Clarence invitational aka the Mudbowl

The JV team combined with the Freshmen team to finish 4th place in the Clarence Invitational behind 3 powerhouse teams from the Rochester are. It was a decent day, but the park was a mud pit. Lot of slipping, falling and shoes stuck in the mud. The starting line was ankle deep in mud and guck. Noor Noor led the team finishing 7th, Andy McGloin was, 19th, Steven Gioia was 22nd, Ricky Englert 23 and Taylor Wienke rounded out the top 5 in 36th place.
Overall another great day for St. Joe's Cross Country. We are gearing up for the dual meet vs Canisius this Wed. Oct 28 at Deleware Park. Come out and cheer the team to victory!

Pre- race huddle

The mud

and still more

this is the guck

Noor was so fast I missed...

Dan Sciolino and Talyor Almeter over his shoulder

Brian Herzog

Some of the Frosh

Noor

Andy charging for the finish

Steve

Ricky

T Dubs

Mike Rizzo

Taylor

Joey and Dan

Eric Bellanca

Mud from head to toe

Alden Invitational

Another strong showing by both the JV and Varsity squads. Both teams finished in 2nd place behind Webster from the Rochester area. I had a massive coaching failure when my camera batteries died and I left my backups at home. So no pictures from the varsity race at this point.

In the JV race Brian "spike" Spillman finished in 2nd place, Ricky Englert was 4th and Steve Gioia was 10, Taylor Weinke 17th and Abas Omar rounded out top five in 23rd place.

The varsity squad was once again led by Quin O'connor in 4th place, Chuck was 13th, Joe Schnitter was 20, Dan Courtney was 26th, Will Burton 28th, Jim Harb was 48th and Sean Majer was 51st.

Brian near the finish

Steve and Ricky

Brian moves into 2nd at the 2 mile mark

Dan Sciolino

Spike again

The St. Joe's Compound

Manhattan Invite

Manhattan Invitational:

The St. Joe's cross country team invaded The Bronx this past weekend. We camped out on the gym floor of St. Raymond's school in The Bronx. Friday afternoon we had a great run over the course, across the meadow and up the cowpath's followed by a nice pasta dinner. Saturday day morning turned into another great day, we set up our tent and got ready to run. We had teams in four different races, three JV and one Varsity race. The day started off with Mike Rizzo brining home the first medal. St. Joe's took home a total of 9 medals (5 for JV and 4 in the Varsity) out of 25 total runners. Varsity finished 6th overall in their race.

The Varsity Squad
so sleepy... too many fruit loops

Reading Robinson Carusoe

Van Cortland Park

Jimmy Hard driving to the Finish

Dan Courtney had a strong race

Joe Schnitter 3rd runner awesome race!

Chuck lead the way

Tim Dyet

Dan Cercone

Pat McDonnell

Brian Herzog

Ethan Roaldi

Abas Omar

Steve Lucas

Andy McGloin

Spike Spillman 20th in JV race

Eric Bellanca

Andrew Zenger and Dan Sciolino a few spots back

Taylor Weinke

Mike Rizzo first medal winner of the day

McQuaid Invitational

Another great Saturday afternoon. The Varsity squad turned in another strong performance, finishing in 4th place in the Unseeded race. Quincy lead the way finishing 10th overall. Chuck "the tank" was 18th, Joe Schnittner took a branch to the face and finished 35th. Jim Harb, Sean Majer, Dan Courtney and Steve Lucas all had strong races. Will Burton led the way in the Varsity B race finishing 11th overall. The JV team finished in 8th place.

sleeping Beauty

Will close to the finish

Ricky

Abbas

Will Burton

Dan Sciolino

Andy McGloin

Will again

Ricky

Dan Courtney

Joe "hit me in the face with a branch" Schnitter

The Tank




Quincy




Sean Majer

Quincy

The freshman team finished 9th in the first race of the season. Noor led the team finishing 4th in the race after leading for much of the way.

David Miller

Ben Foy

Noor Noor

Dominic