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3/11/2007 Nationals 0 South Brunswick 0 Vikings End Season in Style!
South Brunswick ended their indoor season in style on Sunday at both indoor national meets as two athletes earned All-America honors!
In New York, Stephanie McIntyre cemented her status as one of the nation's top jumpers with her 4th place triple jump of 39-7.75! The mark was the 5th time she has jumped over 39 feet this season, and is tied for the second best performance in her career. At the Nike Nationals in Maryland, Sophia Ginez also earned All-American distinction by finishing 6th in the freshman mile with a time of 5:12.67! Her performance was the 4th time this year she ran faster than the previous school record!
3/10/2007 Nationals 0 South Brunswick 0 5 All-Americans on Day 2 of Nationals!
South Brunswick had an outstanding day on Saturday at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Landover, Maryland, as 5 athletes earned All-American status with their top-6 finishes.
For the boys, the shuttle hurdle team of Max Checo (7.8), Josh Checo (7.9), TJ Taikina (8.2), and Matt Kirbos (7.5) ran 31.65 to finish 3rd! The time broke the school record set by the same four earlier this year, and was also run over 5 hurdles instead of the usual 4 used in shuttle relay races.
On the girls side, Stephanie McIntyre earned All-American recognition with her 4th place leap of 39-2.5 in the triple jump! She moved from 8th to 4th on her 6th and final jump.
Also performing well was Indira Morton, who finished 7th in the pentathlon with 2,851 points, a mark that was just 15 points shy of 6th place.
3/9/2007 Nationals 0 South Brunswick 0 Shuttle Hurdles Team Runs Well!
The Vikings started off well on the first day of the national meets. At the National Scholastic Indoor Championships in New York, the girls shuttle hurdle team of Indira Morton (8.7), Danielle Hudak (9.1), Stephanie Rodriguez (9.0), and Falen Watson (9.0) ran a strong time of 36.01 to take 9th place out of the competitive 20 team field. Morton also jumped 16-3 in the long jump.
2/27/2007 Eastern States 0 South Brunswick 0 An Indoor State Record & 3 other Medalists!
South Brunswick had a great meet at the prestigious Eastern States Invitational, as four athletes earned medals and several others achieved new personal bests! The standout performance was Stephanie McIntyre's indoor state record triple jump of 40-11! The jump broke the old state record by 1.25 inches, and won the meet by 2.5 inches! It was also over a foot further than her personal best prior to the meet!
Also performing very well for the girls were Indira Morton, who finished 3rd in the long jump with a PR-tying leap of 17-7.5, and Sophia Ginez, who ran 5:15.57 to take 5th in the mile!
For the boys, Billy Ricketts tied his school record height of 6-6 in the high jump, a mark that earned him 2nd place!
Other strong performances for the girls were turned in by Danielle Hudak, who tied her PR of 33-9 in the triple jump; Morton, who ran a time of 8.77 in the 55 hurdles; and the 4X200 team of Melissa Dardani (26.3), Falen Watson (27.8), Lauryn Strebeck (27.8), and Rebecca Russo (27.4) that ran 1:49.53, with all 4 runners setting or tying personal bests!
Girls
55 Hurdles
Indira Morton 8.77
55
Melissa Dardani FS
Mile
Sophia Ginez 5:15.57, 5th place
4X200 1:49.53
Dardani 26.3, Falen Watson 27.8, Lauryn Strebeck 27.8, Rebecca Russo 27.4
Triple Jump
Stephanie McIntyre 40-11, 1st place, New Indoor State Record!
Danielle Hudak 33-9
Long Jump
Indira Morton 17-7.5, 3rd place
Boys
55
Khalid Weston 6.96
Long Jump
Weston 19-6.5
High Jump
Billy Ricketts 6-6, 2nd place, Ties Indoor School Record
2/25/2007 Meet of Champions - Boys 0 South Brunswick 0 Boys Fare Well at MOC!
The Viking boys had a good day at the Meet of Champions on Sunday in Toms River. Steve Sample lowered his own 3200 indoor school record to 9:39.59, a time which placed him 14th in a very competitive field! Also, John Viotto finished 8th in the shot put with a new PR of 53-8.25! The 3rd Viking competitor was Billy Ricketts, who although not quite at his best, still managed to finish 8th in the high jump at 6-2.
2/24/2007 Meet of Champions - Girls 0 South Brunswick 0 Solid Showing at MOC!
The girls team had a solid showing at the Meet of Champions on Saturday, with the highlight being a new school record in the 1600! Sophia Ginez lowered her own school record in the 1600, set just last week, with her time of 5:10.52! Her time was good enough for 14th place, an improvement of 5 spots on her pre-meet seeding.
Other Vikings who competed were Indira Morton, who finished 16th in the 55 hurdles with her time of 9.14, and the 4X400 team of Stephanie McIntyre (60.2 PR), Stephanie Rodriguez (63.1), Jamie Thompson (63.1), and Rebecca Russo (62.0) that ran 4:08.57 to finish 13th.
2/18/2007 Group IV State Meet - Boys 0 South Brunswick 0 A State Champ & 2 other MOC Qualifiers!
The Viking boys had an impressive state meet on Sunday, as 3 athletes qualified for the Meet of Champions!
The highlight of the meet was John Viotto's throw of 53-4.75 that won him a Group IV State Championship in the shot put! The throw was also a new PR for Viotto! Also earning a medal and a spot in the Meet of Champs with his 5th place finish was Billy Ricketts, who leaped 6-4 in the high jump!
The final MOC qualifier for the Viking boys was Steve Sample, who ran a new indoor school record of 9:43.55 in the 3200! The time placed Sample 8th, and will earn him a wildcard berth into next Sunday's meet. Other strong performances came from Max Checo, who ran 8.14 in the 55 Hurdles to place 12th, and Matt Kirbos, who placed 15th in the same event at 8.18.
55
22. Khalid Weston 6.89
55 Hurdles
12T. Max Checo 8.14
15. Matt Kirbos 8.18
400
27. Mikhail Wisdom 53.93
800
27. Cole Crosby 2:06.18
42. Elias Chamoun 2:07.88
1600
24. Rishi Mathur 4:44.60
38. Jon Bellizio 4:49.48
3200
8. Steve Sample 9:43.55
Shot Put
1. John Viotto 53-4.75
High Jump
5. Billy Ricketts 6-4
Matt Kirbos NH
4X400 3:37.59 21st place
Weston 55.2, Mike Ricketts 54.7, Kyle Morse 54.7, Checo 52.8
2/17/2007 Group IV State Meet - Girls 0 South Brunswick 0 Strong Showing at State Meet!
The Viking girls had a great day at the Group IV State Meet on Saturday, as 6 athletes qualified for the Meet of Champions, and one school record was broken!
The highlight of the day was the school record performance by Sophia Ginez in the 1600, as she ran 5:11.71 to shatter the old record! The former record of 5:14.3 was set 24 years ago by Sheila O'Brien in an outdoor race. Her 8th place finish will also earn her a wildcard entry into the Meet of Champs!
Also finishing 8th and earning a wilcard spot was Indira Morton, who ran 8.81 in the 55 Hurdles!
The final wildcard bid went to the 4X400 team, which also finished in 8th place, with a season best of 4:06.64! The team ran in the order of Stephanie McIntyre (60.8), Stephanie Rodriguez (61.3), Jamie Thompson (62.4), and Rebecca Russo (61.9), with all 4 runners setting new season bests!
Other notable performances were turned in by Falen Watson, who ran a big PR in the 400 with her time of 63.35; Jenni Smilgis, who PRed in the 1600 at 5:31.38; and Krista Belick, who tied her PR of 4-10 in the high jump.
55
20. Stephanie McIntyre 7.67
26. Melissa Dardani 7.72
55 Hurdles
8. Indira Morton 8.81, 8.86
22. Danielle Hudak 9.17
400
27. Falen Watson 63.35
37. Lauryn Strebeck 64.51
1600
8. Sophia Ginez 5:11.71, School Record
16. Jenni Smilgis 5:31.38
3200
27. Megan Behrend 12:23.93
4X400 4:06.64 8th place
McIntyre 60.8, Stephanie Rodriguez 61.3, Jamie Thompson 62.4, Rebecca Russo 61.9
High Jump
13T. Krista Belick 4-10
Russo NH
2/10/2007 South Brunswick 0 Westfield 0 Outdoor Meet Goes Well for Vikings!
The South Brunswick boys had a good day against Westfield in an unscored outdoor scrimmage, with many athletes setting new personal bests.
Boys
Shot Put
Joe Mecca 40-10
Dan Zwiren 37-2.25
Will Li 34-10.5
Dan Guzman 33-11.5
Wes Thomas 33-2.5
Skip Ryals 31-4.75
Amish Vora 28-6
Tom Matsay 27-10
Neel Patel 25-0.25
High Jump
Billy Ricketts 6-0
Zach Ryan 5-2
55 Dash
Tom Dunleavy 6.9
Matt Mortenson 6.9
Rohan Katipally 7.1
Mike Martino 7.1
Vikas Sinha 7.2
Chris Rossi 7.9
Karan Vazirani 8.0
55 Hurdles
Mandeep Singh 8.4
Zach Ryan 8.5
200
Singh 25.0
Kenny Felton 25.8
Matt Kilbride 25.8
Mortenson 26.2
Rossi 30.0
James Sanna 30.0
400
Josh Checo 56.1
Heaton Kath 57.3
Corey Kunz 59.5
Sanna 63.9
800
John Liptak 2:09
Andrew Sudran 2:22
Joo-Hyeng Lee 2:28
Alec Schwartz 2:30
John Hesson 2:36
Raghav Ahuja 2:38
Aditya Sanyal 2:39
Nick DeNuzzo 2:39
Soham Khetani 2:43
Calvin Huen 2:46
Vignesh Raman 2:48
Matt Yelo 2:49
Ashwin Anand 2:52
Anthony Bavaro 2:56
1600
Matt Boley 5:14
Sean Monaghan 5:17
Brian Park 5:18
Pritesh Patel 5:19
Yashwanth Manjunath 5:21
Omar Azhar 5:32
Ryan Polny 5:33
Jithin Jacob 5:40
Rajeev Shah 5:41
Chris Campagnola 5:53
Andrew Rullo 5:55
Ryan Chen 6:08
Brian Steinberg 6:11
Anthony Bavaro 6:17
3200
Danny Boyle 10:49
Jimmy Brennan 11:33
Andrew Sudran 11:58
Bryan Payor 12:29
Chris Campagnola 13:04
4X100
A: 49.5
B: 52.9
Girls
800
Jess Bellizio 2:44
Ashley Edwards 2:53
Emilie Transue 2:54
1600
Amanda Smilgis 6:07
2/9/2007 Ed Grant Last Chance Invitational 0 South Brunswick 0 Vikings Perform Well at Last Chance Meet!
The Vikings endured a long meet at the Ed Grant Last Chance Invitational in Jersey City, but made the trip worth it as many athletes came home with medals and personal records, plus a new school record and a class record!
For the girls, the distance runners led the way. Freshmen Sophia Ginez and Jenni Smilgis went 1-4 in the 1600, with Ginez running a new freshman class record of 5:26.6! Smilgis's time of 5:33.3 was also a new PR!
The 4X800 team broke the indoor school record for the 2nd time this week, with a time of 9:54.3 that placed them second. The team ran in the order of Stephanie Rodriguez (2:29.0), Smilgis (2:30.3), Megan Behrend (2:31.5), and Ginez (2:23.5 PR).
Also placing in a varsity event was Rebecca Russo, who tied for 4th in the high jump with a leap of 4-10.
Placing in the freshman/sophomore division were Emily Skalko, who jumped a PR of 4-8 to finish 1st in the high jump; Sharon Liu, who ran a PR of 9.4 to finish 3rd in the 55 Hurdles; Stephanie Greco, who was third in the shot put at 27-11; and the 4X400 team of Liu (67.2), Zaniah Maynor (68.3), Jasleen Singh (71.0), and Leanna Previte (69.4) that ran 4:35.9 for 3rd place, with all 4 runners setting new PRs.
On the boys' side, the small contingent of Vikings who competed did very well. Steve Sample ran 9:59.3 to finish 2nd in the 3200, with Dave Christofalo not far back in 5th with a time of 10:14.9.
Rishi Mathur took 2nd in the 1600 with a time of 4:46.2, and although he did not place, Jon Bellizio ran 4:51.5 to set a new PR.
Also, the 4X800 team of Anthony DeNuzzo (2:11.3), Elias Chamoun (2:09.0), Brian Haydon (2:12.3), and Cole Crosby (2:07.0) ran 8:39.6 to take 6th.
Finally, the 4X800 team of Jimmy Maloney (2:10.3 PR), William Pan (2:12.4 PR), Dan Medell (2:18.6), and Kevin O'Laughlin (2:15.1) ran 8:56.2 to finish 1st in the novice division.
Boys
1600 Varsity
Rishi Mathur 4:46.2, 2nd place
Jon Bellizio 4:51.5
3200
Steve Sample 9:59.3, 2nd place
Dave Christofalo 10:14.9, 5th place
4X800 Varsity 8:39.6 6th place
Anthony DeNuzzo 2:11.3, Elias Chamoun 2:09.0, Brian Haydon 2:12.3, Cole Crosby 2:07.0
4X800 Novice 8:56.2 1st place
Jimmy Maloney 2:10.3, William Pan 2:12.4, Dan Medell 2:18.6, Kevin O'Laughlin 2:15.1
Girls
55 Varsity
Zaniah Maynor 7.9, 7.8
Valerie Kaplan 8.3
55 Frosh/Soph
Kayanna Blair 8.3, 8.3
Darlene Braithwaite 8.4
Rabab Sarii 8.7
55 Hurdles Varsity
Falen Watson 9.3
55 Hurdles Frosh/Soph
Sharon Liu 9.7, 9.4, 9.5 3rd place
400 Varsity
Rebecca Russo 63.9
Watson 65.9
Kaplan 74.4
400 Frosh/Soph
Ashleigh Morris 73.2
1600 Varsity
Sophia Ginez 5:26.6, 1st place, Freshman Class Record
Jenni Smilgis 5:33.3, 4th place
High Jump Varsity
Rebecca Russo 4-10, 4th place tie
High Jump Frosh/Soph
Emily Skalko 4-8, 1st place
Shot Put Frosh/Soph
Stephanie Greco 27-11, 3rd place
Avion Todd 25-10
4X400 Frosh/Soph 4:35.9 3rd place
Liu 67.2, Maynor 68.3, Jasleen Singh 71.0, Leanna Previte 69.4
4X800 Varsity 9:54.3, 2nd place, School Record
Stephanie Rodriguez 2:29.0, Smilgis 2:30.3, Megan Behrend 2:31.5, Ginez 2:23.5
2/5/2007 Varsity Classic 0 South Brunswick 0 Vikings Continue Hot Streak!
South Brunswick continued their great season Monday night at the Armory, coming home with 4 medalists and 2 school records!
For the girls, the jump tandem of Indira Morton and Stephanie McIntyre led the way. Morton jumped a near-PR 17-7 to win the long jump, with McIntyre in 3rd at 17-0! McIntyre also came back to win the triple jump with an impressive mark of 39-0!
Also for the girls, the 4X800 team of Jenny Smilgis (2:30.4), Stephanie Rodriguez (2:29.2), Megan Behrend (2:29.8), and Sophia Ginez (2:26.6) ran a new indoor school record of 9:56.0 to break the old mark by over 4 seconds!
On the boys side, the top peformance went to Billy Ricketts, who finished 2nd and tied the indoor school record of 6-6 in the high jump! The other medal winner for the boys was John Viotto, who threw an indoor-PR of 53-0 to finish 4th in the shot put!
Other notable performances were turned in by Yesenia Boynton, who ran 59.8 in the 400; Melissa Dardani, who ran a PR of 26.8 in the 200; Lauryn Strebeck who ran a major PR of 64.2 on the 4X400; Kyle Morse, who ran a PR 55.0 on his 400 leg of the DMR; and Jon Bellizio, who ran a solid 1200 leg of 3:23 leading off the DMR.
Boys
55
Khalid Weston 6.6
Mikhail Wisdom 6.8
200
Mike Ricketts 23.8
Zach Ryan 24.5
Tom Dunleavy 24.7
400
Mikhail Wisdom 53.6
1600
Matt Boley 5:03.9
55 Hurdles
Max Checo 8.2, 8.0
TJ Taikina 8.4
Matt Kirbos 8.5
4X800 8:35.3
Elias Chamoun 2:11.0, Anthony DeNuzzo 2:10.0, Cole Crosby 2:07.5, Rishi Mathur 2:07.1
Distance Medley 11:27
Jon Bellizio 3:23, Kyle Morse 55.0, Brian Haydon 2:11.4, Danny Boyle 4:58
High Jump
Billy Ricketts 6-6, 2nd place ties indoor school record
Long Jump
Khalid Weston 20-5.5
Shot Put
John Viotto 53-0, 4th place
Joe Mecca ND
Girls
200
Melissa Dardani 26.8
Simone Hill 27.6
Zaniah Maynor 28.8
400
Yesenia Boynton 59.8
Jamie Thompson 65.1
Falen Watson 65.8
55 Hurdles
Danielle Hudak 8.9
Shani Lewis 9.1
Krista Belick 9.6
4X400 4:19.5
Rebecca Russo 65.5, Lauryn Strebeck 64.2, Belick 64.7, Dardani 65.1
4X800 9:56.0 Indoor School Record
Jenny Smilgis 2:30.4, Stephanie Rodriguez 2:29.2, Megan Behrend 2:29.8, Sophia Ginez 2:26.6
Distance Medley DNF
Amanda Smilgis 4:11, Sharon Liu 67.9, Sara MacMurray 2:39, Lyndsey Sample 5:03 (ran one lap short)
Long Jump
Indira Morton 17-7, 1st place
Stephanie McIntyre 17-0, 1st place
Triple Jump
Stephanie McIntyre 39-0, 1st place
Hudak 32-0
High Jump
Russo NH
2/2/2007 GMC Championships 0 South Brunswick 0 Girls Win, Boys finish 2nd!
The Viking girls team had a fantastic meet on Friday night, winning the GMC title with a total of 56.5 points! Their closest rival, JP Stevens, finished with 39 points. The Vikings last won this meet in 2001.
The boys also ran a strong meet, finishing second to Old Bridge with a total of 39 points!
Girls
55
Melissa Dardani 7.57, 8th place
Simone Hill 7.95, 15th place
Lauryn Strebeck 7.97, 17th place
400
Yesenia Boynton 60.14, 2nd place
Stephanie McIntyre 62.39, 5th place
Jamie Thompson 62.69, 6th place
800
McIntyre 2:31.01, 4th place
Stephanie Rodriguez 2:31.75, 6th place
Jenny Smilgis 2:37.80, 13th place
1600
Sophia Ginez 5:33.77, 1st place
Jenny Smilgis 5:43.37, 3rd place
Lyndsey Sample 5:54.92, 9th place
3200
Megan Behrend 12:25.93, 4th place
Sara MacMurray 13:06.71, 12th place
Jess Bellizio 13:25.65, 15th place
55 Hurdles
Indira Morton 8.77, 4th place (8.73 trials)
Danielle Hudak, 9.50, 8th place (9.33 trials)
Falen Watson, 9.50 9th place
High Jump
Rebecca Russo, 5-0, 4th place
Krista Belick, 4-10, 6th place tie
Morton, 4-8
Shot Put
Morton 34-7, 4th place
Stephanie Greco 29-5.25, 7th place
Ginelle Walker 28-9.5, 9th place
4X400 4:10.33, 2nd place
McIntyre 62.6, Russo 63.9, Rodriguez 63.4, Boynton 60.2
Boys
55
Khalid Weston 6.74, 3rd place
Tom Dunleavy 7.11, 27th place
Mike Ricketts 7.15, 29th place
400
Mikhail Wisdom 52.82, 7th place
Kyle Morse 55.70, 17th place
Kris Raghavan DNF
800
Elias Chamoun 2:08.54, 9th place
John Liptak 2:13.81, 12th place
Steven Lewis 2:14.84, 13th place
1600
Rishi Mathur 4:41.08, 5th place
Cole Crosby 4:49.10, 13th place
Jon Bellizio 4:52.86, 14th place
3200
Steve Sample 10:10.84, 4th place
Dave Christofalo 10:12.12, 5th place
Matt Boley 10:53.44, 17th place
55 Hurdles
Max Checo 8.15, 5th place (8.05 trials)
Matt Kirbos 8.18, 7th place (8.14 trials)
TJ Taikina 8.37, 9th place
High Jump
Billy Ricketts 6-4, 1st place
Matt Kirbos 5-10, 5th place tie
Shot Put
John Viotto 51-2.75, 1st place
Joe Mecca 43-
Dan Zwiren 39-8
4X400 3:41.56, 5th place
Wisdom 53.6, M. Checo 54.3, Morse 56.5, Weston 57.1
1/20/2007 Lavino Relays 0 South Brunswick 0 Great Performances at Lavino!
South Brunswick had a solid day at Lawrenceville Prep's Lavino Relays, taking home 2 sets of gold medals, including one meet record, and several other top-3 finishes. Full SB results are below.
Girls
4X200 1:47.5 1st place
Stephanie McIntyre 26.9, Yesenia Boynton 26.9, Melissa Dardani 26.9, Indira Morton 26.9
4X400 4:30.0
Jamie Samper 63.8, Melissa Dardani 73.3 (fall), Lauryn Strebeck 67.0, Jamie Thompson 65.9
Sprint Medley 4:40.1
Simone Hill 28.1, Thompson 27.8, Falen Watson 66.5, Lyndsey Sample 2:37.7
Distance Medley
A (13:19.3 7th place): Megan Behrend 4:08.1, Boynton 60.5, Sophia Ginez 2:29.0, Jenny Smilgis 5:41.5
B (14:06.2): Amanda Smilgis 4:16.1, Jess Bellizio 69.3, Stephanie Rodriguez 2:33.5, Sara MacMurray 6:07.3
Shuttle Hurdles 34.9 3rd place
Morton 8.4, Danielle Hudak 8.9, Rodriguez 8.6, Watson 9.1
Long Jump 32-11.5 1st place, New Meet Record
McIntyre 16-9, Morton 16-2.5
Triple Jump 69-10 2nd place
McIntyre 37-6, Hudak 32-4
Shot Put 58-4.5
Stephanie Greco 29-3, Ginelle Walker 29-1.5
Boys
4X400 3:48.3
Josh Checo 57.2, TJ Taikina 59.2, Kyle Morse 55.6, Mike Ricketts 56.3
Sprint Medley 3:52.9 (disqualified)
M. Ricketts 23.9, Khalid Weston 23.8, Kris Raghavan 51.9, Mikhail Wisdom 2:13.4
Distance Medley
A (11:17): Steve Sample 3:26, Max Checo 53.5, Dave Christofalo 2:09.2, Rishi Mathur 4:48.5
B (11:19: Jon Bellizio 3:27.6, Elias Chamoun 55.8, Brian Haydon 2:11.0, Cole Crosby 4:45.2
Shuttle Hurdles 31.7 4th place, New School Record
M. Checo 7.9, J. Checo 8.2, Taikina 7.8, Matt Kirbos 7.8
High Jump 12-2 2nd place
Billy Ricketts 6-4, Kirbos 5-10
Long Jump
Weston 19-3.25, Wisdom No Mark
Pole Vault
Kirbos 10-6
Shot Put
A (93-9 3rd place): John Viotto 51-9.5, Joe Mecca 41-11.5
B (79-6.75): Zach Shapiro 39-11.75, Chris Reyes 39-7
1/19/2007 Development Meet 0 South Brunswick 0 Relays Galore!
South Brunswick had many personal records set at the Jersey City Development Meet, as almost 100 Vikings competed, mostly on relays. Medals went to Shani Lewis (6th in the varsity 55 Hurdles, 9.4), Dan Zwiren (3rd in the novice shot put, 39-7), the 4th place novice boys 4X800, and the 6th place frosh boys 4X800.
Girls
55 Hurdles Varsity
Shani Lewis 9.4, 6th place
55 Hurdles Novice
Sharon Liu 10.0
200 Varsity
Shani Lewis 29.3
200 Novice
Bridget Meller 34.6
Shot Put Novice
Avion Todd 24-10
Samantha Berk 22-10
4X200 Novice
A (2:05.0): Sharon Liu 29.3, Valerie Kaplan 31.2, Leanna Previte 30.0, Zaniah Maynor 34.5 drop
B (2:07.2): Ashleigh Morris 31.3, Reshma Patel 31.2, Darlene Braithwaite 32.3, Kayanna Blair 32.5
C (2:10.2): Jasleen Singh 32.0, Emily Skalko 31.5, Rebecca Sichel 34.0, Rabab Sarii 32.7
4X800 Novice 11:39.2
Lyndsey Sample 2:45.1, Kim McGrath 2:48.1, Emilie Transue 3:02.2, Ashley Edwards 3:03.8
Boys
55 Hurdles Varsity
Mandeep Singh 8.5
55 Hurdles Novice
Zach Ryan 9.3
200 Novice
James Sanna 28.3
200 Frosh
Daniel Desranleau 28.4
Chris Rossi 30.1
Karan Vazirani 30.9
1600 Varsity
Dave Christofalo 4:43
Danny Boyle 4:56.8
Matt Boley 5:07
Sean Monaghan 5:09
Shot Put Novice
Dan Zwiren 39-7, 3rd place
Dan Guzman 34-2
Wes Thomas 34-0.75
Luther Ryals 31-5
Vishal Fadia 27-10.5
Tom Matsay 25-10
Neel Patel 24-10
Amish Vora 24-7
4X200 Varsity 1:40.8
Mandeep Singh 25.2, Zach Ryan 25.3, Heaton Kath 25.6, Tom Dunleavy 24.8
4X200 Novice
A (1:45.6): Kenny Felton 26.1, Alexander Driessen 25.9, Matt Mortenson 27.1, Vikas Sinha 26.6
B (1:47.8): Rohan 27.2, Corey Kunz 27.6, Mike Martino 27.4, Matt Kilbride 25.6
4X800 Varsity 8:51.0
John Liptak 2:12.0, Brian Haydon 2:13.0, Elias Chamoun 2:12.5, Anthony Denuzzo 2:13.5
4X800 Novice
A (9:02.4, 4th place): William Pan 2:18.2, Jimmy Maloney 2:14.6, Dan Medell 2:15.8, Kevin O'Laughlin 2:13.8
B (9:35): Pritesh Patel 2:24, Andrew Basile 2:23, Brian Park 2:24, Omar Azhar 2:26
C (9:51): Mathu Kumarasamy 2:27, Yashwanth Manjunath 2:24, Alex Tang 2:28, Alec Schwartz 2:31
D (10:13): Jeff Dunleavy 2:34, Ryan Chen 2:32, Ryan Polny 2:34, Andrew Green 2:32
E (10:31): Rajeev Shah 2:33, Raghav Ahuja 2:34, Zain Rana 2:41, Andrew Rullo 2:41
F (10:17): Brian Steinberg 2:35, Julian Lee 2:30, Joo Hyeng Lee 2:32, Gobie Kumarasamy 2:38
G (10:52): Nick DeNuzzo 2:35, Calvin Huen 2:44, Aditya Sanyal 2:36, Keyur Patel 2:56
Frosh 4X800 10:01 6th place
Andrew Sudran 2:23, Brian Dixon 2:28, Jithin Jacob 2:32, Chris Campagnola 2:36
1/16/2007 South Brunswick 0 JP Stevens 0 Vikings Survive Cold and Wind!
South Brunswick battled through cold temperatures and strong winds to put up some outstanding performances in an unscored meet with JP Stevens. Full SB results below, distance to be added.
Girls
55 Hurdles
Shani Lewis 9.4
Sharon Liu 10.1
Lauryn Strebeck 10.8
55 Dash
Zaniah Maynor 7.9
Leanna Previte 8.1
Ashleigh Morris 8.4
Kayanna Blair 8.4
Valerie Kaplan 8.4
Darlene Braithwaite 8.5
Rabab Sarii 8.9
Emily Skalko 8.9
Rebecca Sichel 9.4
Bridget Meller 9.4
200
Morris 30.1
Kaplan 31.2
Reshma Patel 31.3
Braithwaite 32.8
Blair 32.9
Sarii 33.1
Jasleen Singh 33.4
Sichel 34.6
Meller 35.5
800
Sophia Ginez 2:34
Kelly Valentino 3:19
Megan Schmid 3:22
Megan Loftus 3:28
1600
Lyndsey Sample 5:59
Kimberley McGrath 6:22
Ashley Edwards 6:31
Emilie Transue 6:31
4X400 4:55.1
Lewis 70.3, Maynor 77.3, Previte 72.7, Liu 74.8
High Jump
Krista Belick 4-8
Indira Morton 4-8
Strebeck 4-6
Skalko 4-6
Shot Put
Morton 32-0
Ginelle Walker 28-10
Stephanie Greco 27-4
Avion Todd 25-9
Samantha Berk 22-10
Boys
55 Hurdles
Zach Ryan 8.6
55 Dash
Tom Dunleavy 6.8
Dan Zwiren 6.9
Rohan Katipally 7.1
Vikas Sinha 7.2
Alexander Driessen 7.4
Mike Martino 7.5
Daniel Desranleau 7.8
James Sanna 8.1
Chris Rossi 8.1
Karan Vazirani 8.2
200
Dunleavy 24.7
Heaton Kath 25.1
Driessen 25.8
Matt Mortenson 25.9
Sinha 26.0
Matt Kilbride 26.2
Katipally 26.8
Martino 27.3
Desranleau 28.7
Sanna 29.3
Rossi 29.9
Vazirani 31.0
800
Jimmy Maloney 2:16
Dan Medell 2:20
Andrew Sudran 2:22
Brian Dixon 2:23
Alex Tang 2:28
Alec Schwartz 2:29
Jeff Dunleavy 2:32
Raghav Ahuja 2:36
Ryan Chen 2:36
Zain Rana 2:37
Brian Steinberg 2:38
Julian Lee 2:42
Calvin Huen 2:43
Keyur Patel 2:43
Soham Khetani 2:47
Matt Yelo 2:48
Leo Wang 2:49
Ashwin Anand 2:56
1600
Danny Boyle 4:58
Matt Boley 5:11
Sean Monaghan 5:12
William Pan 5:13
Pritesh Patel 5:13
Yashwanth Manjunath 5:18
Jimmy Brennan 5:20
Brian Park 5:20
Andrew Basile 5:24
Kevin O'Laughlin 5:29
Omar Azhar 5:32
Andrew Green 5:34
Rajeev Shah 5:35
Chris Campagnola 5:37
Jithin Jacob 5:47
Andrew Rullo 5:49
Nick DeNuzzo 5:52
Bryan Payor 5:56
Aditya Sanyal 6:06
Gobie Kumarasamy 6:09
Anthony Bavaro 6:16
4X400
Mike Ricketts 55.4, Kath 65.9, Mortenson 69.9, Kilbride 64.4
High Jump
TJ Taikina 5-2
Ryan NH
Shot Put
John Viotto 49-5
Joe Mecca 42-1
Chris Reyes 41-1
Zwiren 39-2
Zach Shapiro 38-7
Wes Thomas 35-3
Dan Guzman 32-9
Will Li 32-3
Luther Ryals 31-6
Vishal Fadia 30-6
Amish Vora 28-10
Tom Matsay 28-8
Neel Patel 24-10
1/14/2007 Group IV State Relays - Boys 0 South Brunswick 0 One State Champ & 2 other medalist relays!
The Vikings had a great day in the boys competition, capturing a state relay title in the boys shot put and also earning two other sets of medals!
4X200 1:38.96 16th place
Mandeep Singh 25.3, Zach Ryan 24.7, Kyle Morse 24.6, Mike Ricketts 24.2
4X400 3:34.57 5th place
Kris Raghavan 54.1, Mikhail Wisdom 54.4, Steven Lewis 53.0, Max Checo 52.9
4X800 8:42.65 13th place
Brian Haydon 2:12.7, Cole Crosby 2:08.5, Anthony DeNuzzo 2:12.0, Jon Bellizio 2:09.5
Distance Medley 11:07.99 7th place
Rishi Mathur 3:27.5, Khalid Weston 54.8, John Liptak 2:09.3, Steve Sample 4:36.2
Shuttle Hurdles 32.10 3rd place
M. Checo 7.8, Josh Checo 8.1, TJ Taikina 8.0, Matt Kirbos 8.0
Shot Put 95-3.5 1st place
John Viotto 52-7, Joe Mecca 42-8.5
High Jump 11-8, 7th place
Billy Ricketts 6-2, Matt Kirbos 5-6
1/13/2007 Group IV State Relays - Girls 0 South Brunswick 0 2 Sets of Medals & a School Record!
The Vikings had a great day at the State Relays, finishing 3rd in the 4X200, 5th in the 4X400, and 7th in the Shuttle Hurdles with a time that broke the school record!
4X200 1:49.23 3rd place
Stephanie McIntyre 27.6, Yesenia Boynton 27.5, Melissa Dardani 27.3, Indira Morton 26.6
4X400 4:12.25 5th place
McIntyre 61.7, Jamie Samper 64.2, Jamie Thompson 64.2, Boynton 62.0
Shuttle Hurdles 34.44 7th place School Record
Morton 8.4, Danielle Hudak 8.4, Stephanie Rodriguez 9.1, Falen Watson 8.5
Sprint Medley 4:45.92 24th place
Lauryn Strebeck 66.7, Simone Hill 28.1, Sharon Liu 29.3, Jess Bellizio 2:41.6
Distance Medley DNF - ran one lap short
Megan Behrend 4:11, Sara MacMurray 65.5, Amanda Smilgis 2:39, Jenny Smilgis DNF
High Jump 9-6
Morton 4-10, Krista Belick 4-8
1/6/2007 GMC Relays 0 South Brunswick 0 Girls Win, boys second!
The Viking girls had a spectacular meet on Saturday to win the Middlesex County Relays in dominating fashion! The team scored 60 points to outdistance their closest rival by 20 points! All 8 varsity relays placed in the top-3, as did both novice relays.
The boys team also had a good day, nearly knocking off Old Bridge for the title before falling 57-56.
Girls
4X200 1:49.1 1st
Stephanie McIntyre 26.9, Jessie Boynton 27.3, Melissa Dardani 27.8, Indira Morton 27.1
4X400 4:12.1 2nd
McIntyre 61.7, Jamie Samper 63.7, Stephanie Rodriguez 63.7, Jamie Thompson 63.1
4X800 10:26.4 3rd
Jess Bellizio 2:42.7, Jenny Smilgis 2:29.6, Sara MacMurray 2:37.7, Rodriguez 2:36.5
Sprint Medley 4:25.8 1st
Boynton 61.1, Simone Hill 28.2, Dardani 26.9, McIntyre 2:29.6
Distance Medley 13:33.0 2nd
J. Smilgis 4:06.1, Lauryn Strebeck 67.2, Amanda Smilgis 2:38.6, Megan Behrend 5:40.8
Shuttle Hurdles 36.4 3rd
Morton 8.7, Danielle Hudak 9.4, Rodriguez 9.4, Falen Watson 8.9
High Jump 9-8 3rd
Krista Belick 4-10, Morton 4-10
Shot Put 62-0 3rd
Morton 33-5, Ginelle Walker 28-7
4X200 Novice 2:01.7 2nd
Sharon Liu 29.4, Zaniah Maynor 32.5 (drop), Valerie Kaplan 29.8, Leanna Previte 30.1
4X800 Novice 11:23.8 3rd
Lyndsey Sample 2:41.4, Ashley Edwards 2:51.1, Kim McGrath 2:53.6, Emilie Transue 2:58.2
Boys
4X200 1:37.7 4th
Max Checo 24.6, Billy Ricketts 24.6, Mikhail Wisdom 24.3, Khalid Weston 24.2
4X400 3:34.6 2nd
Kris Raghavan 54.5, Wisdom 53.6, Steven Lewis 53.1, M. Checo 53.5
4X800 8:34.7 3rd
Cole Crosby 2:09.2, Lewis 2:07.8, Jon Bellizio 2:10.3, Elias Chamoun 2:07.6
Sprint Medley 3:49.9 4th
Raghavan 52.5, Wisdom 24.0, Weston 24.0, John Liptak 2:09.3
Distance Medley 11:11.1 2nd
Dave Christofalo 3:32.1, Anthony DeNuzzo 56.9, Rishi Mathur 2:09.2, Steve Sample 4:32.9
Shuttle Hurdles 31.9 2nd School Record
Matt Kirbos 8.0, Josh Checo 8.1, TJ Taikina 8.0, M. Checo 7.8
High Jump 11-8 1st place
Billy Ricketts 6-0, Matt Kirbos 5-8
Shot Put 91-2.5 2nd
John Viotto 50-7.75, Joe Mecca 40-6.75
4X200 Novice 1:39.2 1st
Tom Dunleavy 25.2, Zach Ryan 25.0, Kyle Morse 24.6, Mike Ricketts 24.5
4X800 Novice 9:06.5 2nd
Brian Haydon 2:12.8, William Pan 2:15.2, Dan Medell 2:21.3, Danny Boyle 2:17.2
12/27/2006 Holiday Classic 0 South Brunswick 0 Viking Girls Win Team Title!
South Brunswick had a great day at the Holiday Classic. The girls team won the team championship with 28 points, thanks to four relay victories, as well as a 2nd place finish. The boys had one victorious relay team, several other top-5 finishes, and 2 school records tied or broken.
Girls
Shuttle Hurdles, 36.97 2nd place
Indira Morton 8.8, Danielle Hudak 9.4, Stephanie Rodriguez 9.4, Falen Watson 9.3
4X200 Varsity A, 1:51.35
Stephanie McIntyre 27.1, Simone Hill 28.4, Watson 28.9, Morton 26.7
4X200 Varsity B, 2:03.20
Valerie Kaplan 31.9, Jasleen Singh 32.5, Hudak 29.7, Sharon Liu 28.9
4X200 Freshman, 1:52.85 1st place
Jamie Thompson 27.5, Jamie Samper 29.0, Lauryn Strebeck 29.1, Melissa Dardani 27.0
4X400 Freshman, 4:26.88 1st place
Samper 67.6, Dardani 66.6, Strebeck 67.3, Thompson 65.2
Distance Medley 14:01.4
Jenny Smilgis 4:17, Hill 72.3, Rodriguez 2:37, Megan Behrend 5:54
4X800 Varsity 10:57
Jess Bellizio 2:40, Amanda Smilgis 2:43, Lyndsey Sample 2:49, Sara MacMurray 2:44
Long Jump 32-7.5, 1st place
Morton 16-4.75, McIntyre 16-2.75
Triple Jump 69-9.25 1st place
McIntyre 37-8.75, Hudak 32-0.5
Pole Vault
Bellizio 7-6
Boys
Shuttle Hurdles 32.59, 4th place, School Record
Matt Kirbos 8.1, Josh Checo 8.4, TJ Taikina 8.1, Max Checo 7.9
4X200 Varsity 1:35.79
M. Checo 24.2, Kris Raghavan 24.2, Mikhail Wisdom 24.0, Khalid Weston 23.2
4X200 Sophomore 1:48.86
Kenny Felton 26.1, James Sanna 28.0, Corey Kunz 27.8, Rohan Katipally 26.8
4X400 Sophomore 4:00.74
Matt Kilbride 58.8, Kyle Morse 57.7, Matt Mortenson 60.6, Alexander Driessen 63.5
Distance Medley 11:08.34
Dave Christofalo 3:31, Raghavan 54.3, Cole Crosby 2:08, Steve Sample 4:34
4X800 Varsity 8:39.35
Elias Chamoun 2:11, John Liptak 2:06, Steven Lewis 2:07, Pritesh Patel 2:20
4X800 Sophomore A 9:00, 5th place
Jon Bellizio 2:11, Danny Boyle 2:16, Brian Haydon 2:17, Dan Medell 2:16
4X800 Soph B 9:32
Kevin O'Laughlin 2:22, William Pan 2:19, Sean Monaghan 2:24, Andrew Basile 2:28
Long Jump 38-7.75, 4th place
Weston 20-3, Wisdom 18-4.75
High Jump 11-10, 1st place tie
Billy Ricketts 6-4, Kirbos 5-6
Pole Vault
Kirbos 11-0, Ties indoor school record
Shot Put Varsity A 87-11, 5th place
John Viotto 47-5, Joe Mecca 40-6
Shot Put Varsity B 76-0
Chris Reyes 40-2.5, Dan Zwiren 35-9.5
12/20/2006 East Brunswick 0 South Brunswick 0 Strong Showing at EB!
South Brunswick had many great performances in an unscored scrimmage at East Brunswick. Full SB results below:
Boys
55 Hurdles
Max Checo 7.9
Josh Checo 8.3
Mandeep Singh 8.4
55
Dan Zwiren 7.0
Kyle Morse 7.1
Rohan Katipally 7.2
200
Mike Ricketts 25.2
Mandeep Singh 25.4
Kenny Felton 26.3
Rohan Katipally 26.8
Corey Kunz 27.4
Daniel Desranleau 29.2
Chris Rossi 30.5
Karan Vazirani 31.2
400
Max Checo 54.5
Mikhail Wisdom 54.5
Josh Checo 57.6
Heaton Kath 57.6
Matt Kilbride 58.3
Kyle Morse 58.5
Matt Mortenson 59.2
Alexander Driessen 60.8
James Sanna 61.4
800
Brian Haydon 2:17
Brian Park 2:22
Andrew Basile 2:23
Omar Azhar 2:26
Chris Campagnola 2:26
Joohyeng Lee 2:29
Alex Tang 2:29
Alec Schwartz 2:30
Ryan Chen 2:32
Raghav Ahuja 2:34
Julian Lee 2:37
Jeff Dunleavy 2:38
Brian Steinberg 2:38
Soham Khetani 2:41
Calvin Huen 2:41
Leo Wang 2:45
Jason Yu 3:01
Ashwin Anand 3:04
1600
Matt Boley 5:09
Sean Monaghan 5:10
Jimmy Maloney 5:11
Kevin O' Laughlin 5:11
Dan Medell 5:11
Pritesh Patel 5:12
William Pan 5:17
Mathu Kumarasamy 5:18
Ryan Polny 5:22
Jithin Jacob 5:30
John Hesson 5:33
Bryan Payor 5:37
Andrew Green 5:44
Rajeev Shah 5:50
Gobie Kumarasamy 5:55
Nick Denuzzo 5:58
Andrew Rullo 5:58
Aditya Sanyal 6:02
Anthony Bavaro 6:08
Vighnesh Raman 6:15
3200
Matt Boley 11:21
Jimmy Brennan 11:25
Brian Dixon 11:27
Yashwanth Manjunath 11:52
High Jump
Matt Kirbos 5-6
TJ Taikina 5-0
Zach Ryan NH
Shot Put
Chris Reyes 39-0.5
Will Li 35-3.75
Wes Thomas 31-10.5
Dan Guzman 30-9.5
Skip Ryals 28-3.5
Vishal Fadia 27-4.25
Amish Vora 26-2
Tom Matsay 25-8
Neel Patel 21-11
Girls
55 Hurdles
Stephanie Rodriguez 9.6
Krista Belick 9.8
Sharon Liu 10.3
Shani Lewis 10.9
Jamie Samper 10.9
55
Melissa Dardani 7.7
Jamie Thompson 7.7
Danielle Hudak 7.9
Leanna Previte 8.4
Valerie Kaplan 8.6
Ashleigh Morris 8.6
Kayanna Blair 8.6
Emily Skalko 9.0
Rebecca Sichel 9.5
Bridget Meller 9.6
200
Melissa Dardani 28.0
Jamie Thompson 28.5
Simone Hill 28.9
Jamie Samper 29.6
Shani Lewis 30.1
Sharon Liu 30.2
Leanna Previte 30.9
Valerie Kaplan 31.6
Reshma Patel 32.6
Jasleen Singh 33.1
Kayanna Blair 33.9
Bridget Meller 36.0
800
Kelly Valentino 3:10
Megan Schmid 3:22
Megan Loftus 3:25
1600
Stephanie Rodriguez 5:50
Ashley Edwards 6:27
Kimberley McGrath 6:27
Emilie Transue 6:28
High Jump
Krista Belick 4-8
Indira Morton 4-8
Emily Skalko 4-4
Shot Put
Indira Morton 31-4.5
Ginelle Walker 28-7
Stephanie Greco 27-0.5
Avion Todd 23-5.5
Samantha Berk 19-3
12/16/2006 Bishop Loughlin Games 0 South Brunswick 0 Vikings Start Well at Loughlin Games!
The Vikings had a great start to the winter season at the Bishop Loughlin Games in New York, taking home 4 medals at the oldest and largest indoor track meet in the country.
Leading the way for the girls was Stephanie McIntyre, who finished 2nd in the triple jump with a leap of 39-5. The mark shattered the Middlesex County record, and is the 3rd best indoor mark in NJ state history!
For the boys, Billy Ricketts tied his PR with a jump of 6-4 to take 4th in the high jump. Also taking 4th was John Viotto with an indoor PR of 51-7.5 in the shot put.
Khalid Weston finished 5th in the long jump with a PR leap of 21-5.25, which broke the indoor school record!
Girls
Pole Vault
Krista Belick, 8-0
Long Jump
Stephanie McIntyre, 16-8.5
Triple Jump
McIntyre, 39-5 2nd place
Shot Put
Indira Morton 31-5
Jazmen Burnett 30-1.5
Stephanie Greco 26-9.5
55 Hurdles
Morton 9.1 (9.26 FAT)
Falen Watson 9.5
Danielle Hudak 10.0
300
Melissa Dardani 45.9
Lauryn Strebeck 47.5
Valerie Kaplan 51.4
600
Stephanie Rodriguez 1:48.2
1000
Jenny Smilgis 3:22
Amanda Smilgis 3:31
Jess Bellizio 3:34
1600
Megan Behrend 5:51
Sara MacMurray 6:04
Lyndsey Sample 6:07
4X200 1:59.48 FAT
Shani Lewis 29.7, Hudak 30.5, Zaniah Maynor 29.7, Sharon Liu 29.4
4X400 4:28.3
Watson 68.3, J. Smilgis 71.3, Jamie Samper 65.3, McIntyre 63.4
Boys
High Jump
Billy Ricketts 6-4, 4th place
Long Jump
Khalid Weston 21-5.25, 5th place
Shot Put
John Viotto 51-7.75, 4th place
Joe Mecca 41-11.5
Chris Reyes 36-7
55 Dash
Mike Ricketts, 7.1
55 Hurdles
Matt Kirbos 8.5
TJ Taikina 8.5
Zach Ryan 8.9
300
Kris Raghavan 37.74 FAT
Dan Zwiren 40.97 FAT
Kyle Morse 41.12 FAT
600
Josh Checo 1:34.9
1000
Rishi Mathur 2:48
Jon Bellizio 2:51
John Liptak 2:54
1600
Steve Sample 4:44
Dave Christofalo 4:51
Danny Boyle 5:00
4X200 1:37.56 FAT
Weston 23.8, Kirbos 24.8, Ryan 24.9, Raghavan 23.9
4X800 8:43
Steven Lewis 2:14, Cole Crosby 2:08, Elias Chamoun 2:11, Anthony DeNuzzo 2:11
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