The MOXC boys and girls harriers closed out the regular portion of the fall season this past Tuesday, 10/6, at Freedom Park in Randolph.
The boys beat out West Morris and Roxbury while losing to state ranked Mendham, but not without a fight. Jon Weiss and Chris Schneider both broke the old school record of 16:50 by running 16:48 and 16:49 respectively. In all, 14 boys broke their bests on this course in the varsity and j.v./frosh races, an amazing percentage. The boys squad broke the one-year old team average school record. Anthony Talanca broke the school freshman record held by Zach Miller. There is still the conference championship to run on October 20!
The girls beat out West Morris also, but dropped to Roxbury and Randolph, both county powers. Randolph is ranked in the top 10 in the state. The senior-less squad continues to break their bests and run a better team average every time out. This team can expect to run its best races in the end of the season and improve their chances of going to states. Newcomer soph Stephanie Smith led the way in again for the Ladies as she has all season.
Next up is the Brett Taylor Invitational, Saturday, 10/10.
The remaining schedule includes the Conference Championships (10/20), the County Championships (10/31), and the State Sectionals (11/7). Top five teams and top ten individuals in the State Sectionals qualify for the Group 3 State Championships at Holmdel on 11/14.
Check out all the results at mctrack.org as well as at NJRunner (njmilesplit).
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