Shore Conference Class B

Meet starts at 8am
Order of running events
400 meters - Be there at 7:00am
3200 meters - Be there at 7:30am
200 meters - Be there at 8:00am
High Hurdles trial - Be there at 8:00am
55 meter dash trial - Be there at 8:00am
800 meters - Be there at 9:00am
High Hurdle Finals
55 meter dash final
1600 meters - be there at 10am
4 X 400 - be there at 10 am

Order of field events
Shot Put - be there at 7:30 am
High Jump - be there at 9:30 am
Pole Vault - be there at 9:30 am

Click here for team members and events.

Frank Burns Relay Results

The Frank Burns Relays proved to be a successful day for the Monsignor Donovan Boy's Track team. The 4 X 800 meter relay of Mike O'Malley (2:04.3), Connor Delaney (2:08.4), Brandon Zisa (2:08.2) and Graham Matthews (2:02.3) won their event recording the 2nd best time in New Jersey to date (8:23.34). The Shot Put Relay of PJ Gillich (45'10"), and Mike Finocchi (42'4")finished 2nd, the 4 X 200 of Anthony Cappello (23.2), Joe Foderaro (25.3), Nick Chirella (23.9), TJ Lynch (23.7) finished 3rd and the 4 X 400 team of Mike O'Malley (54.6), Sean Fitzgerald (53.2), Brandon Zisa (53.8) and Anthony Cappello (51.1) finished third and recorded the 4th fastest 4 X 400 time in the state to date (3:32.78).

Anthony Cappello's 23.2 - 200 meter leg and his 51.1 - 400 meter leg represent the fastest "flat floor" relay splits for these events in Monsignor Donovan history.

The "Athlete of the Meet" was a tough decision but goes to Mike O'Malley for his two outstanding lead legs in the 4 X 800 and 4 X 400 relays.

Full results can be found here.

State and county rankings

If you want to see how you rank in New Jersey click here.
Scroll down and Click an event to see how you are doing.
To check county rankings go to advanced parameters and click on the county box , choose Ocean and click refine.

If you follow directions you can also see how you are doing nationally.

I will put a link to this site on the side of this page under links to other interesting sites.

Frank Burns Invitational Relays

Date : 12/27/08
Start Time : 9am
Site : Toms River Bubble

Order of running events Boys followed by Girls
be there at 8am - Shuttle Hurdle Relay
be there at 8am - 4 X 800 Meter Relay
be there at 8:45am - 4 X 200 Meter Relay
be there at 8:45 - Sprint Medley Relay
be there at 10am - Distance Medley Relay
be there at 10 am - 4 X 400 Meter Relay

Order of Field Events
be there at 8am - Shot boys first
be there at 8am - High Jump boys first - 6 jump rule
be there at 10 am - Pole Vault girls first - 6 jump rule

Burns team entries can be found here

Merli Meet Results

Congratulations - the team defended their title with a resounding victory scoring 95 points. We had two wins, Anthony Cappello in the 200 meters (23.97) and the 4 X 400 relay (Mike O'Malley 55.8, Sean Fitzgerald 53.3, Brandon Zisa 54.1, and TJ Lynch 55.2) in 3:38.50 - winning by over a half a lap.
Also congratulations to Anthony Cappello for being chosen "Athlete of the Meet". Besides his victory in the 200 meter dash Anthony finished 3rd in the 400 (52.95) and 3rd in the 55 meter dash (6.77 - second all time Monsignor Donovan athlete).
Official full results can be found here.

Merli Invitational Notes

Best of luck. Don't forget that we are defending champions. Run like champions today.

Coach O'Leary

Merli Notes

Time to be at the bubble- Order of Events:
9:45am 400
10:00am 3200
10:45am 55 HH-trials
19:45am 55 Dash-trials
11:00am 800
HH Final
55 Dash final
12:00noon 200
12:00noon 1600
12:00noon 4 X 400 relay
10:30am SP
10:30am HJ opens at 5'2"
10:30am PV opens at 9'
Meet starts at 11am at Toms River Bubble
See here for athletes that are competing.

Results from the O'Leary Lid-Lifter

Congratulations to the O'Leary Lid-Lifter performers. The "Athlete of the Meet" went to Sean Fitzgerald who ran a PB in the high hurdles (8.89), and a PB in the 600 meter run (1:30.13 for 8th place).
TJ Lynch finished 4th in the 600 meter run (1:28.70) and 3rd in the high hurdles (8.19, 8.02 in the trials). Also placing was Graham Matthews - 2nd in the 1600 meters (4:52.42), Dan Koerner - 4th in the 1600 meters (4:53.89), and Connor Delaney - 5th in the 1600 meters (4:56.27). Full results can be found here.

Villanova video

Congratulations to those that picked Coach McCafferty as the coach in the video. I appeared towards the end of the video with our 4 X 880 team beating Georgetown at the Penn Relays of 1966. The people with me are Dave Patrick ( soon to be the indoor world recorded holder for the 880 yard run and ranked first in the world at 1500 meters in 1967), Ian Hamilton ( a Irish runner who is now an accountant in Ireland), Craig Nation ( a walk on at Villanova - best high school time of 2:02 - ran 1:49.0 for 880 yards in College and is now a professor at Carlisle College)
The Georgetown runner that was beaten by Dave Patrick is Rick Urbana who was indoor NCAA 880 yard champion in 1966 and is now a federal judge.

Star Ledger - Winter track preview

The Star Ledger winter track preview can be found here.
Also many results from last year can be found here.

Merli Meet

The Merli Meet will be held on Sunday Dec. 21 at the Toms River Bubble. We are defending champions and last years results can be found here. The meet will start at 11am, We will publish a time schedule for athletes to come to the meet. The tentative team members competing can be found here and an article about the meet can be found here.

Wednesday's pole vault clinic

The clinic for pole vaulters scheduled for Wednesday. Dec. 17 at the Toms River bubble is cancelled. All pole vaulters should come to regular practice after school on Wednesday.

O'Leary Lid-Lifter

The bus will leave school at 1:45pm on Thursday. Dismissal will be at 1:30pm. The meet starts at 4pm and will be held at Drew University. No spikes and no plastic bottom shoes. Names of those attending can be found here.

Millrose Suburban 4 X 400 Relay Trials

For every one's information. The trials for the Millrose Suburban 4X400 meter relay will be held Jan. 14, 2009 - not Jan. 7, 2009 as originally posted. The trials will be held at the New York Armory. The time of the event and participants etc. will be announced at a later date.

Live Broadcast of the Foot Locker

Click here to watch the Foot Locker live. George runs at 1:00.

Coach McCaff from California

Hi, everyone. I am in California now, with my son,Sean, to watch the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship tomorrow. Sean's athlete, George Galasso, from Holmdel High School will be running. You can watch the race live tomorrow at 1 pm at www.footlockercc.com. Cheer for George, everyone.

Cross Country Banquet

Congratulations to the Monsignor Donovan 2008 Cross Country Team. They were undefeated (7-0) and won the class "B" south title for the third year in a row. I believe that they have lost only one dual meet in the last 4 years, which puts their 4 year record at 25 wins and 1 loss - Pretty impressive. Also congratulations to Dan Koerner and Brandon Zisa for being placed on the second all-county team, and to Graham Matthews for making the third all county team.

Special awards were presented. Dan Koerner was awarded the "MVP" plaque, Brandon Zisa and Graham Matthews were presented the "captain's award", Kevin Schenck received the "Most Dedicated" award, and Ed Stone was given the "top freshman" plaque.

Coach McCafferty

O'Leary Lid-lifter - more notes

We will probably only enter the 55 meter hurdles, the O'Leary 600 meter run, the 55 meter dash, and the 1600 meter run. This will allow us to exit early and get home at a reasonable hour. We should be leaving the Drew Field house between 7 and 8 pm.

Participants and and time of departure from Mon Don will be announced soon. The meet starts at 4pm.

O'Leary Lid-Lifter notes

Our first competition will be the O'Leary Lid-Lifter at Drew University on December 18 at 4pm. Departure time and Mon Don participants and events will be announced at a later time. Traditionally we have done well at this meet and should continue our winning ways this season. Last year's results.