ED GRANT'S NJ COLLEGIATE ATHLETES REPORT

     Seven Jerseyans earned All-American honors in the two NCAA championship meets 
last weekend, while the Trotter twins contributed to Stanford’s sweep of team honors at 
the Division I meet, held Monday in Waterloo, Iowa.
 
      Katy was the first freshman over the line in the frigid temperatures (estimated at –3 
degrees with wind chill factored in as she placed 21st in 20:24.2, two places ahead of 
classmate Ari Lambie. Twin Amanda was the 5th finishers for the Indians, back in 92nd 
place at 21:12. Katy, as usual, closed well, passing four runners in the final kilometer 
and losing ground only to repeat winner Shalene Flanagan of North Carolina.
 
       Erin Donohue of North Carolina had her best college CC race ever as she placed 
31st in 20:40.2. Megan Guiney was the next over the line in 62nd at 20:59 and Lindsey 
Gallo was 75th for Wisconsin in 21:05. The five Jersey girls had a “team” score of 218
which would have placed them third in the final standings.
 
      Two Princeton women were also in the top 25, Emily Kroshus in 8th at 20:03.4 
and Cack Ferrell 22nd in 20:31.2, but only Emily is eligible for AA honors as Cack 
is a Canadian.

      Another former AG champ, Lindsay VanAlstine, who is on the recovery trail from a 
stress fracture, finished 159th for Duke in 21:37. Anna Sherman, who had run at the head 
of the Wake Forest team most of the year, failed to finish.

      Jon Fasulo of Vilanova was the only Jerseyan in the top echelon in the men’s race,
finishing 23rd in 30:04.6. Xavier DeBoissezon was next for Colgate in 108th at 30:55. 
Ed Moran of William and Mary had to scratch after suffering a stress fracture while placing 
third at the regionals.
 
   In the Division III meet on Saturday, Beth Vesey of the College of New Jersey and Jane 
Steinemann of Haverford gained All-American honors in the women’s race while Bobby 
Cannon of Haverford Matt Winkler of Williams made it in the men’s event. Vesey was 
23rd in 22:39.6 as she led the Lions to a 9th-place finish with 291 points. Steinemann 
finished 20th in 22:34.8. Cannon was 21st in 25:38.6, while Matt Winkler was right 
behind him in 25:39.2.
 
      Following Vesey for the CNJ women were Erin Cahill in 48th at 23:15.7, Lindsay 
Scarborough in 94th at 23:40.4, Kara Horner in 125th at 25:03.3 and Chris Nystrom in 
126th at 24:04.6.
 
     The CNJ men finished 12th with 310 points as Brian Brach returned to lead the 
team in 49th at 26:08.2, followed by Brian Donovan in 50th at 26:08.0, Adam Cline 
in 96th at 26:40.6, Joe Lacovara-Switzer in 103rd and Sean Lesniak in 141st.
 
      In the IC4A/ECAC program at Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday, Princeton placed 
2nd in the IC4A race (minus Tristan Colangelo, who was a non-finisher at Waterloo). 
Alfred Korir was 3rd for FDU in 25:12, John Basler 6th for Princeton in 25:22, Adam 
Ambrus 6th for Maryland in 25:22, Frank McCreery 8th for Princeton in 25:23, Peter 
Cioni 9th for Princeton in 25:28 and Mark Bahnuk 10th for winning James Madison in 
25:29.  
 
      Several former NJ stars were prominent in the Sunday program at Holmdel County 
Park which included the National Masters 5K race and the annual Alumni Shootout 
over the state championship course.
 
     Former Vernon and Arkansas star Cathy Stone-Bork won the women’s National 
race in 19:14.0, while Ramsey coach Mike Kohlbrenner was 6th in the men’s race in 
17:01, two places ahead of Seton Hall coach Steve Trembley, whose 17:07 was just 
three seconds faster than his son Brian had run the day before for the Pony Pirates.
 
      Former AG champ Carlos Martins of Newark ES won the men’s Shootout in 
16:03 over current Houston star Cole Dailey of Rutherford, who ran 16:12. Matt 
Piccarello of RBC was 3rd in 16:20 and Jeff Peterson of CBA 4th in 16:25.
 
      In the women’s race, Morris Hills (and Wake Forest) grad Cheryl Bauer was 
the winner in 18:12 over Brianna Jackucewicz (hardly an alumna at this point) whose 
18:28 was 14 seconds faster than the winning time in the AG race a day earlier. 
  

New Jersey will be well represented next Monday when the top collegiate runners 
in the nation gather at Waterloo, Iowa, on Nov. 24 for the NCAA Division I championships.

      The Trotter twins will join teammates Alicia Craig, Sara Bei and Ari Lambie as 
Stanford bids for the women’s title against co-favorite Brigham Young in a race 
which will include Erin Donohue of the fifth-ranked North Carolina team, Anna 
Sherman of Wake Forest, Megan Guiney of Wisconsin. Princeton is also in the field, 
headed by Emily Kroshus and Cack Ferrell.

       On the men’s side, Jon Fasulo of Villanova and Ed Moran of William and Mary, 
second and third respectively in their regional races, will head a contingent that includes 
Tristan Colangelo of Princeton, Xavier DeBoissezon of Colgate and Walton Kingsbery 
and Andy Filachek of the qualifying Virginia team.
 
       And, on the coaching side, Mark Wetmore will be trying for back-to-back individual 
titles for his Colorado team as Dathan Ritzenheim tries to succeed Jorge Torres, following 
a stunning runaway victory over the previous meet favorite at his regional. His main 
competition will probably come from the Stanford trio of Ian Dobson, Grant Robison 
and Ryan Hall. (The Indians are the overwhelming favorite to win the team title.)
 
       With Lambie on the sidelines, the Trotters moved up to 3-4 on the Stanford team 
at the West Coast regionals, Katy placing 10th in 20:49 and Amanda 16th in 20:54. 
Donohue had her best college CC race ever in a 1 2-3 sweep for the Tar Heels at the 
Soitheast regionals, finishing in 20:17 as North Carolina upset rival NC State, 52-64. 
Sherman helped Wake Forest qualify as she placed 15th in 20:42.
 
       Princeton finished 2nd to Georgetown in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals at Lock Haven, 
Pa., with Kroshus placing 2nd in 20:22 and Ferrell 6th in 20:22. Hopewell Valley grad 
Laura Petrillo was 21st in 21:19. Also in this race were Belmax DeJesus, 27th for 
Rutgers in 21:22
 
     In the Southeast meet, held at Greenville, S.C., Maura McMahon of Westfield placed 
47th for William and Mary in 21:28 and Caitlin Smyth 49th for Richmond in 21:34.

    Gallo and Guiney, old Shore Conference rivals, ran 9-10 in the Great Lakes regional, 
Lindsay finishing in 20:55 and Megan in 21:04.
 
    Fasulo led a major upset for Villanova in the Mid-Atlantic race, placing 2nd to Dan 
Mazzocco of Penn State in 30:30. Marc Pelerin was 29th for the Wildcats in 31:21. 
Colangelo ran 9th for Princeton in 30:53, Austin Smith 13th in 30:57, Ben Dezen 
21st in 31:12 and Mark McCafferty 22nd in 31:13 as the Tigers finished 3rd with 92 
points. (Had the Tigers run this weel at the recent Heps meet, they might have 
gotten a wild card ticket to Waterloo.).
 
    In this same race, Bryan Skelly was 19th for LaSalle in 31:11, Alfred Korir 20th 
for FDU. also in 31:11, and Adam Ambrus 43rd for Maryland in 31:41. (Peter Hess, 
who had been running so well for the Terps this seasom, failed to finish.) In the 
Northeast meet at Van Cortlandt, DeBoissezon finished 7th in 30:27.
 
     Moran was 3rd in the Southeast meet in 30:04, while Kingsbery finished 13th 
for Virginia in 30:30 and Filachek 30th in 31:01. Andy’s CBA classmate, Brian 
Kerwin, was 47th for Notre Dame in the Great Lakes meet in 31:27.
 
    New Jersey will also be well-represented in the Division III meet on Saturday 
at Hanover, Indiana. The College of New Jersey finished first in the women’s 
race and second in the men’s at the regional meet in Genesee, N.Y. The 
men would have won but for the absence of No. 2 runner Brian Brach as 
this added some 20 points to their score in a 47-63 loss to the hosts. Brian 
Donovan finished 4th in 25:09 (5M) and Joe Lacovara-Switzer 5th in 5:15 
with Sean Lesniak 15th in 25:37, Bob Barger 18th in 25:54 and Adrian Cline 
25th in 26:04.
 
       New York University, with its largely NJ team (and NJ coach, Nick McDonough) 
also qualified here. led by Vince Zarrillo in 7th at 25:20 and Travis Keany in 12th at 
25:45 with Jon Phillips closing out the top five in 37th at 26:25. Beth Vesey made 
it a sweep for the women, winning the race in 22:24, with Erin Cahill 7th in 23:10,
 Lindsey Scarborough 11th in 23:22, Kara Horner 17th in 23:52 and Jenna Fasulo 
(Jon’s kid sister) 28th in 26:14.
 
    Haverford was led by New Jersey runners as it also qualified both teams in 
the Mid-East meet. Bob Cannon of Toms River South was 3rd for the men in 
26:00 and Jane Steinemann of Villa Walsh 2nd for the women in 22:34.
 
     Clearing up some past news, CNJ, as usual, swept the New Jersey AC 
meet at Titusville Nov. 1, the men defeating Rowan, 17-71 and the women 
taking the first six places in a 15-74 rout of the Professors. Donovan won 
the men’s race in 26:27 with Brach 2nd in 26:47, while Vesey scored in23:45.
 
       Also, in the Conference USA meet that day in Tampa, M. Cole of
Rutherford led Houston to a 5th-place finish, placing 14th in 25:37.  He then 
placed 48th in the South Central Region

Last report
  Led by Jon Fasulo and Ed Moran, New Jersey athletes (and coaches) had a very good time 
this past weekend in the various college conference meets held around the country.
 
      Fasulo, the Hunterdon Central grad now a senior at Villanova, won the Big East 5M 
title in 24:35 during the biennial tripleheader at Van Cortlandt Park, an event which evokes 
memories of the old Monday afternoon IC4A meets there which drew a thousand or more 
cross-country devotees annually, including a number of NJ high school teams. Fasulo 
had placed second in this race a year ago, but this marked his first Big East gold in 
any season. He finished 15 yards ahead of Rod Koborsi, who led a very impressive 
victory for Georgetown.
 
     Several other Jerseyans finished in the top 50 in the race: former 
all-group champ Marc Pelerin of Cherokee was 30th for Villanova in 26:09, Ken Goglas 
of Randolph 32nd for UConn in 26:10 and Trevor Rozier-Byrd of CBA and Joe Lesniak 
of Toms River North 37th and 40th for Boston College in 26:25 and 26:34. Rutgers 
had Steve Slaby 34th in 26:13 and Brian Stanziano 47th in 26:52.
 
    In the Big East women’s race. Kristen Meyer of Hillsboro led 
the way, placing 18th for UConn in 21:47 and Belmax DeJesus was 
30th for Rutgers in 22:19.
 
     Princeton got a 1-2 finish from Emily Kroshus and Cack Ferrell in 17:15 
and 17:18 in the Heptagonal women’s race and just missed taking the team 
title as well, losing to defending Columbia, 33-38. The Tigers also had Carrie 
Strickland in 7th at 17:45 and Hopewell Valley grad Laura Petrillo 13th in 18:05.

      Tristan Colangelo finished 3rd for Princeton in the men’s race in 24:47 
and Matt Van Antwerp was 18th for Penn in 25:10.

     In the MAAC meet which ended the day, freshman Ed Baynes from Toms 
River South helped Iona take team honors as he finished 6th in 25:58, while in 
the women’s race, Andrea Rovegno of Ramapo, who is in only her second-ever 
CC season, was 4th for Loyola of Baltimoe in 22:56 over the 6K course. 
                           
      The largest collection of NJ runners was in the Atlantic Coast Conference 
meet at Wake Forest. Peter Hess of Toms River North continued his very 
successful freshman campaign by placing 6th for Maryland in 24:35. His 
teammate, Adam Ambrus of Shawnee, finished 20th in 25:20. For Virginia,
Andy Filachek of CBA was 16th in 25:07 and Walton Kingsbery of Red Bank 
was 19th in 25:20. Nate Sisco of North Hunterdon finished 41st for the hosts 
in 25:58 and Keith Krieger of Cherokee 48th for Duke in 26:14.
                               
       In the women’s race, also at 6K, Anna Sherman of West Essex finished 
7th for Wake Forest in 20:54, Erin Donohue 10th for winning North Carolina 
(led, of course, by NCAA defender Shalene Flanagan) in 21:20, Shannon 
Hawrylo of Hunterdon Central 37th for Virginia in 22:01 and former AG champ 
Kelly Behan of Ridgewood 46th for the Cavaliers in 22:20.
 
       Moran was the other winner as the Notre Dame grad repeated for William 
and Mary in the Colonial Conference meet at Towson, Md., in 25:18. Mark 
Bahnuk of Hackettstown was 6th for James Madison in 26;07. In the women’s 
race, Maura McMahon was 6th for W&M in 21:27 and frosh Megan Lerch of 
Clearview 23rd for the hosts in 22:59.
 
       The Trotter twins helped the NCAA co-favorite Stanford team run away 
with the PAC-10 meet, Katy placing 6th in 21:52 and Amanda 10th in 22:02 
behind a 1-2-3 finish for Sara Bei, Alicia Craig and Ari Lambie.

      Two old Shore rivals got together at the Big Ten meet on Sunday at Michigan 
State, Lindsay Gallo of Howell placing 6th for winning Michigan in 21:11 and
 Megan Guiney of Middletown South 11th for Wisconsin in 21:38.
 
     Another pair of ex-rivals, Nicole Kurtain of Notre Dame and Caitlin Smyth 
of Immaculate Heart Academy, finished 4-5 for winning Richmond in 18:25 
and 18:31 in the Atlantic 10 meet, while Jenna Darcy of Shawnee was a step 
back of Smyth for LaSalle. Last year’s Parochial B champ, Bridget Skeuse of 
Immaculata, was 24th for George Washington in 19:24 and her former HS 
teammate Liz Geiger 24th for LaSalle in 19:24. In the men’s race, Bryan Skelly 
of Washington Twp finished 13th for the Explorers in 25:25.
 
      In the Patriot League, Whitney McNees of Hopewell Valley was 6th for 
winning American in 21:08.
                                 
      On the coaching side, Mark Wetmore’s young Colorado team won the Big 
12 title with Dathan Ritzenheim taking individual honors in only his second 
major race in two years. He is now being touted as one of the favorites for the 
NCAA crown to succeed former teammate Jorge Torres.