Bronstein, Bulldogs end Bogota's 45 meet dual winning streak
Bogota’s five year, 45-meet winning streak in NJIC Patriot Division came to an end Tuesday when Jeremy Bronstein led Dwight-Englewood to a 26-30 victory at Garret Mountain. Bronstein’s 17:06 clocking on the 5,000 meter course was the fastest recorded by any NJIC boy in the six races run at Garret on Sept. 19 and 20.
Other NJIC race winners were Jake Cooper of Park Ridge/Emerson (17:36), Andrew Laguttuta of Glen Rock (18:23), Dan Sullivan of Rutherford (17:48), Ryan Mernin of Hasbrouck Heights (18:13) and Sirish Modhagala of North Arlington (17:45).
Samantha Green of Park Ridge/Emerson led all NJIC girls in their six races, running 20:55 on the Garret course. Other race winners were Devin Davila of Saddle Brook (24:26), Janice Vargas of Garfield (22:45), Alanah O’Brien of Bogota (22:08), Giana DiLascio of Hasbrouck Heights (21:15) and Alex Walter of Glen Rock (21:24).
New winter program
The Palisades Park Board of Education recently approved the institution of a winter track program for the Tigers. That’s the 20th school in the NJIC that will offer the winter sport and continues the progress made when the league began offering an indoor league championship in 2013.
When the league meet was started, there were fewer than a dozen NJIC schools with official winter teams.
“I truly believe the formation of the indoor conference championship played a large role in this expansion of teams,’’ said NJIC Executive Director Stan Fryczynski, who was instrumental in the creation of the winter meet.
Coaching openings
Mahwah is seeking a head winter track coach for the upcoming season. Apllications can be submitted at https://applictrack.com/mahwah/online/app/.
Wayne Valley needs two spring track and field assistants. Please email AD David Drozjock at ddrozjock@wayneschools.com or call 973-317-2210.
Immaculate Conception needs an indoor and outdoor track assistant. Please call AD Jeffrey Horohonich at 973-773-2400 ext. 19 or by email at jhorohonich@ichslodi.org.
Weekend ahead
Nearly 30 North Jersey schools are in action Saturday at six different meets.
The top-ranked Ridgewood boys travel to East Greenwich, R.I. for the Ocean State Invitational, while No. 3 Don Bosco goes to Wappinger Falls, N.Y. for the Bowdoin Invitational on the site of the Nike Northeast Regional race.
Holy Angels, the No. 3 girls team will run in the Xavier Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City along with Eastside, Hackensack and North Bergen. Hackensack is the No. 6 ranked boys team and No. 15 girls in this week’s North Jersey rankings.
Boys No. 9 Paramus, Girls No. 18 Lakeland and Boys No. 18 Rutherford join Girls No. 13 Ramsey at the Thompson Park Classic in Jamesburg, while the No. 8 Boys and No. 9 Girls from Bergen Tech, the No. 19 Girls from Ramapo, No. 25 boys from Secaucus, No. 16 boys from Westwood and New Milford will be at the Crusader Classic at Monroe-Woodbury H.S. in Central Valley, N.Y.
But the biggest local presence will be at the new Greystone course at the Central Park of Morris County in Morris Plains for the annual Bernie Magee Class meet. A record 77 schools will be at the meet, forcing the meet to divide each class race into two sections. Fifteen of those schools were from North Jersey, including six ranked girls and three ranked girls teams.
The top boy teams are No. 7 Passaic, No. 10 Fair Lawn and No. 15 Bergen Catholic while No. 7 IHA leads the girls teams which include No. 10 Fair Lawn, No. 16 Lyndhurst, No. 21 Passaic, No. 23 DePaul, and No. 25 Cliffside Park. Teams from Harrison, Palisades Park, Paramus Catholic, Park Ridge/Emerson, Ridgefield Park and Wayne Valley will also compete.