Day |
Date |
Event |
Site |
Time |
Results (8-1) |
Sat |
09/13
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Lancer
Invitational |
Livingston HS |
9:00AM
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Varsity Race – 1st Overall 36 pts, Morris Knolls 41 pts, 3 Millburn 67 pts)
The Lady Hilltoppers Won the Lancer Invitational for the 1st time since it's inception. They were lead by an outstanding performances by Nikki Hallenborg, Danielle Alloccco and Kearsley Ocott. Brittany Joostema and Sara DiMassimo rounded up the Summit scoring to edge the reigning champions of Morris Knolls.
2nd - Nikki Hallenborg 20:05
4th - Danielle Allocco 20:10*
5th - Kearsley Olcott 20:12*
12th - Brittany Joostema 22:25*
13th - Sara DiMassimo 22:34*
15th - Melissa Mandelbaum 23:13*
* Personal Best on this course
JV Race - Not enough runners to qualify
Arielle Spinner lead the JV squad with a personal best on the Livingston course, followed by 1st time runner Lindsey LoBosco and Tory Round (who also set a personal best on the course).
Freshmen Race – 1st Overall
Isabella Yozzi, Brooklyn Baldacci, Emily Richards & Sharon Kwak brought home the freshmen title for the 1st time since 2005. The team was lead by the 3rd place finish of newcomer Izzy Yozzi.
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Tue
|
09/16
|
Chatham/West Essex |
Freedom Park
|
3:45PM
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Varsity Race
Lost vs Chatham 21-34
Won vs. West Essex 34-50
Name Overall 3.1 Mile Finish
Danielle Allocco 5th 20:13 *
Brittany Joostema 14th 22:09 *
Sara DiMassimo 18th 22:23 *
Melissa Mandelbaum 22nd 22:37 *
Kayla McDonald 23rd 22:53 *
Rachel Wolf 44th 25:01
* Personal Best on this course
JV Race – 42 Runners
Name Place 1.55 Mile Finish
Izzy Yozzi 5th 11:15.84 *
Julia Woods 7th 11:17.07
Emily Richards 8th 11:25.22 *
Brooklyn Baldacci 9th 11:40.75 *
Sharon Kwak 18th 12:38.25 *
Lindsey LoBosco 30th 13:51.93 *
Nicole DeFonzo 34th 14:26.68 *
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Sat |
09/20
|
Puma Cherokee Challenge |
Warinanco Park
|
10:00AM
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Senior Race – 200 RunnersName Place 2 Mile Finish
Danielle Allocco 19th 12:24 *
Kayla McDonald 60th 13:17 *
Brittany Joostema 67th 13:22 *
Junior Race – 193 Runners
Name Place 2 Mile Finish
Nikki Hallenborg 10th 12:02 *
Julia Woods 59th 13:33 *
Melissa Mandelbaum 66th 13:50 *
Sara DiMassimo 67th 13:57 *
Rachel Wolf 125th 14:59 *
Lindsey LoBosco 160th 16:09 *
Tory Round 169th 16:35 *
Sophomore Race – 186 Runners
Name Place 2 Mile Finish
Kelly Diaz 174th 18:21 *
Freshmen Race – 167 Runners
Name Place 2 Mile Finish
Izzy Yozzi 25th 13:32 *
Brooklyn Baldacci 26th 13:33 *
Emily Richards 49th 14:07 *
Sharon Kwak 100th 15:00 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Tue |
09/23
|
Hanover Park/ Weequahic |
Freedom Park
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3:45PM
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Varsity Race – Dual Meet Record 3 - 1
Summit – 15 vs. Hanover Park – Not enough runners to qualify
Summit – 15 vs. Weequahic - Not enough runners to qualify
Name Overall 3.1 Mile Finish
Nikk Hallenborg 12th 20:56.37
Danielle Allocco 13th 21:01.88
Melissa Mandelbaum 23rd 22:45.60
Kayla McDonald 24th 22:50.15 *
Sara DiMassimo 32rd 23:41.56
Rachel Wolf 41st 24:45.45
JV Race M
Name Place 1.55 Mile Finish
Izzy Yozzi 5th 11:14.09 *
Julia Woods 6th 11:15.01 *
Brooklyn Baldacci 7th 11:24.00 *
Emily Richards 8th 11:31.32
Sharon Kwak 18th 13:04.20
Lindsey LoBosco 19th 13:04.53 *
Tory Round 21st 13:08.81 *
Nicole DeFonzo 29th 13:55.24 *
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Sat |
09/27
|
NJCTC Stewart Memorial |
Warinanco Park
|
10:00AM
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Varsity Race – 1st Overall – 9 Teams – 66 Runners
1st Summit-61, 2nd Chatham-62, Notre Dame-101, 4th Lawrenceville-110
The Summit Harriers pulled off a great victory today by winning Race B today. It was an overall TEAM effort that garnered Summit the win. Summit was lead by an outstanding performance by Nikki Hallenborg's 3rd place. Danielle Allocco's 4th place came down to a final 200 meter sprint that had her best Hanover Park's Julia Weir. Kayla McDonald continues to impress in her 1st year on the team. Melissa Mandelbaum and Sara DiMassimo both beat their PR's by 30 seconds or more from last year.
Name Place 3.25 Mile Finish
Nikki Hallenborg 3rd 20:04.81 *
Danielle Allocco 4th 20:47.31
Kayla McDonald 13th 22:18.86 *
Melissa Mandelbaum 21st 22:41.40 *
Sara DiMassimo 23rd 22:46.64 *
Rachel Wolf 63rd 25:46.48
JV Race – 55 Runners (Not enough Runners to qualify)
Name Place 3.25 Mile Finish
Julia Woods 2nd 26:03 *
Lindsey LoBosco 24th 27:27 *
Tory Round 28th 27:53 *
Freshmen Race – 93 Runners (Not enough Runners to qualify)
Name Place 2.25 Mile Finish
Brooklyn Baldacci 8th 15:24.32 *
Izzy Yozzi 9th 15:29.51 *
Emily Richards 11th 15:32.03 *
Sharon Kwak 35th 17:14.52 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Thu |
10/02 |
Mendham/Parsippany |
Freedom Park
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3:45PM
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Varsity Race – 40 Total runners including Iron Division
Won 15-50 vs. Mendham
Won 15-48 vs. Parsippany
In dual meet action, Summit overwhelmed its competition by sweeping the first five against both teams (Mendham & Parsippany). Kearsley Olcott lead the Hilltoppers with an impressive 19:52 in her first race since the Lancer Invitational. Danielle Allocco went under 20 minutes for the first time in her cross country career. Kayla McDonald continues to impress and improve on the 3.1 Freedom Park course by lowering her time by a minute. Melissa Mandelbaum and Brittany Joostema both set new PR's for themself as they continue to get stronger this season. Three freshmen saw their first varsity action and did exceedingly well with Izzy Yozzi's 10th place, Emily Richards 14th place and Brooklyn Baldacci's 19th place.
Name Overall 3.1 Mile Finish
Kearsley Olcott 3rd 19:52.20
Danielle Allocco 4th 19:59.77 *
Kayla McDonald 9th 21:45.10 *
Izzy Yozzi 10th 21:48.06 *
Melissa Mandelbaum 11th 21:52.07 *
Emily Richards 14th 21:57.10 *
Brittany Joostema 15th 22:00.16 *
Sara DiMassimo 18th 22:33.25
Brooklyn Baldacci 19th 22:37.25*
JV Race – 36 Runners
Name Place 1.55 Mile Finish
Julia Woods 3rd 11:11.05 *
Katie Watson 4th 11:12.05 *
Rachel Wolf 5th 12:04.97
Sharon Kwak 7th 12:35.01 *
Lindsey LoBosco 13th 13:03.83 *
Tory Round 16th 13:11.97
Nicole DeFonzo 22nd 13:58.00
Morgan Stelli 23rd 14:05.55 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Tue
|
10/07
|
Dover/Morris Hills/Parsippany Hills |
Freedom Park
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3:45PM
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Won 15-50 vs. Dover (Not enough runners to qualify)
Won 28-29 vs. Morris Hills
Won 15-50vs. 50 Parsippany Hills
Summit Harriers finished the dual meet season by defeating Morris Hills, Parsippany Hills and Dover. Summit was lead by Nikki Hallenborg's 5th place overall, Danielle Allocco's 6th place and Kearsley Olcott's 7th place. Izzy Yozzi continues to gain strength by finishing 4th among Summit's runners two weeks in a row. Kayla McDonald and Melissa Mandelbaum paced the Hilltoppers to finish 6th & 7th among Summit runners. Summit's Julia Woods placed 7th for Summit and 26th overall. It was her first varsity race of the season. Izzy Yozzi, Melissa Mandelbaum, Julia Woods & Brooklyn Baldacci all PR'd on the Freedom Park Course.
Varsity Race – 67 Total runners including Iron Division
Name Overall 1 Mile 2 Mile 3.1 Mile Finish
Nikki Hallenborg 5th 6:34 (6:34) 13:08 (6:51) 19:59.87
Danielle Allocco 6th 6:34 (6:34) 13:08 (6:52) 20:00.11
Kearsley Olcott 7th 6:34 (6:33) 13:07 (7:04) 20:11.47
Izzy Yozzi 15th 6:38 (7:07) 13:45 (7:55) 21:40.58 *
Kayla McDonald 22nd 6:49 (7:15) 14:04 (7:59) 22:03.43
Melissa Mandelbaum 24th 6:57 (7:11) 14:08 (7:59) 22:07.53
Julia Woods 26th 7:02 (7:07) 14:09 (7:59) 22:08.56 *
Brittany Joostema 28th 6:42 (7:23) 14:05 (8:07) 22:12.38
Sara DiMassimo 29th 6:57 (7:11) 14:08 (8:05) 22:13.82
Brooklyn Baldacci 31st 6:50 (7:30) 14:20 (8:04) 22:24.15*
Emily Richards 33rd 6:50 (7:30) 14:10 (8:14) 22:24.15
JV Race – 27 Runners
Race Time: 3:45 PM
Name Place 1 Mile 1.55 Mile Finish
Katie Watson 2nd 6:40 11:02.73 *
Sharon Kwak 4th 7:33 12:31.38 *
Lindsey LoBosco 9th 7:48 13:20.44
Tory Round 10th 7:48 13:28.66
Nicole DeFonzo 12th 8:10 13:39.94 *
Morgan Stelli 13th 8:14 13:43.86 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Sat |
10/11 |
Manhatten Invitational |
Van Cortland Park |
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Varsity Race – 12th Overall – 31 Teams – 212 Runners
Name Place 2.5 Mile Finish
Nikki Hallenborg 9th 16:02.79 *
Danielle Allocco 17th 16:14.03 *
Brittany Joostema 71st 17:39.66 *
Kayla McDonald 112th 18:26.70 *
Julia Woods 114th 18:29.71 *
Melissa Mandelbaum 130st 18:50.00 *
Sara DiMassimo 172nd 19:51.04 *
JV Race – 55 Runners (Not enough Runners to qualify)
Name Place 2.5 Mile Finish
Katie Watson 61st 18:48.88 *
Nicole DeFonzo 174th 21:54.87 *
Tory Round 190h 22:07.05 *
Freshmen Race – 138 Runners (Not enough Runners to qualify)
Name Place 1.5 Mile Finish
Brooklyn Baldacci 16th 10:41.23 *Izzy Yozzi 19th 10:46.94 *
Emily Richards 25th 11:00.84 *
Sharon Kwak 70th 12:18.82 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Tue
|
10/21
|
IHC Conference Championship |
Freedom Park |
3:00PM
|
2008 Conference Champions
1st-Summit - 51 Points
2nd-Chatham - 66 Points
3rd-Morris Hills - 68 Points
4th-Hanover Park - 73 Points
The Lady Hilltoppers enjoyed their second conference championship in the last three years. The team was lead by the strong trio of Nikki Hallenborg, Danielle Allocco & Kearsley Olcott. The second trio of Melissa Mandelbaum, Izzy Yozzi & Brittany Joostema solidified the victory. It was a total team effort that lead to this championship. Three of the seven girls set personal records today. It was truly a great to be a Hilltopper!
Name Overall 3.1 Mile Finish
Nikki Hallenborg 5th 19:36.20 *
Danielle Allocco 6th 19:40.55 *
Kearsley Olcott 7th 19:50.16
Melissa Mandelbaum 16th 21:47.45 *
Izzy Yozzi 17th 21:49.06
Brittany Joostema 18th 21:50.27 *
Kayla McDonald 32nd 22:57.34
JV Race – 60 Runners
Race Time: 3:25 PM
Name Overall 3.1 Mile Finish
Katie Watson 1st 21:20.20 *
Julia Woods 3rd 21:57.98 *
Emily Richards 4th 21:59.06
Brooklyn Baldacci 9th 22:25.53
Rachel Wolf 27th 24:29.29 *
Sharon Kwak 36th 25:28.59 *
Lindsey LoBosco 37th 25:30.95 *
Nicole DeFonzo 46th 26:31.36 *
Arielle Spinner 47th 26:35.19
Freshmen Race
Name Overall 1.65 Mile Finish
Nicole Theriot 4th 12:59.68 *
Morgan Stelli 9th 13:36.51 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Wed
|
10/29
|
UCT Championship |
Warinanco Park
|
2:45PM
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The Lady Hilltoppers enjoyed a 2nd place finish at the Warinanco County Championship Course. The squad from Johnson won for the 2nd consecutive year. Our girls were lead by Danielle Allocco's personal record of 19:57 and Kearsley Olcott's 20:05. It was a total team effort that brought together the rest of the scoring with Katie Watson finishing 18th, Melissa Mandelbaum's 30th, and Kayla McDonald's 32nd.
Johnson 63 Points
Summit 92 Points
Cranford 101 Points
Name Overall 3.19 Mile Finish
Danielle Allocco 5th 19:57 *
Kearsley Olcott 7th 20:05
Katie Watson 18th 21:03 *
Melissa Mandelbaum 30th 21:35 *
Kayla McDonald 32nd 21:39 *
Izzy Yozzi 34th 21:43 *
Brittany Joostema 37th 21:52 *
JV Race – 78 Runners
Name Overall 3.19 Mile Finish
Emily Richards 2nd 22:05 *
Brooklyn Baldacci 9th 22:20 *
Sharon Kwak 26th 25:02 *
Nicole DeFonzo 46th 26:16 *
Freshmen Race – 36 Runners
Name Overall 2 Mile Finish
Morgan Stelli 21st 18:51 *
* Personal Best on this course
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Sat
|
11/08 |
North 2 Group 2 Sectional Championships |
Warinanco Park
|
10:25AM
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1st - SUMMIT 67 Points
2nd - Madison 67 Points
3rd - Cranford 87 Points
4th – Chatham 87 Points
5th – Hanover Park 99 Points
The girls cross country team enjoyed their 3rd state sectional title in four years today under unfavorable skies and soggy terrain at Warinanco State Park in Elizabeth. Danielle Allocco paced the lady harriers in fulfilling this championship. However, it was a total team effort that garnered the victory. The race was tied at 67 points and came down to the sixth runner for each team with Summit beating out Madison's sixth runner. Kearsley Olcott and Nikki Hallenborg overcame some late season injuries to help Summit win by placing 6th and 17th respectively. A welcomed surprise, Katie Watson (14th), edged out Madison's 3rd runner (15th) at the finish line. Kayla McDonald (Summit's 5th runner) and Brittany Joostema (Summit's 6th), ultimately sealed the championship for Summit. It was a wonderful victory that was shared by the entire team!
Name Overall 3.25 Mile Finish
Danielle Allocco 3rd 20:14.90 *
Kearsley Olcott 6th 20:40.54
Katie Watson 14th 21:07.27 *
Nikki Hallenborg 17th 21:34.43
Kayla McDonald 27th 22:17.65 *
Brittany Joostema 31st 22:31.90 Mellissa Mendelbaum 41st 23:19.74
* Personal Best on this course
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Sat
|
11/15
|
Group 2 Championships |
Holmdel Park
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1:20PM
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14th Place out of 18 teams
Name Overall 3.1 Mile Finish
Katie Watson 40th 21:28 *
Danielle Allocco 51st 21:45
Kearsley Olcott 74th 22:31
Izzy Yozzi 84th 22:49 *
Brittany Joostema 85th 22:50
Melissa Mandelbaum 103rd 23:38 *
Kayla McDonald 113thth 24:12
* Personal Best on this course
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