Somerset County Cross Country Championships
Bernards Township, NJ – The Somerset County Cross Country Championships were held at Pleasant Valley Park on October 17, 2007.
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Photos by Alan Maglaque for NJSI.net
GIRLS Cross Country
Jillian Prentice a Sophmore from Montgomery High School came out on top in a field of 95 runners competing with a time of 18:42.25 running at an average of 6:01.3 for each mile.
TEAMS: 1-Ridge 50. 2-Montgomery 69. 3-Hillsborough 70. 4-Pingry 141. 5-Immaculata 146. 6-Bridgewater 152. 7-Bernards 178. 8-Mount St. Mary 182. 9-Somerville 253. 10-Watchung Hills 299. 11-Gill St. Bernards 301. 12-Franklin 345. 13-Rutgers Prep 349. 14-Manville 360. 15-Bound Brook 447.
INDIVIDUALS: 1-Jillian Prentice, So @ Montgomery, 18:42.3. 2-Ashley Smolinka, So @ Hillsborough, 18:50.2. 3-Liz Campbell, Sr @ Mount St. Mary, 19:08.6. 4-Dana Guglielmo, Jr @ Ridge, 19:12.5. 5-Amanda Herrmann, Sr @ Montgomery, 19:25.6. 6-Olivia Tarantino, Fr @ Pingry, 19:32.9. 7-Erin James, So @ Immaculata, 19:35.5. 8-Josefine Kvist, Sr @ Ridge, 19:45.1. 9-Meredith Mayes, Jr Hillsborough, 19:59.7. 10-Amanda Gracia, Jr @ Ridge, 20:00.8.
BOYS Cross Country
Gill St. Bernard’s Junior Doug Smith not only defeated a field of more than 100 competitors, but also established a new course record of 15:25.48 compared to 15:47 formerly set by another Gill St. Bernard’s Knight Bobby Papazian back in 2004. Doug Smith ran a 4:57.9 average mile.
TEAMS: 1-Bridgewater-Raritan 64. 2-Bernards 91. 3-Hillsborough 93. 4-Pingry 115. 5-Franklin 117. 6-Ridge 118. 7-Somerville 127. 8-Montgomery 240. 9-Watchung Hills 264. 10-Gill St. Bernards 306. 11-Rutgers Prep 312. 12-Immaculata 331. 13-North Plainfield 397. 14-Bound Brook 417.
INDIVIDUALS: 1-Doug Smith, Jr @ Gill St. Bernards, 15:25.5, course record; former record, 15:47, Bobby Papazian, Gill St. Bernards, 2004. 2-Jermaine Coore, Sr @ Franklin, 15:52.2. 3-Dan Stiles, Sr @ Somerville, 16:05.6. 4-Jordan Magath, Jr @ Hillsborough, 16:18.8. 5-Selasi Lumax, Sr @ Franklin, 16:35.1. 6-Dan Schuchinsky, Jr @ Pingry, 16:42.5. 7-Matt LaForgia, Jr @ Pingry, 16:43.7. 8-Auggie Stadtmueller, Sr @ Bernards, 16:48.5. 9-Tom Banafato, Sr @ Bridgewater-Raritan, 16:51.0. 10-Ian McArtney, Sr @ Ridge, 16:54.0.
