It has been a while since the last post, and since then, there has been a couple meets and a time trial. The East Distance team for the most part has been training hard through the final months of this unseasonal winter.
In late January, the track team went to the bubble to compete in a Olympic conference meet. Freshman Dan Helfand pr'ed in the 800, running a 2:19. In the 1600, Junior Mike Minion ran a pr of 4:48. Also in that race, seniors Ben Helfand and Russell Beatty ran 4:50 and 4:56. In the 3200, Seniors Ricky Zhao and Tyler Russ finished 7th and 8th with times of 10:25 and 10:30.
Weeks later, the team traveled to the Armory, in New York City, in which everyone ran a 1600. Sophomore Jared Deshevsky ran a great race which led to a pr of 4:46. Freshman Dan Helfand had a race that he will always remember, breaking 5 minutes in the 1600 for the first time, running a 4:56. Freshman Jeff Braun also pr'ed, and it was a 10 second pr. He ran a 5:32. These three runners really stood out, not that everyone else raced like junk, but they were not as impressive and were not close to their pr's. It was one of those meets where for most people, it made you re-think your goals and realize there is still a lot of hard work to put in.
In early February, there was a 1600 time trial held right on the east track. It was a chilly day, probably around 43 degrees. Senior Tyler Russ won it in 4:57. Other notable races were run by Junior Jack Fiedler, running a 5:14, Senior Kevin Walder, who ran a 5:18 which is about a 25 second improvement from his last race, freshman Dor Tillenger had a nice pr of 5:35.
On February 11th, a small group of distance runners went to the bubble for sectionals. In the 800, Senior Joe Pallegrino qualified for states with a time of 2:01, Junior Joey Andalora pr'ed running a 2:05, and Senior Brad Krell, whose last 800 before this was close to a year ago, ran a 2:07. In the 1600, all 3 runners ran pr's. Sophomore Ben Dillon ran a 4:40, Sophomore Jared Deshevsky and Senior DJ Rodriguez both ran 4:42's. All three of those runners came back to run the 3200. DJ Rodriguez ran 10:11, Ben Dillon ran 10:32, and Jared Deshevsky ran a 10:48. After a long day, only sprinters and a jumper advanced to states.
With Spring track practice already in full swing, it is time for everyone to look at their goals and really think of why we come to practice everyday and what we need to do in order to get those goals.
As always, Keep on runnin'.
March 4, 2012
January 14, 2012
Winter Track Races
On Wednesday, most of the track team went over to Haddonfield for a scrimmage. Chris Arnold ran well in the 800 with a time of 2:16. In the 1600, Ben Helfand had a solid performance with a time of 4:51 and winning the race. Jack Fiedler finished strong to run a 5:18. Two Freshman standout performances were made by Dor Tillenger and Jeff Braun who battled each other the entire race and ended up finishing side by side running 5:47's, big pr's for the both of them.
On Friday, a small group of distance runners went to the bubble for the group 4 relay championships. Our "young" dmr had a very solid performance with Jared Deshevsky leading off with a 3:29 in the 1200, Freshman Dan Helfand had ran a solid 2:25 in the 800, which is respectable for being his first 800 ever, and Ben Dillon who picked up a lot of ground running a 4:44.
There will be no practice Monday because we are off for Martin Luther Kings day. If you have not thought about your goals yet for end of winter/spring track, now is a good time to. But remember, those goals are only going to come with hard work.
As always, keep on runnin'.
On Friday, a small group of distance runners went to the bubble for the group 4 relay championships. Our "young" dmr had a very solid performance with Jared Deshevsky leading off with a 3:29 in the 1200, Freshman Dan Helfand had ran a solid 2:25 in the 800, which is respectable for being his first 800 ever, and Ben Dillon who picked up a lot of ground running a 4:44.
There will be no practice Monday because we are off for Martin Luther Kings day. If you have not thought about your goals yet for end of winter/spring track, now is a good time to. But remember, those goals are only going to come with hard work.
As always, keep on runnin'.
November 28, 2011
Season Recap
Yet another season cross country season has gone by for the Cherry Hill East Distance team.
Here are some of the top times from each of the courses this season:
GCC "C" (sub 18:00):
Zach Iannarelli- 16:28
DJ Rodriguez- 16:50
Russell Beatty- 17:17
Ricky Zhao- 17:22
Ben Dillon- 17:25**
Tyler Russ- 17:29
Mike Minion- 17:31*
Jared Dashevsky- 17:37**
Mike Wang-17;39*
Ben Helfand- 17:42
Holmdel (sub 18:30):
DJ Rodriguez- 17:10
Zach Iannarelli- 17:20
Ben Dillon- 17:49**
Ricky Zhao- 18:00
Mike Wang- 18:01*
Mike Bruce- 18:09*
Russell Beatty- 18:12
Tyler Russ- 18:13
Ocean County Park (sub 17:30):
Zach Iannarelli- 16:13
Ricky Zhao- 16:38
DJ Rodriguez- 16:43
Ben Dillon- 17:04**
Mike Bruce- 17:11*
Ben Helfand- 17:13
Mike Wang- 17:16*
Here are some of the top times from each of the courses this season:
GCC "C" (sub 18:00):
Zach Iannarelli- 16:28
DJ Rodriguez- 16:50
Russell Beatty- 17:17
Ricky Zhao- 17:22
Ben Dillon- 17:25**
Tyler Russ- 17:29
Mike Minion- 17:31*
Jared Dashevsky- 17:37**
Mike Wang-17;39*
Ben Helfand- 17:42
Holmdel (sub 18:30):
DJ Rodriguez- 17:10
Zach Iannarelli- 17:20
Ben Dillon- 17:49**
Ricky Zhao- 18:00
Mike Wang- 18:01*
Mike Bruce- 18:09*
Russell Beatty- 18:12
Tyler Russ- 18:13
Ocean County Park (sub 17:30):
Zach Iannarelli- 16:13
Ricky Zhao- 16:38
DJ Rodriguez- 16:43
Ben Dillon- 17:04**
Mike Bruce- 17:11*
Ben Helfand- 17:13
Mike Wang- 17:16*
Jared Dashevsky- 17:16**
Russell Beatty- 17:23
Delsea (sub 18:00):
DJ Rodriguez- 16:24
Zach Iannarelli- 16:29
Ben Dillon- 17:05**
Ricky Zhao- 17:11
Russell Beatty- 17:16
Mike Wang- 17:16*
Mike Minion- 17:35*
Mike Bruce- 17:55*
Tyler Russ- 18:00
Pennypacker Park (sub 18:30)
Adam Rosenthal- 17:21
Dan Helfand- 17:49***
Chris Mele- 18:12***
Sean Taylor-18:17*
Chris Arnold- 18:22*
Kevin Walder- 18:28
Frosh***
Soph**
Junior*
By now, goals for winter and spring track should have been thought of or in the process of being made. Winter track starts on Thursday, December 1st.
As always, Keep on runnin'.
Russell Beatty- 17:23
Delsea (sub 18:00):
DJ Rodriguez- 16:24
Zach Iannarelli- 16:29
Ben Dillon- 17:05**
Ricky Zhao- 17:11
Russell Beatty- 17:16
Mike Wang- 17:16*
Mike Minion- 17:35*
Mike Bruce- 17:55*
Tyler Russ- 18:00
Pennypacker Park (sub 18:30)
Adam Rosenthal- 17:21
Dan Helfand- 17:49***
Chris Mele- 18:12***
Sean Taylor-18:17*
Chris Arnold- 18:22*
Kevin Walder- 18:28
Frosh***
Soph**
Junior*
By now, goals for winter and spring track should have been thought of or in the process of being made. Winter track starts on Thursday, December 1st.
As always, Keep on runnin'.
November 22, 2011
Ultimate Frisbee Game
On Monday, the east distance team traveled to the Decou fields for what shaped up to be a Ultimate Frisbee for the record books. Zach Iannarelli was still looking for his first win in postseason activities this year. The game starts, and right away Zachs team grabs an early 3-0 lead. He was throwing touchdown passes left and right the entire game. On the other team, DJ Rodriguez and Russell Beatty were bombing passes down the field all game.
By halftime, it was 12-11, in favor of team DJ and Russell, which was a bit dissapointing because at one point, they were up 12-8. They needed to figure out how to stop the other team.
As play resumes, Ben Dillon ends up with a great touchdown reception after a great drive. Then, the other team went on a scoring frenzy with key receptions by Kevin Walder, Mike Minion, Adam Green and Ben Helfand. It was 18-17 in favor of team Zach, and the game was being played to first one to 21, must win by 2. so after various interceptions, Matt Burt finds the endzone tieing the game. The other team answers quickly and taking the lead back. Then a drive full of short throws, and a great catch by Ricky Zhao, thrown by Russell Beatty, tied the game back up.
After the throw off, team DJ and Russell quickly intercept it and DJ throws a long pass to Tyler Russ who finds Matt Burt in the endzone! Its 20-19 now.
After the throw off and a quick series, team DJ and Russell re-gain the frisbee. After Driving up field, the frisbee is thrown into the endzone for none other then Ben Dillon who grabs it for the Victory!!!!!
Defensive Player of the game : FRESHMAN Dor Tillenger
Key offensive players: Kevin Walder, Zach Iannarelli, Ben Dillon, Mike Minion, Adam Green, Chris Arnold, LoKe$ha, Russell Beatty, DJ Rodriguez and Matt Burt
Key Defensive Players: Ben Helfand, Dor Tillenger, Dan Helfand, Mike Minion, Zach Iannarelli, Adam Green, Russell Beatty, Tyler Russ and DJ Rodriguez
Offensive Player of the Game: Ben Dillon
Wednesday will be our final ccfl game. It is our 4th annual day before Thanksgiving football game. Right after the pep rally assembly at school, meet at the locker rooms. This game is open for Alumni. ALSO, Aaron Zucker will be collecting banquet money if it applys to you.
As always, Keep not running until the two week break is up.
By halftime, it was 12-11, in favor of team DJ and Russell, which was a bit dissapointing because at one point, they were up 12-8. They needed to figure out how to stop the other team.
As play resumes, Ben Dillon ends up with a great touchdown reception after a great drive. Then, the other team went on a scoring frenzy with key receptions by Kevin Walder, Mike Minion, Adam Green and Ben Helfand. It was 18-17 in favor of team Zach, and the game was being played to first one to 21, must win by 2. so after various interceptions, Matt Burt finds the endzone tieing the game. The other team answers quickly and taking the lead back. Then a drive full of short throws, and a great catch by Ricky Zhao, thrown by Russell Beatty, tied the game back up.
After the throw off, team DJ and Russell quickly intercept it and DJ throws a long pass to Tyler Russ who finds Matt Burt in the endzone! Its 20-19 now.
After the throw off and a quick series, team DJ and Russell re-gain the frisbee. After Driving up field, the frisbee is thrown into the endzone for none other then Ben Dillon who grabs it for the Victory!!!!!
Defensive Player of the game : FRESHMAN Dor Tillenger
Key offensive players: Kevin Walder, Zach Iannarelli, Ben Dillon, Mike Minion, Adam Green, Chris Arnold, LoKe$ha, Russell Beatty, DJ Rodriguez and Matt Burt
Key Defensive Players: Ben Helfand, Dor Tillenger, Dan Helfand, Mike Minion, Zach Iannarelli, Adam Green, Russell Beatty, Tyler Russ and DJ Rodriguez
Offensive Player of the Game: Ben Dillon
Wednesday will be our final ccfl game. It is our 4th annual day before Thanksgiving football game. Right after the pep rally assembly at school, meet at the locker rooms. This game is open for Alumni. ALSO, Aaron Zucker will be collecting banquet money if it applys to you.
As always, Keep not running until the two week break is up.
November 18, 2011
Team Beatty-Helfand for the win
Alright boys. This could turn out to be the longest post in East Distance history. Brace yourself.
DJ "Millersville" Rodriquez starts the day off with a disappointing, game-changing no-show. Alumni Mike Liachowitz takes Dj's spot on Zach's team. My team quickly drafted Dan Helfand, Chris Mele, A.G, Kennedy, Arnold, and Walder. Zach's team picked up Minion, Zucker, Arjun, T-Russ, Fiedler, and (small)Dor. The battle began.
Team Iannarelli took an early lead 12 minutes in with a beautiful shot by the one and only Dor. Dan Helfand made the worst possible attempt at saving it, but later redeemed himself and proved himself to be a valuable player. Anyway, back to the game. Beatty retaliated with a nice goal to bring the score up to 1-1 with about 5 minutes left in the half. Ben helped Beatty the whole way to work the right side of the field. Clutch performances by Team Helfand's defense allowed Dan Helfand to score a beautiful goal assisted by JFK. The first half ended, and half the players walked off the field limping.
2nd half. 2-1 good guys. Let's go. Team Iannarelli once again took the half out with a bang, and layed siege to the net for 5 minutes. Our defense was scrambling to catch up with plays made by Minion, Zach, and Liachowitz. All 3 had some very nice shots on net, but Goalie Adam Green made the saves. Things got heated between Beatty and Arjun when Beatty supposedly pushed Arjun. I didn't see it. Nonetheless, Arjun made some great defensive plays along with Zucker. Both managed to really annoy me. Imagine that. So anyway, Team Helfand started to drive again, with Walder leading the way. Walder had several nice shots, but scored 0 points. haha good effort pal. Long story short, Dan Helfand puts one more in net to secure the win. game over.
Wait! Never mind! There's 2 minutes left! Team Iannarelli retaliates with a goal from Liachowitz! Too bad they still lost.
Notable Plays/performances:
Zucker- Defensive clears
Arjun- Defensive clears
Zucker and Arjun - double teaming Beatty
Chris Mele - Brick wall defence
Adam Green - 4 saves
Dor- huge effort and 1 goal
Dan Helfand - 2 goals.
Mike Minion - Countless drives up field and shots on net
Zach Iannarelli - Drives up field and shots on net
Mike Liachowitz - 1 goal.
Monday will be football. Get some rest.
DJ "Millersville" Rodriquez starts the day off with a disappointing, game-changing no-show. Alumni Mike Liachowitz takes Dj's spot on Zach's team. My team quickly drafted Dan Helfand, Chris Mele, A.G, Kennedy, Arnold, and Walder. Zach's team picked up Minion, Zucker, Arjun, T-Russ, Fiedler, and (small)Dor. The battle began.
Team Iannarelli took an early lead 12 minutes in with a beautiful shot by the one and only Dor. Dan Helfand made the worst possible attempt at saving it, but later redeemed himself and proved himself to be a valuable player. Anyway, back to the game. Beatty retaliated with a nice goal to bring the score up to 1-1 with about 5 minutes left in the half. Ben helped Beatty the whole way to work the right side of the field. Clutch performances by Team Helfand's defense allowed Dan Helfand to score a beautiful goal assisted by JFK. The first half ended, and half the players walked off the field limping.
2nd half. 2-1 good guys. Let's go. Team Iannarelli once again took the half out with a bang, and layed siege to the net for 5 minutes. Our defense was scrambling to catch up with plays made by Minion, Zach, and Liachowitz. All 3 had some very nice shots on net, but Goalie Adam Green made the saves. Things got heated between Beatty and Arjun when Beatty supposedly pushed Arjun. I didn't see it. Nonetheless, Arjun made some great defensive plays along with Zucker. Both managed to really annoy me. Imagine that. So anyway, Team Helfand started to drive again, with Walder leading the way. Walder had several nice shots, but scored 0 points. haha good effort pal. Long story short, Dan Helfand puts one more in net to secure the win. game over.
Wait! Never mind! There's 2 minutes left! Team Iannarelli retaliates with a goal from Liachowitz! Too bad they still lost.
Notable Plays/performances:
Zucker- Defensive clears
Arjun- Defensive clears
Zucker and Arjun - double teaming Beatty
Chris Mele - Brick wall defence
Adam Green - 4 saves
Dor- huge effort and 1 goal
Dan Helfand - 2 goals.
Mike Minion - Countless drives up field and shots on net
Zach Iannarelli - Drives up field and shots on net
Mike Liachowitz - 1 goal.
Monday will be football. Get some rest.
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