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1959 John Lucas, Class of 1960. 13:52 (2.4-miles): Brooklyn-Queens Champion. During the 1959-60 Indoor Track season, John ran a school record 4:26.8 mile to establish himself as the premier NYC miler. |
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1967 Thomas Myles, Class of 1968. 13:30.0: CHSAA ‘B' Division Intersectional (City) Champion. Tom's VCP-2.5mi time established a ‘B' Division Meet Record. |
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1982 Eugene Franceschini, Class of 1983. 12:48.7: Brooklyn-Queens Champion, VCP-2.5mi. Eugene also finished 3rd in the 1982 CHSAA Intersectional Meet with a time of 12:51. |
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1985 Frank Odeh, Class of 1986. 12:55.4: CHSAA ‘A' Division Intersectional (City) Champion, VCP-2.5mi. Frank also won the 1985 Xavier Invitational, the Cathedral Invitational, and the Ridgewood, NJ, Invitational. |
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2001 Antoine Harris, Class of 2002. 13:45: Brooklyn-Queens Champion, VCP-2.5mi. Antoine finished 2nd in this race as a Junior, in 2000 (13:54). Antoine finished 10th (13:47) in the 2001 CHSAA Intersectional Race. |
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1959 First year of cross country competition at Holy Cross. The Knights won 19 medals, and were known in the press as "upstarts." Holy Cross scored 169 points for third place at the St. John's University Invitational Meet. Runners: 7. John Lucas (13:59), 10. Marty Ferko (14:02), Charles Walsh... Coach: Brother Walter Foley, CSC. 1959 Holy Cross scored 124 points for third place in the CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens Championship (2.4-mile course). Runners: 1. John Lucas (13:52), Charles Walsh (14:23), 12. Marty Ferko (14:26)... Holy Cross defeated both Port Washington and St. Mary's in dual meets. Coach: Brother Walter Foley, CSC. 1960 Holy Cross scored 190 points to win the Cross Country Eastern States Championship ‘A' Division Race at Van Cortlandt Park. It was the school's first major championship in any sport. Coach: Brother Walter Foley, CSC. Runners: 7. Marty Ferko (13:34), 36. John Douglas, 37. Rich Fennelly, 42. Rich Duggan, and 68. Anthony ‘Jerry' Frain (a soph). 1960 Holy Cross scored 106 points to win the CHSAA ‘A' Division Intersectional (City) Championship Race at Van Cortlandt Park. Coach: Brother Walter Foley, CSC. Runners: 2. Marty Ferko (13:13), 11. Richard Fennelly (13:46), 18. John Douglas (13:54), Rich Duggan, Anthony ‘Jerry' Frain, Ted. 1960 A 1961 Holy Cross yearbook quote: "...the Holy Cross Cross-Country team has been quietly accumulating trophies, plaques and medals. Thanks to the combined efforts of Marty Ferko, Rich Fennelly, John Douglas, and Rich Duggan. The Knights placed second in the two opening meets of the season, the N.Y.U. Invitational and the St. John's Invitational, with Marty Ferko and Rich Fennelly collecting the silverware. However, it was obvious that the Knights were saving themselves for the Fordham Invitational Eastern States Championships where they earned the praise of "Sports Illustrated" as the top Cross Country team on the eastern coast for their first place victory. The Knights climaxed the season with another victory over St. Francis in the C.H.S.A.A." 1966 Holy Cross scored 67 points to take second place at the Queens ‘A' Division Championship at Cunningham Park. Runners: 4. Thomas Myles (13:09), 7. Mike Dunckley (13:25), 8. Tim Myles (13:37), 22. Charles Aiello (14:35)... Coach: Bro. Robert Reilly, CSC. 1967 Holy Cross scored 75 points to win the Cross Country ‘B' Division CHSAA Intersectional (City) Champs at Van Cortlandt Park. Runners: 1. Thomas Myles (13:30 - established a meet record), 9. Charles Aiello (14:03), 14. Matt Cola (14:08)...Coach: Bro. James Branigan, CSC. 1967 Holy Cross scored 64 points to take third place in the Queens CHSAA ‘A' Division Championship at Cunningham Park. Runners: 2. Thomas Myles (12:47), 13. Mike Dunckley (13:19), 14. Tim Myles (13:20), 16. Charles Aiello (13:22), 19. Matt Cola (13:29), 20. John Nichols (13:30), 27. Greg MacArthur (14:01). Coach: Bro. James Branigan, CSC. 1971 Holy Cross Frosh Cross Country Team scored 53 points to capture the second-place trophy in the Queens CHSAA Frosh Champs at Cunningham Park. Runners: 2. Frank Barker (6:57), 3. Jim Kenney (6:58), 11. Ken Drucker (7:08), 16. Robert Vespe (7:15), 21. Phil Panarelli (7:22), 27. Marco Jurinich (7:26) and 29. John Pi (7:31). Coach: Bro. Donald Moose, CSC. 1972 Holy Cross Frosh Cross Country Team placed second in the CHSAA Frosh ‘B' Intersectionals. Coach: Brother Donald Moose, CSC. 1985 Cathedral Invitational: 1st Place Team; Private Schools Championships: 2nd place; City Championships: 7th place (34 schools); State Championships: New York Representative; winners of 55 medals. Runner - Frank Odeh'86: City Invitational Champion; Cathedral Invitational Champion; Northern New Jersey-Ridgewood Invitational Champion. Coach: Brother James Branigan, CSC. |
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This listing includes all known Junior/Senior 2.5m sub-14:00 personal-best times (i.e., not every sub-14 that a given runner ran.) Also included are the best-known Sophomore /Freshman /Jayvee times at the 2.5m VCP course. The listing below may change as more information comes to our attention. Records courtesy of Joseph Dombrowski'74. Senior 2.5-mile 12:49 Eugene Franceschini 1982 - B-Q Champs (1st place: 12:48.7) 12:51 Eugene Franceschini 1982 - CHSAA Intersectional (3rd place) 12:56 Frank Odeh 1985 - CHSAA Intersectional (1st place: 12:55.4) 13:13 Martin (Marty) Ferko 1960 - CHSAA Intersectional (2nd place) 13:19 Richard Duggan 1961 - B-Q Champs 13:20 Christopher McKnight 1972 - CHSAA 'B' Champs (5th place) 13:21 Frank Barker 1974 13:30 Thomas Myles 1967 - CHSAA Intersectional ('B' Race record) 13:31 Charles Crowley 1975 13:34 Martin (Marty) Ferko 1960 - Eastern States Championship 13:34 Kenneth Drucker 1974 13:37 Patrick Paul 1983 - Small School Championship (1st place) 13:39 Robert Hordt 1971 13:41 Richard Fennelly 1960 13:41 Christopher McKnight 1972 13:41 Andrew Lee 1987 13:44 Brian Kendel 1986 13:45 Antoine Harris 2001 - B-Q Champs (1st place) 13:46 Richard Fennelly 1960 - CHSAA Intersectional 13:52 John Lucas 1959 - B-Q Champs (1st place: 2.4 miles?) 13:54 John A. Douglas 1960 - CHSAA Intersectional Junior 2.5-mile 13:16 Garrett Dalton 1969 13:33 Thomas Myles 1966 - Iona Meet 13:38 Antoine Harris 2000 (twice) - Xavier, Eastern States 13:38 Peter Goetz 1975 13:45 James DiCaprio 1986 13:49 Stephen Kramer 1982 13:57 Christopher McKnight 1971 - CHSAA Intersectional Sophomore 2.5-mile 13:35 Patrick DiCaprio 1985 - CHSAA Soph Intersectional (2nd place) 13:49 Gavin McElroy 1975 13:51 Antoine Harris 1999 - CHSAA Soph Intersectional (1st place) 14:00 Neil Doherty 2005 - CHSAA Intersectional (14:00.55) 14:02 Christopher McKnight 1970 14:32 Roy Rivas 1991 - B-Q Soph Champs (1st place) 14:42 Peter Friedman 1962 - B-Q Soph Champs (1st Place: 14:41.9) 14:44 James Fenstermaker 1971 - CHSAA Intersectional 14:48 Antoine Harris 1999 - B-Q Soph Champs (1st place) 14:52 James Kosky 1998 - Eastern States Championship Freshman 2.5-mile 14:49 Antoine Harris 1998 - CHSAA B-Q Champs Jayvee 2.5-mile 14:56 Brian Downing 1971 - CHSAA Intersectional Freshman 1.5-mile 8:36 Gavin McElroy 1974 8:40 Christopher McKnight 1969 - Manhattan Inv. (7th place) 8:47 Christopher McKnight 1969 8:48 Terence Tarpey 1979 8:54 Antoine Harris 1998 - Manhattan Invitational 8:55 James Fenstermaker 1970 8:57 Patrick DiCaprio 1984 8:59 Roy Rivas 1990 - B-Q Frosh Champs (1st place) 9:00 Frank Barker 1971 - B-Q Champs 9:02 Christopher McKnight 1969 (1st place) 9:02 Frank Nardi 1969 (2nd place) 9:03 Patrick Quinn 1977 |