wow...great pick!
wow...great pick!
searchingforsitzer wrote:
Anyone here what Dave Sitzer has been up to in the past couple of years since he left OBU? That guy was really good, kind of just disappeared...
He is in hiding. He heard a few of the CBA kids want to fight him after what happened in the group 4x800 relays indoors.
What ever happened to Chris Hallinan? He ran @ Bernards and battled for state championships with Matt Leddy (Bound Brook/Delbarton/UCLA), Sal Vega (Memorial/Tennessee), Kevin Byrne (Berg Catholic/Georgetown), Ed Blakely (Haddon Twsp/Arizona State)and Marty Ludwikowski (Cherry Hill/Florida/Manhattan) from 1972-1976. We know that Leddy, who is still the NJ state 10k record holder (30:25) went on to run at UCLA on a pac-10 championship (track & XC) team that beat Oregon (with Salazar, McChesney, Chapa) and was 43rd at NCAA XC. Leddy retired from track and field in 1983 and went on to race bicycles professionally until 1996 when he competed in the Olympic Trials @ the age of 35. He is now a doctor in Houston. We know Sal Vega had a good career at Tennessee, and is now involved in politics in West New York. Kevin Byrne had a good career at Georgetown and is now gainfully employed. We are not sure what became of Marty Ludwikowski and/or Ed Blakely? The last thing we heard about Hallinan was that he was working at The Eugene Running Company in Eugene, Oregon.
Marty was just inducted into the south jersey track hall of fame. Jay Vickery should be next!!!
Joseph McVeigh wrote:
Bill Sieben still does have the CR at the Long Beach Island Commemorative 18-Mile Run, which is one of my favorite races in the world.
No dis to Bill, wherever he is, but I wanted that mark. I missed it by 15 sec one year, and by a bit over a minute another year when there was a sorta stiff headwind (for non-Jersey Leaguers, it's a straight-line, wide-open point-to-point course ona beach road, so a headwind is there and unobstructed for 17.65 miles).
Because the race is very old-school -- no prize money, kind of long, extremely local in favor, and a free lunch award ceremony after -- and thus does not attract top talent, that record may stand forever. Good for Bill.
Bill died this weekend. Not sure the cause. He was 55 years old.
Oh my gosh. What sad news. Incredible runner and a hero around these parts for those of us who cut our teeth on LBI as a fall marathon tune-up.
Kris Carle is pretty good...runs for UMass Amherst now
anyone who can run 2:16 at Boston is a stud in my book. Sieben was the real deal back in the late 70's. Sad to hear about his passing.
New Jersey has represented itself well and our state always will represent itself. There are so many great runners from New Jersey and I have read some great threads on some past athletes. I remember when the Enclave had 3 athletes from the same high school training at the same time in the mid 90's.
Steve Liona(Raritan High School)(Brown)
Greg Calhoun(Raritan High School)(Rider College)
Colleen Kenney(Raritan High School)(Southern Alabama)
Impressive at the least. Also, during that same time with the Enclave, which had about 30 men and women athletes, many were from NJ.
Rich Kenah(2nd at the indoor worlds(not too shabby)(Georgetown)
Kelly McDonald(Toms River East)(About a 4:10 1500 meters)(Auburn)
Mark Sivieri(St Augustine)(Georgetown)
Byan Spoonire(Asbury Park)(Seton Hall-distance running mecca)
Terrance Armsrong(3:42 1500 meters)(Camden)(Rider College)
Clinton Bell(Franklin)(Seton Hall)
That is 9 out of 30 from New Jersey. I'd say New jersey has done well, is doing well and will always do well in distance running.
To add, John Trautmann and Mary Decker were born in New Jersey. What if they stayed?
Eddie Blakeley is living in the Somerset, NJ area. He and I worked together at AT&T in the 80's and occasionally ran together. He's still in technology sales, I believe. Have seen him a handful of times over the last few years... at VCP for Manhattan Invitational, Millrose, NJ XC MOC. He was still running a little. He has a son who is running in HS.
i heard greg calhoun is making a comeback..that guy sure had a set of wheels!!
Junxy junx whats in your trunx. I heard he's making a beer, food and watching lots of tv comeback and he didn't shower for 2 weeks. He also had a new Years resolution to get over 200lbs because it a nice round number and he likes a good challenge. The guy did it by New Years. He's an eating animal. Pork roll for breakfast, pork roll for lunch and pork roll for dinner. It's his hobby. He's good at it. I also heard he likes to dance to the maranga like a little sissy girl. He also has come out with a new 6 minute ab workout video. NOOOOOOO, You can't break a sweat in 6 minutes. Word!
Craig Forys was a frosh in November 2003 and had set a new frosh record at Holmdel Park that fall. Things have obviouly changed for NJ as of 2007 and on. Forys 8:44 2 mile was 2nd and his DMR 2nd as well at Nike Outdoor Nationals and his teammate Ashley Higginson won the national girls 2 mile, indoors and out. Add the three boys in the 2 mile from indoors this winter that ran 9:03 and under and I'd say NJ is for real.
joe jacobs?
Joe Jacobs was a legit, talented Virginia Intermont runner and Scott Simmons really whipped him into shape during a redshirt year. Big Joe was the incredible shrinking man, dropping from 165+/- to low 140s and was really starting to run fast. The program crashed and Jacobs ended up at UNC-Greensboro (I may be wrong). If he can stay healthy/focused/motivated JJ has a sub-30:30 or 30:00 10K, and a possible Olympic Trials marathon qualifier, in him.
Does anybody know how fory's is doing at michigan??
mmmmmm porkroll
recent comments from Forys' hs coach
Here's how his training has gone since the xc nationals.
They had him take a week off. They ran a few days then had an even paced time trial. He ran 8:15 for 3000 with no kicking, as he told me.
He then twisted his ankle pretty bad a few days later and missed a week and a half. He started training and just before he left for Christmas break, he felt the pain in the butt he had last winter. He could only run an easy 5 miles a day during break and went back and he got it worked on daily and started training again. Within a week, he twisted the same ankle running in snow bad enough he was out another two weeks.
I'm sure he feel he's having a dream season. He will probably redshirt and focus on getting training fit again. That's the scoop.
Any one know what Spoonire and Heffernan are up to these days?
I have tremendous respect for J.A.M. as a runner and as a good guy, but he needs to get his butt back in here and show some contrition over defending a pederast turd like Lippin.
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2004/1207/Front_Page/020.html