: two school records (Gianna Mastromatteo, 1,500; Debbie Boerke, 400 hurdles) and two additional ECAC qualifiers (Ali Bartolotta, 3,000 steeple, and Gianna Tedeschi, 10,000 meters). Gianna T's 10km time was the second fastest in school history and she also broke the meet record in the event. 

MAAC Outdoor Championships
Monmouth University

Saturday, May 4

100-meter dash

13. Camille McHenry 13.16

200-meter dash

13. Camille McHenry 26.41

800-meter run

13. Denise Grohn 2:20.43

14. Maddie Tooker 2:21.07

18. Kayla Sexton 2:24.34

22. Jillian Laliberte 2:25.68

1,500-meter run

5. Gianna Mastromatteo 4:31.48 *school record, old record 4:33.08 by Denise Grohn, 2018

15. Kerry Gaye 4:42.67

16. Maria Smith 4:45.86

17. Rebecca Walters 4:46.11

21. Boushra Belkhir 4:52.28

32. Jess Howe 5:12.57

10,000-meter run

2. Gianna Tedeschi 35:26.65 *meet record; **ECAC qualifier

400-meter hurdles

1-Debbie Boerke 1:00.75 *qualified for finals; **school record, old record 1:01.25 by Debbie Boerke in 2018

3,000-meter steeplechase

4. Ali Bartolotta 10:50.40 *ECAC qualifier

6. Jordan Casey 11:01.26

10. Samantha DeStefani 11:38.70

MAAC Championships, Day 1: Men's results

Highlights: James Moehringer (1,500) and Drew Burns (800) qualifying for finals; sprinters Jeremy Mooney (100, 200) and Santosh Krishnan (400) notching personal-best times; senior Palmer Weimann capping his career with a scoring place in the 10,000-meter run; sophomore Alex Hogue with a personal-best time in the 3,000 steeplechase. 

MAAC Outdoor Championships

Monmouth University

Saturday, May 4

Men’s results

100-meter dash

15. Jeremy Mooney 11.29

200-meter dash

10. Jeremy Mooney 22.55

400-meter dash

12. Santosh Krishnan 50.97

17. Josh Hindle 51.82

18. Pat Beglane 53.64

20. Andrew Lafferty 56.10

800-meter run

7. Drew Burns 1:54.88 *qualified for finals

10. Brian Henderson 1:55.29

14. Christopher Tibbetts 1:55.85

20. Aidan Sweeney 1:58.47

1,500-meter run

7. James Moehringer 3:57.11 *qualified for finals

17. James Draney 4:05.50

22. Dan Hillman 4:12.05

23. Brad Rynkowski 4:12.16

10,000-meter run

8. Palmer Weimann 31:31.76

11. Graham Strzelecki 32:11.49

15. Christopher Rivas 32:25.93

16. Riley Hughes 32:46.00

3,000-meter steeplechase

9. Alex Hogue 9:50.00

11. Patrick Kutch 9:53.13

13. Brendan Zeng 10:10.11

MAAC Championships: Day 2 schedule

Gonna be rainy and windy out there on Sunday ... 

MAAC Outdoor Championships

Monmouth University

Sunday time schedule and entries

12:00pm 4x100m (W): Marist A: Section 1

12:05pm 4x100m (M): Marist A

12:10pm 1500m (W): Gianna Mastromatteo

12:17pm 1500m (M): James Moehringer

12:30pm 100m Hurdles (W)

12:40pm 110m Hurdles (M)

12:55pm 400m (W)  

1:00pm 400m (M)

1:15pm 100m (W)  

1:20pm 100m (M)

1:30pm 800m (W)  

1:35pm 800m (M): Drew Burns

1:50pm 400m Int. Hurdles (W): Debbie Boerke 

2:00pm 400m Int. Hurdles (M)  

2:10pm 200m (W)  

2:15pm 200m (M)

2:25pm 5000m (W), one section: Hayley Collins, Boushra Belkhir, Talia Cutrone, Hannah Albert, Jordan Casey  

2:50pm 5000m (M), one section: Michael Kennedy, Conor Stack, James Draney, Elias Platanias, Patrick Kutch, Will Esposito, Alex Hogue  

3:10pm 4x800m Relay (W): Marist A  

3:25pm 4x800m Relay (M): Marist A  

3:40pm 4x400m (W): Marist A (heat 1 of 2)

3:55pm 4x400m (M): Marist A

MAAC Championships, Day 1: Dinner at the Hendersons

So grateful and appreciative of Brian Henderson's parents for hosting our huge team for dinner on Saturday night at their home in nearby Tinton Falls. Always great to have these team dinners. Our athletes were well-fed and we didn't have to battle overcrowded restaurants in the process. Very cool. Thanks to the Hendersons!

MAAC Championships, Day 1: Getting there ...

Our old friend and Coach Emeritus Cuesta traveled down with me by van to the championships, ahead of the two buses. I had to attend a mandatory coaches' meeting at 11:30 a.m. The trip was derailed by a sudden blowout on I-287 in northern New Jersey when a foreign object came flying toward the van and absolutely obliterated the front right tire of the van. Fortunately, I was able to guide the big vehicle over to the shoulder without damage to the either of us or the van (except for the mangled tire you see here). Amazingly, we were only five minutes late for the meeting. Whoa. What a way to start the day.

MAAC Outdoor Championships: Time schedule and entries

Here is the time schedule and entries for this weekend's meet at Monmouth University (updated with new draws in the 1,500 and 800).

MAAC Outdoor Championships

Monmouth University

Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5

Saturday time schedule and entries

2:00pm 1500m (W) Trials (3 heats: top 3 in each heat, plus next 3 fastest times): Boushra Belkhir (heat 1), Maria Smith (heat 2), Rebecca Walters (heat 2), Jess Howe (heat 2), Gianna Mastromatteo (heat 2), Kerry Gaye (heat 3)

2:20pm 1500m (M) Trials (3 heats: top 3 in each heat, plus next 3 fastest times): Dan Hillman (heat 1), James Draney (heat 2), James Moehringer (heat 2), Brad Rynkowski (heat 3)

2:40pm 100m Hurdles (W) Trials: No entries

2:50pm 110m Hurdles (M) Trials: No entries

3:05pm 400m (W) Trials: No entries

3:15pm 400m (M) Trials (3 heats: heat winner plus next 5 fastest times): Pat Beglane (heat 1), Andrew Lafferty (heat 1), Santosh Krishnan (heat 2), Josh Hindle (heat 2)

3:30pm 100m (W) Trials (4 heats: heat winner plus next 4 fastest times): Camille McHenry (heat 1)

3:40pm 100m (M) Trials (3 heats: heat winner plus next 5 fastest times): Jeremy Mooney (heat 1)

3:55pm 800m (W) Trials (5 heats: heat winner plus next 3 fastest times): Maddie Tooker (heat 1), Kayla Sexton (heat 2), Jillian Laliberte (heat 3), Jess Howe (heat 5), Denise Grohn (heat 5)

4:10pm 800m (M) Trials (4 heats: heat winner plus next 4 fastest times): Aidan Sweeney (heat 1), Christopher Tibbetts (heat 1), Drew Burns (heat 2), Brian Henderson (heat 3), Matthew Hawker (heat 3)

4:30pm 400m Int. Hurdles (W) Trials (3 heats: heat winner plus next 5 fastest times): Debbie Boerke (heat 2)

4:45pm 400m Int. Hurdles (M) Trials: No entries

5:00pm 200m (W) Trials (4 heats: heat winner plus next 4 fastest times): Camille McHenry (heat 2)

5:10pm 200m (M) Trials (4 heats: heat winner plus next 4 fastest times): Jeremy Mooney (heat 2)

5:25pm 3,000 M Steeplechase (W), one section: Jordan Casey, Ali Bartolotta, Samantha DeStefani

5:40pm 3,000 M Steeplechase (M), one section: Patrick Kutch, Brendan Zeng, Alex Hogue

5:55pm 10,000 M Run (W), one section: Gianna Tedeschi

6:35pm 10,000 M Run (M), one section: Christopher Rivas, Graham Strzelecki, Riley Hughes, Palmer Weimann

Sunday time schedule and entries

12:00pm 4x100m (W): Marist A: Section 1

12:05pm 4x100m (M): Marist A

12:10pm 1500m (W)

12:17pm 1500m (M)

12:30pm 100m Hurdles (W)

12:40pm 110m Hurdles (M)

12:55pm 400m (W)  

1:00pm 400m (M)

1:15pm 100m (W)  

1:20pm 100m (M)

1:30pm 800m (W)  

1:35pm 800m (M)

1:50pm 400m Int. Hurdles (W)  

2:00pm 400m Int. Hurdles (M)  

2:10pm 200m (W)  

2:15pm 200m (M)

2:25pm 5000m (W), one section: Hayley Collins, Boushra Belkhir, Talia Cutrone, Hannah Albert, Jordan Casey  

2:50pm 5000m (M), one section: Michael Kennedy, Conor Stack, James Draney, Elias Platanias, Patrick Kutch, Will Esposito, Alex Hogue  

3:10pm 4x800m Relay (W): Marist A  

3:25pm 4x800m Relay (M): Marist A  

3:40pm 4x400m (W): Marist A (heat 1 of 2)

3:55pm 4x400m (M): Marist A