B North Preview
What's in a name you ask? Not much unless your last name is Cox and you're a Shore Conference sprinter.
Monmouth was a forced to be reckoned with last season. With a lot of its key athletes back, they were already a forced to be reckoned with. Add a senior with the same last name and and bloodline as its MOC champion sprinter, and you're looking at a concensus No. 1 team in the Shore Conference.
Christopher Cox (not to be confused with his younger bother Christian of Southern) joins his brother Charles and Monmouth's 4 x 400 relay team that hopes to take home a gold medal at the MOC. While Chris is no pushover as a sprinter (a second-team All-Shore selection), his name is generating as much buzz as his 48.5 400 time. Already, the "Cox Boys" as they are unanimously referred to, are the big draw in the Shore Conference and if they live up to the hype, they'll have a lot of gold medals to show off to young Christian.
If the Falcons are the clear No. 1 in B North, then the Huskies of Matawan are the clear No. 2. The divisions' top two teams present a stark contrast in styles: Monmouth is a team built to win the sprints, while Matawan's strongest events are in the field, paticularly the weights. Monmouth's 73-67 win over Matawan on Thursday demonstrated the differences betwee the two squads, with Monmouth being strong at the top of its sprints and jumps, and Matawan going deeper and picking up points in the throws.
Chris MacCutcheon, Andy Trolian, Steve Turner, and Anthony Grasso head Matawan's class of throwers. MacCutcheon specializes in the javelin throw, while the other three will excel in the shot put and discus.
The rest of B North is will vie for a spot in third place and it's wide open. Ocean, Wall, and Freehold will go deeper than Neptune and Long Branch, but Neptune always has a few athletes that excel.
Ocean appears to have the edge over the competition. Rob Yaffe is a proven sprinter, Nick Moyle will handle the jumps, And Jeff Mansfield and John Rochford will specialize in the distance races.
Dan Hitman is not only last year's Shore Conference Champion in the javelin, but he also achors the best team in the Shore when it comes to names. There is, of course, Hitman, who has perhaps the most inappropriate last name imaginable for a javelin thrower. Why don't we just call him "Dan Humancasualties" and call it a day? Seriously though, Hitman can let the javelin fly with the best of them, and his coach Mark DeSomma believes a toss of 200 is in order this year.
Joining Hitman on the all-name team are freshman sprinter Frantz Pierre and senior transfer Freeman Quick. Not since Jean Girard took over the NASCAR circuit in Talledega Nights has anyone been able to win races while having such a stereotypically French name. Pierre is a burner and even as a freshman, will win his fair share of first places this year. With a name like Freeman Quick, do you have any choice but to become a sprinter? Quick is a transfer from North Carolina and will be among the team's best sprinters.
Freehold and Wall are both young teams, but Freehold should hold an advantage based on its strong distance group led by juniors Peter Leung and Chris Filosa.
Possible Group/State Champs: Charles Cox (Monmouth): sprints/ 4 x 400 relay; Christopher Cox (Monmouth) - sprints/4 x 400 relay; Rashon Verrett, Kelly Fisher (Monmouth) 4 x 400 relay; Eldrick Alleyne (Monmouth) - shot put; Dan Hitman (Ocean) - javelin; Chris MacCutcheon (Matawan) - Javelin.
Monmouth was a forced to be reckoned with last season. With a lot of its key athletes back, they were already a forced to be reckoned with. Add a senior with the same last name and and bloodline as its MOC champion sprinter, and you're looking at a concensus No. 1 team in the Shore Conference.
Christopher Cox (not to be confused with his younger bother Christian of Southern) joins his brother Charles and Monmouth's 4 x 400 relay team that hopes to take home a gold medal at the MOC. While Chris is no pushover as a sprinter (a second-team All-Shore selection), his name is generating as much buzz as his 48.5 400 time. Already, the "Cox Boys" as they are unanimously referred to, are the big draw in the Shore Conference and if they live up to the hype, they'll have a lot of gold medals to show off to young Christian.
If the Falcons are the clear No. 1 in B North, then the Huskies of Matawan are the clear No. 2. The divisions' top two teams present a stark contrast in styles: Monmouth is a team built to win the sprints, while Matawan's strongest events are in the field, paticularly the weights. Monmouth's 73-67 win over Matawan on Thursday demonstrated the differences betwee the two squads, with Monmouth being strong at the top of its sprints and jumps, and Matawan going deeper and picking up points in the throws.
Chris MacCutcheon, Andy Trolian, Steve Turner, and Anthony Grasso head Matawan's class of throwers. MacCutcheon specializes in the javelin throw, while the other three will excel in the shot put and discus.
The rest of B North is will vie for a spot in third place and it's wide open. Ocean, Wall, and Freehold will go deeper than Neptune and Long Branch, but Neptune always has a few athletes that excel.
Ocean appears to have the edge over the competition. Rob Yaffe is a proven sprinter, Nick Moyle will handle the jumps, And Jeff Mansfield and John Rochford will specialize in the distance races.
Dan Hitman is not only last year's Shore Conference Champion in the javelin, but he also achors the best team in the Shore when it comes to names. There is, of course, Hitman, who has perhaps the most inappropriate last name imaginable for a javelin thrower. Why don't we just call him "Dan Humancasualties" and call it a day? Seriously though, Hitman can let the javelin fly with the best of them, and his coach Mark DeSomma believes a toss of 200 is in order this year.
Joining Hitman on the all-name team are freshman sprinter Frantz Pierre and senior transfer Freeman Quick. Not since Jean Girard took over the NASCAR circuit in Talledega Nights has anyone been able to win races while having such a stereotypically French name. Pierre is a burner and even as a freshman, will win his fair share of first places this year. With a name like Freeman Quick, do you have any choice but to become a sprinter? Quick is a transfer from North Carolina and will be among the team's best sprinters.
Freehold and Wall are both young teams, but Freehold should hold an advantage based on its strong distance group led by juniors Peter Leung and Chris Filosa.
Possible Group/State Champs: Charles Cox (Monmouth): sprints/ 4 x 400 relay; Christopher Cox (Monmouth) - sprints/4 x 400 relay; Rashon Verrett, Kelly Fisher (Monmouth) 4 x 400 relay; Eldrick Alleyne (Monmouth) - shot put; Dan Hitman (Ocean) - javelin; Chris MacCutcheon (Matawan) - Javelin.
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