WEST ORANGE, NJ – In the third week of Super Essex Conference competition at Branch Brook Park in Newark, the Seton Hall Prep cross-country team asserted its strength and defeated Montclair, 21-34, and Livingston, 20-41, and rolled to a 17:26 team average to improve to a 7-0 record.
“Senior co-captain Colin Schweitzer and his varsity teammates needed to approach the day’s race with a strategic eye and focused efforts,” SHP head coach Chris Barnitt said. “Through the first mile, the Pirates packed their top five into the top eight. Schweitzer and Kevin Harvey established themselves in the front pack of four along with Philmon Mehari of Livingston and Aidan Ward of Montclair. They were hotly followed by The Prep’s Chris Gizzo, Luke Incardona and Brian Phillips. Schweitzer and Mehari would battle to the finish with Mehari edging Schweitzer at the line.”
Scoring for the Pirates are Schweitzer, 16:45, Branch Brook personal record, second place; Harvey, 16:54, BB PR, third place; Gizzo, 17:30, BB PR, fifth place; Incardona, 17:54, sixth place; and Phillips, 18:08, BB PR, 10th place.
Rounding out the varsity line-up was sophomore Ben Ferrara, 18:29; Anthony Bottino, 18:43; Danny Collum, 18:44; Will Spies, 19:19; Paddy Sheppard, 19:41; Gabe Ferriero, 19:42; and Dylan Coffin, 20:11.
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