Manhattan HS XC Invitational

Boys Meet Preview

Boys Race A

TEAMS

· Phillipsburg, NJ - NJ#13

· Cicero North Syracuse, NY - NY#15AA

· Middle Country, NY -NY #20-AA

· Guilderland, NY - NR

· Somers, NY – NY#5-A, NYS Class B Champs last year

· Pawling, NY – NY#1-C

INDIVIDUALS

· Brian Rhodes-Deavy (Guilderland, NY) – DNR in ’04, running very well, strong 15:08 last weekend at McQuaid, has run 1:52 for 800m and 4:13 for the mile

· Charles White (Garden City, NY) – 13:27 in ’04, NYS Freshman record in the mile last year with 4:16, 2^nd at states last year as freshman

· Alex Bean (Somers, NY) – 13:06 in ’04, undefeated this season, ran 12:42 last weekend at St. Anthony’s, 7^th at states

· Robert Krause (Connetquot, NY) – 13:14 here last year, 11^th at states last year

Boys Race B

TEAMS

· Liverpool, NY – NE#7, NY#4-AA, won the Queensbury Invit

· Shaker, NY - #14AA, indoor 4x800m National Champs, ran outstanding 7:38.14 in 4x800 outdoors to place 2^nd at NON, also 2^nd at Penn Relays

· Thousand Islands (CAN) - ??

· Queensbury, NY - NY#1-A, 3^rd at Queensbury Invit

· Chaminade, NY – NY#7-AA, 5^th at NYS Feds last year

· Westhill, NY - NY#1-B

· Danbury, CT - CT#7

· St. John's Prep, MA – MA#6-?

· North Kingstown, RI - RI#3-?

· Colts Neck, NJ - NR

INDIVIDUALS

· Craig Forys (Colts Neck, NJ) – 2^nd at the NJ meet of Champs last year, 4:11 PR in the 1600m, 1600m NJ State Champs 2005

· Ben White (Liverpool, NY) - NY State Champ 1600m 2005, mile PR of 4:11, ran 13:21 here last year, placed 2^nd at McQuaid Invitational in 15:05, ran 13:21 here last year

· Jake McAndrew (Oswego, NY) – 1^st McQuaid last week in 15:22

· Colin Heenan (Liverpool, NY) – 9:37 track speed – ran 15:26 at McQuaid last week

· Ryan McDermott (Chaminade, NY) – 13:08 here last year, 4^th at Grout last week

· Tim Hartnett (Westhill, NY) – 13:13 here lat year, 6^th place at Paul Short last weekend

· Steve Soprano (Queensbury, NY) – 13:21 here last year, 3^rd at Grout last week
Jeremy Beaudette (Queensbury, NY) – 13:28 here last year, 6^th at Grout last week

· Brandon Burns (North Kingstown, RI) – 9^th at States last year, 47^th at New Englands

· Chris Mason (Auburn, NY) – 13:39 here last year, 16:23 at Tully last weekend

· Willie Ahearn (Danbury, CT) – sophomore, 2^nd at Big Red with 16:38.

Boys Race C

TEAMS

· Fayetteville-Manilius, NY - NY#1 – US #2, NYS Fed Champs 2004, 2^nd at NTN to the famed York, ILL., set team average record for VCP and MXCI with 12:48 average, won with 15 points here last year,

· Morris Hills, NJ - NJ#1, US#9, NE#5, 2^nd at the NJ Meet of Champs last year

· CBA (Lincroft, NJ) - NJ#2, NTN NE#2, US #5 – won the NJ meet of Champs last year, the most storied team to ever run at VCP with 18 guys who have broken 13:00 all time. One of only 55 schools to have an “All Time Top 5” average under 13:00. (CBA is 5^th best all time VCP at 12:43)

· Flagler-Palm Coast (FL) – 14^th last week at the FLRunner.com Invitational in a loaded field

· Cranford, NJ - NJ#11

INDIVIDUALS

Tommy Gruenewald (FM) – Won last years race in 12:42, was 36^th at Footlocker, 9^th at NTN, 6^th at NYS Federation
Owen Kimple (FM) – ran 12:49 here last year to place 2^nd. Was 36^th at NTN and 14^th at the NYS Federation, running 16:06 at Bowdoin Park.
John Herron (FM) – ran 12:51 here last year at 4^th man – the fastest 4^th man ever at VCP. Placed 34^th at NTN and 15 at NYS Federation
Andrew McCann (FM) – ran 12:54 here last year as FM’s 5^th man, the fastest 5^th man ever at VCP. Placed 18^th at NTN & 7^th at NYS Federation

· Chris Horel (CBA, NJ) - ran 12:58 here last year to place 6^th, 5^th at the NJ MOC in 2004

· Greg Leach (CBA, NJ) – ran 13:16 here last year

· Kevin Rogers (CBA, NJ) - 14^th at the NJ MOC in 2004

· Kyle Soloff (Morris Hills, NJ) – ran 13:18 here last year but ran 12:57 here 3 weeks ago

· Jayson Decker (Morris Hills, NJ) – 9^th at the NJ MOC in 2004

· Justin Harbor (Flagler-Palm Coast, FLA) - won the FLRunners.com meet last week over strong field in 15:26.

Boys Race D

TEAMS

· Shenendehowa, NY – NY#5, 1^st school to ever average under 13:00 at the meet,

· Bishop Hendricken, RI - 2^nd place last year here and at the RI State Champs, perennial RI powers with much history here at Manhattan. One of only 55 schools to have an “All Time Top 5” average under 13:00.

· Lockport, NY – NR

· Hatboro, PA – 9^th at Class AAA States last year, 4^th place here last year.

· Washingtonville, NY – NY#15-AA

· North Rockland, NY – NY#17-AA – had two graduates place 1-2 here last year

· Monroe-Woodbury, NY – NY#19-AA – Where the famous John Trautman went to HS

INDIVIDUALS

· Dan McManamon (Shenendahowa, NY) – won his race last year in 12:43

· Tom Webb (Bishop Hendricken, RI) – A Barrington, RI transfer who won the RI State meet last year by 28 seconds

· John Haenle (Lockport, NY) – ran 13:02 here last year, 22^nd at States last year

· Colin McConnell (Bishop Hendricken, RI) – ran 13:09 here last year

· Josh Hibbs (Hatboro, PA) – 10^th at Class AAA states last year in 16:25, ran 12:56 here last year

· Andy Clyne (Washingtonville, NY) – ran 13:24 here last year, has won races the last 4 weekends.

Boys Race E

TEAMS

· Saratoga Springs, NY - NY#2, NE#2, won the Great American Invit two weeks ago. Often over shadowed by the girls team, this squad is always one of the best in NY and this year could be one of the best in the Country.

· Ithaca, NY – NY#8AA, 4^th here last year

· Old Bridge, NJ - NR

INDIVIDUALS

· Steve Murdock (Saratoga Springs, NY) – ran 12:50 here last year. 2^nd at NTN 2 mile in 9:11,

· Greg Kelsey (Saratoga Springs, NY) – ran 13:00 here last year, 8^th at NON in Steeple, 3K Steeple PR of 9:27, 26^th at States last year in XC.

· Greg Kiley (Saratoga Springs, NY) – 26^th at Great American this year

· Andy Bangert (Saratoga Springs, NY) – 13:38 here last year

· Drew Hart (Ithaca, NY) – 13:52 here last year but racing very well right now

Boys Race F:

TEAMS

· Warwick Valley, NY – NY#3, NE#4, 2^{n d} at Great American this year, Coach Tim St. Lawrence is a NYS coaching legend.

· Brockton, MA – MA#1, 2^nd at States last year

· Brentsville, VA – SE#8, 11^th place at Great American this year

· Midlothian, VA -

· Londonderry, NH - NH#2) – 2004 NH State Champs, 2^nd at New Englands in 2004

· Cumberland, RI – RI#2 – 2004 RI state Champs

· Colonie, NY -

· Chatham, NJ - NR

· Eleanor Roosevelt, MD

INDIVIDUALS

· Jerry Greenlaw (Warwick Valley, NY) – 13:43 here last year

· Mike Mark (Warwick Valley, NY) – 13:30 here last year

· Jose Depina (Brockton, MA) – 13:02 here last year, 6^th at States in 2004

· Kevin Gill (Brockton, MA) – 13:25 here last year, 18^th at States in 2004

· Nick Gehlsen (Brentsville, VA) – ran 16:12 to place 29^th at Great American this year

· ?? (Londonderry, NH)

· Andrew Coleman (Cumberland, RI) -

· Derrek Turcotte (Cumberland, RI) -

· Andrew Pfeiffer (Clarence, NY)

· Kevin Treadaway (Colonie, NY) – 12:49 here last year

· Ben Massam (Chatham, NJ) -

· Mikias Gelagle (Eeanor Roosevelt, MD) – 13:02 here last year

Boys Race G

TEAMS

· Msgr. Farrell, NY – NY#6 AA, 14 at NY Federation Champs last year

· Ridgewood, NJ – NJ#4, one of only 55 schools to have an “All Time Top 5” average under 13:00.

· Kellenberg, NY – NY#9

· Xavier, CT – CT#5 – 10^th at CT. State Open last year, 5^th at Woods Trail Run in Vermont last weekend

· Griswold, CT – 11^th at CT. State Open last year

· Bethlehem, NY – 9^th at NY Federation Champs last year

· Cornwall, NY – NY#13-A, 9^th at State Class A Meet last year

· New Paltz, NY – NY#12-B

INDIVIDUALS

· Tradelle Ward (Griswold, CT) – 9^th place at Footlocker NE qualifiers last year, 3^rd at New England’s last year, CT State Open Champ

· Dan Busby (New Paltz, NY) - NY State Class B Champ last year, 4^th at NYS Federation Meet in ’04.

· Matt Shaffer (Bethlehem, NY) – 13:11 here last year, has won the last 2 weekends at Queensbury and Grout over very good competition. Has run 1:53, 4:18, and 9:18 on the track.

· Dan Lewis (Msgr. Farrell, NY) – 13:08 here last year

· Vito Cannavo (Msgr. Farrell, NY) – 13:13 here last year

· Jeff Carbonella (Msgr. Farrell, NY) – 13:39 here last year

· Christopher Zablocki (Xavier, CT) – ran 16:42 last week at Woods Trail Run in Vermont

· Dan Prahl (Pottsdam, NY) – ran 15:48 to place 8^th at Queensbury, 4^th at Class C State Meet last year

· Michael Cator (Ridgewood, NJ) – 13:09 here last year, 16:38 at Holmdel last year to place 18 at NJ MOC,

· Chris Croff (Griswold, CT) – ran 16:06 to place 4^th at the CT State Open last year,

· Conor Shelley (Kellenberg, NY) - 13:41 here last year