| This is a huge meet to try and do a meet preview. If we missed any top contenders please send a note to tim@armorytrack.com Preview done with input from Mike Quinn, Don Rich, Tim Fulton, Pat Montferrat, Jason Byrne, and Brandon Miles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Some top individual runners info taken from PolyXC posts on dyestat's NY Message Board. Varsity Boys A Top Teams
Team This has to be Shaker vs. Smithtown, but El Modena, CA could be in the mix. Individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boys Varsity B Top Teams
Team Can anyone really mess with Danbury here? Yes. Oakton can win with a great effort. Chaminade is always a dangerous team and could give them the best run while PA’s Holy Ghost is #6 in their state and known for three front-runners who go out hard. West Windsor-Plainsboro North, with outstanding frosh Joe Rosa is coming off a 2nd place finish @ Shore Coaches w/ the #5 team avg. for the day and could be ready for a breakout race. Individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top Teams
Team Queensbury, NY has been looking very good all season long. They have a very deep team and should pull this one out unless Kellenberg has one of those great days, which is possible. If they falter, Liverpool, NY, Thomas Jefferson, VA, and Voorheesville, NJ could be there to pick up the slack. Note that Fayetteville-Manlius, who holds the team average record for the meet, is in this race. Individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boys Varsity D Top Teams
Team You gotta like North Penn, PA, as they could be PA’s best team this year. They dominated a strong field at Carlisle on 9/29 and are ed by Zach Hoagland in the front. Midlothian should be in the mix as well as Ithaca, NY. Memorial, NJ has made some ripples on the NJ Top Ten voting, maybe a top 5 in this race. And Pearl River, NY, with a potential individual winner, could place top five as well. Bishop Hendricken, a RI power, can always make noise here and Horace Greeley, NY is a solid team as well with two top runners. Individuals Jason Witt is the favorite in the race. He finished 7th at the NTN nationals last year. However, Pat Dupont of Fairport NY, and Zach Hoagland of North Penn should press him in the race. Brad Miles, and Zack Montijo of North Penn, Andrew Corcoran of Westhill NY, Andris Goncarovs of Ithaca, Mike Hickey of Pearl River, Pat Erban of LaSalle RI, and Bronson Venable of Bishop Hendricken should be running in the lead pack. George Galasso (Jr. / Holmdel) is r ounding into shape after breakout spring season (4:17.xx for 1600m), he could surprise (Uniform: White / Blue). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boys Varsity E Top Teams
Team IndividualsTop individuals include Max Kaulbach (Germantown Friends), Chris Aldrich (Henderson), and Ray Delgado (Thousand Islands). Other strong harriers include Dylan Trotzuk (Collegiate), Isaac Ortiz, Jake McKenzie, and Gus McKenzie (Germantown Friends), Mitch Leveille (N. Kingstown RI), Evan Flach (Suffern), Chris Burke (Tully). Aldrich could be the favorite here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys Varsity F Top Teams
Team IndividualsThe top guys from Warwick (Brad Ackerman and Alex Leuchanka) should be in the front pack as well as Robert Molke from Don Bosco. Demetri Goutos (Saratoga Springs, NY) should be up there as well. Forrest Misenti of Xavier CT , Guilderland’s Roland Graves and Cornwall’s Colin Anderson could be sleepers. Belgiovanni and Spencer of Don Bosco are are potential winners. Brian Leung (Sr. / West Winsor-Plainsboro South, NJ) This kid is the real deal. 15:52 in sub-tropical Holmdel @ Shore Coaches Invite (#16 AT) (Uniform: Oregon Green and Yellow) Robby Andrews (Jr. / Manalapan, NJ) 2.5 may be the right distance for this 4:17.94 1600m guy (Uniform: White / Red) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Varsity Boys G Top Teams
Team Shenendehowa, NY is the slight favorite over an always strong CBA, NJ team. This race matches two of the meets best ever against each other as both have long, storied histories here. CBA has a very tight pack. Morris Hills, NJ has been a pleasant surprise thus far. They dominated the “D” race at Shore Coaches w/ the #2 team avg (17:07) Individuals Kyle Merber of Half Hollow Hills and Mike Danaher of Shen’s Mike Danaher have to be one of the favorites here though an out of state sleeper is likely to be in the mix in this race. There are also lots of dark horses to keep an eye on. Bobby Andrews of Shoreham-Wading River is a junior who has run well at Van Cortland in the past. Andrew Palmer of Walt Whitman is a huge talent who won the freshman race at FLNE last year. Mike Masse of St. John's Prep MA also has a load of talent. |
| This is a huge meet to try and do a meet preview. If we missed any top contenders please send a note to tim@armorytrack.com Preview done with input from Mike Quinn, Don Rich, Tim Fulton, Pat Montferrat, Jason Byrne, and Brandon Miles. |
Some top individual runners info taken from PolyXC posts on dyestat's NY Message Board. |