Summit High School Spring 2011 Athletic Honors

Baseball

Union County - Team Batting leaders
Nick Oristanio (.456, 23 walks, 22 runs) and Matt DeWald (.351, 22 RBI)

All Union County
2nd Team - Nick Oristanio

Softball

Union County - Mountain Division Honors
Lisa Campanelli and Tasha Kewalaramani of Summit; softball

All Union County
3rd team -Tasha Kewalaramani

Men's Lacrosse

All State

1st Team
Nick Kilkowski, Summit, 5-8, 155, Junior
Steady attackman tossed in 63 goals and assisted on 22 to steer team to 23-1 mark and third consecutive group state title.

Jules Godino, Summit, 6-2, 195, Senior
Veteran defenseman used intelligence and heart to anchor a unit that yielded just 3.0 goals a game and never allowed double figures.

2nd Team - Terry McKenn
3rd Team - Peter Badgley

All Fitch-Pitt

1st Team - Nick Kilkowski, Sonny Round, Terry McKenna, Jules Godino
2nd Team - Mike Ford, Tim Yager

Fitch/Pitt Division Player of the year - Jules Godino

Fitch/ Pitt Division Coach of the Year - Jim Davidson

ALL Junior

1st team - Nick Kilkowski, Summit
3rd team - Will Weber, Summit

All Union County

1st Team - Nick Kilkowski, Sonny Round, Terry Mckenna, Mike Ford, Tim Yager, Jules Godino
2ndTeam - Peter Badgley, Rob Williams
3rd Michael Tsiang, Will Weber

Union County Player of the year Jules Godino

Scoring leaders

Women's Lacrosse

ALL-NEW JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC GIRLS LACROSSE LEAGUE

Caroline Cordrey, Megan Paytas

All Union County - Cordrey, Kelly Osmulski,Kate Martino, Megan Paytas, Natalia Angelo

All State

High Jump: Mark Jones, Summit, 6-7, 200, Senior
The Colorado-bound Jones, second on misses at the M of C in the high jump, was the only jumper in the state to make 6-10 when he repeated as state Group 2 champion. Jones also long jumped 23-6 1/4, No. 2  in the state this season.  

Union County Performer of the year: Mark Jones cemented his place as one of the greatest  and most dominate athletes in Union County track and field history with another sensational season.

This past spring, Jones, a senior at , completed his memorable career with three victories at the Union County Championships (high jump, long jump and 100 hurdles), and three golds at the North Jersey, Section 2 Group 2 meet.

At the state Group 2 meet, Jones repeated as champion in the high jump by clearing 6-10, No. 1 in the state this season, won the long jump with a 23-0 1/2, and was third in the high hurdles. He had an off day at the Meet of Champions, placing second in the high jump on misses at 6-8.

The final numbers are staggering.

Over his career, the multi-talented Jones has piled up 12 county and 12 state sectional championships, six state group titles, three Meet of Champions titles and two national championships.

Although he's known mostly for his exploits in the high jump where he has won two national titles and cleared a personal best 7-0 1/4 this past winter, Jones also racked up multiple championships in the hurdles, long jump and triple jump. He has personal bests of 14.59 in the hurdles and 23-6 1/4 in the long jump, the latter was No. 2 in the state this season.

``I just liked to stay busy and keep competing no matter what event it was,'' said Jones. ``It's a lot more fun to be involved and work hard at something to accomplish your goals. I just wanted to be the best I could at everything I did.''

Make no mistake, the Colorado-bound Jones will go down as one of the greats in Union County history.

``I never really thought about all that kind of stuff when I was a freshman,'' said the 6-7 Jones. ``But after a made 6-9 in the high jump as a sophomore I started to realize that I wasn't that far from 7-0, so that became a huge goal. And the other events like the long jump and hurdles just kind of came with the fact that I am tall guy and could do some other things. It all turned out pretty good for me.''

Womens Track

Coach of the year: Adam Fern led summit, which scored in nine of 16 events, to the precipice of a North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 title. Bernards beat Summit in the meet’s final event, the 4x400, to earn the sectional title, 80 1/3 to 76.

Hurdlers of the year: Union Catholic junior Morgan McLaughlin and Summit junior Aleixa Diaz were two of the county’s best at clearing the barriers.

Diaz lost to McLaughlin in the Mountain Division 100 hurdles, placing fourth overall, but came back to win the Union County title in the 100 hurdles in 15.02. She also placed second in the 400 hurdles in 1:04.90.

With a team title on the line at the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 meet, Diaz juggled a full slate of events. She won the 100 hurdles in 15.21 and the 400 hurdles in 1:06.06, placed fourth in the 200 in 26.83, and fifth in the 400 in 1:00.56 as Summit placed second to Bernards in the team

Distance runner of the year: Summit senior Katie Watson ranked among the top 25 girls in the state in the 800 (16th), 1,600 (15th) and 3,200 (25th). No other Union County girl ranked as highly in three events this season.

Watson won the Mountain Division 800 (2:14.88) and 1,600 (5:02.29) at the Union County Conference meet, and at the county meet she won the 3,200 in 11:07.14. At the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 meet, she won the 800 in 2:15.88 and placed second in the 1,600 in 5:00.48. Watson claimed a pair of silver medals at the state Group 2 meet, in the 800 (2:15.39) and 1,600 (5:00.41).

All Union County

1st Team
800m - Kate watson
Hurdles - Aleixa Diaz

2nd team
1,600 - Isabella Yozzi, Summit
3,200 - Gillian McIlroy, Summit
Hurdles - Daria Chadwick, Summit