eturning from a sea son in which seniors dom inated the roster, there was not much predicted in terms of accomplishment for the 1999 Cross Country team. Four of the top five runners graduated last June, leaving what seemed like little hope for St. Peter’s Prep and its Quad-County title. However, early on the team rose to the occasion. Spending dme in Belmar in late August, the team began a quest for suc cess against weak expecta tions. Averaging 20 miles a day over the 5 day week and close to 10 miles a day when they returned to home course Bayonne, the team ’s chances looked brighter. Consistently leading the pack to victory in the City
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and South H udson champi onships as well as second in th e HCIAA an d HCTCA cham pionships was ju n io r captain Billy Bludgus. His in te n s ity at e ac h m e e t coupled with the speed of senior Sammy Rivera, senior captain Sean Glasser, and s tre n g th o f ju n io r Sean Cullen and sophom ore Greg Gargiulo, m ade a recipe for success. Added new to this mix was Anthony Wolleon ‘02 who proved to be a great asset to the returning team. Those responsible signifi cantly for the team ’s unex pected showing were head coach Michael Burgess and assistant coach Lee Chua. By rem aining always optimistic and willing to give their best advice based on years of ex
perience they proved invali able to formulating a wii ning program. Also, this year marked newgeneration of Prep trac' With the biggest freshma team in years, the future ( Prep Cross Country looke very promising. With th amazing work ethic of all th members, as proved in th pre season, the team will b assured of continued succes H oping to continue Prep legacy as a com m andinl force in New Jersey Traci one can only look to this ne generation with optimisn for their accomplishmen thus far have dictated th; confidence. The upcomin years are sure to be excitn and eventful.