9/28 - Six Flags Wild Safari - Jackson ,NJ
The cross country team heads to a swampy, muggy, rainy Wild Safari and records some nice performances. Soph Jason Sarnicola leads the varsity team for the first time with an 11th place finish in 16:36. His time is 4th on the AT list. Cody Doskocil (16:39 - #6), Robert Imparato (16:44 - #9) and Adam Vitale (17:17 - #16) all hit the all-time list as well. The varsity team earns a 3rd place plaque and has the 10th best 5 man average of over 80 varsity teams in the meet. Guiliana Collegio paces the varsity girls with a 19:31. The frosh girls take 3rd in their race led by Violet Illuzzi who's 12:56 is the fastest in Sea's frosh history. The frosh boys just miss a plaque with a 4th place finish. Michael Sclafani (#6 - 11:43), James Herrara (#7 - 11:49), Joshua Zucconi (#8 - 11:51) and Thomas DeMarco (#10 - 11:58) all crack the all-time list. After the races, the team had a great time at "Fright Fest." SEE UPDATED SAFARI ALL-TIME LIST
9/21 - Bob Pratt Invitational - Sunken Meadow Park
The XC squad headed out to Long Island with the goal of putting in hard efforts over a very challenging course - Mission Accomplished! Cody Doskocil (#3 - 17:46), Jason Sarnicola (#4 - 18:06) and Robert Imparato (#5 - 18:08) all hit the all-time lists to lead the varsity team to 4th place in their race. Giuliana Collegio runs an impressive 21:44 for 4th place in her race. Skyla MacPherson paces the frosh girls to 2nd place in the team standings. Since this is a new 3,200 course, the Top 10 frosh boys and girls make the initial frosh all-time list for Sunken Meadows.
SEE UPDATED SUNKEN MEADOW ALL-TIME LIST
9/14 - Regis Invitational - VCP
Cody Doskocil paces the varsity team with a 14:01 clocking. The varsity squad takes 4th in their race and 9th of 40 teams overall while facing many of the top squads in NYC & NY/NJ. Jason Sarnciola runs 14:09, which is #5 SO AT. The boys 5 man avg was 15:04 last year at this meet and was 14:24 today! Guiliana Collegio runs a very impressive 16:46 for 6th in her race. It represents a PR of 1:44 secs and is the 13th fastest of 300+ girls that ran the course today!
9/7 - SIHST&FA Season Opener - Ocean Breeze
The Varsity boys kick off XC '24 with a monster effort at Ocean Breeze. The top 4 runners are separated by 8 seconds as pack running leads to the team turning many heads. Four teams are separated by a mere 2 pts as the team finishes in 2nd place. The Frosh boys take 3rd in their race led by Michael Sclafani's 4th place finish. Violet Illuzzi wins the frosh girls race and the top 4 girls place in the Top 6 in the race. Despite some confusion as the course markings fell down the girls dominate to win the frosh girls race.