By: Joe Haemmerle '86
Neal finishes first in 2025 BNC United Championship Meet
MAHWAH, NJ – Junior
Preston Neal set a personal best, running a blistering 16:08 to finish first in the Big North Conference United Division Championship Meet on Monday at Darlington County Park. Neal averaged 5:12 per mile in the 5K race on road, sand and grass. Classmates
Jackson Hermann and
Ayden Mendez ran very well also, finishing fifth with a 17:09 and seventh with a 17:24 respectively. In team scoring, the Crusaders continue to close the gap between themselves and a talented and senior heavy Don Bosco Prep Team who finished first with 23 points overall. BC was just 12 points behind with 35. St. Joseph Regional scored 82 in a race that featured 28 runners.
Event 5 Boys 5k Run CC Var U 400
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Place – Bib - Name - Year - School - Avg Mile – Final Time - Points
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1 #955
Preston Neal 11 - 5:12 16:08 1
5 #946
Jackson Hermann 11 - 5:32 17:09 5
7 #954
Ayden Mendez 11 - 5:36 17:24 7
9 #789
Paul Alzapiedi 10 - 5:40 17:34 9
14 #803 Emerson De la Roca 10 - 5:52 18:12 13
15 #799
Benjamin Cha 11 - 5:53 18:16 14
16 #962
Luke Schoeler 12 - 5:53 18:17 15
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Don Bosco Prep 23 2 3 4 6 8 10 11
Total Time: 1:25:34.00
Average: 17:06.80
2 Bergen Catholic HS 35 1 5 7 9 13 14 15
Total Time: 1:26:27.00
Average: 17:17.40
3 St. Joseph Reg. HS (Montv 82 12 16 17 18 19 20 21
Total Time: 1:34:02.00
Average: 18:48.40
Falcone Soars to Second Place Finish Among JV Harriers
MAHWAH, NJ – Junior
Jack Falcone ran his best at Darlington, recording an 18:26 time, the fastest among underclassmen in the JV race and the second fastest time overall. Sophomore
Andrew Barabas,
Brian Duff and
Noah Vandeligt all finished in the top ten for the Crusaders among a field of 64.
Boys 5k Run CC JVB 320
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Place – Bib - Name - Year - Final Time
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2 #921
Jack Falcone 11 - 18:26
4 #790
Andrew Barabas 10 - 19:04
7 #806
Brian Duff 10 - 19:54
10 #1056
Noah Vandeligt 10 - 20:14
11 #953
Noah Martin 10 - 20:30
12 #961
Luke Saingas 10 - 20:38
24 #1058
Daniel Yoon 10 - 22:22
26 #958
Anthony Ruiz de Somocurcio 10 - 22:26
27 #948
Dean Kang 10 - 22:32
30 #949
Sean Keating 12 - 22:48
35 #956
Gabriel Olave 12 - 23:07
37 #944
James Gullo 11 - 23:22
39 #952
Lorenzo Lee 11 - 23:33
40 #951
Byron Kwon 11 - 23:39
47 #940
Jacob Garcia 10 - 24:45
54 #804
Jack Dextraze 10 - 26:34
Reiser Sets New Frosh Mark
MAHWAH, NJ – Joseph Reiser set a Bergen Catholic High School Freshman Record at Darlington with his first place, 8:39 time in the Boys Freshman 2900 Meter Run on Monday Afternoon. His time bested that of Caleb Shaia's 8:46 in 2013 at Darlington. Not only was Reiser's time the best in school history, he broke the County and Course records as well. Teammate
Michael Custodio finished second with a time of 9:28.
Dylan Hayley,
Brandon Chu and
Matthew Gay all finished in the top ten for BC among a field of 50 runners.
Boys 2900 Meter Run CC FRB 300
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Place – Bib - Name - Year - Final Time
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1 #957
Joseph Reiser, 9 - 8:39 -
COUNTY, COURSE, BCHS RECORD
2 #801
Michael Custodio, 9 - 9:28
4 #945
Dylan Hayley, 9 - 9:45
9 #800
Brandon Chu, 9 - 10:05
10 #941
Matthew Gay, 9 - 10:13
11 #939
Luke Falcone, 9 - 10:16
12 #942
Charles Gensler, 9 - 10:21
24 #947
Daniel Hong, 9 - 11:02
35 #950
Aiden Kim, 9 - 11:39
42 #787
Daniel Abramov, 9 - 12:55
46 #959
Nikhil Sadhwani, 9 - 13:52
48 #807
Mark Dumaplin, 9 - 14:29
50 #960
Vikram Sadhwani, 9 - 16:29