Alumnus once coached current Olympian:
Our own Dan Magee coached Ewing High School's Dudley Dorival, who is running
for Haiti in the Athens Summer Olympics currently going on. Read the whole
story here.
Message from Jim Casey:
Below are my results from the San Diego Half Marathon yesterday. Approached
it as a training run and an assessment of my fitness for the Chicago Marathon
in October. First few miles were downhill and I held back with opening
miles of 6:19 and 6:13. Was keeping my heart rate level where I have been
for my marathon pace long runs and the miles just started to average at
about 5:55 (heart rate of 171 to 177 bpm). On Coach Duley's advice I held
back as much as possible until after mile 8 and if I felt good, would
start to let it roll at that point (which I did). Mile 12 is brutally
uphill and even though it was a 6:21 for me, I took about 5 or 7 runners
and came back with a 5:45 for the last 1.1 miles and took down another
5 runners (max heart rate at 202 bpm at finish).
May have been able to average 5:50 miles if I approached this as a "real"
race (which would have given me a shot at the 3rd guy in my division who
ran a 1:14:20) but the goal was to not lose 2 weeks of training by overdoing
it. Time will tell if I did that or not because the competitive juices
were really flowing and revved me up in the last 4 miles. Good confidence
boost for Chicago but hopefully not so much that I stray from my goal
marathon pace of 6:10. It will be quite interesting if I can continue
my consistent training for another month.
Casey
2004 Half Marathon
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Message from Metzie:
To all my teammates it was blood test time again and
I had a real good test. I was surprised because August is usually my
highest blood test. Also I had a viral infection in July which could
raise my count as well as a bone spur in my right anklewhich kept me
from running for a full seven weeks.
My white count went down to 24.2 which is the lowest it has been since
my December 99 diagnosis. Also my lymphocyte count is down to 19.1 which
is also the lowest it has been since diagnosis. Again normal is 3.3-10.5
for Whitecount and 1.2-3 for Lymphocyte count. My red blood cell count
remains strong at 5.32(normal 4.35-5.9) and my platelets remain in the
normal range 168(144-400), but I would like to see that count go up.
She also only found some small swollen lymph nodes in the back of my
neck and front of my neck, but none in my chest or armpit area.Very
good news. Thanks again to everyone for their support. One interesting
thing is I began to take green tea caplets since my last blood test.
There was a study that said grean tea can cure CLL. I don't know about
that, but my count is the lowest it has been in 5 years so it will be
interesting to see if it continues to go down for my next test in December.
Especially if I can run more miles and stay away from catching a cold
or infection.
My sincere appreciation,
Metzie
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Message from Kevin McHugh, Athletic Director TCNJ:
Hello Dan,
Good to hear from you. Yes, Steve will be missed but I think most
people understand why the Princeton situation was one that he could
not pass up. I too hope (actually expect) that the new coach (or coaches)
that we hire will keep the program "momentum" going in terms
of the student-athletes who participate, the academic success they
achieve, the competitive excellence that they have demonstrated, and
yes, the alumni involvement that has been generated thus far. To do
the latter, we will continue to look to grads such as yourself who
have remained steadfast supporters and so it is great to hear that
you are thinking along this line as well. As you observed, Homecoming
is a terrific opportunity to involve alums and again, I expect that
the new coach(es) will continue the efforts that Steve has begun and
I am sure that your experience in this area will be of great help.
Thanks again for getting in touch and you can be sure that once we
have the new leadership on board, your assistance will be sought.
Have a great summer,
Kevin
Message from Pat McStravick:
Something crazy that I am involved in for Sept. 2005 that I thought
you might like to share with the Alumni: http://www.rtbrelay.com/index.shtml
It's a 200 Mile relay race in New Hampshire. I'm going to run it with
some friends of a co-worker of mine . . . 12 guys each run three legs
of 3-8 miles, then finish with a party on the beach. It takes 20-35
hours to finish.
Over the next year, we are going to run some 3-10K races just to make
sure that everyone is at least running and reasonably committed. I
have even started running (sort of, very slowly) myself. Our first
race is September 19, 2004, a Sunday 5K in Philadelphia: http://www.philadistancerun.org/
The Birds play Monday night so no conflict there (which frankly is
important to me from a motivational standpoint).
Stay free,
PJMc
TSC-TCNJ Cross Country & Track
Alumni:
Homecoming this year is on Saturday, October 16th. Please start
making your plans now to join us for another extended happy hour in
our own tent with food and cocktails before, during and after the
football game. More info. will be posted on the alumni website: https://www.angelfire.com/indie/xctrackalumni/index.html
As always, we're looking for news about alumni (weddings, new baby,
new job, running a marathon, anything interesting, etc.). Just e-mail
Glenn Fuchs at: gtfuchs@bellatlantic.net with any news. We're also
looking for lost/missing in action alums. Please tell any team alums
that you're in contact with about Homecoming and the website.
The varsity cross country schedule for 2004 is listed below. Thanks
to Steve Dolan for a great run as head coach, and we wish him the
best of luck at Princeton!!!
| Date/Time |
Opponent |
Location |
| 10 am 9/04/2004 |
Monmouth University Invitational |
Lakewood, NJ |
| 11 am, 9/11/2004 |
Connecticut College Invitational |
New London, CT |
| 9:30 am, 9/25/2004 |
Paul Short Invitational |
Bethlehem, PA |
| 5:30 pm, 10/05/2004 |
Haverford College Invitational |
Havertown, PA |
| 10 am, 10/16/2004 |
Lafayette College Invitational |
Easton, PA |
| 10:30 am, 10/30/2004 |
NJAC Championships |
Pomona, NJ (Richard Stockton College) |
| 11 am, 11/13/2004 |
NCAA Regionals |
Canton, NY (St. Lawrence University) |
| TBA, 11/20/2004 |
NCAA Division III Championships |
Eau Claire, WI (Univ. of Wisc.-Eau Claire) |
MIA List:
Dan Avondoglio
Susan Baka
Lorelei Boggs
Tim Brennan
Linda Burriesci Carrington
Colleen Casey
Mike Cavallo
Stormin' Norman Coyle
Frank Dariano
Joe DeLuise
Chris Fagan
Brian Falkowski
Frank Ferrara
Coach Fitz
Pat Gallagher
Tony Genovese
Michelle Gindreaux
Mark Grey
Kim Hageman
Sylvester Harriet
Jon Harris
Hanna Herman
Dave Hoch
Tracey Hosler
Sandy Humphrey
Judy Hunt
Willie Jackson
Chris Kalwinsky
Tim Kamisky
Trisha Kenney
Jim Kingsley
Gail Kupcha
Herb Lorenz
Mark Macauley
Jennifer Maczka
Patsy Marino
Marlon Matthews
Don Matousch (FOUND)
Mike McGourty
Brendan McKeon
AnnMarie McLaughlin
Tom Mozloom
Michelle Nichol
Steve Ondrejack
Sue (Piekarz) Rodrigez
John Richardson
Janice Reilly
Marc Rossi
Alan Skilowitz
Coach Smitty (in progress of being contacted, he currently lives in
Brazil, South America)
Steve Strange
Karen Tangora
Ken Topolewski (in progress of being contacted)
Karen Vance
Eddie Vizzola
Melissa Wenczel Gurick
(FOUND)
Greg "Groundhog" Weinert
Dave Ytreboe
Virginia Zaleski (in progress of being contacted)
Tall, Slow Andy from '86 XC |
