On
Wednesday, October 5 the Columbia boys varsity cross country team won
the Super Essex Conference (SEC) championship at Branch Brook Park in
Newark. The Cougars finished first among ten teams and defeated second
place Seton Hall Prep by a score of 48-70 based on five runners scoring
for each team according to the place they finished.
The
team’s average time for the 5K (3.1 mile) course was 16:42, the third
fastest time in course history. The Cougars were paced by three Top 10
medal winning performances: Senior Jared Pangallozzi finished 3rd in
16:08 followed by juniors David Ives in 7th place and Tim Depue in
8th. Juniors Avery Coreschi (14th) Jonathan Salinardo (16th) rounded
out the scoring. The time span between the first and fifth runners,
often referred to in cross country jargon as the “compression”, was an
impressive 58 seconds.
The
next cross country meet for the boys varsity team will be Friday,
October 28 when they compete in the Essex County Championships at
Brookdale Park in Montclair. The meet begins with the freshman race at
3:00 p.m. and concludes with the varsity boys race at 5:20 p.m.
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