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Knights finish 2nd in final standings
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ROCKAWAY - The Morris Hills High School boys cross country team finished its Northwestern Jersey Athletic Conference dual meet racing schedule in second place in the National Division with a 10-4 record, trailing only Mendham, which topped the seven-team division with a 13-1 mark.
The Knights won three dual meets and lost one on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the final day of the NJAC?s racing series that has been held weekly at Freedom Park in Randolph.
Morris Hills beat Montville (20-40), High Point (17-44) and Pope John (26-23) while dropping a 33-23 verdict to Vernon.
Sophomore Nicholas Patterson was the first Knight to finish, completing the 3.1-mile course in 17:22.62 to finish sixth overall in the 69-runner field.
He was followed by senior Mark DiGennaro (8th, 17:25.39), junior Connor Doyle (10th, 17:26.14), sophomore Alex Fayerman (12th, 17:35.17) and senior Leonardo Valdebenito (15th, 17:44.02) to round out the scoring for Morris Hills.
Junior Jonathan Richman and sophomore Connor Whelan were the 6-7 runners for Morris Hills while senior Eric Prebor, junior Jesse Spector, sophomore Patrick Dunn, junior Ian Zieder and junior Joseph Rewick also competed for the Knights.
In the junior varsity race sophomore Adrian Samsel was the individual winner and Morris Hills placed third in the 11-team field with 65 points, trailing only team champ Morristown (36) and runnerup Randolph (40).
Samsel covered the 2655-meter distance in 9:21.71 to beat a field of 130 runners. The second Morris Hills runner to finish was junior Brendan Hill (6th, 9:40.89) and he was followed by sophomore Joshua Shamouil (13th, 9:53.45), sophomore Brett Mitchell (22nd, 10:10.07) and junior Derrick Washington (25th, 10:12.08) to complete the team scoring for the Knights.
Sophomore Daniel Chiusano and freshman Patrick Gaven were the 6-7 runners for the Knights while senior Ian Mrtin, sophomore Akash Patel, sophomore Sahil Kerkar and sophomore Kevin Ngueyn also ran for Morris Hills.
Patterson, Doyle lead way for Knights
ROCKAWAY - Sophomore Nicholas Patterson and junior Connor Doyle had top-ten finishes for the Morris Hills High School boys cross country team as the Knights won three of five races in Week 3 of the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference's racing series at Freedom Park in Randolph on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
The Knights defeated sister-school Morris Knolls (23-38), High Point (20-39) and Roxbury (20-39) and lost to Mendham (23-34) and Morristown (20-36).
Patterson covered the 3.1-mile layout in 17:27.51 to finish eighth in the field of 92 and Doyle was 10th in 17:35.43.
Senior Leonardo Valdebenitgo was 15th in 17:58,23; junior Jonathan Richman was 19th in 18:93.87; and sophomore Alex Fayerman was 21st in 18:05.55 to complete the team scoring for the Knights.
Senior Mark DiGennaro (24th in 18:17.59) and senior Eric Prebor (25th in 18:18.10) were ran sixth and seven for Morris Hills.
Also competing for the Knights were sophomore Hemal Sha, junior Mitchell White, freshman Robert Biro, sophomore Connor Whelan, sophomore Patrick Dunn, junior Jesse Spector, sophomore Adrian Samsel, sophomore Joshua Shamouil, junior Brendan Hill, junior Ian Zieder and junior Joseph Rewick.
In the boys junior varsity race, the Knights finished fifth in an 11-team field with Brett Mitchell the top Morris Hills runner as the sophomore finished 14th in a 128-runner field, covering the 2655-meter distance in 10:15.44
Also running for the Knights were sophomore Brian McDermott, sophomore Daniel Chiusano, freshman Patrick Gaven, junior Mihail Stantchev, senior Ian Martin, sophomore Kevin Nguyen, sophomore Akash Patel, sophomore Sahil Kerkar and senior Anthony Napoli.
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Knights run 2nd at Passaic Invite
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ROCKAWAY - The Morris Hills High School boys cross country team put all five of its scoring runners in the first 25 finishers and the Scarlet Knights finished second as a team in a field of 17 in the Group 3 varsity race at the Passaic County Coaches Invitational run at Garret Mountain on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Wayne Valley, with four runners in the top 15, won the team title with 79 points. Morris Hills’ runnerup point total of 96 points was 30 points better than third-place finisher Mount Olive.
Sophomore Alex Fayerman was the first Knight to finish, placing 16th in the field of 118 runners. He covered the 3.1-mile course in 17:48.
Junior Connor Doyle and sophomore Nicholas Patterson were right behind their teammate as Doyle was 17th in 17:52 and Patterson finished 18th in 17:53.
Senior Leona Valdebenito was 20th in 17:56 and junior Jonathan Richman was 25th in 18:06 to round out the Knights’ scoring.
Senior Mark DiGennaro and sophomore Conner Whelan were the Knights’ 6-7 finishers in the race.
Morris Hills won the boys novice race in Group 3, putting all five of its scoring runners in the top ten finishers to run away with the team title with 26 points, outscoring runnerup Wayne Hills (75) and third-place finishers (77) for the title in the nine-team field.
Junior Joseph Rewick was the first Knight to finish, covering the 3.1-mile course in 18:54 to finish second, one second behind race-winner Antonio Ruggiero, a sophomore from Mount Olive High School.
Junior Mitchell White was also clocked in 18:54 for Morris Hills while sophomore Hemal Shah was fourth in 19:08, senior Eric Prebor was sixth in 19:15, and junior Jesse Spector finished 10th in 19:32.
Sophomore Adrian Samsel was the sixth man for Morris Hills, finishing 11th with a time of 19:32, and sophomore Patrick Dunn was the seventh Knight to finish, coming home in 20-minutes flat.
Also competing for Morris Hills in the novice race were sophomore Brett Mitchell, sophomore Daniel Chiusano, senior Ian Martin and sophomore Sahil Kerkar.
The Knights entered two freshman in the boys 3200-meter freshman race with Robert Biro finishing fourth in the 75-man field with a time of 11:46 and Patrick Gaven finishing 23rd in 13:11.
Knights bow to Randolph for first loss
ROCKAWAY - The Morris Hills High School boys cross country team ran into a buzzsaw that calls itself "Randolph" during the Week 2 Northwest Jersey Athletic Confernence races at Freedom Park on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Randolph packed its five top runners in the six top spots of the 81-runner field to score shutout victories in three of its four winning races.
Included in those four victories was a 15-44 decision over Morris Hills, the first dual-meet loss of the season for the Knights (7-1).
In Morris Hills' other three races the Knights beat High Point (15-50), Parsippany Hills (20-39) and West Morris (15-48).
Junior Connor Doyle was the first Morris Hills runner to complete the 3.1-mile course at Freedom Park, placing seventh overall with a time of 17:28.62.
Soph Nicholas Patterson and senior Mark DiGennaro finished 8-9, with Patterson turning in a time of 17:30.51 and DiGennaro posting a 17:35.58.
Senior Leonardo Valdebenito and junior Jonathan Richman rounded out the scoring for the Knights with Valdenbenito 12th in 17:44.79 and Richman 13th in 17:46.90.
Senior Eric Prebor and sophomore Connor Whelan were the sixth and seventh runners for Morris Hills.
Robert Biro, Alex Fayerman, Dustin Wahba, Joesph Rewick, Hemal Shah, Mitchell White, Patrick Dunn, Jesse Spector, Joshua Shamouil, Ian Zieder, Adrian Samsel and Brendan Hill also competed for the Knights.
In the 2655-meter junior varsity race, Morris Hills finished eighth in the 12-team field with sophomore Daniel Chiusano the first Knight to finish, placing 24th in the 145-runner field with a time of 10:13.22.
Derrick Washington, Brett Mitchell, Mihail Stantchev, Patrick Gaven, Brian McDermotgt, Ian Martin, Akash Patel, Kevin Nguyen and Sahil Kerkar also competed for the Knights.
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Hills opens with four NJAC victories
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ROCKAWAY - The Morris Hills High School boys cross country team was a perfect 4-0 as the Knights opened their dual-meet season at the first Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) meet at Freedom Park in Randolph Township on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Morris Hills defeated Delbarfton, 27-31; High Point, 16-45; Mount Olive, 26-31; and Sparta, 20-42, in its first NJAC competition.
Junior Connor Doyle was the first Knight to finish, covering the 3.1-mile layout in 17:41.49 to place fifth overall in the field of 75 runners.
He was followed by sophomore Nicholas Patterson, who was seventh in 17:56.06; sophomore Alex Fayerman (9th, 18:16.60); junior Jonathan Richman (10th, 18:17.53); and, completing the Hills' scoring, senior Leonardo Valdebenito (13th, 18:23.52).
Seniors Mark DiGennaro (18:33.56) and Eric Prebor (18:53.62) ran sixth and seventh for Hills.
Soph Patrick Dunn, soph Connor Whelan, junior Joesph Rewick, junior Ian Zieder, junior Mitchell White, soph Hemal Shah, soph Joshua Shamouil, freshman Robert Biro, soph Brandon Kahan and soph Dustin Wahba also competed in the race for the Knights.
In the junior varsity 3655-meter run, sophomore Adrian Samsel finished sixth in 9:44.20 and junior Jesse Spector was 10th in 9:56.80 to lead the Knights.
Also competing in the rce were junior Derrick Washington, soph Daniel Chiusano, soph Brett Mitchell, freshman Patrick Gaven, senior Ian Martin, and sophs Akash Patel, Kevin Nguyen and Sahil Kerkar.
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Knights run 4th at Randoph race
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ROCKAWAY - The Morris Hills High School varsity boys cross country tgeam finished fourth at the Randolph Cross Country Invitationl at Freedom Park in Randolph Township under the lights Friday, Sept. 11.
The Knights scored 50 points to finish behind team champ Red Bank Catholic (54 points), runnerup Wallkill Valley (57), and Newton (103).
Morris Hills sophomore Alex Fayerman was the first Knight runner to finish, placing 23rd with a time of 17:47.71. Junior Connor Doyle was 25th with a time of 17:49.49; sophomore Leonardo Valdebenito was 30th in 18:04.04; junior Jonathan Richman was on his heels, stopping the clock at 18:05.17; and the non-scorers were junior Mitchell White (47th, 18:41.31) and Eric Prebor (50th, 18:48.31).
In the junior varsity competition, the Knights placed second in a field of 17 teams as Morris Hills finished 2-7-8-9-10 only to see Red Catholic finish1-3-4-6-18 to edge the Knights, 26-36, for the top prize.
Morris Hills senior Mark DiGennaro placed second in 18:19.99 and was followed by sophomore teammates Connor Whelan, Joshua Shamouil, Hemal Shah and Patrick Dunn. Sophomore Dustin Wahba was 15th and junior Joseph Rewick finished 16th.
In the freshman boys 2655-meter run, freshman Robet Biro of Morris Hills finished sixth in 9:44.10 and freshman Patrick Gaven placed 77th with a time of 11:03.65.
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Rebuilding? Reloading?
Not at Morris Hills ...
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ROCKAWAY - You don't hear the words "rebuilding" or "reloading" when it comes to the boys cross country team at Morris Hills High School.
True, all the key runners have graduated from last year's 9-0 team, the team that won county, conference and section titles and finished third in the group meet and was fifth in the Meet of Champions.
There is no Sean Pohorence or Liam Tansey on this 2009 team. No Lucas Clyne, Vinny Chiusano, Tyler Hendrickson or Joe Barraro, either.
So why no talk of rebuilding? Or reloading?
"We have a tradition here at Morris Hills - each team is its own team and each season is its own season," says Sean Robinson, the head coach of the Knights. "To us, it's another 'Cross County Season" ... it's another season, a new season.
"We lost an incredible crew to graduation ... but we're still very excited about this year and next. We have a dynamite group of sophomores and these kids put in a great summer - a heck of a summer.
"A lot of our young kids have really matured over a short period of time. Most of them were around last year's team and the hard work, dedication and attitude of the 2008 team has rubbed off on them.
"These kids won't be in the class of last year's team but I have to say they are going to enjoy the process of getting really, really good."
Of Robinson's top 15 runners this fall, two are seniors, six are juniors, six are sophomores and there is one freshman.
The seniors are Leo Valdebenito and Mark DiGennaro with Valdebenito showing in the top five in time trials and DiGennaro a sprinter on the spring track team who is " ... working on his endurance," according to Robinson.
Juniors John Richmond and Eric Freebour are the team's co-captains and Robinson says junior Connor Doyle will be running with the front pack after putting in " ... a break-through summer."
Mitch White is another junior who improved over the summer and Joe Rewick and Ian Zieder round out Robinson's group of talented juniors.
The sophomores who have struck Robinson's fancy are Alex Fairmond, Nick Paterson, Hemal Shaw, Dustin Wahba, Patrick Dunn and Connor Whelan.
"These kids have done their work over the summer and matured physically to the point they can now handle our intense workouts," Robinson explains. "Last year, they could not.
"Fairmond didn't even run cross country last year but he and Patterson and Shaw have been running well this fall. Wahba and Dunn have also improved from last year and Whelan is one of our strong jayvee runners who has a legitimate chance of moving up to varsity.
"We have 40 kids out for the team this fall and that's a massive cross country team by Morris Hills standards. It's certainly the biggest team I've ever had here."
Robinson sees the runners' positions changing from meet to meet with several of his junior varsity runners "... popping up to the varsity at any given meet.
"These kids are very close in talent, which is good from a coaching standpoint and also good for the kids, because our JV kids will be keeping the varsity runners on their toes.
"We'r'e looking forward to an exiting season ... we have a lot of question marks right now, but we also feel we have the runners who will supply us with the answers and we're anxious to get started."
NOTES: Pete Whitner is assisting Robinson as well as assisting girls head coach Lauren Jackson .... Whitner has been a head varsity cross country coach on the high school level before and Robinson welcomes his savvy and his experience ... "He's old-school and I'm new-school," Robinson says. "So we feel the kids are getting the best of both worlds."
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