Scrimmage Vs. St. Joseph, Notre Dame and Union Catholic

The Donovan track team had a good day at the first competition of the outdoor season. Athlete of the meet goes to Pat Loughrey for his 400 IH of 60.8 and his 400 leg on the 4 X 400 of 54.4.

Meet results can be found here.

Next meet Weds. April 1, vs. Central and Pinelands at Pinelands. This is our first double dual meet and Central as always will prove to be a tough competitor.

Updated Record lists

Check out the side bar for updated Donovan school records, top ten lists and Ocean County Track records.
Notice who from the 2009 team are on the school record lists including grade lists - Many of you, not just athletes listed below, have great opportunities to re-write the records. Seize the day and "do it"

On the school record list:

Graham Matthews - 800, 4 X 800, SMR, DMR, 800 relay leg
TJ Lynch - 400 IH, 3 X 400IH relay, 4 X 110, 4 X 400, SMR, 400 relay leg
Sean Fitzgerald - 3 X 400IH relay
PJ Gillich - 3 X Shot Put Relay, 3 X Discus Relay
Nick Chiarella - 4 X 400
Brandon Zisa - 4 X 800
Dan Koerner - 4 X 1500, 4 X 1600

If I missed anyone - please let me know

Mon Don School records and team points

Click here for updated Winter School Records

and

here for updated team points for winter.

Nick Crosta's 2008 Big East Decathlon win

Nick Crosta, a Monsignor Donovan Alum, competing for Rutgers University, won the Big East Decathlon last spring.
His results were as follows:

Day 1
100 meters - 11.50
Long Jump - 22'7.75"
Shot Put - 35'3" (note : this is a 16 pound shot)
High Jump - 6'10.75"
400 meters - 50.82

Day 2
High Hurdles - 16.01 (Note : Olympic height)
Discus Throw - 116'11" (Note : heavier then the high school discus)
Pole Vault - 13'3.5"
Javelin Throw - 168'9"
1500 meters - 4:46.67 (Note : about a 5:00.0 mile)

Team Varsity High Points

Congratulations to Graham Matthews for achieving the high point team total. He finished the winter season with 65.65 team points.

The top five team point winners were:

Graham 65.65
Anthony Cappello 60.10
TJ Lynch 59.60
Brandon Zisa 39
PJ Gillich 37

Jayce and Chris make their marks

Congratulations to Jayce Maxwell, running for Rowan, and Chris Medina, running for New Jersey College, for their performances in the NJAC Championships.

Chris finished 2nd in the long jump (22'08.04") and 6th in the 55 meter dash (6.65 trials, 6.67 finals.)

Jayce finished 5th in the 200 meters (22.98) and was on the 5th place 4 X 200 (team time 1:31.96) and 5th place 4 X 400 meter team ( team time 3:31.05)

School Records

We had many school records during the winter season :

Anthony Cappello - 300 meters - 36.10
Anthony Cappello - 400 meters - 51.34
Brandon Zisa - 600 meters - 1:25.86
TJ Lynch - 55 meter hurdles - 7.95
Marc D'Esposito - Pole Vault - 11'6"
PJ Gillich - Shot Put - 50'10.5"
4 X 800 Relay of (Mike O'Malley, Connor Delaney, Brandon Zisa, Graham Matthews) - 8:10.98

Congratulations to all!

Notes on the Winter season

We had a good indoor season on the team side - Check this out

Merli Invitational we finished 1 out of 20
Shore Divisional Championships - 2 out of 8
Ocean County Relays - 2 out of 16
State Relays - 3 out of 30
Ocean County Championships - 2 out of 16
NJCTC Championships - 2 out of 30
State Group - 3 out of 25

Team record 130 wins, 8 losses

winning percentage of 93.8%

Lite Training

Coach McCafferty is back from Florida and will be at school after school on Thursday March 5, with Coach Reabold. We will have a easy work out for any one that attends.

See you Thursday