2009 Summit Men's CrossCountry
Day Date Opponent Site Time Results (4-4)
Fri 09/11 Randolph Invitational Randolph 4:00PM
Varsity Boys – 3.1 miles –
85 Runners 10th/13 teams

7 Chin, Thomas  16:57.65*
40 Taylor, Jesse   18:24.69*  
41 Hantzaras, Christos 18:28.42 
54 Smolyn, Steven     19:06.30  
55 Gunther, Daniel   19:06.98  
61 Cooper, Griffin     19:15.83  
62 Shafiq, Umar      19:16.21  

JV Boys – 3.1 miles –
185 runners 7th/17 teams
30 Harkins, John   19:57.81*   
41 Paytas, Ian      20:15.37 
43 Raab, Sam       20:16.43   
50 Grillo, Alex        20:29.06*
55 Kennedy, Sean   20:37.32  
57 Mandelbaum, And 20:39.82    
58 Angle, Doug        20:41.60
73 Paytas, Shea        21:13.75    
91 Arce, Erick         21:56.54      
93 Vargas, Dan       21:59.32       
101 Haas, Peter       22:12.74      
106 Bearden, Will    22:23.21      
116 Son, David        22:39.93     
148 Meager, Scott   23:55.39 
172 Salazar, Alex     26:04.34       
Freshmen Boys – 1.65 miles
165 runners – 4th/13 teams
17 Evans, Frank      10:09.20  
42 Spangler, Peter  10:36.96 
44 Porter, Sam        10:38.78  
60 Hache, Adrian       10:51.59 
62 Casagrande, Matt 10:52.77  
82 Persche, John       11:13.94
105 Peck, Michael      11:44.20  
118 Vecchia, Adam     12:06.22
123 McDonough, Jack 12:11.76
144 Fitzpatrick, Kevin 12:48.88   
152 Kiser, Spencer     13:24.54  
153 Reach, James     13:30.39  
155 Hitchon, Alex      14:03.80       
Tue 09/15   Rahway
Away 
4:00PM Won 27-33

3 Jesse Taylor  18:58
4 Griffin Cooper 19:05
5 Christos Hantzaras  19:15
6 Thomas Chin 19:18
8 Umar Shafiq 19:30
9 Steven Smolyn 19:45
10 Dan Gunther 19:49
13 Matt Espy 20:17
14 Andrew Mandelbaum 20:22 
15 John Harkins  20:25
17 Alex Grillo 20:30
18 Cameron Simko 20:44
20 Sean Kennedy 21:22
21 Shea Paytas 21:25
22 Doug Angle 21:48
23 Dan Vargas 22:1024
24 Erick Arce 22:13
26 Peter Haas 22:13
28 Will Bearden 23:13
29 David Son 23:17
30 Scott Meagher 25:55

JV
Sam Porter 12:25
Peter Spangler 13:02
John Persche 13:02
Frank Evans  13:15
Adrian Hache 13:22
Matt Casagrande 13:09
Josh Golding 14:27
Michael Peck 14:27
Adam Vecchia 14:27
James Reach 16:16
Jack McDonough 16:17
Andrew Rupkey 16:47
Kevin Fitzpatrick 17:00
Spencer Kiser 17:25
Alex Hitchon 17:40
Sat 09/19 Magee Class Meet
Warinanco
10:15AM
Tue 09/22 Gov. Livingston/Hillside/Union Catholic
Memorial
4:00PM Gov. Livingston Won 15-50
Hillside Won 15-50
Union Catholic Lost 25-40

1 Thomas Chin 17:46
2 Jesse Taylor  18:06
11 Matt Espy    18:55
12 Griffin Cooper 18:58
14 Andrew Mandlebaum  19:14
15 Dan Gunther 19:15
16 Umar Shafiq 19:17
17 John Harkins 19:28
18 Ian Paytas 19:39
20 Steven Smolyn 19:45
21 Alex Grillo 19:56
24 Sam Raab 19:54
26 Cameron Simko 20:01
28 Doug Angle 20:36
30 Shea Paytas 21:06
31 Eric Hermann 21:46
34 Matt Boozan 21:52
35 Peter Haas 21:52
36 Erick Arce 21:55
37 Will Bearden 22:09
40 David Son 23:15
41 Akhil Balraj 23:48
Christos Hantzaras  DNF

Freshmen (2.1)
Sam Porter      12:58
Peter Spangler   13:04
Frank Evans        13:12
John Persche 13:44
Adrian Hache  13:56
Chris Chen       13:56
Raphael Dungca 14:13
Michael Peck   14:36
Adam Vecchia 14:39
Josh Golding    14:43
Patrick Dungca 15:17
Scott Meagher  15:38
Jack McDonough 15:45
Andrew Rupkey  16:18
Alex Hitchon   16:31
James Reach    16:34
Max MacPherson 16:36
Kevin Fitzpatrick  17:00
Henry Boozan       19:45
Sat 09/26 Stewart Invitational
Warinanco
10:20AM
HighlightsThomas Chin captures individual title in Varsity race with a new Summit high Junior Class record - 16:49; Frosh Boys win,; JV second, FRESHMEN BOYS – 3500m  -
1st/20 schools – 92 runners 8 Frank Evans13:32.19      9 Adrian Hache 3:36.61      10 Peter Spangler 13:36.90   12 Matt Casagrande 13:40.58      16 Sam Porter 13:43.52      28 John Persche 14:24.51       31 Christopher Chen 14:33.53      37 Raphael Dungca 14:52.70        38 Michael Peck 14:57.25        40 Jack McDonough 15:01.70        45 Josh Golding 15:09.54        46 Patrick Dungca 15:12.48        49 Adam Vecchia 15:22.88        69 Max MacPherson 16:27.24        70 James Reach 16:35.08        80 Alex Hitchon 17:09.66        82 Andrew Rupkey 17:13.85        86 Kevin Fitzpatrick 17:28.16        JV BOYS  – 5200m  -
2nd overall – 59 points – 90 runners 3  Christos Hantzaras  18:36.31     12 Andrew Mandelbaum 19:42.20      13 Umar Shafiq 19:43.43      15 Daniel Gunther 19:45.83      16 Doug Angle 19:49.36      33 Shea Paytas 20:22.51      43 Peter Haas 21:02.50*      44 Dan Vargas 21:04.01        52 Matt Boozan 21:10.00        58 Erick Arce 21:18.19        74 David Son 22:25.75        VARSITY BOYS – 5200m –
12th overall – 261 points – 95 runners
1 Thomas Chin   16:49.48**      40 Jesse Taylor  18:31.45*   62 Matt Espy     19:06.25*   79 John Harkins 20:02.02*   82 Alex Grillo      20:16.91      87 Ian Paytas     20:32.04       * personal record
** Junior class record
Tue 09/29   A L Johnson
Away 
4:00PM
Lost AL Johnson 20 - Summit 35 1 Steven Smolyn               18:03*
7 Umar Shafiq                   19:01*
8 Adrian Buczel                 19:21  
9 Ian Paytas                      19:27*
10 Andrew Mandlebaum 19:29  
11 Doug Angle                  19:32*
12 Alex Grillo                      19:32*
14 John Harkins                 19:47
15 Griffin Cooper                19:51  
16 Shea Paytas                   19:52*
18 Sean Kennedy              20:09 
19 Dan Vargas                    20:14 
20 Erick Arce                     20:50*
21 Sam Raab                     20:59
22 Will Bearden                21:41*
23 Matt Boozan                 22:07
24 David Son                     22:45*
25 Akhil Balraj                  22:52* Freshmen (2.1) 1 Frank Evans                  12:59*
2 Peter Spangler                13:09 
3Adrian Hache                  13:13*
4 Sam Porter                     13:15  
5 Matt Casagrande           13:22    
6 John Persche                   13:44*   
7 Raphael Dungca            13:52*
8 Chris Chen                      14:26   
9 Adam Vecchia               14:30* 
10 Patrick Dungca           14:34*
11 Josh Golding               14:40*
12 Scott Meagher            15:06*  
13 James Reach               15:44*  
14 Max MacPherson        16:15*  
15 Andrew Rupkey           16:17* 
16 Alex Hitchon               16:23* 
17 Kevin Fitzpatrick         16:54  * Personal Record
Sat 10/03 Shore Invitational
  Holmdel
8:00AM
Varsity  5000m
16 Chin, Thomas         5:35            17:21
84 Hantzaras, Christos 6:03            18:46
91 Smolyn, Steven       6:04            18:51*
100 Espy, Matt             6:07            18:58*
175 Cooper, Griffin     7:12            22:22         
JV Boys – 5000m – 195 runners – 6th/42 schools
23 Angle, Doug             6:17            19:29
28 Mandelbaum, Andrew6:20      19:41
42 Paytas, Shea            6:27            20:01
57 Raab, Sam               6:34            20:23
62 Shafiq, Umar           6:35            20:28
70 Grillo, Alex               6:40            20:41*
83 Kennedy, Sean       6:45            20:57
87 Gunther, Daniel       6:48            21:05
119 Simko, Cameron  7:02            21:49
127 Haas, Peter            7:06            22:01*
142 Arce, Erick             7:11            22:19
146 Vargas, Dan          7:13            22:23 193 Meagher, Scott     7:48            24:14

Freshmen Boys – 3200m – 194 runners – 1st/49schools
8 Casagrande, Matt  6:22   12:39 8th fastest SHS frosh all-time
10 Evans, Frank           6:29            12:53
19 Spangler, Peter        6:38            13:11
29 Hache, Adrian         6:45            13:25
43 Dungca, Raphael    6:52            13:39
72 Persche, John           7:09            14:13
89 Dungca, Patrick      7:19            14:33
106 Golding, Josh         7:35            15:04
113 Peck, Michael       7:43            15:20
122 Vecchia, Adam     7:47            15:47
142 Reach, James        8:05            16:04
143 Rupkey, Andrew  8:05            16:04
144 McDonough, Jack                  16:05
148 MacPherson, Max   8:09         16:12
176 Fitzpatrick, Kevin    8:50        17:33
Team Scores: 
1 Summit 75
2 Del Val 102
3 Pope John 112
Tue 10/06 Cranford/Hillside
Memorial
4:00PM
Tue 10/13  SPF/Oratory
Oratory
4:00PM Lost 17-45 vs. Soctch Plains
Won 15-50 vs. Oratory 50 4 Thomas Chin    5:34        17:18*
8 C. Hantzaras     5:43        17:46*
10 Jesse Taylor    5:46        17:55*
11 S. Smolyn        5:46        17:55*
12 Matt Espy       5:46        17:55* 
18 Dan Gunther   5:59        18:38* 
19 A Mandelbaum 5:59     18:38*
20 Umar Shafiq   5:59        18:38*
22 Alex Grillo       6:14        19:25*
23 Peter Spangler 6:16        19:30 
24 Sam Porter      6:16        19:30  
25 M. Casagrande6:19      19:40   
26 Shea Paytas    6:19        19:40*
29 Ian Paytas       6:23        19:50 
30 Adrian Hache 6:23        19:50   
31 Sam Raab       6:24        19:52*
32 Sean Kennedy6:27        20:03*
33 Eric Hermann 6:29        20:09*
34 John Harkins  6:31        20:15  
35 R. Dungca       6:31        20:16  
36 Erick Arce        6:32        20:18*
37 John Persche   6:32        20:19 
40 Frank Evans   6:34        20:25   
41 Peter Haas       6:34        20:26*
43 Griffin Cooper 6:38        20:37    
44 Doug Angle     6:40        20:44
45 Matt Boozan  6:41        20:48* 
46 P. Dungca        6:41        20:48 
50 Will Bearden   6:49        21:12*
52 Akhil Balraj    6:50        21:14*
54 Josh Golding   6:59        21:42 
55 Adam Vecchia 6:59      21:42    
57 Scott Meagher 7:50      24:21* Freshmen 2.1 miles
2 Chris Chen         6:31        13:50* 
3 J. McDonough 6:55       14:41*   
4 Andrew Rupkey 7:0 15:06*  
5 James Reach     7:21        15:37*   
6 M. MacPherson 7:34      16:04*
7 K. Fitzpatrick   7:34       16:04*
8 Spencer Kiser   7:44       16:25*
9 Alex Hitchon    7:53       16:42  * Personal Best
Tue 10/20   Conference Championship
Warinanco
3:00PM Varsity Boys 3.19 miles - 2nd Overall Mountain Division
Team Scores:
1 Union Catholic   36 – 17:16
2 Summit                68 – 17:37
3 Cranford             82 – 17:58

2 Chin                    5:08        16:24*  
13 Smolyn            5:34        17:47*  
14 Espy                 5:34        17:48* 
19 Hantzaras       5:39        18:03    
20 Taylor              5:40        18:07* 
29 Mandelbaum  5:54        18:51* 
40 Shafiq              6:26        20:32     

Junior Varsity Boys 3.19 miles 3rd overall/22 Schools – 187 runners
Team Scores
1Westfield            15
2Union Catholic 72
3Summit 77

19 Gunther            5:56        18:58*  
27 Grillo                 6:07        19:32*  
34 Raab                 6:09        19:40*  
40 Kennedy          6:15        19:59*  
43 Harkins            6:19        20:10*  
46 Hermann         6:20        20:13   
55 Angle              6:22        20:21*  
62 S.Paytas          6:26        20:33*      
64 Haas                 6:27        20:35* 
65 I. Paytas           6:27        20:36       
67 Vargas              6:29        20:42*      
69 Simko               6:31        20:50    
84 Boozan            6:37        21:08    
97 Cooper            6:45        21:35   
126 Arce              7:16        22:36                      
136 Balraj              7:11        22:56    
174 Salazar            7:55        25:18  
175 Meagher        7:58        25:25*                 

Freshmen Boys 2.1 miles –    
Team Scores  
1 Westfield            25 
2 Summit              41
3 Union Catholic 75
4 GL                       95                                     

5 Porter                  6:10        12:58                           
6 Casagrande       6:15        13:08                           
9 Evans                 6:19        13:15                           
12 Spangler           6:29        13:37                          
14 Hache              6:30        13:40                           
15 R. Dungca       6:32        13:45                            
20 Chen                 6:41        14:02   
21 Persche             6:44        14:08  
25 Vecchia            6:55        14:30   
26 P. Dungca        6:55        14:31   
27 Peck                  6:56        14:33   
29 Golding            7:02        14:45   
31 McDonough    7:16        15:14  
38 Rupkey            7:53        16:33           
40 MacPherson    7:58        16:44  
41 Reach               7:59        16:46   
42 Fitzpatrick       8:00        16:47    
45 Kiser                 8:20        17:29   

* personal best

Wed 10/28   Union County Championship
  Warinanco
2:45PM
Varsity – 8th overall
Thomas Chin    16:54    (5:13/10:15)
Christos Hantzaras18:02    (5:33/11:02)
Steven Smolyn    18:22    (5:40/11:20)
Dan Gunther    18:39*    (5:44/11:27)
A Mandelbaum    18:58    (5:44/11:27)
Matt Espy    19:00    (5:40/11:20)
Umar Shafiq    20:08 &n

JV – 4th Overall
Alex Grillo   19:11*    (5:55/11:51)
Sam Raab    19:47    (6:17/12:23)
Shea Paytas    19:49*    (6:17/12:25)
Ian Paytas    20:07*    (6:22/12:30)
Eric Hermann    20:15    (6:20/12:30)
Doug Angle    20:18*    (6:20/12:30)
Cameron Simko    20:18*    (6:17/12:30)
Matt Boozan    20:52*    (6:26/12:58)
Dan Vargas    21:18    (6:30/13:14)
Erick Arce    21:27*    (6:29/13:03)
Akhil Balraj    22:18    (6:39/13:31)
Alex Salazar    24:55*    (7:42/15:21)
David Son    27:54    (7:35/15:30)

Freshmen – 2nd overall
Sam Porter     13:04    (5:47)
Frank Evans    13:19    (5:51)
Peter Spangler    13:21*    (5:51)
Adrian Hache    13:23*    (5:56)
Raphael Dungca    13:42*    (5:59)
Patrick Dungca    14:02*    (6:17)
John Persche    14:11    (6:17)
Adam Vecchia    14:21*    (6:20)
Chris Chen    14:30    (6:06)
Josh Golding    15:10    (6:40)
Jack McDonough    15:14*    (6:44)
Andrew Rupkey    15:47*    (6:48)
Spencer Kiser    16:44*    (7:18)
James Reach    16:45*    (7:07)

Sat 11/07   North 2 Sectional
Warinanco
12:30PM
Wed 11/11   Frosh/JV State Championship
Thompson Park
3:00PM
Sat 11/14   Group 2 Championships
  Holmdel
12:55PM
Sat 11/21   Meet of Champions l
Holmdel
10:45AM