11/13 - Girls win Divison 1 State Championship, Boys take 3rd.
Julie Macedo repeated as individual state champion and led the Girls to another state title. Lexi Santer, Meredith Steenkamer and Amanda Rickert finished 3-4-5 to help secure the victory. Kristin Weiher, Frankie Reyes and Kendall Savage placed 14, 16 and 19 to complete the scoring.
Zach Binder led the boys with a 9th place finish. Thomas Griffith was 12th and Eric Staats 16th to pace the boys. Darian Sorouri and Eric McClure finished 29-30.
Julie Macedo placed 2nd to lead 5 girls onto the All-County team. Amanda Rickert ran the best race of her career to finish 8th, Meredith Steenkamer and Lexi Santer placed 11th and 12th and Frankie Reyes placed 23rd.
Jaymin Modi led the boys with a 16th place finish to earn All-County honors.
10/28 - Charter sweeps team and individual titles at Blue Hen Conference meet!
Julie Macedo wins Girls Varsity race, Jaymin Modi wins Boys Varsity race, Kendall Savage wins Girls JV race and Darian Sorouri wins Boys JV race.
10/15 - Girls place 2nd at O'Neill Invitational! Julie places 2nd with 5th fastest time in the nation!
10/6 - Boys and Girls Improve to 7-0 with wins over AI DuPont and Delcastle.
9/22 - Boys and Girls Improve to 5-0 with wins over Brandywine and Newark. Lexi Santer, Meredith Steenkamer, Kristin Weiher, Frankie Reyes, Elise Braun, Natalie Rinschler and Rachel Walsh finished 2 - 7 to lead the Girls. Jaymin Modi won the race to lead the boys. Thomas Griffith, Zach Binder, Darian Sorouri and Sam Hershberger placed 3,4,8 and 10 to secure the victories for the boys.
9/15 - 3 wins for Boys and Girls.
The dual meet season opened with the Boys and Girls posting 3 wins each. Jaymin Modi, Zach Binder and Thomas Griffith went 1-2-3 to lead the boys. Julie Macedo and Meredith Steenkamer went 1-2, followed by Lexi Santer and Kristin Weiher at 4-5 to lead the girls.
9/11 - Lake Forest XC Festive for Charter as Girls win all 3 races and Boys place 3rd in all 3 races! Julie Macedo led the Varsity Girls to a 3 point win over Oakton, Va. Jaymin Modi placed 3rd overall to lead the Boys Varsity to a 3rd place finish. Frankie Reyes won the JV girls race and Jenna Saunders won the Girls 3rd team race.
GIrls win D1 meet with 25 points! Julie Macedo wins individual title, with Meredith Steenkamer 2nd, Kayleigh Skinner 6th, Lexi Santer 7th, Amanda Rickert 9th, Kendall Savage 17th and Elise Braun 19th.
Boys place 3rd with strong showing. Tyler Slouf, Nolan Weaver and Andrew Ho place 8th, 9th and 12th. Jaymin Modi placed 19th, Zach Binder 20th, Brad Brooks 25th and Eric Staats 33rd.
Girls upset nationally ranked Tatnall team to win County title, 47-50. Meredith Steenkamer and Lexi Santer lead the way, placing 4th and 6th. Julie Macedo, Kayleigh Skinner and Amanda Rickert go 11-12-14 to seal the win as 5 make All-County team.
Boys score 85 to place 4th in one of the best Charter team performances ever. Jaymin Modi placed 6th to lead 5 boys onto the All-County team. Tyler Slouf, Nolan Weaver, Andrew Ho and Brad Brooks went 15-19-20-25.
Girls JV placed 3rd with Kristin Weiher taking 2nd overall. Boys JV placed 2nd with Eric Staats finishing 8th.
Boys and Girls win Conference Championship again.
JV teams also win. Julie Macedo wins Varsity race, Kristin Weiher wins JV race and Eric Staats wins JV race.
10/7 - Boys and Girls win Flight A Titles!
Both the Boys and Girls teams won Flight A titles with wins over AI Dupont and Delcastle. For the Boys, it is the 8th straight Flight Championship. Jamin Modi and Tyler Slouf led the way, placing fiirst and second in the first race on our new home course at Rockford Park. Nolan Weaver, Andrew Ho, Nolan O'Connor, Zach Binder and Logan Brady completed the scoring as the Boys beat AI Dupont 18-43 and Delcastle 15-50.
For the Girls, it is the 4th straight Flight Championship. Kayleigh Skinner, Meredith Steenkamer, Amanda Rickert, Kendall Savage, Lexi Santer, and Elise Braun took the top 6 places as the Force cruised to 1 wins over AI DuPont (15-49) and Delcastle (15-50).
Julie Macedo and Kayleigh Skinner led the girls to 2 wins by tieing for first in this meet at White Clay Creek State Park. Meredith Steenkamer, Amanda Rickert, Kendall Savage, Kristin Weiher and Elise Braun placed 4th thru 8th to complete the scoring for the Force.
Jaymin Modi led the boys by taking first place. Nolan Weaver, Zach Binder finished 4th and 5th, Nolan O'Connor and Brad Brooks placed 7th and 8th, and Logan Brady and Eric Staats placed 10th and 11th to complete the scoring.
Kayleigh Skinner led the girls to 2 wins by placing first at Bellevue State Park. Meredith Steenkamer, Kristin Weiher, Kendall Savage, Amanda Rickert and Elise Braun placed 3rd thru 7th, and Lexi Santer took 9th to complete the scoring for the Force.
9/16 - Charter rolls over hills to beat Concord, Glasgow and WIlliam Penn.
11/8 - Girls Place 2nd, Boys Place 2nd in best State meet ever for Charter!!
Eric leads boys to win. Jaymin, Tyler, Matt go 5-6-7 with Chris, Nolan and Andrew at 14-18-19. Kayleigh repeats as Conference Champ, Julie, Meredith, Elise and Kristin, Becky and Hilary go 2-4-8-9-11-17 as girls score 24 points.
Dhanush wins to lead a boys sweep in the JV race with Brad, Shane, David B and Brendan placing 2-5. Nicole A leads the girls to the JV title with Lauren, Gretchen, Frankie, Becca and Nicole P placing 2, 4,5,6,7.
Julie and Eric finish 4th. Course record set by Julie. Class records set by Kayleigh, Meredith and Zach. Andrew wins JV race, Brad wins Novice race.
Girls and Boys wins over Newark and Delcastle secure titles with 7-0 seasons as young runners step up.
Nicole A, Lauren, Bryn, Nicole P and Gretchen finish 2-3-4-6-7 to ensure the Girls victory. Andrew H, Eric M, Shane, David B, Brad, Logan and Sam place 2-8 on the boys side. The Girls have won three straight Flight A titles. The boys have won seven straight Flight Championships (2 in B, 5 in A).
Girls win varsity race as Julie sets meet record in 18:53. Kayleigh 2nd in 19:39, Meredith 5th in 20:23, Elise (21:12), Kristin (21:31), Becky (21:34) and Hilary (22:00). JV wins, led by 1-2-3 finish of Brooke, Nicole A and Lauren.
Boys 2nd to Salesianum 57-74. Eric leads the way in 4th at 16:43. Jaymin 10th in 17:22, Zach 12th in 17:27, Matt (17:54), Nolan (17:59), Brendan (18:05) and Chris (18:07). Boys 2nd led by Andrew (5th), Shane (7th) and Brad (8th).
Girls and Boys win, now 5-0. Julie, Kayleigh and Meredith led the girls, all setting class records at Brandywine Creek. Elise and Becky completed the scoring in 5th and 6th, while Hilary and Bryn displaced the Tigers 4th and 5th runners.
Eric led the boys with a school record performance. Jaymin, Zach, Nolan and Chris went 3, 4, 7 and 8 to complete the scoring. Brendan displaced the Tigers 4th and 5th runners while Matt rounded out the Force's top 7.
Girls and Boys win twice to improve to 4-0. Julie and Kayleigh lead the girls, Jaymin and Eric lead the boys.
Girls and Boys start dual meet season 2-0 with wins over Middletown and Glasgow. Julie and Kayleigh lead the girls, Jaymin and Eric lead the boys on the new course at Lums Pond. Watch out for racoons and dogs!
Julie Macedo wins the A race, Kayleigh Skinner takes 3rd to lead Girls to 3rd place. Eric places 6th as boys are top DE team, 3rd overall. Girls and Boys JV teams also take 3rd place.
Boys 4th in Varsity A race. Andy Weaver runs fastest time in Charter history on Killens Pond course. Eric Macedo #4, David Appleby #5 and Phil Depenbusch #8. Nolan Weaver #5 sophomore time, Jaymin Modi #4 frosh time.
Girls 5th in Varsity A race, Alex Zerbe runs #5 all-time for girls. Becca Virden #5 frosh time.
10/3 - Kayleigh sets a sophomore record at Brandywine Creek.
10/10 Double Flight A Champs!!
Girls win Varsity and JV races!
Kayleigh sets sophomore record and runs 2nd fastest Charter time ever! Meredith, Kristin and Elise are top 3 freshmen ever. Becky is 5th fastest junior.
Boys 2nd in Varsity and JV races!
Andy runs fastest Charter time ever! Eric moves to #2 on junior list, Nolan is #3 on sophomore list, Jaymin is #2 on freshman list.
Girls 4th, Boys 5th. Andy Weaver, Sam Nobles and Andrew Ho win Boys races!
Kayleigh, Meredith, Andy, Eric and Nolan All-County!
More than half the team run PRs!
November 10 - State Meet - Andy wins DI race in fastest time of the day, Kayleigh 2nd as both earn All-State honors!
Girls place 2nd, Boys 3rd!
Andy's performance is 5th all-time at Killens pond, Kayleigh's performance is tied for 13th all-time!! Meredith sets Charter freshman record, Kristin and Elise are 2-3 on Charter frosh list.
The Charter Girls opened the season with losses to Newark (26-29) and St. Mark's (23-33). Colleen McCarthy led the girls with a personal best at White Clay Creek State Park of 21:53. Rachel Ogburn, Pooja Aysola, Laura Boyd (also a PB in 23:44) and first year runner Madhuri Saigrama completed the scoring for Charter. Kendra Dobson and freshman Jessica Kaminski rounded out the varsity.
The Charter Boys also opened with losses to Newark (18-37) and St. Mark's (15-42). Neil Johnston (18:49) and Joe Debus (a PB of 18:51) paced the boys, with Brian Feely, Chor Hang Lam and Ben Binder-Macleod completing the scoring. Dave Moak and first year runner Doug DeVoto rounded out the varsity.
The Girls started Flight B dual meet competition with a shutout of Mount Pleasant. Colleen McCarthy led the way again for the Force, running 22:36 at Brandywine Creek State Park. Rachel Ogburn was second (23:44), followed by Pooja Aysola (only 15 seconds off her PB at 23:56), Madhuri Saligrama (24:04) and Laura Boyd (24:07 PB). Jess Kaminski (24:41) and Camille Legge (25:23) completed the varsity 7.
The Boys also opened Flight B competition with a win, 20-42. Phil Weigel of Mount Pleasant won the race in 18:49. Charter took the next 6 places with Brian Feely leading the team in 19:11. Joe Debus was 2nd man (19:32) followed by Ben Binder-Macleod (19:38), Neil Johnston (19:48), Chor Hang Lam (19:52) and Mason Hickey (19:57). Dave Moak (20:10) completed the varsity 7 for Charter.
The Boys and Girls teams improved to 4-0 in Flight B with wins over Hodgson today. The Boys were led by Joe Debus and Mason Hickey as they ran to a 16-45 win. Neil Johnston, Dave Moak and Ben Binder-Macleod ran 3rd, 4th and 6th to complete the scoring. Dan Suher and Chor Hang Lam finished 8 and 9 to complete the varsity for the Force. Joe Debus, Ben Binder-macleod, Raj Nath, Jeff Camp, Brian Kinney, Rajeev Patel, Mark Mulrooney, Howie Shen, Chris Leininger, Pat Brogan, Dave Chen, Steve Reid and Steve Frederick all posted their best times on the course today as the weather was perfect for running.
The girls took the top 8 spots to record another shutout at 15-50. Colleen McCarthy led the way with Rachel Ogburn in 2nd. Camille Legge, Madhuri Saligrama, Jess Kaminski, Laura Boyd and Kendra Dobson all recorded personal best times in finishing 3-7. Rachel Burns, Maraina Cox and Kathy Johnston also ran personal bests.
Led by Mason Hickey in 21st place (17:13), the Charter boys placed 8th. Neil Johnston ran 2nd for the Force placing 44th (17:48). Joe Debus and Dan Suher were 51st and 52nd in 17:58 and Chor Hang Lam completed the scoring in 61st (18:06). Other runners were Dave Moak (18:10), Brian Feely (18:24), Ben Binder-Macleod (18:24), Raj Nath (18:43), Kyle Niziolek (19:29), Matt Davis (19:42), Brian Kinney (19:49), Doug DeVoto (19:59) and Jeff Camp (20:50).
The girls were led by Colleen McCarthy (21:03). Rachel Ogburn (21:24), Camille Legge (22:22), Laura Boyd (22:30), Kendra Dobson (23:16) and Rachel Burns (25:26) completed the varsity team.
The Charter Boys and Girls teams swept past Concord and Dickinson to repeat as Flight B Champions. Both teams finished the conference dual meet season with perfect 6-0 records.
All four Charter teams finished in 4th place. Boys Varsity scored 160 points, Girls Varsity scored 142 points, Boys JV scored 97 points, Girls JV scored 119 points.
Charter completed its dual meet season by sweeping Middletown. The Girls won 19-36, the Boys won 24-35. The Boys team also lost to Salesianum 16-47.
The Girls were led by Colleen McCarthy, Rachel Ogburn, Pooja Aysola, Laura Boyd and Jessica Kaminski with all running at or near personal best performances for Brandywine Creek State Park.
The Boys were led by Mason Hickey and Neil Johnston finishing 1-2 against Middletown. Dave Moak, Dan Suher, Chor Hang Lam, Kyle Niziolek and Brian Feely ran 6th-10th for the Force. Against Sallies, Mason broke up the shutout by placing 5th, as the Sals had 7 of the top 8 finishers.
10/25 - Boys Win Blue Hen Conference Meet, Girls Run 2nd!!
The Charter Boys won the first Blue Hen Conference Championship in their history today, scoring 50 points to outdistance Middletown (107) and the rest of the field. Mason Hickey won the individual title, improving his best performance at White Clay Creek State Park to 17:01. Neil Johnston was 6th in 17:18, moving him to 2nd on the Top Ten list at WCC. Dan Suher was 11th in 17:48, Joe Debus was 14th in 17:56, Brian Feely was 18th in 18:13, Chor Hang Lam was 20th in 18:18 and Dave Moak was 24th in 18:28.
The Girls finished a close second to Brandywine 50-59, by running a strong second half of the race and placing 5 runners in the top 20. Colleen McCarthy led the way in 7th at 20:57. Rachel Ogburn was 9th (21:11), Pooja Aysola was 11th (21:40), Camille Legge was 13th (21:42), Madhuri Saligrama was 19th (22:04), Jessica Kaminski was 21st (22:10) and Laura Boyd was 22nd (22:10). These are now the top 7 Charter Girls performers at White Clay Creek!
The Boys JV took the first 6 places to post a shutout with 15 points. Raj Nath and Ben Binder-Macleod ran together for most of the race, with Raj pulling away in the last 800 meters to win in 18:40 to Ben's 18:47. Kyle Niziolek was 3rd in 18:52, Matt Davis 4th in 19:05, Doug DeVoto 5th in 19:14 and Brian Emmons 6th in 19:25. Jeff Camp, 11th in 19:47 and Pat Noelke 13th in 19:50 gave the Charter boys 16 runners under 20 minutes. Charter also had Brian Kinney 21st in 20:37, Will Dunlap 40th in 21:28, Tom Ferguson 43rd in 21:35, Dan Reidinger 46th in 21:55, Mark Mulrooney 48th in 22:02, Justin Hughes 52nd in 22:13, Ryan Poulsen 53rd in 22:14, Andrew Mao 60th in 22:45, Will Scott 62nd in 22:52, Ben Huang 72nd in 23:32, Dave Chen 79th in 24:11, Tom Mulrooney 81st in 24:16, Cory Niziolek 89th in 25:55, Steve Frederick 91st in 26:10 and Jeremy Smith 99th in 27:15.
The Girls JV placed 4th with Jackie Kozlowski leading the way in 3rd (23:48). Maraina Cox was 20th in 26:25, Camille Pouliot 21st in 26:27, Noemie Pouliot 22nd in 26:28, Rachel Burns 28th in 26:41, Meredith Jackson 43rd in 30:09 and Mary Anne Adjei 51st in 37:43.
Girls 3rd, Boys 5th in County Meet!
The Charter girls finished 3rd in the New Castle County Championship meet with a score of 116 points. Padua won with 41 points and brandywine was runner-up with 90. The girls team improved from a 6th place finish last year. Rachel Ogburn led the way finishing 15th to make the All-County team. Colleen McCarthy, Pooja Aysola and Camille Legge were 22nd, 23rd and 24th. Madhuri Saligrama was Charter's 5th runner finishing 32nd. Laura Boyd was 38th and Jessica Kaminski was 55th. Pooja became just the 5th Charter runner to break 21 minutes at Bellevue, running 20:59. Laura Boyd also ran a PB in 21:42.
The Boys placed 5th with 136 points, behind Arhcmere (37), Tatnall (60), St. Mark's (87) and Salesianum (89). Charter was led by All-County runners Mason Hickey in 10th and Neil Johnston in 13th. Dan Suher was 3rd man in 26th, followed by Chor Hang Lam (43rd), Brian Feely (44th), Dave Moak (46th) and Joe Debus (51st). Neil became the 3rd Charter runner under 17:00 by finishing in 16:57.
Boys 2nd, Girls 3rd at State Meet!!
The Charter Boys scored 97 points to edge Caesar Rodney for 2nd place in the Div 1 State Meet at Brandywine Creek State Park. The Girls tallied 87 points to finish 3rd behind Padua and Brandywine.
Mason Hickey led the boys again, finishing 4th in 17:57. Neil Johnston was 12th in 18:19, followed by Dan Suher (18th in 18:33), Joe Debus (22nd in 18:40), Chor Hang Lam (41st in 19:32) and Brian Feely (48th in 19:58). Dave Moak injured his knee just past the 2 mile mark and could not finish. Mason, Neil, Dan and Joe are now the Top 4 Charter performers at Brandywine Creek.
Camille Legge ran her best race of the year finishing 11th in 21:07 to lead the girls, just ahead of Colleen McCarthy (13th in 21:27). Pooja Aysola was 17th in 21:49, Rachel Ogburn 21st in 22:06, Madhuri Saligrama 25th in 22:20, Jessica Kaminski 31st in 22:49 and Laura Boyd 34th in 23:05. All the girls performaces were personal bests at Brandywine Creek and all made the Charter Top Ten list at the Park.
9/28 - The Girls' team placed 12th at the Paul Short Invitational in a race that featured 149 runners and 16 teams. Emily Smith led Charter with a time of 22:42. Close behind were Rachel Ogburn (22:45) and Chrissy Reyes (22:49). They were followed by the pack of Jackie Kozlowski (23:50), Sarah Kong (23:51), Pooja Aysola (23:51) and Jess Klosiewicz (24:17).
The Boys team placed 9th of 13 teams in a race that had 134 runners. Eric Persak led the Force finishing in 18:09. He was followed by the pack of Danny Dougherty (18:26), Mike Pyle (18:27), Dan Suher (18:28), Neil Johnston (18:30) and Dave Moak (18:41). Mason Hickey was in the top 30 at 2-1/4 miles when he twisted his knee and was forced to stop.
Charter had a good showing at the Salesianum Invitational today with the Girls Varsity 4th in the B race, the Boys Varsity 5th in the B race, the Girls JV 3rd in the B race and the Boys JV 5th in the B race. Those finishes earned team awards for each squad.
10/15 - Girls 4th, Boys 5th at UD Invitational!
2002 Fast Times at Bellevue Invitational!
Charter had a good day at the the Blue Hen Conference Championship. Both varsity teams finished 2nd to the Flight A winners, Newark for the Boys and Brandywine for the Girls. The Girls team won the JV race and the Boys JV team finished 2nd in a tie-break with Newark.
11/2 - Boys finsh 5th, Girls 6th at Counties!
Another good day for Charter runners at the New Castle County championships. The Girls varsity finished 6th and the Boys varsity finished 5th. Both the Girls JV and the Boys JV finished 4th. Congratulations to Mason Hickey and Rachel Ogburn for making the All-County teams!
11/9 - Girls 5th, Boys 5th at State Meet!
Led by Colleen McCarthy in 13th place at 21:09, the girls scored 126 points in the State Meet to finish 5th, only 2 points behind St. Mark's. Chrissy Reyes was 22nd (21:26), Rachel Ogburn 29th(21:53), Pooja Aysola 30th (22:03), Jackie Kozlowski 32nd 22:07), Emily Smith 38th (22:42)and Sarah Kong 47th (23:11).
The boys were led by Mason Hickey in 14th at 17:17. Eric Persak was 25th (17:33), Neil Johnston 26th (17:36), Dave Moak 28th (17:41), Danny Dougherty 30th (17:45), Dan Suher 33rd (17:57) and Mike Pyle 34th (17:57).