Parsippany Express Cross Country Race 1 for 2018

Photo courtesy of Sara Chebishev. Photo is of Top 20 finishers for week 1:

Back row: Albin Mullan, Amanda Hoffman,
Front Row: Ciera Duff, Sohan Kondru, Sebastian Bakas, Desmond Whelan, Eesha Vavilala

Parsippany Express Cross Country (PECC) is having a banner year!

The team has over 100 registered runners - a record since the team's inception. The youth team includes children between the ages of 7 and 14, and practices and races at Morris County's Central Park.

The league's first race of the season took place on Sunday, September 9. The team set a new record with 76 runners in the race, surpassing its prior participation best of 58. Of the runners, 53 young athletes achieved personal best times. 7 PECC runners were Top 20 finishers. Coach Metz said, enthusiastically, "Everyone pat yourself on your back! You should all be very proud of yourselves!"

Lakeland Week 1 PECC 2018 Results

Results include place in race, name, average mile and final time.

Girls 13/14 2977 Meter Run

6 Hoffman, Amanda 6:55.5 12:48.5 (12:40 2017)

31 Lipsky, Emma 8:22.5 15:29.48 (14:37 2017)

38 Vavilala, Saanvi 9:01.7 16:41.89 (15:33 2017)

Boys 13/14 2977 Meter Run

1 Mullan, Albin 5:41.1 10:30.94 Personal best by 32 seconds!!!
24 Hoffman, Justin 6:59.6 12:56.0 Personal best by 6 seconds!
38 Lanza, William 7:41.5 14:13.54 (13:58 2017)
42 Cukrow, Brandon 7:50.0 14:29.42 Personal best by 59 seconds!!!
44 Chidella, Anish 7:54.5 14:37.63 Personal best by 26 seconds!
46 DeMarco, Dominick 7:58.1 14:44.28 Personal best by 46 seconds!!!
50 Seemakurti, Nagakishan 8:11.5 15:09.16
71 Lui, Larry 9:28.9 17:32.34 (17:12 2017)

Boys team placed 3rd with 85 points, one point ahead of Rockaway Township with a team record time of 1:06:47.55.

11/12 Girls 2977 Meter Run

22 Chebishev, Kira 7:54.8 14:38.15 (13:42 2017)
27 Sisco, Riley 8:17.5 15:20.26 (14:33 2017)
29 Duffy, Elizabeth 8:23.7 15:31.64 (14:02 2017)
33 Metz, Meghan 8:31.7 15:46.44 (15:38 2017)
42 Lui, Shyanne 8:43.1 16:07.49
53 Chithambaranathan, Harita 9:24.3 17:23.80
63 Harmon, Madeline 10:28.8 19:23.06
64 Wheelock, Jillian 10:29.3 19:24.11
65 Bakas, Cassandra 10:29.8 19:24.87
66 Santana, Sophia 10:30.1 19:25.48
70 Pierce, Kelly 10:43.2 19:49.76

The team of Kira, Riley, Elizabeth, Meghan, Shyanne, Harita and Maddie finished in third place, with 68 points, only 3 points behind second place Chatham. They had a team record time of: 1:17:23.98.

11/12 Boys 2977 Meter Run

15 Trella, Harry 6:55.9 12:49.34

39 Metz, Brian 7:55.8 14:40.06 (13:26 2017)

46 Gajjar, Ishan 8:12.6 15:11.21 (14:14 2017)

50 Kosovich, Mason 8:22.0 15:28.45

51 Becher, Christopher 8:26.7 15:37.20 (14:17 2017)

72 Smith, Andrew 9:19.6 17:15.13

76 Katta, Neil 9:53.1 18:17.02

80 Varughese, Nathaniel 10:08.9 18:46.20 (14:48 2017)

85 Tracey, Frankie 10:20.3 19:07.36 (18:01 2017)

97 Rhodes, Silas 11:21.7 21:00.97

Boys placed 6th with 138 points only 8 points behind Mt. Olive and two points ahead of Millburn.

Boys 9-10 2270 Meter Run

20 Bakas, Gabriel 7:12.4 10:09.80
21 Duffy, William 7:14.1 10:12.31
23 Lipsky, Daniel 7:19.7 10:20.17
28 Kosovich, Chase 7:24.2 10:26.50
33 Kalavrouziotis, Evan 7:37.2 10:44.83
35 Affilitto, Charlie 7:42.0 10:51.65
62 Kaplan, Tyler 8:25.3 11:52.74
77 Neito, Alec 9:06.9 12:51.34
79 Naik, Ishaan 9:10.1 12:55.85
84 Pandit, Vedant 9:35.1 13:31.14
88 Smith, Davey 9:44.0 13:43.62
92 Sharma, Rajveer 9:55.0 13:59.15
97 Olsen, Benjamin 10:42.2 15:05.82

The Boys team of Gabe, William, Daniel, Chase, Evan, Charlie and Tyler placed 4th with 108 points - only 7 behind Long Valley. They ran a team time of 51:53.61 which is a new team record!

Girls 9-10 2270 Meter Run

15 Vavilala, Eesha 7:37.5 10:45.23
29 Mullan, Anina 8:06.7 11:26.40
41 Sisco, Callie 8:26.0 11:53.64
47 Thormann, Kaylee 8:49.4 12:26.64
48 Vavilala, Medha 8:56.7 12:37.00
49 Korrapati, Deetya 8:57.4 12:37.93
54 Parada, Isabella 9:02.9 12:45.68
56 Voto, Elaina 9:05.5 12:49.38
57 Estilo, Catherine 9:06.6 12:50.87
65 Maroldi, Carina 9:29.6 13:23.38
67 Hadawale, Nihira 9:35.9 13:32.28
70 Gaviria, Clara 9:57.2 14:02.34
76 Verrone, Giuliana 10:09.6 14:19.80
91 Mauriello, Julianna 11:29.7 16:12.76
The girls team of Eesha, Anina, Callie, Kaylee, Medha, Deetya and Isabella placed 5th with 110 points six points ahead of Mountain Lakes. They ran a team record time of 59:08.91.

Mixed 7-8 1561 Meter Run

13 Whelan, Desmond 7:10.52
22 Kondru, Sohan 7:30.93
25 Bakas, Sebastian 7:33.09
52 Duff, Craeg 8:15.24
54 Novitskie, Franklin 8:24.23
62 Jasinski, Dylan 8:42.55
63 Duff, Ciera 8:45.28
69 McGee, Emily 8:50.02
71 Kalavrouziotis, Maria 8:52.15
72 Bejjipuram, Havish 8:54.35
73 Frei, Andrew 8:55.07
79 Boscarino, Alicia 9:07.26
85 Lavu, Sujit 9:15.15
88 Thormann, Emily 9:24.05
89 Varughese, Miranda 9:27.49
95 DeMarco, Ellie 9:54.72
99 McElroy, Julia 10:09.71