SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – On a day far more suitable for the beach, 16 teams gathered at Flood’s Hill in South Orange to contest the 18th annual Fall Classic sponsored by Our Lady of Sorrows school on Saturday, Oct. 6. When it was over, Assumption of Morristown claimed the victory, followed by Saint Elizabeth and a new team, Saint Matthias. OLS’ fourth-place finish was its best performance in many years.
For the home team, the Third & Fourth Grade boys wasted no in scoring. Joe Schmidt led the squad with his third place, followed by Alfonso Dunmeyer in 11th and Christopher Schmidt in 12th. Brendan McKeown was a solid 20th. All of these boys are third-graders except for second grader Christopher!
Maudie Grace Lomuscio had a score to settle after falling down twice last week and she did it, taking fourth in the Third & Fourth girls race, only a few seconds behind the winner. Angelica Ciuffo finished 19th in only her second race. Isabel Sabnekar and Christina Paul completed the scoring.
The Fifth & Sixth Grade boys, with Tyler Craig, Aryan Sabnekar and Declan Tynan, performed well beyond expectations although they did not score. For the girls, Emma Torres added another strong performance with a sixth-place finish, while Halle Jules placed 13th in her first race of the season. Ciara McKeown, Molly Donohue, Gwen Oakley and Caroline Schmidt finished strongly.
OLS’ final race of the day was very competitive with five runners in contention for two of the three laps before the field broke apart. Jared Edwards finished fourth, while Sergio Marion made tremendous improvement to finish in the middle of the pack.
On Sunday, Oct. 15, the team travels to Mountainside to compete in the annual Holy Trinity Meet.
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