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Atlanta, GA…The College of New Jersey men’s and women’s track and field teams finished off their opening meet of the season in mid-season form as the Lions turned in numerous post-season qualifying marks at the Emory Asics Classic on Saturday.

In addition to the strong individual performances, TCNJ and excelled in the team standings as the men won the invitational with 167 points and the women claimed third place with 95.

Men’s Highlights…
The top finish for the Lions was senior Brian Donatelli (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) as he won the shot put with a toss of 14.21 meters. He was also second in the discus with a distance of 38.90 meters.

TCNJ had two individuals finish second with both meeting ECAC Championships standards. Freshman Tim Blashford (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) cleared a height of 4.25 meters in the pole vault and classmate Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.) had a time of 15.46 seconds in the 110-meter high hurdles.

In the triple jump, freshman Oluwaseye Akele (Jersey City, NJ/Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic) finished fourth in the triple jump bouncing his way to distance of 12.52 meters.

Gilroy added a fourth-place effort in the 400 intermediate hurdles with an ECAC time of 55.19 seconds, while DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris) was fifth in the 400 meters with a clocking of 51.79 seconds. Pasquale DiGioacchino (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) added another fifth in the 800 meters with a clocking of 1:57.58.

TCNJ’s 4×100 relay team also place fifth as the quartet of Steve Murray (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown), Gilroy, Jule Brooks (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic) and Stevens combined for a time of 43.57. That time also met an ECAC standard.

Women’s Highlights…
Junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) met a NCAA provisional time in the first meet of the spring as she raced her way to a time of 2:13.54 in the 800 meters placing second in the race.

The Lions won two events on the second day of the invitational as senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) was the first to cross the finish line in the 400 with a time of 58.22 seconds and freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) was second in 58.27. Both of those times were ECAC qualifying marks.

The 4×100 relay team took top honors with a time of 49.32 seconds earning an ECAC time. Running in that race were sophomore Priscilla Senyah (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial), junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson), sophomore Meghan Miller (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) and Bonelli.

The Lions added another win in the 4×400 relay with a ECAC worthy time of 3:56.37 as freshman Rochelle Prevard (Sicklerville, NJ/Winslow Twp.), Bonelli, sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) and Wimberly competed.

Tricocci also tied for second in the long jump (5.28 meters) and Miller was second in the 400 hurdles (1:08.28).

Senyah added yet another second-place finish in the 100 hurdles as Senyah was the first of three Lions to place in the top 5. Senyah had a time of 15.85 to place second and Miller was fourth at 15.99 with both of those times meeting ECAC standards. Junior Kirsten Gerbehy (Califon, NJ/Voorhees) then took fifth place for TCNJ.

In the pole vault, senior Lauren Pfeiffer (Freehold, NJ/Winslow Township) cleared the bar at 3.07 meters to finish in third place.

Spadaccini also picked up a fourth-place finish in the 800 with an ECAC time of 2:17.56.

In the 1,500, junior Megan Donovan (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) boasted a personal-best time of 5:03.67.

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Media Release March 29

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team hosted the No. 8 ranked Roadrunners of Ramapo College on Saturday in Lions’ Park. The visiting Roadrunners came away with two wins over the Lions holding on for a 6-4 win in the opener and then posted a 2-0 victory in the second game.

The games were the opening two for both teams in New Jersey Athletic Conference play as TCNJ is 0-2 in conference play and 10-8 overall. With the two wins, Ramapo moved to 14-2 on the year and 2-0 in the NJAC.

GAME #1
#8 RAMAPO 6, TCNJ 4
Ramapo picked up a pair of runs first in the top of the second inning as senior Kendall Patton (Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and pushed the first runner across the plate. Ramapo added another score in the inning before the Lions turned a double play to end the Roadrunners’ scoring threat.

In the bottom of the third, the Lions were able to strike when sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) drove in sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) who lead off the inning with a single to center field.

In the top of the fourth, the Roadrunners nearly scored again as Patton returned to the plate with bases loaded and no out, but was struck by sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) for the first out. Sophomore short stop Jamie Chalkley (West Milford, NJ/West Milford) then flew out to center and no runners advanced. Katie Donnelly (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock)flew out to right field to end the inning and keep Ramapo off the boards.

Freshman Jamie Moir (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) replaced Minervini in the top of the fifth with one out and runners on second and first and gave up a bloop single to Ramapo’s Kelly Schriber (Montclair, NJ/Mount St. Dominic) to load the bases. McKeon then drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to center to give Ramapo a 3-1 lead. Pinch-hitter Cherese Matthews (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock) came to the plate with the bases loaded and would reach on an error at short and help put Ramapo up 4-1. A bases loaded walk tacked on another run for Ramapo and Moir struck out Jen Vitorino (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge) to end the inning.

TCNJ would fight back with an RBI sacrifice fly from rookie Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) and pulled within three runs. Seavers would score on a passed ball and the Lions trailed by two after five innings, 5-3.

Sophomore Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor, NJ/Oakcrest) led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a solo home run to centerfield and the Lions trailed by just one run, 5-4 with no outs in the inning. The homerun was her second of the year and put her at 10 RBIs on the season.

Ramapo built their lead in the top of the seventh after Ashley O’Rourke (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock) led off with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. Chalkley would single to deep right and drive in O’Rourke and Ramapo led 6-4.

Ramapo’s Lyndsay Buehler (River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley) picked up the win in four innings of relief.

Schriber finished the game going 3-for-4 to lead the Roadrunners at the plate.

For TCNJ, Seavers collected a pair of hits in four at bats.

GAME # 2
#8 Ramapo 2, TCNJ 0
Ramapo pitcher Deanna Giordana (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) pitched a complete game to improve to 4-0 on the season allowing only six hits.

The Roadrunners scored single runs in the first and fifth innings to account for all of the scoring.

Greeby shined for the Lions at the plate picking up two hits in three official plate appearances.

For Ramapo, Rachel Wong (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) and Amanda Sansevere (West Keansburg, NJ/Raritan) each finished with a pair of hits.

Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) suffered the loss for the Lions going 4.1 innings and allowing only the two runs.

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Media Release

 

South Jersey Elite Soccer Club and the Don D\’Ambra Soccer Academy will be hosting an Open House on Tuesday, April 8^th at 7pm at the Senior Center in Washington Township.

 

Washington Township Senior Center
315 Greentree Rd
Turnersville, NJ 08012

 

 

SJ Elite SC is a new premier travel soccer club focusing on developing young players and preparing them for opportunities beyond the youth level. We want to provide as much information as possible on who we are and what we are trying to accomplish. There is a lot of information on our website www.sjelite.com, however, we want to give you the opportunity to get a clear idea of what kind of program we are offering. Please bring your friends and anyone else who may be interested in learning about our new academy program. Please visit our website for specific directions to the Senior Center: www.sjelite.com

 

The SJ Elite SC Open House will give specific information on the following:

• Total Turf Experience Staff & Facility
• Total Turf Operations Building and offerings
• South Jersey Elite SC & Staff
• South Jersey Elite SC Expectations
• Dr. Robert Cabry – Director of Health & Fitness
• Parisi – Fitness Center
• Official Apparel of SJ Elite SC
• Tryout info and expectations
• Questions & Answers

 

Any questions, please contact us at: [email protected]

 

 

Tryout Dates, Times and location

 

Specific tryout dates, times and location will be posted on the SJ Elite website on Friday, March 28^th. Please visit our website for the specific dates, times and location for all tryouts. Tryouts will be held during the months of April, May and June.

 

 My name is Kathy Cleminson and I am pleased to be writing you on behalf of the Gloucester Catholic Katrina Relief Project. Hurricane Katrina changed my life. More importantly, it changed the lives of thousands who still experience the devastation. 

In early 2007, my high school decided to break away from usual limits of community service and send a group of students to New Orleans. As I stepped off the plane I still believed my purpose was to hang sheetrock, but in reality I learned it was so much more. As a result I have made \”returning home\” my New Year\’s resolution, and on behalf of Gloucester Catholic High School, so many would be grateful if you would do the same.

In just a few days we helped rebuild the life of a woman who lost everything in the floods. She told us that every night since the hurricane she prayed for help in vain, but her patience was rewarded because \”God sent me the best help possible.\” Her faith in us made me believe in people.

We all have the responsibility to help each other, whether by entire movements or random acts of kindness.

However, it was not a jolt of inspiration that moved me to feel this; it was being human. It was seeing your friends in class on Tuesday and then putting up sheetrock on Wednesday. It was looking into the eyes of a woman who lost 51 years of all she knew in one day, but still opened her heart to kids who had everything. We tried to replace so many things she had lost, but we learned our real gift to her was our presence.

Two and a half years later, thousands of families are still seeking refuge in FEMA trailers and make-shift housing-if any. Even more devastating, this year will be the third these families can not return home for the holidays.

Together, in New Orleans, we made 2007 the first Christmas two families would return home. This was all made possible through student-based fundraising efforts and monetary donations that sent 23 students and seven chaperones to New Orleans for five days.

This June we will be returning with more people for 8 days and we need your help. Whether your donation is monetary, or a prize to auction off, it will be greatly appreciated and not forgotten.

In a way our journey to New Orleans was the climax of all Gloucester Catholic, and I as a result, believe in because we showed there are no limitations when it comes to helping others. There we learned things school will never teach and some will never learn.

I know kind people like you have made a difference in many lives over the years and now I am asking that you a difference in our lives for theirs. We are hosting a lunch at the Colonial Diner in Woodbury on Wednesday, March 19. Inform your server you are dining for Gloucester Catholic, 15 percent of your check will be donated towards our trip to New Orleans.

I would also like to personally invite you to attend our spaghetti dinner on Sunday, April 13, 4:30 to 8 p.m., at Gloucester Catholic High School to support our cause. The cost is $15 for each adult and $10 for each child under the age of 12.

Send donations to Gloucester Catholic High School, Mr. Joe McKenna, Service Coordinator, 333 Ridgeway Street, Gloucester City, NJ, 08030.

If sending a check, please make it out to Gloucester Catholic High School. On memo line please put New Orleans. Thanks for your support.

Katy Cleminson

Class of 2008,

Gloucester Catholic High School

 

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By Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek, USN Special to American Forces Press Service NOWRAK, Afghanistan, March 24, 2008 – The landscape in Afghanistan\’s Zabul province reminds some Americans of a scene from a western movie. So did Afghan law enforcement when Army Capt. Curtiss Robinson and his police mentoring team rode into the province\’s Shahjoy district. Army Capt. Dave Perry and Afghan National Police commander Sakhidad plan a security operation against insurgents in the Shahjoy district of Afghanistan\’s Zabul province. Sakhidad commands police officers at Hassan Karez patrol base in Shahjoy, which maintains security and civil order along Highway One and all populated areas in the district. Perry leads the district\’s police mentoring team, which is training the Afghan officers to project their presence beyond the road into the nearby villages, where most security threats originate. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek, USN (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Robinson recalled that the police force there at the time was really nothing more than a \”posse,\” because they had enthusiasm but no formal police training. There were no police advisors in Shahjoy before Robinson\’s team got there in July, so the first step was to create a training plan for the police. Robinson is an Army logistics officer with civilian law enforcement experience in South Carolina. Others on his team also had police experience, so they used it and their military training to teach the Afghans some fundamental policing skills. The next step came from Afghanistan\’s Interior Ministry, which implemented a new \”focused district development\” strategy late last year to reform the Afghan National Police and improve local governance, public works and the rule of law. Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, with the Interior Ministry and the international community, developed a plan to take all the police out of their communities, retrain and re-equip them at regional training centers, and send them back to their districts. Seven of the most challenging police districts were chosen for the first training cycle. Three of them, including Shahjoy, were from Zabul province. During the eight-week course at the Jalalabad regional training center, Shahjoy\’s police learned about general police duties, weapons, building clearance, first aid, human rights and Afghan law and culture. After graduating, the police returned to their district and police mentoring team advisors began the next phase: sustainment training and advising. Now that they\’ve been trained what to do, Robinson explained, they need to practice how to do it. The Afghan police officers will have to improve their skills quickly; after they returned to Shahjoy, Taliban insurgents also began returning to the area. The commander of Nowrak patrol base, Lt. Fazal Rahman, took his men on a patrol and found a prepared fighting position with four rocket-propelled grenades for attacking passing trucks. It was only 25 meters from Highway One. U.S. Army Capt. Dave Perry leads the Shahjoy district police mentoring team and has developed a patrol plan for the police officers. Rather than have them wait for trouble on the road, he wants them to patrol the nearby villages, where most of the security threats originate. \”Policing before was static,\” he said. \”We\’re getting them out in the community to show the people some government representation so they know the police are there to help.\” The next day, Rahman\’s men patrolled Nowrak village and Perry accompanied them through the village to introduce them to the village elders. The local citizens provide information, Perry said, and helping them is the heart of \”community-based policing.\” The police in Shahjoy no longer resemble a \”posse,\” and officials hope having a professional police force will make the district seem less like the Wild West. Police Chief Mohammed Rasool said that perhaps someday the police in Shahjoy will need to carry only nightsticks – not guns. (Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek serves with the Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan Public Affairs Office.)

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team welcomes West Virginia to Piscataway this weekend for a three-game series at Bainton Field. The Scarlet Knights and Mountaineers will open the series with a 3:30 p.m. game on Friday, followed by 1:00 p.m. games on Saturday and Sunday.

Rutgers has had success against West Virginia in the Garden State, winning the last 12 games played at Rutgers. The Mountaineers\’ last victory in New Jersey was more than a decade ago when they defeated the Scarlet Knights, 8-6 on April 5, 1997. RU and WVU did not meet last season on the diamond per league scheduling which includes each school playing only nine of the other 11 schools in the conference each season.

Rutgers is 6-13 overall after a split in midweek games against Rider (won 4-3) and Princeton (lost 1-0). The Scarlet Knights opened BIG EAST play against St. John\’s last weekend, dropping all three games to the Red Storm.

Senior catcher Jon Gossard (Harrington Park, N.J.) leads the Rutgers offense with a .351 average, including a team-high seven doubles. He had his season-long 10-game hitting streak snapped in the Scarlet Knights\’ last game against Princeton on Wednesday.

Sophomore righty Casey Gaynor (Toms River, N.J.) will start Friday\’s opener, junior righty Matt Giannini (Millington, N.J.) will get the ball on Saturday and sophomore righty Kyle Bradley (Howell, N.J.) will on Sunday. Despite a 1-4 record, Gaynor has been sharp with 34 strikeouts in 34.1 innings, and has let up two runs or less in three of his five starts. Giannini worked a season-long six innings last Saturday in a no decision against St. John\’s. Bradley is expected to make his first start on the weekend after hurling 5.1 innings in Rutgers\’ victory over Rider on Tuesday.

West Virginia is 19-4 this season, including a 3-0 record in the conference. The Mountaineers swept Pittsburgh last weekend in their first league action. Earlier this week, WVU knocked off Coppin State, 26-3, and took a double-header from Morehead State, 10-5, and 16-6. West Virginia enters the weekend on an 11-game winning streak.

The Mountaineers own a .364 team batting average, led by freshman second baseman Jedd Gyorko. The newcomer is hitting .474 with three triples and four home runs.

West Virginia is expected to go with the rotation of junior righty Josh Whitlock (5-0, 2.34 ERA) on Friday, senior lefty Matt Yurish (1-1, 8.14 ERA) on Saturday and sophomore lefty Steve Morrison (4-0, 1.47 ERA) on Sunday.

Sophomore righty Chris Enourato has been the Mountaineers\’ top closer with four saves this season in 6.1 total innings of relief without an earned run allowed.

Rutgers owns a 31-17 advantage over West Virginia in the all-time series with a series sweep in the last meeting between the teams in 2006.

Media Release March 28

Atlanta, GA…The College of New Jersey men’s and women’s track and field teams opened the outdoor season in stride on the opening day of the Emory Classic hosted by Emory University on Friday.

The Lions had several strong performances highlighted by the women’s shot put taking three of the top five places. Freshman Sarah Wehrhan (Dodge City, KS/The Peddie School) won the event just missing an ECAC mark with a distance of 11.10 meters. Classmate Cristina D’Amato (Madison, NJ/Madison) finished fourth with a toss of 10.68 meters, while sophomore Ashley Krauss (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) was fifth with a mark of 10.58 meters.

Krauss and Wehrhan also placed in the hammer throw taking second and third, respectively. Krauss had a distance of 40.63 meters and Wehrhan at 38.81.

In the high jump, junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) placed third clearing a height of 1.56 meters, while sophomore Danielle Kedzerieski (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick) was third in the javelin with a throw of 26.53 meters.

Junior Nicole Ullmeyer (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) competed in the longest race of the invitational running the 10,000 meters in 41:40.51 to place fourth overall.

On the men’s side, senior Brian Donatelli (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) claimed fourth in the hammer with distance of 43.18 meters and teammate Martin Brown (Verona, NJ/Verona) was eighth with a heave of 38.23 meters.

Senior Galen Johnson (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) had a strong first showing in the 3,000 steeplechase as he took fifth with a time of 9:48.90.

Senior Andy Lim (Lodi, NJ/Leonia) added another top to for TCNJ taking eighth in the long jump with a leap of 6.22 meters.

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3/27/2008 6:22:49 PM

 

Ramos-Dominko went the distance and fanned 12 on Thursday.

Box Score

Ewing, NJ – Ranked sixth in Division III, The College of New Jersey’s baseball team opened action in the New Jersey Athletic Conference on Thursday, hosting the Scarlet Raptors of Rutgers University-Camden. TCNJ would open conference play with a 5-1 home win. TCNJ improves to 12-2 overall and 1-0 in the league, while RUC drops to 6-10 overall with an 0-1 mark in the league. The Lions open the NJAC as the league’s three-time defending champions.

TCNJ’s right handed junior pitcher Dan Ramos-Dominko (Hampton, NJ/North Hunterdon) fanned a career-high 12 batters in posting his second win of the year. Ramos-Dominko fanned six batters the last time he took the mound in Arizona and now has 23 strikeouts on the season after Thursday’s outing. He worked a complete game, yielding just one earned run off four hits with a pair of walks to improve to 2-0.

TCNJ jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning after junior second baseman Adam Tussey (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester High School) was hit by a pitch and junior short stop Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/Sayreville) tripled and put the Lions on the scoreboard. TCNJ’s junior Vince Mazzaccaro (Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) came up with a RBI single before senior catcher Rich Gawlak (Plainsboro, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South) added the final RBI of the inning, all coming off RUC’s senior Andrew Lihotz (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast).

RUC pulled within two runs, down 3-1 after sophomore Steve Myers (Millville, NJ/Millville) broke up Ramos-Dominko’s shutout bid in the top of the second with an RBI single.

Lihotz worked eight innings for RUC and drops to 1-2 after allowing five earned runs off seven hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

TCNJ returns to action on March 28 for a 3:30 p.m. road contest at Rowan University, while Rutgers-Camden hosts Montclair State University on March 29 in a noon doubleheader.