Ocean County Championships

The meet is Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 at 4pm in the Toms River "Bubble"

Track order of events

400 meters - be there at 3pm
Hurdles trials - be there at 3pm
1600 meters - be there at 3:30pm
55 meter trials - be there at 3:45pm
800 meters boys - be there at 4pm
hurdles final
800 meters girls
55 meter finals
3200 meters - be there at 4:30pm
4 X 400 relay - be there at 4:30pm

Field order of events

High Jump - be there at 3pm
Pole Vault - be there at 3pm
Shot Put - be there at 3:30pm

Donovan competitors can be found here.

Shore Conference

Dan Koerner ran 9:56.09 in the 3200 meters to finish 6th in the race. This represents a 17 second personal improvement. He is the athlete of the meet.

Also PJ Gillich finished 6th in the shot Put with a throw of 47'7". This is close to his personal best of 47'11".

Mark D'Esposito tied the school record in the pole vault with a jump of 11'0", and broke the school sophomore record.

All three of these athletes look to contend for medals at the Ocean County Championships.

Meet results can be found here.

New Balance Games

The 4 X 800 meter relay team of Mike O'Malley(2:04.3), Conner Delaney(2:04.6), Brandon Zisa(2:02.4) and Graham Matthews(1:59.5) qualified for the nationals, the Penn Relays and broke the school record with a time of 8:10.98.

The 4 X 400 relay suffered a droped baton and did not finish the race close to its expected time.

The athlete of the meet goes to Connor Delaney for his 2 second improvement in his 4 X 800 relay leg.

New Balance

We leave school at 12:45 on Saturday Jan. 24

The 4 X 400 runs around 4:10pm
The 4 X 800 runs around 6:10pm

Lets get two school records and place in both.

meet line up can be found here.

Shore Conference

Meet starts at 10am on Sunday Jan. 25.
Running events
400 - be there at 9am
3200 - be there at 9:15am
HH - be there at 10am
dash - be there at 10am
800 - be there at 11am
200 - be there at 11:30am
1600 - be there at noon
4 X 400 - be there at at noon

Field events
SP - be there at 9:15am
PV - be there at 11am

Meet line up can be found here.

Mid-Winter Classic Results

We had many good performances highlighted by the exciting novice 4 X 400 meter relay win. The team of Nick Oleck (58.7), Vin Gonzalez (59.6), Kevin Kowalski (57.2) and Brian Leckie (56.5) recorded a winning time of 3:52.07. Also in the winner's circle was Earl Mosely for his victory in the 55 mrter high hurdles (8.56).

The novice team had a fine showing by finishing third in the meet with 37 points.

The athlete of the meet for freshman goes to Tyler Scimeca for his 6th place finish in the 55 meters (7.61) and his 4th place finish in the pole vault (8'0").

The athlete of the meet for novice goes to Brian Leckie for his 800 leg on the 6th place 4 X 800 relay (2:17.2) and his exciting come from behind victory in the 4 X 400 relay (56.5).

Full results posted here.

Mid-Winter Classic Frosh/Novice

The Mid-Winter Classic Frosh/Novice Meet
is Weds. 21, 2009 at the Toms River "Bubble"
The meet starts at 4pm

Order
4 X 800 Relay - be there at 3pm
55 Meter Hurdles - be there at 3:30 pm
55 Meter Dash - be there at 4 pm
1600 Meters - be there at 4:30 pm
400 Meters - be there at 5:00 pm
800 Meters - be there at 5:30 pm
200 Meters - be there at 6:00 pm
4 X 400 Relay - be there at 6:30 pm
Shot Put - Girls then Boys - be there at 5:00 pm
High Jump - Boy's then Girls - 3:00 pm
Pole Vault - be there at 3:00pm

Monsignor Donovan entries.

State Relay Results

Donovan finished third in the meet with 29 points.

The team was led by the first place finish of Mike O'Malley (2:03.4), Connor Delaney (2:06.1), Brandon Zisa (2:01.2), and Graham Matthews (2:03.5) in the 4 X 800 relay (8:14.24) and the first place finish of Sean Fitzgerald (52.2), Mike O,Malley (53.7), Nick Chiarella (52.7), and TJ Lynch (51.7) in the 4 X 400 relay (3:30.53).

The High Hurdle Relay also would have won by half a second but was disqualified.

There are 6 running relays and Donovan had the potential of winning 4 of them. Anthony Cappello was missing due to sickness. With him Donovan would have easily won the 4 X 200 as well.

The athlete of the meet goes to Mike O'Malley for his strong efforts in both winning relays.

The results can be found here.

State Relays

Meet starts at 4pm on 1/15/09


Order of events
DMR be there at 3pm
HHR be there at 3:30pm
4 X 200 be there at 3:45pm
4 X 800 be there at 4pm
SMR be there at 4:30pm
4 X 400 be there at 5pm

SP be there at 3pm
HJ be there at 4pm
PV be there at 3pm

Athletes and teams click here.

Millrose Relay Trial Results

A great night at the races. It was an all star competition of 4 X 400 relays.
Unfortunately the Donovan 4 X 400 meter team came up short of qualifying. The team's effort was outstanding with Sean Fitzgerald leading off in 50.8, Nick Chiarella 51.7, Anthony Cappello 51.2 and TJ Lynch 54.4.

The athlete of the meet is the full relay team for a focused all out effort by all.

TJ fell less then 10 yards from the finish line in a gutsy effort to pass Camden and qualify. His fall cost him 3.5 seconds and gave the team a 3:28.29 time. Even with his fall, the team's time is within 1/2 a second of the school record.

I estimate that if TJ didn't stumble he would have run 51.0 and the team would have run 3:24.7 which would have been good for 3rd in these trials. To put his race into perspective, TJ's first 200 was 23.1 which is faster then the school record for 200 meters.

The county all time record for the 4 X 400 meter relay is 3:24.4 by Lakewood at the Nationals in 2003. This record will come to Donovan in the next few weeks.

Results can be found here.

Photo's of the races click here.

Millrose 4 X 400 meter trials

We will be leaving Donovan for the Millrose 4 X 400 Meter Relay Trials at the New Balance Track & Field Center in NYC at 4:30pm on Jan. 14. The race is scheduled for 8:15pm. The Donovan 4 X 400 team consists of Sean Fitzgerald, Nick Chiarella, Anthony Cappello, and TJ Lynch.
They have recorded the 3rd fastest time in the state to date.

The teams that should be in contention for the two spots in the Millrose race are:

Trenton - 3:26.94 in NYC at the Hispanic Games
Seton Hall - 3:27.4 in NYC at the NJCTC Relays
Donovan - 3:28.4 in NYC at the NJCTC Relays
Pope John XXIII - 3:29.1 in NYC at the NJCTC Relays
Rahway - 3:29.65 - in the Jersey City Armory at the Union County Relays
Columbia - 3:31.02 - in NYC at the Bishop Loughlin Games
Freehold Twp. - 3:31.53 - in Toms River at the Burns Relays

This should be a great race and with an "A" effort by all team members the team could qualify for the "show" by finishing first or second.

Ocean County Relay Results

Oh!!! so close. Jackson Liberty 45, Donovan 44.

Highlights of the meet include a meet record 4 X 400 meter relay time of 3:30.54. The team was (Sean Fitzgerald 51.9, Mike O'Malley 53.7, Nick Chiarella 52.2, and TJ Lynch 52.7). Also in the winner's bracket was the 4 X 800 meter relay team of (Mike O'Malley 2:06.0, Connor Delaney 2:08.3, Brandon Zisa 2:04.7, and Graham Matthews 2:03.0) in 8:22.06.

As usually the Athlete of the Meet was a tough decision. But, the award goes to Dan Koerner for a great effort in the 1600 meter leg of the 4th place Distance Medley Relay. He ran a personal best of 4:35.7 coming from the back of the pack and almost finishing second place for the team.

Results can be found here.

Ocean County Relays

The Ocean County Relays are Saturday Jan. 10 at the Toms River Bubble.
The meet starts at 9am

Running order of events - girls followed by boys in all running events
4 X 800 - be there at 8am
High Hurdle Relay - be there at 8:15am
JV 4 X 200 - be there at 8:30am
Varsity 4 X 200 - be there at 9am
JV 4 X 800 - be there at 9:30am
Varsity Sprint Medley - be there at 9:30am
Varsity Distance Medley - be there at 9:30am
JV 4 X 400 - be there at 10am
Varsity 4 X 400 (seeded heat last) - be there at 10am

Field order of events
Shot Put - Girls then Boys - be there at 10am
High Jump - be there at 9:30am
Pole Vault - Girls then Boys - be there at 10am

Click here for relay team members.

NJCTC Relays - notes and results

Despite a stomach flu virus (Nick Chiarella recovering and TJ Lynch and Sean Fitzgerald in the middle of it) the 4 X 400 relay gutted out a state second place time to date of 3:28.4. Only Seton Hall has run faster and the time looks good for a seed in the Millrose 4 X 400 trials to be held at the New York New Balance Track and Field Center on Jan. 14. First or second in these trials guarantees a place in the suburban 4 X 400 relay at the Millrose games in Madison Square Garden. The New Jersey teams will race against two teams selected from Long Island New York and two teams selected from Westchester County New York.

The athlete of the meet goes to TJ Lynch for his exceptional performance despite a stomach virus. He ran a 7.8 on the second place 4 X high hurdle relay (team time of 32.0 is the second fastest time in the state to date) and a 52.1 on the second place 4 X 400 meter relay.

Results can be found here.

Click here for Results of the Shore Class "B" Championships

NJCTC Relays

Bus leaves at 2pm for New York

Running Schedule - boys and girls - meet starts at 5pm
Hurdle Relays - Varsity Distance Medley Relay
Varsity 4 X 200
Frosh 4 X 200
Frosh 4 X 800
Varsity Boys 4 X 800
Varsity Sprint Medley
Frosh 4 X 400
Varsity 4 X 400

Field events
Varsity Shot Put first
Varsity High Jump first

Monsignor Donovan Line ups can be found here.

Shore Conference Class "B" South

A close meet won by Jackson Liberty. They scored 81.5 points to Monsignor Donovan's 77 points. We had a good meet with a lot of good performances. These included wins by Brandon Zisa in the 800 meters (2:02.3), Graham Matthews in the 1600 meters (4:43.5) and the 4 X 400 of Sean Fitzgerald, Mark Viggiano, Nick Chiarella, and TJ Lynch in an exciting (3:34.1).

The athlete of the meet goes to Brandon Zisa for a great effort to win the 800 meters.

The County relays are next Saturday. We can win. The match ups are in our favor and we will "let the dogs out", by not holding anything back.

Results are posted here.