XAVIER CROSS COUNTRY NEWSLETTER  10/9/96

     Over the past weekend the team traveled to Sunken Meadow Park and came away with some impressive races.  The Varsity raced extremely well beating the 15^th ranked team in the state.  Here are the results:

JIM SCOTT 2 MILE CHALLENGE 10/1/96 AT FORDHAM PREP

VARSITY RACE (2 MILES)              JV RACE (1 MILE)

J Carroll      10:40 pr*               E Carroll        5:15 *

T Simko        10:52 pr*               J Traugott     5:15 pr*

K Maloy        11:02 pr*               D Duvert         5:16 pr*

T Fratta       11:22 pr*               K Payne          5:26 *

S Caraballo     11:24 pr*               C Carrihill     5:29 *

T Patterson     11:44 pr*               B Ocampo         5:37 *

C Lozano       11:57 pr*               M Mangino        5:43 pr*

C Brunetti     12:01 pr*               K Lunny          5:44 *

B McGlue       12:06 pr*               P Keane          5:46 pr*

P McGoldrick     12:41 pr*               J McMahon        5:47 *

                                   B Sestak         5:54 *

Team Scores                        L French         5:56 pr*

Fordham     33                       J Whitehead     6:01 *

Regis     35                       T Ebratt         6:07 *

Xavier     55                       R Serrano        6:07 *

                                   W Acevedo        6:17 *

FRESHMAN RACE (1 MILE)               J Leung          6:20 *

Porterfield   5:47 *              S Romano         6:37 pr*

G Chow         6:13 *              V Shen      6:38 pr*

N Caesar       6:14 *              P Villahoz     6:48 *

G Lettieri     6:22 *              S Cambell        6:58 *

A Brunetti     6:25 *              E Kim       7:01 *

A Donohue      6:30 *              T Tubridy        7:11 *

B Geraghty     6:32 *             

J McCorkell     6:44 *              Team Scores

R McGoldrick    7:14 *              XAVIER   33

C Craffey      7:16 *              Regis    46

                                   Fordham  47

St Anthony’s Invitational 10/5/96 at Sunken Meadow

Frosh A Race(1.4 miles)              Frosh B Race(1.4 miles)

Caesar         9:29                McCorkell          10:00

Geraghty       9:51                Rosado        10:11

Chow           9:52                Craffey       10:39

A Brunetti     9:54                R McGoldrick     11:46

Lettieri       10:12

Donohue        10:14

12^th place team

Varsity Race (3.1 Miles)              JV A Race (3.1 Miles)

J Carroll      17:50 ** pr        Mangino     21:06*

Simko          18:05 ** pr        Aleksey     21:33

Maloy          18:28 * pr         Keane     21:36

Caraballo      18:49 * pr         McGoldrick 21:52 pr

Fratta         19:40 * pr         McMahon     22:31

C Brunetti     19:53 * pr         Lunny     22:37

McGlue         20:56 *            4^th place team

3^rd place team

Soph A Race (3.1 miles)              JV B/Soph B Race (3.1)

Patterson      19:26 *            Acevedo     24:57

Traugott       20:30              Shen      24:58

Carroll        21:07              Villahoz     25:33

Carrihill      21:18              Ebratt     25:37

French         22:03              Cambell     25:38

Sestak         22:38              Tubridy     27:59

7^th place team

Medal Count: With the 54 medals won this past week the total ries to 79 for the season so far.

MIP/BEST PERFORMANCE: This weeks award goes to the Varsity 7 for their race on Saturday. In Particular CHRIS BRUNETTI deserves a mention for stepping up to the Varsity Level and running a great race.