7th Annual Jim Scott Challenge
9/28/99
Van Cortlandt Park Track
75 degrees, sunny, humid

Varsity 2 Mile Run

1

Ryan Harmon

Xavier

9:49.5*

2

Van Metter

Fordham Prep

10:16.9

3

Raguso

Fordham Prep

10:31.7

4

Cowan

Fordham Prep

10:35.2

5

K. O’Neill

Xavier

10:36.6

NS Cahill Xavier

10:39.2

6

Cunningham

Xavier

10:43.6

7

Grasso

Xavier

10:48.2

8

Gochal

Xavier

10:48.5

9

Fedders

Xavier

10:49.3

10

Pennachio

Regis

10:50.7
11 Saltalamacchia Regis 11:08.6
12 Payne Fordham Prep 11:17.3
13 S. O'Neill Xavier 11:18.1
14 Fitzsimons Fordham Prep 11:24.2
15 McKenna Regis 11:26.6
16 Browne Regis 11:28.7
17 McClellan Regis 11:30.2
18 Regis 11:32.2
19 Regis 11:32.5
20 Regis 11:40.8
21 Forman Fordham Prep 11:45.4
22 Regis 11:53.0
23 Napolitano Xavier 11:59.9
24 Rodriguez Fordham Prep 12:07.4
25 Regis 12:12.1
26 Regis 12:13.9
27 Regis 12:27.8
28 Regis 12:50.2
29 Regis

Team Score:

1

Xavier

27

2

Fordham Prep

35

3

Regis

69

JV One Mile Run

1

Rincon

Xavier 5:14.7

2

Pond Fordham Prep 5:14.9

3

Xavier

5:15.3

4

Xavier

5:15.9

5

Xavier

5:17.0

Xavier -21, Fordham -36, Regis - Inc

Freshman One Mile Run

1

Kevin Ward Regis

5:21

2

Pat Clifford Regis

5:25

3

Joe Rivera Regis

5:26

4

Caufiled Xavier

5:31

5

Max Matero Fordham Prep

5:32

Regis -40, Fordham -42, Xavier -43,


1998 results

Varsity 2 Mile Run

1

Traugott

Xavier

10:06.5

2

Johnson

Fordham Prep

10:08.7

3

Van Metter

Fordham Prep

10:28.1

4

Harmon

Xavier

10:30.7

5

Fernandez

Fordham Prep

10:35.8

6

Raguso

Fordham Prep

10:53.3

7

Fedders

Xavier

10:53.7

8

O’Keefe

Fordham Prep

10:54.0

9

Messina

Xavier

10:56.5

10

Gochal

Xavier

11:00.9

Team Score:

1

Fordham Prep

24 (NMR)

2

Xavier

31

3

Regis

INC

JV One Mile Run

1

Payne

Fordham Prep

5:13.1

2

Alcoser

Xavier

5:15.6

3

McCabe

Regis

5:17.1

4

Sleeper

Xavier

5:23.6

5

Hunt

Fordham Prep

5:27.7

Freshman One Mile Run

1

Fazio

Fordham Prep

5:34.2

2

Fitzsimons

Fordham Prep

5:34.7

3

Pond

Fordham Prep

5:47.3

4

Ruiz

Fordham Prep

5:48.4

5

Carroll

Xavier

5:48.5

Previous winners of Jim Scott 2 Mile/Mile Run Challenge:

Team

1993 Xavier - 33 pts.
1994 Xavier - 27 pts.
1995 Xavier - 30 pts.
1996 Fordham - 33 pts.
1997 Fordham - 28 pts.
1998 Fordham – 24 pts
1999 Xavier – 27pts

2 Mile Run
1993 Han, Xavier - 10:35
1994 McDermott, Xavier - 10:00
1995 Brouder, Xavier - 9:51
1996 Young, Fordham - 10:12
1997 Simko, Xavier - 10:21.6
1998 Traugott, Xavier – 10:06.5
1999 Harmon, Xavier – 9:49.5*

JV Mile
1993
1994 Gonzalez, Xavier - 5:01
1995 Gonzalez, Xavier - 4:59*
1996 Maceda, Regis - 5:09
1997 Carrihill, Xavier - 5:04
1998 Payne, Fordham – 5:13.1
1999 Rincon, Xavier – 5:14.7

Frosh Mile
1993 Young, Fordham - 5:13*
1994 Vazquez, Regis - 5:24
1995 Cardenal, Xavier - 5:29
1996 Saltamacchia, Regis - 5:19
1997 Lynch, Fordham - 5:19.2
1998 Fazio, Fordham – 5:34.2
1999 Ward, Regis – 5:21.0
* meet record

THE JIM SCOTT 2 MILE RUN CHALLENGE

Jim Scott, Fordham Prep Class of '44, coached Xavier High School Track and Cross Country from 1957 through 1993, overseeing some of the best years in the sport not only for Xavier High School but also for the Catholic High Schools and the City of New York. Along with longtime friend Joe Fox '29 (for whom the Fordham Prep Track is named), Jim organized weekly two-mile runs for his runners as a way to prepare them for the tough championship races later in the season. The Jim Scott 2 mile challenge was inaugurated in 1993 to commemorate Jim's retirement and honor his tried and true coaching methods.