Crusader Athletics: Welcome

JUNIOR  CRUSADER HARRIER MIKE WHELAN IS SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST, BY WINNING THE BIG NORTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS  UNITED DIVISION RACE IN A PERSONAL BEST TIME OF 17:13.  CHRIS RICKEY ALSO RACED TO A PERSONAL BEST TIME OF 20:27, LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.  ALSO LEADING THE CRUSADERS TO A 4TH PLACE TEAM FINISH WERE ALAN MALLUOHI,  RYAN ROMANOS,  AIDEN FINNIGAN,  MARK CRISTOLDI AND MATT DUNN.

LIGHTINING CAUSED THE REMAINING OF THE EVENTS INCLUDING THE FRESHMAN RACES TO BE CANCELLED.

BERGEN  CATHOLIC NEXT COMPETES IN THE BERGEN COUNTY GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND AT DARLINGTON PARK IN MAHWAH STARTING AT 10AM VARSITY AND 11:20 FRESHMAN RACE.

THE BERGEN CATHOLIC CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS JOURNEY TO VAN CORTLANDT PARK IN THE BRONX THIS PAST SUNDAY PRODUCED FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE FUTURE IS QUITE BRIGHT.

THE FRESHMAN ELITE TEAM FINISHED  6TH IN A FIELD OF TWENTY SCHOOLS FROM OVER 6 DIFFERENT STATES THEY WERE LEAD BY MATT MORANO'S THIRD PLACE IN A TIME OF 6:17.  FIVE OTHER CRUSADERS SCORED MEDALS IN THIS RACE THEY WERE; MIKE SONDEJ 6:57,  PAT RYAN 7:07,  DYLAN FACCHINI 7:08, FRANK MINSON 7:14, MARK MANAHAN 7:14. TOM FURLETTI ROUNDED OUT THE SCORING IN 7:26.

IN THE EMERGING ELITE FRESHMAN RACE THREE ADDITIONAL CRUSADERS RECEIVED MEDALS  THEY WERE ANTHONY PERSICO 7:22,  ANTHONY CAFASSO 7:37, AND CHRISTAIN ROBINSON 7:40  HELPING THEIR TEAM TO A 13TH PLACE FINISH.

MIKE WHALEN CONTINUES TO LEAD THE VARSITY IN A TIME OF 14:11 FOLLOWED BY SOPH CHRIS RICKEY'S  AND KEITH SPAAR SECOND AND THIRD PLACE TEAM FINISH.

ON FRIDAY OCT 14TH  THE HARRIERS TRAVEL TO GARRETT MOUNTAIN TO COMPETE IN THE BIG NORTH CHAMPIONSHIPS FROSH AT 330PM AND VARSITY AT 455PM GO BERGEN!

THE CRUSADER LOSS TO BOSCO PRODUCED SOME SILVER LININGS,  MIKE WHALEN MOVED UP TO 6TH ON THE BERGEN CATHOLIC ALL-TIME BEST  LIST WITH A 17:18 CLOCKING WHICH WAS A 54 SECOND IMPROVEMENT.

THE FRESHMEN SQUAD CONTINUED TO IMPRESS ALL WITH 17 STARTERS RECORDING PERSONAL BESTS ON THE TOUGH GARRETT MOUNTAIN COURSE.  THE TOP SIX CRUSADERS RAN THEMSELVES ONTO THE BERGEN CATHOLIC ALL-TIME BEST LIST, LEAD BY MATT MORANO 11:12, SECOND PLACE, MIKE SONDEJ 11:42 FOURTH,  PAT RYAN 12:51 19TH,  GEORGE SHAKER 12:57 22ND,  DYLAN FACCHINE 12:57 23RD,  MARK MANAHAN 12:58 24TH ON THE ALL-TIME  LIST.

THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WILL ALSO TRAVEL TO THE BRONX THIS WEEKEND TO COMPETE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS MANHATTAN COLLEGE INVITATIONAL ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH AT VAN CORTLANDT PARK.  GO BERGEN !!!!!!!

 JUNIOR HARRIER MIKE WHALEN RECORDED A PERSONAL BEST TIME OF 18:02 AT THE SHORE COACHES INVITATIONAL HELD AT HOLMDEL PARK SHAVING 26 SECONDS OFF HIS PREVIOUS BEST TIME.

THE FRESHMAN X-COUNTRY TEAM INSPIRED BY THE LAST SECOND FROSH FOOTBALL TEAMS VICTORY OVER BOSCO PRODUCED SOME LAST SECOND HEROICS OF THEIR OWN,  MATT MORANO FLEW PASTED 3 RUNNERS IN THE FINAL 25 YARDS TO CAPTURE SECOND PLACE IN 12:03 OVER 3200 METER COURSE. EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE WAS MICHAEL SONDEJ'S 22ND PLACE FINISH AS HE STORMED THRU 4 RUNNERS IN THE LAST 35 YARDS IN A TIME OF 12:40.

DESPITE LOSING THEIR THIRD MAN TO INJURY DURING THE RACE THE FROSH TEAM FINISHED IN A RESPECTABLE 6TH PLACE OF A STARTING FIELD OF 40 PLUS SCHOOLS, TEAM  MEMBERS WERE PAT RYAN,  DLYAN FACCHINE,  MARK MANAHAN,  TOM FURLETTI,  AND ANTHONY PERSICO.

TUESDAY FINDS THE TEAM COMPETING AGAINST BOSCO AT GARRETT MOUNTAIN FROSH RACE AT 4:15 AND VARSITY AT 5:30 PM

ON SUNDAY OCT. 10TH THE CRUSADERS TRAVEL TO THE FAMED VAN CORTLANDE PARK  IN THE BRONX TO COMPETE AGAINST SCHOOLS FROM 14 DIFFERENT STATES AT THE MANHATTAN COLLEGE INVITATIONAL  GO BERGEN!!!!! 

THE VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM DEFEATED BOTH DUMONT AND ENGLEWOOD CONVINCINGLY YESTERDAY AT GARRETT MOUNTAIN IMPROVING THEIR RECORD TO 3 AND 2. 

THE CRUSADERS WERE LEAD BY MIKE WHALEN, AND FROSH MATT MORANO TO ANOTHER ONE TWO FINISH THEIR THIRD OF THE SEASON.  SOPH KEITH SPAAR AND FROSH MICHAEL SONDEJ STORMED ACROSS THE FINISH IN 4TH AND 5TH PLACE AS JUNIOR ALAN MALLOUHI COMPLETED THE SCORING IN 8TH PLACE OVERALL.  FROSH FRANK MINSON, RYAN ROMANOS AND SOPH CHRIS RICKEY ROUNDED OUT THE RED AND GOLD'S SCORING.

THE FROSH RACE FOUND THE CRUSADERS SWEEP ALL THE TOP PLACES.  THEY WERE LEAD BY PAT RYAN, GEORGE SHAKER, MARK MANAHAN, DYLAN FACCHINE, ANTHONY PERSICO, ROBBIE MELORO, ANTHONY CAFASSO, AND KEVIN LEONARD.

BERGEN TRAVELS SOUTH, ON SATURDAY, TO COMPETE IN THE SHORE COACHES INVITATIONAL, AGAINST NEW JERSEY'S TOP TEAMS  AT THE HOLMDEL PARK SITE.

FRESHMAN MATT MORANO LEAD THE TEAM TO A 3RD PLACE FINISH AT THE STEWART MEMORIAL MEET  HELD AT WARINANCO PARK , ELIZABETH.  MATT'S FIRST PLACE TIME OF 12:51 PACED TEAMMATES MICHAEL SONDEJ 8TH PLACE IN 13:33 AND FRANK MINSON'S 31ST PLACE 14:46  CLOCKING, ALL THREE EARNED INDIVIDUAL METALS.  MARK MANAHAN,  PAT RYAN,  ANTHONY PERSICO,  AND ROBBIE MELORO ROUNDED OUT THE SCORING TEAM.

MIKE WHALEN'S 11TH PLACE FINISH IN 17:54 LEAD THE BERGEN VARSITY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS FINISHING THE RACE WERE IN ORDER KEITH SPAAR,  ALAN MALLOUHI,  AIDEN FINNIGAN,  CHRISH RICKEY,  AND SEAN CARNEY.

MONDAY FINDS THE TEAM TRAVELING TO GARRETT MOUNTAIN IN A BIG NORTH CONFERENCA DOUBLE DUAL MEET AGAINST DUMONT AND ENGLEWOOD.  FROSH RACE AT 4:15 WITH THE VARSITY LATER.   GO BERGEN!!!!!!

TUESDAY'S BIG NORTH DUAL MEET AGAINST ST. JOE'S RESULTED IN A 25-36 LOSS FOR THE CRUSADERS DISPITE THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK FIRST AND SECOND PLACE.  JUNIOR  MIKE WHALEN'S 17:25 AND FROSH MATT MORANO'S 17:42 PRODUCED PERSONAL BESTS FOR BOTH, LEAD THE WAY FOR BERGEN.  KEITH SPAAR,  ALAN MALLOUHI,  RYAN ROMANOS,  AIDEN FINNIGAN, AND KOJHI KUSAMA ROUNDED OUT THE CRUSADER SCORING.

 BERGEN CATHOLIC'S FROSH PLACED 15 RUNNERS IN THE TOP 25 PLACES OF THE FRESHMAN RACE.  THEY WERE LEAD BY MICHAEL SONDEJ WHO WON THE RACE COVERING DARLINGTON'S 1.6 MILE COURSE IN A TIME OF 9:49 FOLLOWED BY FRANK MINSON'S 10:06, TOM FURLETTI,  PATRICK RYAN, AND DYLAN FACCHINE ALL WERE CLOCKED IN 10:19.

SATURDAYS MAGEE INVITATIONAL CLASS MEET PRODUCED SOLID  RESULTS FOR THE CRUSADER CROSS COUNTRY TEAM,  JUNIOR MIKE WHALEN PLACED 11TH OF 254 RUNNERS,  IN A TIME OF 17:40 A PERSONAL BEST.

FRESHMAN MATT MORANO POSTED A  SCHOOL RECORD COURSE TIME OF 12:33.9 WHILE PLACING 5TH OVERALL IN A FIELD OF 249 RUNNERS.  THIS TIME SURPASSES KENNY SINKOVITZ'S 1999 TIME OF 12:45.  ALSO POSTING SOLID TIMES WERE PAT RYAN, TOM FURETTI, MARK MANAHAN, ROBBIE MELORO, KEVIN LEONARD AND KEIRAN LYNCH.

THE CRUSADERS TRAVEL TO DARLINGTON PARK ON TUESDAY SEPT. 20TH IN A BIG NORTH MATCH UP.

MONDAY'S BIG NORTH CROSS COUNTRY DUAL MEET AGAINST PARAMUS CATHOLIC PRODUCED GOOD AND BAD NEW.  THE BAD NEWS BEING A TEAM LOSS BY A SCORE OF 27-33 BEING THE SEASONS RECORD TO 1 AND 1, THE CRUSADERS HAD TO RUN WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF SOPH KEITH SPAAR  HOWEVER THE GOOD NEWS WAS THE CONTINUED EMERGENCE OF A SOLID GROUP OF FRESHMAN RUNNERS. 

MICHAEL WHALEN HANDELED THE CHALLANGING GARRETT MOUNTAIN 5K COURSE WITH ANOTHER SOLID VICTORY IN 18:12 TIME.  THE FRESHMAN CONTINGENT THEN TOOK OVER WITH MATT MARONE TURNING IN A STRONG 18:42 SECOND PLACE FINISH.   MICHAEL SONDEJ  ALSO A FROSH FINISHED 6 OVERALL AN BERGEN'S THIRD MAN,  FRANK MINSON WAS BERGEN'S FOURTH MAN IN A RESPECTABLE 22:03 11TH  PLACE FINISH HE IS ALSO A FRESHMAN.  JUNIOR ALAN MALLOUHI COMPLETED THE CRUSADER SCORING COMING 13 PLACE OVERALL.

ON SATURDAY SEPT 17TH THE ENTIRE CRUSADER CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TRAVELS TO WARINANCO PARK IN ELIZABETH NJ TO COMPETE AGAINST MANY OF THE STATES BEST AT THE BERNIE MAGEE INVITATIONAL CLASS MEET.  THIS UNIQUE MEETS FORMATS PITS RACES OF LIKE CLASSES ONLY IE. FROSH VS FROSH ... SENIORS VS SENIORS.

FIRST RACE STARTS AT 9:30AM FROSH BOYS  AND ENDS WITH THE SENIOR BOYS RACE STARTING AT HIGH NOON.  

THE CRUSADER CROSS COUNTRY TEAM BEGAN THE 2011 SEASON BY DEFEATING DEPAUL IN A BIG NORTH CONFERENCE DUAL MEET SATURDAY SEPT. 10TH AT DARLINGTON PARK BY A SHUT-OUT SCORE OF 15 TO 50 AS DEPAUL FAILED TO SEND 5 TEAM MEMBERS CROSS THE FINISH LINE.

BERGEN CATHOLIC WAS LEAD BY JUNIOR MIKE WHALEN WHO CRUISED TO A TIME OF 17:57.  FRESHMAN MATT MARONE POSTED AN IMPRESSIVE TIME OF 19:04 FOR SECOND PLACE, KEITH SPAAR SECURED THIRD PLACE WITH A TIME OF 19:51,  FRESHMAN MICHAEL SONDEJ TURNED IN A SOLID TIME OF 19:53.

THE FUTURE OF CRUSADER CROSS COUNTRY LOOKS BRIGHT WITH THE 5. 6 AND 7 MEN CLOSE BEHIND,  ALL ARE UNDER CLASSMAN. JUNIORS ALAN MALLOUHI AND RYAN ROMANOS WERE FIFTH AND SIXTH RESPECTIVELY ALONG WITH ANOTHER FRESHMAN PATRICK RYAN IN SEVENTH PLACE.

BERGEN'S NEXT  BIG NORTH CONFERENCE DUAL MEET WILL BE MONDAY SEPT. 12TH AT GARRETT MOUNTAIN FROSH RACE AT 4:15PM WITH THE VARSITY TOEING THE STARTING LINE AT 4:40PM AGAINST PARAMUS CATHOLIC.

SATURIDAY  SEPT. 17TH FINDS THE TEAM TRAVELING TO WARINANCO PARK IN ELIZABETH TO COMPETE AGAINST THE STATES BEST IN THE MAGEE INVITATIONAL CLASS MEET FIRST RACE STARTS AT 9AM

 SEPT 12TH BUS LEAVES AT 2:30PM FOR DUAL MEET VS PARAMUS CATHOLIC FROSH RACE AT 4:15 AND VARSITY 4:40 PM.

Practice schedule 9/6/11 5pm at Bergen 9/7/11 frosh at 2:30pm 

Practice schedule 9/1/11 5pm at BERGEN , FRIDAY 9/2/11 5PM, SATURIDAY 10AM . 

  ATTENTION: Tomorrow's Parent Meeting Will be at 6:15PM in Room 19 by the Chapel.  The bus leaves for Garrett Mountain at 2:50PM.  Directions can be found on our Maps to Meets Page.

WEDNESDAY--10 MIN JOG/5 MINWALK/ 10 MIN MOD/ 5 MIN WALK / 20 MIN JOG

THURSDAY-- 30 MIN JOG / 10 MIN WALK /  10 MIN JOG

FRIDAY-- 20X2 MIN MOD  WITH 1 MIN WALK BETWEEN EACH

SATURDAY-- 30 MIN JOG+

SUNDAY REST UP SEE YOU ALL 5PM MONDAY PARENTS AT 7:30 PM ROOM 19

Mandatory Parent Meeting Wednesday August 31st, 7:30PM, in Room 19 by the Chapel.  There we will order the sweatshirts and t-shirts.  We will also discuss the schedule and other important matters.  Hope to see you all there.

THE MANDATORY PARENT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY AUGUST 29TH, 2011 IS POSTPONED TILL MIDWEEK.  THERE IS STILL PRACTICE TODAY AT 5PM. SEE YOU ALL SOON.

THERE WILL BE A MANDITORY PARENT MEETING AUGUST 29,2011 MONDAY EVENING FOR FRESHMAN AND VARSITY PARENTS AT 7:30 PM.   AT LEAST ONE PARENT SHOULD ATTEND, PLEASE.  WE WILL DISCUSS THE ,UP COMING SCHEDULE FOR MEETS AND PRACTICES, T-SHIRT AND WARM-UP ORDERING, PARENT BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP,  AND A GREAT CHANCE TO MEET THE OTHER PARENTS AND COACHES. THANKS.

Freshman interested in running cross country this fall 2011 can meet at school on Tuesdays at 6pm they will also meet at the Pond in Ridgewood on Thursdays at 6:30pm                                  Also all those interested can meet at the weight room on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8:30am  

                                                                                                                                       TODAY'S MEET Home VS DePaul has been RESCHEDULED for May 3rd  at 4:00 

Results from Sundays Catholic Conference Relay Championships are;

Javelin  4th place finish at 372'4''Discus 2nd place  at 360'3''

Bergen County Relay Championships will be held from April13th to April 16th at River Dell  

Crusaders start off the spring season at the Palowski Relays 

http://www.jacobbrown.com/results/Results2010/110402resultsPawlowskiRelays.htm

Freshman rack up the gold in the long jump, 4x100 and 4x400

Varsity takes 2nd in the 4x400 

Varsity Javelin teams takes 3rd  with throws of 362' 10", Shot Put  also 3rd in 124' 1" and Discus with a combined total of 322'7" takes 5th place.

*************WINTER SEASON COMPLETE*************

Congrats to freshman Dan Lynch for winning the  BMOC frosh 300M dash 

Congrats to Tarique Gray who was named 1st Team All County in the 400m dash and  

 Senior Tarique Gray sets a school and Bergen County record in the 400 at the Easterns running 48.44 (2nd Place)! 

Any students interested in spring track should see Mr. Charles to sign up 

State Meet of Champs: Tarique Gray takes 6th in the 400m 

 Bergen County Meet of Champs: Tarique Gray wins the 400-- Tyler Dilworth takes 3rd in the High Hurdles-- Freshman Dan Lynch takes the 300m dash crown--4x400 relays repeats as BMOC Champs

 Indoor Track team finishes 4th at the Non Public State Championships

 ALL INDOORS RUNNERS,  JUMPERS AND THROWERS MUST MEET  WITH COACH NAIMO ON MONDAY RIGHT AFTER THEIR EXAM TO PRACTICE.. THIS WEEKS MEETS ARE THE BERGEN COUNTY RELAYS ON WEDNESDAY AT 168TH ST ARMORY AND THEN ON SATURDAY THE SOPHS AND FRESHMEN TRAVEL TO TOMS RIVER FOR THE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. ALL MUST MEET WITH COACH NAIMO INJURIED OR NOT

The meet that was suppose to be on Tuesday has been moved to today be at FDU in Hackensack @ 3:45PM it is open to all athletes even if you did not sign up  

DUE TO THE WEATHER TODAY'S (JANUARY 18TH)TRACK MEET AT ROCKLAND COMM COLLEGE WILL NOT BE HELD TOMORROWS PRACTICE WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THE LAST EXAM WEDNESDAY AT 1215 AND THURSDAY AT 1015 FRIDAY TBA

RESULTS FROM THE NJ CATHOLIC TRACK CONFERENCE  RELAYS ARE AS FOLLOWES;

4X200 FIRST 1:32.65   SMR 3:49.6  SIXTH     LONG JUMP FIRST 37' 4.25"  TRIPLE JUMP 76'11.75" FIRST  SHOT PUT 116' 11'' EIGHT 

THE TRACK TEAM WILL TRAVEL NEXT TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE RELAYS ON JANUARY 9TH AND 10TH 2010.

Results from the Rhode Island Classic are as followes; first place 4x400 3:30.69 ranked by njrunner.com Number one in nj, frosh/soph 4x400 third 3:57 second place 4x200 1:35.

THE NEW SWEATS AND OTHER APPAREL ORDERED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FRIDAY DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND MONDAY JANUARY 3,2011 AT SCHOOL IN FRONT OF THE GYM AT NOON                                          

THE BUS WILL LEAVE AT 2PM FOR SUNDAYS NJCTC RELAYS HELD AT 168ST ARMORY WHICH STARTS AT 3:30PM JANUARY 2, 2011                                                      

Practice Monday December 27th 2010 scheduled for 10am is cancelled. Travel plans for the 

Rhode Island meet stay the same changes will be posted here and on jc facebook page.

NEXT MEET: Rhode Island Invitiational, Bus leaves Bergen @ 12NOON on 12/28 

2010 NJCTC Passarelli Relays Results

Varsity 4x55HH Relay-4th4x200M Relay-2nd4x400M Relay-2nd

Frosh4x400M Relay-2nd  Frosh Shot Put relay 5th

Varsity Shot Put Relay 6th

Meeting for ALL winter track athletes and parents MONDAY @ 7:00 in the library 

Winter Track starts Monday, November 29!!! You must have all the forms completed in order to participate!!

RESULTS FROM THIS PAST WEEKENDS CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY MEET HELD AT WARINANCO PARK IN ELIZABETH NJ FOUND THE VARSITY TEAM COMING IN 17TH AMOUNG 21 TEAMS. THE TEAM WAS LEAD BY SOPHOMORES MIKE WHALEN, RYAN ROMANOS, ALLAN MALLOUHI, AND SEAN CARNEY.  SENIORS DANIEL YOUSSIF AND STEVE FERRERI AND JUNIOR SEAN LEE COMPLETED THE TEAM.

 THE FRESHMAN FINISHED IN 7TH PLACE LEAD BY CHRIS KINCADE, JOE DEL RIO, KEITH SPAAR, KOHJI KUSAMA, CHRIS RICKEY( WHO BROKE INTO THE TOP SEVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SEASON) TIM HARWICK, AND JACK TURNER. THE TEAMS EFFORT REPRESENTS THE BEST FINISH BY CRUSADER FROSH SINCE 2006 WITH 14 OF 16 RUNNERS RECORDING PERSONAL BEST TIMES AT THIS MEET MAKING THE FUTURE LOOK BRIGHT.

 THE CRUSADER HARRIORS TRAVEL TO HOLMDEL THIS SATURDAY NOV. 13TH TO COMPETE IN THE NJSIAA GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS.  MOVING UP TO THE VARSITY LEVEL WILL BE FROSH RUNNERS SPAAR, DEL RIO, AND KUSAMA, JOINING WHALEN, ROMANOS, MALLOUHI, AND YOUSSIF.

THIS WEEKEND THE CRUSADERS TRAVEL TO WARINANCO PARK, ROSELLE NJ TO COMPETE IN THE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHILE THE NJSIAA CONDUCTS THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE STATES PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

RACE TIMES ARE FRESHMAN AT 220PM AND THEN THE VARSITY AT 330PM.

 THE VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM COMPETED IN THE BIG NORTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS YESTERDAY,FINISHING FOURTH IN THE UNITED DIVISION. THE TEAM WAS LEAD BY SOPH MIKE WHALEN.AND SENIOR DANIEL YOUSSIF, OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WERE STEPHEN FERRERI, RYAN ROMANOS, ALLEN MALLOUHI, SEAN CARNEY AND MATT O"DONNEL.IN THE FRESHMEN RACE THE TEAM LEAD BY KEITH SPAAR, JOE DEL RIO, CHRIS KINCADE,KOHJI KUSAMA, AIDAN BURGOYNE, TIM HARWICK, AND DAN BUCKMASTER FINISHEDIN SECOND PLACE IN THE UNITED DIVISION AND THIRD OVERALL

WHEN COMBINED WITH ALL THREE DIVISIONS. 

Today the Cross Country team will travel to Darlington County Park to compete in the Big North Division I Championship. Frosh will run at 3:30 Varsity will run 4:50. 

THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TRAVELED TO VAN CORTLANDT PARK, IN NYC,ON SATURDAY TO COMPETE AGAINST SCHOOLS FROM THE EAST AND WEST COASTSIN THE MANHATTAN COLLEGE INVITATIONAL. SIX FROSH RUNNERS COLLECTED MEDALS AT THE MEET AND THE " A" TEAM FINISHED IN 9TH PLACE OF 34 TEAMS WHILE THE " B " TEAM FINISHED IN 17TH PLACE OF 32 TEAMS.THE MEDAL WINNERS WERE KEITH SPAAR, TIM HARWICK, KOHJI ( KO-G) KUSAMA,AIDAN BURGOYNE, DAN BUCKMASTER, AND CHRIS KINCADE. IN THE SOPHOMORE RACE MIKE WHALENMEDALED ALSO.NEXT UP FOR THE RUNNERS IS THE BIG NORTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEDNESDAY STARTING AT 330 PM IN MAHWAH'S DARLINGTON PARK. COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE CRUSADERS!!!

Congrats to former XC/Track standout JR Meloro, Class of 1991 on being inducted into the Bergen Catholic Hall of Fame on March 28! Please e-mail Marge Millus, mmillus@bergencatholic.org if you are interested in attending.

Spring Track Off To A Start! First meet 4/3, Pawlowski Relays @ Ramsey HS ALL Athletes will compete

One More To Go! 4x4 and Sprint Medley Relays will compete at the National Meet in Boston, MA this weekend! Good Luck, GO BERGEN!

"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"-4x400 RELAY Captures Gold at State Meet of Champs! Tom Mandese finishes off a much improved winter season! Good Luck to all at the National Meet. Check out the video by clicking on the video tab.

Good Luck to the 4x4, Ernest Wingate (55HH) and Tom Mandese (Shot) who will be competing Saturday at the State Meet of Champions down at the Bennett Center @ 12 NOON

Class of 2014 info

Registration for Class of 2014 began Saturday, February 6. Students interesting in attending Bergen Catholic should contact Admissions Office.

If your son is interested in visiting as a CRUSADER FOR A DAY, please contact Mrs. Pat Fesen in Admissions Office at (201) 634-4151 between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Be sure to mention track or cross country and be placed with a curent athlete  as your host.

Students and families with questions for the Coaching Staff can be directed to Head Coach, Al Namio at email anamio@bergencatholic.org  for information about the program, upcoming events, summer workouts and more. 

Billy Leonard signs to attend Lafayette College for track. CONGRATS! 

Crusaders take 3rd in the heavily contested NJTCC League Championship 

BC finishes 4th at the Indoor Bergen County Relays! Relay team of Ernest Wingate, Tarique Gray, Adrian Go, and Tyler Dilworth tie the 4x55 Shuttle Hurdle record, while the 4x200 lowers their previous record to 1:30.3

Crusaders compete in the NJSIAA State Relays: Tom Mandese throws a personal best, 47'3 1/2 to help his team with points while the 4x4 continues to capture records by setting the best time in State Group Non Public history! 

The 4x4 relays breaks the Bergen County record with a time of 3:24.4, while qualifying for the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on January 29!  

BC takes 3rd with 36 points at the Dartmouth Relays

The tandem of Billy Leonard, Ernest Wingate, Tarique Gray and DJ Dixon take 1st and 2nd in the 4x2 and 4x4 respectively. 

***NEW Record set in the 4x200*** Headline a successful showing @ The NJCTC Relays:

Ernest Wingate, Tarique Gray, DJ Dixon and Billy Leonard shatter the existing record set last year with a time of 1:32.0, while the same team continued their success by winning the 4x400! Other medalist: B. Leonard and A. Go in the HJ (5TH), In the TJ, E. Wingate and DJ Dixon took 1st while T. Gray and A. Go took 3rd! VARSITY Team will travel to New Hampshire for the Dartmouth Invitational. 

 Shuttle Hurdle Relay takes 1st, anchored by E. Wingate (who took 5th in the individual race)! While the 4x4 team comes in 3rd @ the Rhode Island Classic. Practice Saturday @ 10am, Next meet: NJCTC Relays Sunday, bus leaves at 1:45PM

Practice Monday @ 10am. Upcoming meets: 12/30 Rhode Island Classic (Varsity only); 1/3 NJCTC Relays All Athletes will compete (Freshmen-JV-Varsity)

Different year, same result as the 4x4 relay takes gold. Seniors Ernest Wingate and Billy Leonard take 1st in the 55HH & 800, respectively Junior Tarique Gray takes 5th in the 200m dash while freshmen Christian Wright captures his first medal (3rd) at the Spike Shoe Invitational.

 If you have any questions or news you want posted e-mail me, jcharles@bergencatholic.org