2008 Summit Men's Cross Country
Day Date Event Site Time
Results (7-2)
Tue 09/16   Chatham & West Essex Freedom 3:45PM Summit 15 – West Essex 50
Summit 26 – Chatham Hills 33

Azevedo, Francisco 17:10.70*
Chin, Thomas 17:21.94*
Healey, Jordan 17:26.38
Butler, Weston 17:29.44*
Hantzaras, Christos 17:40.09*
Salazar, Tomas 17:46.60
Schaffer, Michael 17:50.27
Christenson, Mark 17:50.94*
Weinstein, Eric 18:25.30*
Burke, Guthrie 18:34.66
Buzcel, Adrian 18:39.23
Taylor, Jesse 18:39.64
Smolyn, Steven 19:50.58
Angle, Jeff 20:14.79
Honold, Matt 20:22.93
Darquea, Anibal 21:08.72
Boozan, Peter 22:01.39
Balraj, Akhil 22:32.15

* personal best

JV Results 1 lap – 2655m – 104 runners

4 Mandelbaum, Andrew 9:33.08
18 Gunther, Daniel 10:15.28
20 Kennedy, Sean 10:18.16
13 Fiorito, Alex 10:23.72
29 Lawrence, Frank 10:39.14
56 Haas, Peter 11:08.73*
57 DePhillips, Andrew 11:09.29
61 Paytas, Shea 11:14.83
69 Beardon, Will 11:29.61
88 Loh, Timothy 12:16.83
100 Salazar, Alex 13:30.31

Sat 09/20   Magee Class Meet Warinanco 10:00AM The Hilltopper Harriers made program history aby capturing the first-ever major invitational championship. Competing against over 50 schools from the state ranging from Group 4 to Group 1 and Non-Publics as well, SHS came out on top at the NJCTC Bernie Magee Class meet. Scoring is determined by the top three finishers in the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes and Summit had the depth and talent to best them all.

Overall Team Scores:
1 SUMMIT 151
2 WSTFLD 164
2 RIDGE 164
4 HOLMDEL 306
5 POPE JOHN 376

Freshman Boys 3600m – 302 runners - 5th overall/55 schools
23 Andrew Mandelbaum 13:11.9
25 Daniel Gunther 13:16.3
55 Sean Kennedy 14:01.5
67 Frank Lawrence 14:13.0
80 Alex Fiorito 14:25.8
163 Shea Paytas 15:31.9
235 Alex Salazar 16:43.2
292 Henry Boozan 19:57.2

Top Freshman Team Scores
1 RIDGE 91
2 CBA 93
3 WSTFLD 99
4 ST. PTRS 196
5 SUMMIT 198

Sophomore Boys 5250m – 274 runners 2nd/54 schools
4 Thomas Chin 17:25.7*
23 Jesse Taylor 18:39.1
24 Adrian Buzcel18:40.1
83 Steven Smolyn19:54.1
220 Peter Haas 22:48.7

Top Sophomore Team Scores:
1 WESTFIELD 28
2 SUMMIT 45
3 RIDGE 49
4 BERNARDS 65

Junior Boys 5250m – 247 runners – 3rd/50 schools
8 Francisco Azevedo 17:27.5
15 Christos Hantzaras 17:42.6*
16 Weston Butler 17:44.1*
187 Akhil Balraj 22:24.1

Top Junior Team Scores:
1 BWATER-RAR 18
2 RIDGE 29
3 SUMMIT 37
4 WESTFIELD 48


Senior Boys 5250m – 240 runners – 5th/52schools
22 Michael Schaffer 17:33.8*
23 Jordan Healey 17:35.1
37 Mark Christenson 17:59.4*
58 Guthrie Burke 18:31.9*
74 Eric Weinstein 18:52.7*
76 Tomas Salazar 18:55.1
105 Matt Honold 19:34.3
153 Jeff Angle 20:55.3
173 Anibal Darquea 21:36.2
202 Timothy Loh 23:21.1


Top Senior Team Scores:
5 SUMMIT 69
7 RIDGE 86
8 WSTFLD 88

Tue 09/23 Hanover & Weequahic Freedom 3:45PM Harriers roll past Hanover Park and Weequahic to remain undefeated

Summit 21 - Hanover Park - 40
Summit – 19 Weequahic - 44

Varsity
Burke, Guthrie 18:14.70*
Weinstein, Eric 18:44.30
Buzcel, Adrian 18:47.78
Taylor, Jesse 18:55.72
Honold, Matt 19:28.57*
Smolyn, Steven 19:35.45*
Angle, Jeff 20:04.72*
Darquea, Anibal 20:51.57*
Balraj, Akhil 21:45.74*

JV RESULTS 1 lap – 2655m
Mandelbaum, Andrew 9:23.08*
Espy, Matt 9:34.67
Gunther, Daniel 9:40.44*
Kennedy, Sean 10:14.52*
Boozan, Peter 10:19.63
Fiorito, Alex 10:21.78*
Harkins, John 10:25.62
Lawrence, Frank 10:30.65*
Grillo, Alex 10:47.18
Haas, Peter 11:06.36*
Loh, Timothy 11:22.89
Paytas, Shea 11:31.62
DePhillips, Andrew 11:41.65
Salazar, Alex 12:41.20*
Santina, Michael 13:47.73
Boozan, Henry 14:44.42
Ramirez, Jorge 19:44.63

* Personal best

Sat 09/27   Stewart Memorial Warinanco 10:00AM Harriers take second st Stewart Meet

VARSITY BOYS – 5250m – 76 runners – 2nd overall out of 12 schools

1 MILLBURN 39,2 SUMMIT 74,3 CHATHAM 75

9 Jordan Healey 5:25.6 17:42.11
10 Thomas Chin 5:25.7 17:42.40
14 Francisco Azevedo 5:28.2 17:50.45
20 Michael Schaffer 5:34.8 18:12.07
21 Mark Christenson 5:35.1 18:12.99
27 Christos Hantzaras 5:38.0 18:22.40
33 Weston Butler 5:46.6 18:50.50

JV BOYS – 5250m – 24 runners – 1st place overall

1 SUMMIT 15, 2 SOMERVILLE 50

1 Tomas Salazar 5:44.1 18:42.28
2 Eric Weinstein 5:48.7 18:57.32
5 Jesse Taylor 6:00.4 19:35.52
6 Steven Smolyn 6:05.1 19:50.81*
7 Guthrie Burke 6:15.6 20:25.30
8 Matt Honold 6:19.8 20:38.73
9 Matt Espy 6:20.7 20:41.71
14 Anibal Darquea 6:35.5 21:30.11*
16 John Harkins 6:38.2 21:38.79

FRESHMEN BOYS – 3600m – 71 runners – 2nd overall out of 21 schools

1 MATER DEI 39, 2 SUMMIT 62, 3 SMRVILE 66

4 Andrew Mandelbaum 5:52.4 13:08.31*
12 Daniel Gunther 6:08.0 13:43.20
15 Sean Kennedy 6:13.7 13:55.91*
19 Alex Fiorito 6:21.2 14:12.64*
20 Frank Lawrence 6:23.1 14:16.87
21 Shea Paytas 6:24.4 14:19.86*
42 Andrew DePhillips 7:04.1 15:48.49
59 Umar Shafiq 7:41.3 17:11.76
61 Alex Salazar 8:01.6 17:57.30
64 Doug Angle 8:08.7 18:13.07
67 Michael Santina 8:39.8 19:22.77
70 Henry Boozan 9:17.1 20:46.12

Tue 09/30   Mendham & Parsippany Freedom 3:45PM Won 15-50 vs. Parsippany
Lost 20-35 vs. Mendham

Summit 15 - Parsippany 50
Mendham 20 - Summit 35

Salazar, Tomas 17:21.76
Chin, Thomas 17:40.83
Azevedo, Francisco 17:41.12
Butler, Weston 17:49.56
Hantzaras, Christos 18:00.22
Schaffer, Michael 18:04.33
Healey, Jordan 18:05.42
Weinstein, Eric 18:32.72
Christenson, Mark 18:46.17
Burke, Guthrie 19:50.68
Taylor, Jesse 19:59.73
Darquea, Anibal 20:50.51*
Honold, Matt 20:56.63
Smolyn, Steven 20:57.02
Angle, Jeff 21:38.51
Balraj, Akhil 21:40.67*

JV RESULTS 1 lap – 2655m
Mandelbaum, Andrew 9:42.56
Gunther, Daniel 9:53.54
Espy, Matt 10:09.54
Fiorito, Alex 10:31.39
Boozan, Peter 10:34.07
Grillo, Alex 10:34.33*
Kennedy, Sean 10:37.28
Lawrence, Frank 10:37.92
Harkins, John 10:41.06
Paytas, Shea 10:54.71*
Loh, Timothy 11:20.96
Haas, Peter 11:25.33
DePhillips, Andrew 11:34.21*
Beardon, Will 11:52.14
Salazar, Alex 12:34.64*
Arce, Erick 12:41.14
Shafiq, Umar 12:57.74
Angle, Doug 13:11.54
Boozan, Henry 14:26.76
Santina, Michael 14:27.95
Ramirez, Jorge 17:52.75*

Sat 10/04   Shore Coaches Holmdel 9:00AM The Hilltopper Harriers captured their second invitational title of the season at the Shore Coaches Meet. The team's 17:27 5-runner average establishes a new school record for the course.

Varsity – 5000m/1st Overall/208 runners/30 teams

9 Schaffer, Michael 17:18.13*
12 Chin, Thomas 17:22.88*
15 Azevedo, Kiko 17:24.71
17 Salazar, Tomas 17:26.88*
24 Hantzaras, Christos 17:37.99*
28 Healey, Jordan 17:49.24
52 Butler, Weston 18:16.45*

Team Standings
1 Summit 63
2 Delbarton 139
3 Mon Donovan 189
4 Somerville 206
5 Indian Hills 213
6 Pope John 235

Freshmen – 2 miles/5th Place/162 runners/13 teams/13:01 average

18 Mandelbaum, Andrew 12:33
27 Gunther, Daniel 12:44
46 Kennedy, Sean 13:10
49 Lawrence, Frank 13:14
57 Fiorito, Alex 13:27
67 Paytas, Shea 13:36
93 Beardon, Will 14:24
144 Angle, Doug 16:26
151 Salazar, Alex 17:12
153 Shafiq, Umar 17:30
154 Santina, Michael 17:36

Team Standings
1 Mendham 54
2 Shawnee 71
3 Ocean Twp. 89
4 Mooresetown 106
5 Summit High School 137

JV – 5000m/3rd overall/137 runners/15 teams – 19:37 average
6 Burke, Guthrie 19:02.24*
10 Taylor, Jesse 19:24.51
17 Smolyn, Steven 19:37.26
18 Honold, Matt 19:37.45*
29 Espy, Matt 20:24.01
39 Angle, Jeff 20:49.33
49 Grillo, Alex 21:26.92
54 Harkins, John 21:31.24
93 Haas, Peter 22:55.25

Team Standings
1 Holmdel High School 37
2 Pope John Xxiii High Scho 38
3 Summit High School 74
4 Cranford High School 142

Tue 10/07   Morris Hills/Parsippany Hills/Dover Freedom 3:45PM Won 15 – 50 vs Dover
Won 25 – 35 vs Parsippany Hills
Lost 15 - 50 vs Morris Hills

Hantzaras, Christos 18:05.09
Chin, Thomas 18:09.54
Butler, Weston 18:10.05
Burke, Guthrie 18:10.26*
Christenson, Mark 18:10.61
Schaffer, Michael 18:12.47
Salazar, Tomas 18:28.74
Buczel, Adrian 18:44.97
Weinstein, Eric 19:10.34
Smolyn, Steven 19:16.74*
Mandelbaum, Andrew 19:24.80
Angle, Jeff 19:48.05*
Honold, Matt 19:55.60
Darquea, Anibal 21:06.26
Boozan, Peter 21:09.75
Balraj, Akhil 21:47.21
Grillo, Alex 21:48.59
Harkins, John 22:01.97
Loh, Timothy 22:21.41
Arce, Erick 24:56.89

JV Results – 1 lap 2655m

Kennedy, Sean 10:06.99*
Fiorito, Alex 10:23.55
Lawrence, Frank 10:24.43*
Paytas, Shea 10:27.05*
Bearden, Will 11:20.82*
Shafiq, Umar 12:30.64*
Angle, Doug 12:38.95*
Santina, Michael13:50.12
Boozan, Henry 14:02.65*

Tue 10/21   IHC Conference Championships Freedom 3:00PM Varsity 3.1 miles – 67 runners

Team Scores
1 Mendham 31
2 Morris Hills 35
3 Summit 78
4 Chatham 94

3 Schaffer, Michael 16:54.82*
14 Chin, Thomas 16:57.05*
15 Azevedo, Francisco 17:04.65*
16 Hantzaras, Christos 17:12.83*
20 Healey, Jordan 17:26.47
26 Christenson, Mark 17:40.01*
28 Butler, Weston 18:02.64


JV 3.1 miles 182 runners –

Team Scores:
1 Mendham 15
2 Summit 95
3 Morris Hills 102

14 Burke, Guthrie 18:39.57
19 Weinstein, Eric 18:48.40
21 Taylor, Jesse 18:56.16
22 Smolyn, Steven 18:56.78*
27 Espy, Matt 19:11.39*
42 Angle, Jeff 19:33.69*
77 Grillo, Alex 20:34.90*
79 Darquea, Anibal 20:39.44
89 Balraj, Akhil 20:59.50*
120 Loh, Timothy 21:48.53*
136 Haas, Peter 22:19.09


Freshmen - 1.65 miles – 83 runners

Team Scores
1 Randolph 37
2 Morris Hills 70
3 Summit 72
4 Morristown 75
5 Chatham 143

3 Mandelbaum, Andrew 9:26.58
13 Kennedy, Sean 10:04.01*
18 Lawrence, Frank 10:11.58*
20 Paytas, Shea 10:21.75*
45 Fiorito, Alex 10:59.06
52 Bearden, Will 11:09.13*
54 Shafiq, Umar 11:10.98*
56 Arce, Erick 11:15.61*
67 Angle, Doug 11:50.64*
78 Santina, Michael 12:36.71*
82 Boozan, Henry 14:28.74
83 Ramirez, Jorge 15:25.06*

Wed 10/29   Union County Championships Warinanco 2:45PM The Harriers earned a decisive victory to claim their first-ever county championship in men's cross country history. Led by seniors, Summit's pack dominated the middle of the race and surged past Westfield's runners en route to a 43-68 win. The team clearly avenged last year's one-point loss to the same Westfield team.

Varsity Team Scores
1 Summit 43
2 Westfield 68
3 Roselle Catholic 109
4 S Plains-Fanwood 121
5 Gov Livingston 123

Varsity 3.19 miles
5 Salazar, Tomas 16:59*
6 Azevedo, Francisco 16:59
7 Chin, Thomas 17:01*
11 Schaffer, Michael 17:10*
14 Hantzaras, Christos 17:18*
17 Healey, Jordan 17:28
35 Christenson, Mark 18:11

JV Team Scores
1 Westfield 19
2 Summit 62
3 SPlains-Fanwood 81
4 Cranford High 92

JV - 3.19 miles
2 Butler, Weston 18:03
7 Weinstein, Eric 18:24*
16 Burke, Guthrie 19:01
27 Espy, Matt 19:23
31 Smolyn, Steven 19:25
32 Taylor, Jesse 19:27
41 Angle, Jeff 19:55*
43 Buczel, Adrian 20:03
58 Grillo, Alex 20:34
60 Darquea, Anibal 20:43
70 Boozan, Peter 21:10
71 Balraj, Akhil 21:11*
80 Loh, Timothy 21:40
92 Haas, Peter 22:14

Freshmen Team Scores
1 Westfield 19
2 Summit 60
3 Union Catholic 93
4 Gov Liv 101

Freshmen - 2.2 miles
5 Mandelbaum, Andrew 13:03
11 Kennedy, Sean 13:26
12 Lawrence, Frank 13:26
22 Paytas, Shea 13:48
24 Fiorito, Alex 13:57
31 Bearden, Will 14:38
44 Shafiq, Umar 15:10
48 Arce, Erick 15:22
54 Angle, Doug 16:05
67 Santina, Michael 17:22

* Personal best
** School Record

Sat 11/08   North 2 Group 2
Sectional Championships,
Warinanco 10:25AM Team Scores:
1 CHATHAM 45
2 SUMMIT 54
3 BERNARDS 105
4 GOVLIVI 109
5 CRANFORD 112

3 Francisco Azevedo 17:25.01
9 Tomas Salazar 17:34.99
10 Thomas Chin 17:42.22
14 Michael Schaffer 17:45.82
18 Christos Hantzaras 18:08.65
27 Jordan Healey 18:27.02
30 Weston Butler 18:33.69

Sat 11/15   Group 2 Championships Holmdel 1:20PM The Hilltoppers once again made program history by advancing to the Meet of Champions for the first time with a 3rd place finish in the Group championships.

22 Thomas Chin 17:22.01*
26 Tomas Salazar 17:25.85*
27 Francisco Azevedo 17:29.19
31 Michael Schaffer 17:36.19
55 Jordan Healey 18:05.40
56 Weston Butler 18:05.62*
116 Christos Hantzaras 19:26.64

Team Scores

1 Haddonfield 38
2 Cinnaminson 133
3 Summit 137
4 Chatham 143
5 Indian Hills 191
6 Bernards 205
7 Red Bank 217
8 Gov Liv 232
9 Pt Pleasant 256
10 Wallkill Valley 268

Sat 11/22   Meet of Champions Holmdel 10:00AM