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Parsippany Express Cross Country Race 8 for 2018

It's a wrap for the regular season! Some of Parsippany's best move forward into regional competitions - stay tuned!

Photo courtesy of PECC/Top 20 runners. Back row: Albin Mullan, Justin Hoffman, Amanda Hoffman, Kira Chebishev, Emma Lipsky. Front Row: Desmond Whelan, Eesha Vavilala, Harry Trella

On October 28th, Parsippany Express Cross Country Team ended its regular spring season with 56 runners racing at Central Park of Morris County.

12 members of the team achieved personal best times and and 8 received Top 20 status.

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2018 Week 8 Lakeland Championship Meet

Girls 13-14 3970 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
4 Hoffman, Amanda 6:45.3 16:39.80 (16:37 2017)
20 Lipsky, Emma 8:15.8 20:22.95 personal best by 17 seconds

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Boys 13-14 3970 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
1 Mullan, Albin 5:42.7 14:05.19 (13:59 week 6)
19 Hoffman, Justin 6:57.3 17:09.28 personal best by 7 seconds
33 DeMarco, Dominick 7:40.5 18:55.89 personal best by 42 seconds
37 Cukrow, Brandon 8:00.0 19:43.91 (19:13 week 6)
54 Seemakurti, Nagakishan 8:38.4 21:18.63 (20:55 week 5)
57 Leander, Zachary 8:42.9 21:29.83 (20:48 week 6)
Boys team placed 3rd with 69 points and a team record time of 1:31:12.90.

Girls 11-12 2977 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
6 Chebishev, Kira 6:57.5 12:52.29 (12:43 week 5)
26 Duffy, Elizabeth 7:46.0 14:21.92 (14:02 2017)
32 Metz, Meghan 8:03.1 14:53.56 (14:36 week 7)
34 Lui, Shyanne 8:13.1 15:12.04 (14:55 week 5)
48 Chithambaranathan, Harita 8:53.4 16:26.63 (16:20 week 7)
54 Harmon, Madeline 9:11.0 16:59.15 (16:49 week 7)
57 Santana, Sophia 9:26.7 17:28.16 (17:19 week 7)
59 Wheelock, Jillian 9:34.4 17:42.53 personal best by 34 seconds
The girls team placed 4th out of 6 with 85 points beating Mt Lakes by 4 points.

Boys 11-12 2977 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
7 Trella, Harry 6:37.1 12:14.46 personal best by 1 second
27 Metz, Brian 7:41.8 14:14.11 (13:26 2017)
33 Kosovich, Mason 8:04.9 14:56.97 personal best by 9 seconds
35 Becher, Christopher 8:05.7 14:58.47 (14:17 2017)
39 Gajjar, Ishan 8:16.7 15:18.66 (14:14 2017)
56 Varughese, Nathaniel 9:41.5 17:55.52 (14:49 2017)
The boys team placed 3rd out of 5 with 71 points. One point ahead of Roxbury.


Girls 9-10 2270 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
17 Vavilala, Eesha 7:19.2 10:19.40 (10:15 week 3)
35 Sisco, Callie 8:02.5 11:20.58 personal best by 33 seconds
48 Thormann, Kaylee Ann 8:28.1 11:56.60 personal best by 3 seconds
50 Vavilala, Medha 8:30.4 11:59.88 (11:55 week 5)
54 Hadawale, Nihira 8:46.4 12:22.49 (12:01 week 7)
55 Verrone, Giuliana 8:46.7 12:22.91 (12:17 week 7)
56 Korrapati, Deetya 8:48.5 12:25.44 (11:55 week 4)
60 Gaviria, Clara 9:04.6 12:48.09 personal best by 0.45 seconds
61 Herzog, Abby 9:07.9 12:52.73 (12:40 week 1)
78 Mauriello, Julianna 11:13.2 15:49.46 (15:42 week 3)
The girls placed 5th out of 8 teams with 108 points which tied Chatham. PECC won the tiebreaker because Giuliana our 6th runner beat Chatham’s sixth runner by 2 spots 36-18/

Boys 9-10 2270 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
22 Bakas, Gabriel 7:06.2 10:01.14 (9:34 week 3)
24 Duffy, William 7:09.5 10:05.79 (9:47 week 6)
28 Affilitto, Charlie 7:18.5 10:18.48 (10:12 week 6)
29 Lipsky, Daniel 7:22.7 10:24.44 (10:12 week 5)
40 Kosovich, Chase 7:54.0 11:08.46 (10:07 week 7)
61 Kaplan, Tyler 8:23.4 11:50.04 (11:06 week 3)
75 Naik, Ishaan 8:54.7 12:34.13 (12:25 week 4)
76 Smith, Davey 8:59.7 12:41.17 (12:06 week 6)
81 Neito, Alec 9:06.7 12:51.11 (12:19 week 5)
85 Olsen, Benjamin 9:32.9 13:28.06 personal best by 3 seconds
The boys team placed 3rd out of 9 teams with 110 points. Only 6 points behind Mt. Olive and 5 points ahead of Randolph and Hackettstown.

Girls 7-8 1561 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time
22 McGee, Emily 8:10.1 7:55.32 (7:36 week 7)
40 Varughese, Miranda 8:58.9 8:42.72 (8:19 week 3)
42 Duff, Ciera 9:09.8 8:53.20 (8:25 week 6)
48 Thormann, Emily 9:28.4 9:11.29 (8:34 week 5)
53 DeMarco, Ellie 10:03.5 9:45.38 (9:42 week 4)
The girls team placed 5th with 110 points.


Boys 7-8 1561 Meter Run Mile Pace Final Time

11 Whelan, Desmond 7:19.5 7:06.26 personal best by 2 seconds
23 Kondru, Sohan 8:03.4 7:48.87 (7:05 2017)
30 Jasinski, Dylan 8:11.4 7:56.58 personal best by 3 seconds
39 Novitskie, Franklin 8:27.8 8:12.53 (8:08 week 7)
47 Lavu, Sujit 8:53.7 8:37.60 (8:21 week 5)
50 Frei, Andrew 9:00.1 8:43.81 (7:46 week 3)
52 Duff, Craeg 9:08.8 8:52.30 (8:25 week 6)
54 Bejjipuram, Havish 9:12.9 8:56.23 (8:42 week 3)
57 Herzog, Logan 9:29.9 9:12.76 (8:39 week 2)
The boys team finished 5th out of 6 teams with 108 points.

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