Reunion Photos:

Extra big shout out to Brendan Jacobs for sending photos from the reunion on Saturday. The pictures will permanently reside in the photo gallery.

Reunion Recap:

The XC/Track Reunion during Homecoming was a huge success due to the hard work of many individuals. Special thanks goes to Coach Steve Dolan for hosting the event and supplying almost all of the food and stuff. Thanks also goes out to Dan Magee, Tom Metz, and Ron Kaplan for helping to organize the older alumni amidst the sea of younger alumni and undergraduates in attendance. Many of the older alumni are now married or engaged. There were quite a few babies present and even more present in photographs. This event was an all around success despite the rude interruption of campus police to suddenly clean up and disband with no notice or warning whatsoever. Hopefully this reunion can be an annual event for both alumni and undergraduates. I hope someone
took photos and can email them to me for posting.

Message from Coach Steve Dolan:

It was great to see so many of you at homecoming on Saturday. Thanks to all of you that came out to see the cross country teams capture another set of conference titles. Below is the press release of the weekend's results.

Thanks again,
Steve Dolan

Titusville, NJ…The College of New Jersey’s men’s and women’s cross country teams both captured the 2003 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, while running at Washington Crossing State Park. The men’s title was 10th in a row for the Lions and the program’s 15th overall, while the 2003 crown was the ninth consecutive for TCNJ’s women and 20th overall.

On the women’s side, the Lions’ senior Beth Vesey (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) won the individual title for the women’s 6 K race with a time of 23:45. This is Vesey’s third straight year winning the women’s individual title, a first in the history of the NJAC Women’s Cross Country Championship. With her win, she was also named the NJAC Female Runner of the Year and collected NJAC First Team honors.

Leading the way was Vesey with her time of 23:45 as she garnered her third consecutive NJAC Female Runner of the Year honor. The 11th-ranked Lions had nine runners finish in the Top 15 on the day. Senior Lindsay Scarborough (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) of TCNJ took second with her time of 24:11.

The Lions’ senior Erin Cahill (Ewing, NJ/The Hun School) finished in third in 24:17, while in fourth place was rookie Christine Nystrom (Skillman, NJ/Montgomery) with her time of 24:38. TCNJ's sophomore Kara Horner (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) picked up fifth place in 24:47. Rutgers-Camden senior Tina DiGiovanni (Collingswood, NJ/Collingswood) was the first non-TCNJ runner to cross the finish line in 25:16 to take seventh place.

Winning the men’s individual title was TCNJ’s junior Brian Donovan (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) as he posted a time of 26:27 to win the 8K race. With his win, he was also named the NJAC Male Runner of the Year and collected NJAC First Team honors. Donovan finished in first place with his time of 26:27 to win the race and collect NJAC Male Runner of the Year honors. The 12th ranked Lions had 12 runners finish in the top 15 on the day. Senior Brian Brach (Freehold, NJ/ Freehold) collected second place with a time of 26:47. Junior Joe Lacovara-Switzer (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) took third place in 26:51. Taking fourth place from Kean University was junior Mario Santivanez (Hackensack, NJ/ Hackensack) with his time of 26:53. In fifth place from TCNJ was junior Rob Barger (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional) with a time of 27:11.

Full Results and story can be found here.