Sprinters Smash 4 x 100 Record

The MO boys 4 x 100 traveled to the Penn Relays last Friday for their second shot at the short relay this spring. The team of Kevin Lepore, John Johnson, Dan Maya, and Aeron Gilson improved their time to 44.09. With better stick passing the next day, the team took the gold at the Randolph Relays in 43.27 to crush the school record of 43.60, set last year at the Morris Hills Relays. Gilson also anchored that team, but he was teamed with three new teammates this year. That time moves them into the elite sprint teams in the state.
The 4 x 800 team also struck gold, taking that event in 8:20, two seconds faster than their previous run the week before. Scott Rennalls, Jon Weiss, Chris Orihuela, and Chris Schneider, who had earlier in the day medaled in the distance med in 10:47, came back to pull away from Seton Hall after the first leg.

BOYS NJAC NATIONAL CHAMPS

The boys team completed an undefeated season last Wednesday, 4/21, by beating Mendham and Morris Hills at Mendham. The greatest effort of the meet was junior Dan Maya, who won the 100, 200, 400 (p.r. of 52.3), and anchored the 4 x 400 in a 52 split to 3:33.5. Classmate John Johnson backed him up with a 2nd in the dashes and a 2nd in the 110H. Aeron Gilson won the opening 400H but then crashed to the track in the 110H. Though limping and wrapped up, Gilson went over to the long jump and leaped 20'10" to give the Marauders a 1-2 (Jamal Davis was leading till Gilson's jump). MO won every track event against M.H. except the 110H. Morris Hills had been undefeated coming in and looking to extend their 9-year win streak. Other wins were recorded by Scott Rennalls in the 800 and Chris Schneider in the 3200 in a p.r. 10:01. The biggest upset of the meet was Howard Thiele, who won the jav with a toss of 146' after just picking it up not long ago.
The boys won the inaugural NJAC National Division regular season title, their first conference title since the 1990's.

Steve Slattery Takes Penn Relays Steeplechase

Former M.O. great Steve Slattery added another award to his illustrious professional career when he won the 2010 Penn Relays Olympic Development steeplechase on Thursday, April 22. Slattery ran 8:41 to take the event and is poised to go into another season in Europe in the summer. After graduating from M.O., Steve ran at the Universityof Colorado on scholarship where he was a many-time All American. In addition, he has run in the World Championships several times, is a U.S. National Champ, and competed in three Olympic Trials.

Girls/Boys Bring Home Medals from Morris Hills Relays

The girls posted a solid showing at the Morris Hills Relays this past Saturday, 4/17. The top team for the Ladies was the high jump who took 3rd in their event. Seniors Jacinta Ford and Gianna Pastena (4'10" each) teamed with soph Laura Goodfriend (4'3") to take the bronze. A 4th was turned in by the shot put trio (Britney Gulick, Jacinta Ford, Allissa Hoffman). 5ths were turned in by the 4 x 1600 (Casey Garcia, Bridget Phillips, Stephanie Smith, Val Zielinski), and the sprint medley (Ingrid Nimoh, Armani Blair, Camille Inglese, Val Zielinski).
The boys scored a modest 9 points but were minus many stars. The best performance of the day was from the 4 x 100 team of John Johnson, Jamal Davis, Kevin Lepore, and Cory Colligan, who ran the one-lapper in 44.93 and grabbed silver medals from out of the second heat. The boys 4 x 800 (Scott Rennalls, Chris Schneider, Chris Coyle, and Chris Orihuela) ran a respectable 8:24 to take 6th.

MO Frosh/Soph Have Big Day at Championship Relays

The boys and girls freshmen/sophomore squads had successful efforts at the Morris County Freshmen/Sophomore Relays last Friday, 4/16, at Randolph.
The boys placed third overall with 60 points. Results can be seen at mctrack.org.
The boys pole vault team won that event. Ed Feeney, Kevin Woltz, and Matt Messina each clea

Fr. 4 x 200: 1:43.79 Bakelmun, Justin; Maksimow, Justin; Eppel, Michael; Talanca, Anthony. This same team ran the 4 x 100 and took 2nd.

So. 4 x 100: 48.17 Rios, Juan; McMahon, Justin; Gonzalez, Michael; Colligan, Cory.

Javelin: Fr. D.J. Sexton, So. Chris Boyle, Fr. Robbie Amoroso.

Long Jump: So. Cory Colligan; Fr. Justin Maksimow; So. Juan Rios.

The GIRLS were 6th with 31.5 points.

The girls continued to turn out good high jumpers as M.O.'s team took the gold medal. Sophs Alison Shroeder and Laura Goodfriend along with fr. Rachel Smith won.

The girls placed 4th-6th in 11 other events out of 13. This amazing balance of sprinters, throwers, jumpers, and distance runners shows the strength of the younger team against the county.

red 8' to tally 24'. The long jump, javelin, Fr 4 x 100, So 4 x 100, and Fr 4 x 200 all took silver medals.

Boys Defeat of Par Hills Move Them to 5-0

The MO boys hosted Par Hills on Tuesday, 4/13, and won a blowout 94-46. The Marauders swept the 100, 400, 800, and triple jump and went 1-2 in the long jump, pole vault, and 200.
Double wins were recorded by senior Aeron Gilson and junior Dan Maya in the long jump/400 and 100/200 respectively. Both also joined Scott Rennalls and Chris Orihuela for a win in the
4 x 400. Other 1sts were recorded by Byron Reed (400H--61.5), Paul Kramaritsch (P.V.--12'),
Jon Weiss (800--2:04.7), and Jamal Davis (t.j.--35'10").
The girls topped Par Hills down at Par Hills on the same day to go 4-1.

BOYS POST TWO MORE WINS

The boys team had its second meet of the season on Wednesday, 4/7, and beat both Montville and Morristown. The win against Morristown is the first ever in Mt. Olive's history.
Coach Sulley recalled, "Even the year we won the counties--1983--we lost to them in a dual meet. We had a great team that year that got third in Group 3. Paul Quitzau was state champ in both hurdle races and got third in the Golden West meet. We had a 210' jav thrower, a 9:31 3200 guy, a 1:58 800 man and another good hurdler who also jumped 6'6". It's pretty sweet finally beating them. First in my 29 years as boys coach."
That being said, the opening two NJAC meets in which M.O. has beaten four teams is a great start.
Senior captain Aeron Gilson won the 110H again (15.2) and the long jump, posting his season best 20'4". In his first effort at the 400H, he ran an amazing 55.8; only a handful of M.O. athletes have run faster, usually in championship meets later in the season.
Junior newcomer John Johnson continued hot in the sprints, winning the 100 (11.2) and 200 (23.5), and leading teammate Dan Maya across the line both times (11.2, 23.6) for a tough 1-2 finish against both opponents. Other overall firsts were scored by soph Scott Rennalls in the 400 (52.8), sr. Chris Orihuela in the 800 (2:05), sr. Chris Schneider in the 3200 (10:25), sr. Mike Shobitan in the high jump (5'2"), and jr. Paul Kramaritsch in the pole vault (12', P.R.). Against Montville, Jon Weiss (1600--4:40), jr. Jamal Davis (triple jump--37'8", P.R.), and the 4 x 400 of Rennalls, Maya, Orihuela, and sr. Chris Coyle took firsts.
In all, the boys swept a total of 5 times (1-2-3) and had 7 1-2 finishes.
The girls, at home, split a pair, beating Montville and being edged by Morristown. (Results to follow).
NEXT MEET--TUESDAY, 4/13, PAR HILLS. BOYS--HOME; GIRLS--AWAY.

Boys Take Two in Home Opener

The April Fools Day opener found the M.O. Boys Team rollicking its way to a double win over Delbarton 94-45 and West Morris 96-44 on Thursday, April 1.

Aeron Gilson recorded four firsts against both opponents, winning the 100, 200, 110 hurdles, and long jump (10.8, 22.2. 15.1, 19'11 1/2").

Chris Orihuela won the 800 (2:04) and anchored the 4 x 4 to victory in 3:41. He was joined by Scott Rennalls, Dan Maya, and Dan Baules.

Other firsts were recorded by Jon Weiss in the 1600 (4:46), Paul Kramaritsch in the pole vault (11'9"), Chris Schneider in the 3200 (10:35), Chris Victoria in the disc (111'10"), Scott Rennalls in the 400 (52.1), and Matt Herb in the triple jump (36'8").

The girls team also had a big day, winning against West Morris.

The girls and boys both go against Montville and Morristown on Wednesday, 4/7. The girls are at home.