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Annual Awards

2013 Charles H. Moore Jr. Award Finalists
Team Gender School Location Coach
Outdoor Track & Field Team Men Cornell University Ithaca, NY R. Nathan Taylor
Cross Country Team Girls East Aurora High School East Aurora, NY Walter McLaughlin
Cross Country Team Girls Fayetteville-Manlius High School Manlius, NY William Aris

Season Summary

Cornell Men's Outdoor Track & Field Team, Ithaca, NY
  • Won the 2013 IC4A Outdoor championship
    • 1st Place (Javelin, SP, LJ)
    • 2nd Place (Discus)
    • 3rd Place (400h, HJ)
  • Finished second in the 2013 Outdoor Heptagonal / Ivy League Championships
    • 1st Place (200, 400, 4x100, HJ, SP, Javelin)
    • 2nd Place (100, 110h, 4x400, PV, LJ)
    • 3rd Place (4x800, HJ, LJ)
  • Bruno Hortelano-Roig was named Track MVP
  • Stephen Mozia was named Field MVP.
  • Advanced 20 athletes in 16 different events to the first round of the NCAA Prelims
  • Has four individual entrants and one relay team (4x100) entrant in the NCAA finals
    • 1st Team All-Americans (Disc, SP - Mozia);
    • 2nd Team All-Americans (HJ - Blair, Javelin - Robbins)
  • Had 2013 Penn Relays Championship of America Champion in the shot put (Stephen Mozia)
  • Had 2013 Penn Relays Championship of America Champion in the javelin throw (Rob Robbins)
  • Had runner-up in the high jump (Montez Blair) at the 2013 Penn Relays
  • Had 2013 USTFCCA Northeast Region Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year (Montez Blair)
  • Had 2013 USTFCCA Northeast Region Outdoor Men's Coach of the Year (Nathan Taylor)
  • Had 2013 Northeast Region Outdoor Men's Assistant Coach of the Year (Megan Johnson)
  • Ranked #19 team nationally by the USTFCCA for two weeks (#5, and #6), #23 for one week (#7). Only the top 25 teams are reported. Was #27 in week #4 as reported in week #5.
  • Ranked #1 team in the Northeast region by the USTFCCA for the entire season.
  • Team members set seven school records and one freshman record including:
    • 400m - 46.60 - Hortelano-Roig
    • 800m - 1:48.43 - Weinlandt
    • HJ - 7-4 1/4 - Blair
    • Shot Put - 63-0 (19.20m) - Mozia
    • Discus throw - 196-7 (59.91m) - Mozia
    • Discus throw - 197-11 (60.32m) - Mozia
    • Javelin Throw 233-4 (71.11m) - Robbins
    • Freshman Record: 110m Hurdles 13.97 - Hairston
East Aurora Girls Cross Country Team, East Aurora, NY

Note: East Aurora High School is a Class B School in New York State (470 to 910 students). East Aurora had 499 students in grades 10-12 for the 2012-2013 school year (per report on TullyRunners.com who took the data from the NYSPHSAA website). As a comparison, Fayetteville-Manlius High School a Class A School in New York State had 1174 students in grades 10-12 for the 2012-2013 school year.

  • Number 1 Small School in the US among all public, private, and Catholic high schools in the country.
  • 4th Place, just 3 points from 3rd at the Nike National Championships in Portland, Oregon
  • 3rd Place Nike National Regional Qualifier behind Fayetteville Manlius (number 1 in the country) Section 3, and Saratoga Section 2.
  • NY State Class B Runner-up to Section 2 Private School Holy Names
  • 1st Place Section 6 Class B and overall Section 6 Champions
  • Girls set the Section 6 All-Time Team Time Record by running the fastest combined team time ever run on the Elma Meadows Course. They broke the old record by more than 1:30.
  • 1st Place ECIC Division and Overall Team Champions
  • Won five Invitationals (ran in seeded large school race and finished fourth in a sixth invitational)
    • Oakfield Alabama Invitational
    • West Seneca West Invitational
    • East Aurora Invitational
    • McQuaid Invitational Moved up to AA Seeded Race 4th
    • Knox Invitational
    • Alden Invitational
  • Undefeated Dual Meet Season
  • Scholar Athlete Team-Number One Scholastic Team in East Aurora Fall Season
  • Top 7 girls were ECIC All Stars and top 5 girls were All Western New York First Team or Second Team Runners of the Year.
  • Marta McLaughlin All Western New York 11th Grade Girl Runner of the year.
Fayetteville-Manlius Girls Cross Country Team, Manlius, NY
  • The girls team competition record:
  • 7th straight national team championship at NXN
  • 7th straight Nike regional qualifier team championship
  • 7th straight state team championship
  • Section 3 Team Championship
  • CNYCL American League Team Championship
  • Finished second in Reebok Manhattan HS Invitational / Girls Eastern States, scoring 90 points. (Places: 8, 9, 20, 24, 29, 30, 45; Total Time: 1:15:42.30, Average: 15:08.46)
    • The race was won by Tatnall of Delaware who scored 81 points (places: 1, 7, 10, 14, 49, 66, 103; Total Time: 1:14:53.90, Average: 14:58.78)

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