Alumnus is semi celeb!:
Our own Glenn Fuchs AKA Kid Kosher has begun blowing up around the Garden State. Aside from his performance at Jenkinson's December 13 he has appeared twice more since then. December 19, the first night of Hanukkah, Kid Kosher was on 101.5 during the Carton and Rossi Show hanging with the guys, freestyle rhyming and singing 2 of his original songs. Glenn also gave 2 shows for the Hebrew School at his Temple in Marlboro, NJ. You can read an article from last week's local paper about Glenn AKA Kid Kosher here:

http://bulletin.gmnews.com/news/2003/1217/Front_Page/007.html

FYI, the web link listed in the article for Kid Kosher is almost right. It's www.angelfire.com, NOT www.anglefire.com.

Way late post about Nationals:
The College of New Jersey's men's and women's cross country teams competed admirably at the NCAA Div III National meet in Hanover, Indiana this past Saturday. The women placed a solid 9th, while the men bested their national ranking by two places to finish twelfth. Beth Vesey claimed All America honors for her 23rd place finish, as well as taking NCAA Atlantic Regional Runner-of-the-Year award. Coach Tim Collins took the Women's Atlantic Regional Coach-of-the-Year honors.

Steve Dolan

A press release of the meet is below.
Full Women's Results can be found here:

Full Men's Results can be found here:

Hanover, Indiana…The College of New Jersey’s women’s and men’s cross country teams were both in action at the 2003 NCAA Division III National Championships at Hanover College on Saturday. The Lion women finished in ninth place in the team race, marking the program’s ninth straight Top 15 finish at the national championships. The Lion men finished in 12th place in the team race. Winning the women’s team title was Middlebury College (VT), which captured the crown for the third time in the last five years.

On the men’s side of things, Calvin College (MI) was the team champion with a score of 48 points, marking only the second time in NCAA Division III history that a team scored fewer than 50 points in a meet. North Central College (IL) scored 32 points to win the 1993 NCAA title. The title was the second for Calvin, which last won the championship in 2000.

The Knights had six all-Americans (top 35), marking another championship first. Calvin had its top six runners finish in the first 19 spots. The Lion women were led by senior Beth Vesey (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) who finished in 14th place in the team scoring and 23rd overall with a time of 22:39.6, which helped the Lion competitor pick up her first cross country All-America citation. Vesey, who is already an All-American in track (3,000m in 2001), is now a two-time All-American. On Friday night before the NCAA’s, she was named the 2003 NCAA Atlantic Region Runner of the Year after winning the regional crown the week before. Vesey, who is also the NJAC’s first ever three-time women’s cross country champion, wraps her stellar cross country career with her banner effort on Saturday.

Women’s Race
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Middlebury (VT) 135
2. Trinity College (CT) 174
3. U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 193
4. Williams College (MA) 206
5. Amherst College (MA) 225
6. Dickinson College (PA) 257
7. U. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 263
8. Williamette University 269
9. TCNJ 281
10. Nebraska Wesleyan 307
(There were 24 teams competing in the race and 213 female runners.)

The women’s individual race was captured for the Wartburg College’s junior Missy Buttry who had a course record time of 20:00.2 to win the 2003 title and defend her national title. Leading the way for the Lions was Vesey with her time of 22:39.6 for the 6,000 meter race in a field of 213 runners. Senior Erin Cahill (Ewing, NJ/The Hun School) finished in 48th place overall and 28th place in the team scoring with her time of 23:15.7. Senior Lindsay Scarborough (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) picked up a 94th place overall; and 60th place in the team scoring with a time of 23:48.4. Sophomore Kara Horner (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) finished in 89th place in the team scoring and 125th overall in 24:03.3, while rookie Christine Nystrom (Skillman, NJ/Montgomery) was right behind her in 90th in the team scoring and 126th overall in 24:04.6. Freshman Jenna Fasulo (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) competed in her first NCAA’s as well and finished in 129th overall and 92nd in the team scoring with a time of 24:08.8. Sophomore Jennifer Zucaro (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) was the last Lions runner at the NCAA’s and had a time of 24:33.7 to pick up 120th in the team scoring placement and was 162nd overall.

TCNJ’s assistant coach, Tim Collins, who manages the Lions’ distance runners, was named the 2003 Atlantic Regional Women’s Coach of the Year after helping the Lions to the NJAC and the NCAA Atlantic Regional Women’s Team championship titles.

Men’s Race
The Lion men finished in 12th place with a score of 318, tying with Willamette University. The Calvin men outdistance the 24-team field with a score of 48 points, besting the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
which had a score of 128 points.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Calvin College 48
2. Wisconsin Stevens Pt. 128
3. North Central College 155
4. Wisconsin La Crosse 163
5. Wartburg College 210
6. Williams College 220
7. SUNY-Geneseo 259
8. Keene State College 279
9. U. of Wisconsin- Oshkosh 286
10. Nebraska Wesleyan 295
11. Tufts University 298
12.* TCNJ 318
12.* Willamette University 318
(There were 24 teams in the race and 215 individual competitors.)

The men’s race 8,000 meter race was won by Josh Meon of Wartburg College in 24:34.4. The Lion men were led by senior Brian Brach (Freehold, NJ/Freehold) who posted a time of 26:08.2 to take 35th in the team scoring, while finishing 49th overall. Right behind him in 36thin the team scoring and 50th overall was the Lions junior Brian Donovan (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) who had a time of 26:08.6. Senior Adrian Cline (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddon Township) posted a time of 26:40.6 to take 69th place in the team scoring and was 96th overall. Junior Joe Lacovara-Switzer (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) took 77th place in the team scoring and was 109th overall in 26:48.4, while junior Sean Lesniak (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North), posted a time of 27:11.7 for the race, taking 101 in the team scoring and 141st overall. In 116th in the team scoring and 158th overall was junior Rob Barger (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional) in 27:23.1. Sophomore Greg Howe (Hazlet, NJ/Raritan) posted a time of 27:45.3 and finished in 132nd in the team scoring and was 175th overall in the field of 215 runners.

Photos of both mens and womens teams and top finishers Beth Vesey and Brian Brach are below.