2014 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK FOR CROSS COUNTRY
Sept. 7 - Baruch Invitational Bronx New York city
Women- Jordan Dodson ( Freshman from Perryville H.S.) Has a fifth place finish and number one spot on the team in her first college race.
Men : Chandler Brooks ( Freshman from BoManor H.S.) Receives rookie of the week from the CACC.
Sept 13 - University Of Delaware Invitational DE.
Women - Crystal McCullom ( Freshman from North East H.S.) with a time of 26:07 which makes her 4th fastest all time for GBC in the 6k.
Sept 20 - Stockton college invitational NJ.
Men - Rudy Braxton (Sophomore from Hodgoson H.S.) runs carreer personal best and 8th position on GBC all time 8k list.
Oct 4th Fall Classic Bannning park Newport, DE.
Women- Ashley Zacarria ( Senior from Gloucester City H.S ) runs her carreer personal best and 8th position on GBC all time 8k list.
.Men : Logan Jones ( Junior from Tuscarora H.S) Receives honorable mention honors of the week from the CACC.
Oct 11th Jack St. Clair invitational Fairmont Park PA.
Women- Ariel Richardson (Sophomore from St Georges H.S) Rises to the level of the good completion even with a sore knee and helps team
Men - Aaron Easter (Junior from Rising Sun H.S.) Places top ten in a race of very talented runner and runs a person best on the wet and muddy trails.
Oct 18th Hood college Invitational Fredrick MD.
Men-Zarif Goldsborough (Freshaman From William Penn H.S) Runs personal best in his last race of the 2014 season he ran the race in pain but gets big personal victory.
Nov 2nd CACC meet Phillidelphia PA.
Men- Justin Morris (Freshman from Harford Tech H.) Runs his strongest Race of the year and Best finish on the varsity squad
2013 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK FOR CROSS COUNTRY
Sept. 21 - Philadelphia Metro Invitational
Women - Ariel Richardson - 34th place (1st place on team for 2nd week in a row)
Men - Stewart Reich - 3rd place (runs his best time on Fairmont course with a 28:03)
Sept. 28 - Salisbury Invitational
Women - Sarah Grzybowski - 91st place (2nd place on team)
Men - Logan Jones - 30th place (runs an elite time breaking 27 flat with a 26:58)
Oct. 5 - Goldey-Beacom Fall Classic
Women - Sarah Grzybowski - 30th place (personal best on home course with 24:02)
Men - Hugo Morales - 29th place, Jabari Chambers - 30th place (both seniors contribute to tie breaking win for team title)
Oct. 12 - Staten Island Invitational
Women - Leshae Lee, Tigan Frisby (both individuals run personal best and contribute to tie breaker for 2nd place trophy)
Men - Stewart Reich - 1st place (overall winner, new course record of 16:38)
Oct. 19 - Hood College Open Meet
Women - Ariel Richardson - 5th place (3rd straight week receiving a medal)
Men - Logan Jones - 2nd place (top 15 all time list for the Hood course with a 27:48)
Oct. 27 - CACC Championship
Women - Valarie Orth (all season top 5 runner on team despite injuries)
Men - Rudy Braxton - 21st place (time of 29:03 ensured the team’s 4th place finish which was the best in 8 years)
Nov. 10 - NCAA Regional Championship
Women - Carly Mitchell (course PR of 28:39)
Men - Louie Francis (5th GBC runner continues to push all season and moves GBC to it’s best NCAA Regional finish in it’s history)
Athlete of the week list 2014 track and field
March 22nd Stewart Reich from Gov. Thomas Johnson H.S./Frederick, and Aaron Easter of Rising Sun H.S./ Rising Sun, MD. Both break school
Records senior Stewart ran the 1500 in 4:09and placed seconding the invitational while sophomore Aaron ran a time of 9:31 in the 3k.
March 28th Lou Frances from Smyrna H.S./Smyrna, De. Lou placed first in his heat of the 800m and a second place in the 1500m with a time of 4:35 that put him 7th on the All Time list in the 1500m.
April 6th Ariel Richardson from New Castle DE and Valarie Orth from Pittsgrove NJ Valarie Orth run the 100 in 14.8 and places her on the GBC Top Ten list in the women's 100 and Ariel Richardson moved up to 3rd on the all time list in the 1500m with a time of 5:51
April 12th Rudy Braxton from Hodgoson H.S/ Bear, DE. Rudy placed fourth in the 800m in a time of 1:59 and then a seventh place finish in the 400m with a school record time of 50.00 seconds.
