SENIORS
MICHELLE BILICKI (Captain)
Bilicki was well on her way to capping off a career season at the Group IV State Meet, however was struck down by Mono. Michelle did finish the season with two PR's:
1600 - 5:07
800 - 2:19
Michelle qualified for Meet of Champions indoors in the 1600 for the first time by placing 6th in the Group IV State Meet 5:23.16. She finished 8th at MOC.
Outdoors, up until states, Michelle only lost a 1600 to Claudine Evangelista and Jenna Darcy, two of the top milers in the state. She was unbeaten by all others in the 1600 in SJ. Michelle was named to the 1999 All South Jersey Cross Country Team and was named 2nd Team All Burlington County in the 1600.
Michelle led the Cherokee girls relays to it's first Penn Relays birth in the 4 x 800, the 2nd fastest time ever in South Jersey in the 4 x 1600, and the school record setting Distance Medley Team.
Favorite Movie: Scream
Favorite Athlete: Melissa Razo
Athletic Highlight: Part of School Record Holding DM, 4x800, and 4x1600 teams
10 Years from now Michelle would like to be a history teacher and an XC and Track coach.
Quote: "Satisfaction is the death of desire." -Runner's World
ERIN CHIARULLI (Captain)
Erin is entering her 1st year as a cross country runner after playing soccer for most of her athletic career. This decision came after the break through season she had during the spring track season. Erin finished the year with PR's of:
3200 - 11:41
1600 - 5:18
800 - 2:18.7
These PR's qualified Erin for her 1st State Meet in the 1600 and 3200. Erin was named 2nd Team All Burlington County in the 800 meters and was part of the 4 x 800, Distance Medley, and 4 x 1600 meter relay school record setting teams that were ranked in the top 3 in the State and qualified for the National Scholastic Meet.
Favorite Movie: Billy Madison
Favorite Athlete: Mia Hamn
Athletic Highlight: Running in the Penn Relays 4 x 800
10 years from now Erin would like to have graduated from a Div 1 school, teaching Physical Education, and living in CA married with two childern.
Quote: Anything that you can do, I can do better!"
JUNIORS
KELLY FLETCHER (a.k.a "Fletch)
Kelly made some major desisions this year athletically. She came out in the winter to get in shape for softball and ended up having such a good season that she gave up softball and came out for spring track. Kelly now has some major decisions to be made for the fall being that she has played field hockey for a number of years.
Kelly made major strides as a runner this year. After spending much of the winter trying to figure out what her best event was, it was the spring where she found her niche. It was the 3200 where we saw great potential for Kelly. Her PR dropped from the mid 13:00's to 12:30. Kelly has more room for improvement and should be a sub 11:50 3200 runner next season. Kelly also ran 21:00 in a recent road race, again proving her potential as a up and coming distance runner
Other athletic accomplishments that Kelly received were being named Burlington County Times scholastic spotlight for spring track, The TREND "Trendy" award for spring track and Athlete of the week at Cherokee for Winter Track and Spring Track.
Favorite Movie: A League of their Own/ Searching for Bobby Fischer
Favorite Athlete: Derek Jeter (NY Yankees)
Athletic Accomplishments:
Since this is the first year I ever ran, I really don't have that many track accomplishments- (and I wouldn't want to annoy my coach by putting my field hockey and softball accomplishments!!) Hopefully by next year I'll have some more.
10 years from now Kelly will be a mad scientist living in a bubble on the tiny island of Dominica. I will have won the nobel peace prize for inventing a technique to cultivate a human heart outside of the body. Maybe I'll have some kids, but 25 is kind of young. I'll probably be in a lot of debt because of medical school. In the summer my husband and I will go back to his hometown in Puerto Rico where we were also married 2 years ago and explore the tropical rain forests and just lounge on on tropical beach backing up to our condo- me sipping virgin pina coladas!!!! Life is so stressful!! In a couple of months we'll both be back to work once again- I think I'll start working on the cure for AIDS and my husband needs to get back to his job too. (he's been working on the animation for the upcoming Disney movie Christopher Columbus!)
As for my running career I'll have run in 2 marathons (and yes- the times for all 26.2 miles will be printed on the back of my hand!) Training every morning and night looking back on my high school career and wondering why I could never get sub 12 in the 3200!
Favorite Quotes:
"Spandex- it's a privilege not a right!"
"Just screw'm!" - Angus
"The worst thing you can do is...Drop Dead!" - me (I say it when I'm running!)
"If your mind can perceive it and your heart can believe it, then you can achieve it!"
LAUREN JONES
Returning Top 7 Runner
1600 - 5:25
800 - 2:24
MAXINE GINSBERG
1st Year Cross Country Runner
3200 - 12:41
EMMA RASTELLI
Returning Cross Country Runner
JULIE SOWNEY
Returning Cross Country Runner
SOPHMORES
ARIEL BROCKMAN
Returning Cross Country Runner
ARIEL DAVIS
1st Year Cross Country Runner
CRYSTSL SOO
1st Year Cross Country Runner
JENNA VIGGIANO
Returning Top 7 Runner
1600 - 5:31
800 - 2:24
FRESHMEN
KATTIE DELVECCHIO
1st Year Runner
MEGHAN GALAMB
1st Year Runner
ERIN MCHUGH
1st Year Runner |
