East Meadow, NY…The College of New Jersey’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams continued action on Saturday the 2007 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The three-day event will wrap on Sunday night. After two days of competition, TCNJ’s men’s team stands in second place in the 17-team competition. New York University holds the lead with 245 points, while TCNJ is in second with 240 points.
In the men’s 800 freestyle relay the Lions won the race and broke the meet record of 7:00.82 set in 2004 as junior Mike Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East), senior Liam Gallagher (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan), freshman Tom Medvecky (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway), and junior Mike Heaney (Voorhees, NJ/Bishop Eustace). The Lions’ foursome won the race with a time of 7:00.55
Medvecky also picked up a second place finish in the 200 butterfly with an NCAA provisional time of 1:53.36. Taking fourth in the event from TCNJ was senior Josh Forsman (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) with his time of 1:57.31.
Gallagher won the 200 backstroke in 1:56.47, while Heaney took third in 1:57.81 and senior Kevin Oliver (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) took fourth in 1:57.81.
Junior Thomas Nawrot (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) added a second place finish in the 100 freestyle in 47.29, while junior Ted Yoa (Ocean City, NJ/St., Augustine) took third in the 200 breaststroke in 2:12.57 and sophomore Myles O’Connor (Santa Monica, CA) was next in 2:12.98 to take fourth.
In the three meter diving event, junior Greg Lloyd (Ringoes, NJ/Hunterdon Central) took second in the three meter diving with his performance of 467.45.
TCNJ’s women’s team is in fourth place in the team race in the 15-team field. New York University stands a top the team standings with 192 points, while Gettysburg is in second with 170.5 and TCNJ has amassed 117 points in the meet.
Senior Ava Kiss (North Brunswick, NJ/Stuart Country Day) picked up third in the 100 freestyle in 54.42, while senior Christine Marino (Scotch Plains, NJ/St. Mary’s Academy) placed seventh in 2:15.85 in the 200 backstroke.
In the 200 breaststroke, freshman Katie Morgan (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) placed seventh in the race in 2:31.66.
In the 800 freestyle relay, the Lions picked up fourth in 8:05.17 behind the efforts of senior Stefanie Rashti (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West), senior Kristin Udicious (Cherry Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), Kiss and freshman Margaret Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East).
In the one meter diving event, TCNJ’s rookie Amanda Obst (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May Regional) finished in ninth with her score of 316.65, while sophomore Jessica Lynch (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) picked up 19th with her score of 230.85.

 

 

At approximately 2:15 PM today, Saturday, December 1, 2007, Brooklawn Fire/EMS and Police responded to the scene of a two vehicle automobile accident at the corner of U.S. Route 130 and Nansen Avenue.

 

Upon arrival emergency personnel found one person was trapped inside a vehicle. In order to free the victim from the vehicle an emergency call was sent out to the Mount Ephraim Fire Department\’s special unit who responded to the scene within minutes.

 

A representative for the Emergency personnel on the scene said three people were transported to the hospital in ambulances from Gloucester City, Mount Ephraim and Bellmawr.

Driving the SUV was Tom MacAdams, of Brooklawn. Tom was taken to the hospital and released. He is at home recuperating.

 

Brooklawn police are investigating the cause of the accident.

 

 
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Washington, DC… The College of New Jersey women’s basketball team rolled to its third straight win as the Lions had five players reach double figures in a 78-49 victory at Catholic University on Saturday.

The victory boosted TCNJ’s record to 5-1 on the young season, while the loss was the first of the year for the Cardinals (3-1).

The game was close early before the Lions made a huge run scoring the final 14 points of the opening half to gain control of the game. TCNJ held the hosts off of the scoreboard for the final 9:05 in the opening frame taking a 35-17 lead into the break.

Senior Sara Best (High Bridge, NJ/Voorhees) led the balanced offense for the Lions with 14 points with Alyssa Michella (Washington Twp., Immaculate Heart Academy) was next with 13 and freshman Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) added 12. Adding to TCNJ’s season-high scoring output were Alexandra Gregorek (Mahwah, NJ/Academy of Holy Angels) with 11 and Lisa Koch (Oak Ridge, NJ/Jefferson Twp.) with 10.

A big key for the Lions was their success in shooting the ball from behind the 3-point arc as they connected on 7-of-14 shots from long range. Michella, Koch and Nicole Diaz (Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.) each made a pair of three-pointers.

The Lions return home on Thursday, December 6 to host Mount Saint Mary College in a 7 p.m. start.

York, PA… Junior Greg Osgoodby (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick) won the 174-pound weight class as The College of New Jersey wrestling team competed at the annual Spartan Invitational hosted by York (PA) College on Saturday.

Osgoodby won all four of his matches in convincing fashion, including a 12-2 victory over sixth-ranked Brandon MacWhinnie from Stevens Institute of Technology in the finals. The Lion opened the tournament with a pin and then a technical fall victory before scoring a major decision in the semis. The four wins on the day put Osgoodby at 13-3 on the season.

Junior Al Wonesh (Columbus, NJ/North Burlington) also advanced to the finals at 165 pounds, but dropped the title bout 6-2 to Randy Moore from Gloucester County College. Wonesh finished the tournament with a record of 3-1.

TCNJ had a strong performance in the upper weight classes as junior Shawn Vanwingerden (Wantage, NJ/High Point) was third at 197 and senior Steve Carbone (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) finished in that same spot at heavyweight.

Sophomore Joe Bozzomo (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) was third at 184 pounds as the Lions had wrestlers place in the top four in each of the final five weight class.

The success didn’t stop there as returning All-American Tyler Branham (Newton, NJ/Kittantinny) was fourth at 149 pounds and freshman Dan Hughes (Delran, NJ/Delran) was fourth at 125.

Next up for the eighth-ranked Lions will be a dual meet on Tuesday, December 4 at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Men’s College Basketball

LAWRENCEVILLE—Junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, Pa./Cheltenham) scored 23 points, including eight foul shots in the final minute, to lead Rider to victory over Binghamton Saturday afternoon. \”I knew we had to hold the lead and to hold them off,\” Mansell said. \”They were making a run but it is a killer when you are trying to make a run and the team with the lead makes its foul shots. I just concentrated and knocked them down.\”

Mansell made all 10 of his foul shots in the game. The rest of the Broncs were just 12 of 23 from the foul line Saturday. \”Foul shooting has been a bit of an Achilles heel for us,\” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey. \”We have good foul shooters but some of them are not making their foul shots right now. The percentages will swing back into our favor.\”

Senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) compiled 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Broncs (5-3), who remain undefeated at home (4-0) this season. The ‘double-double’ for Thompson was his fifth of the season and 34^th of his career. 

Holding a 42-38 lead, Rider out-scored Binghamton 15-2, seven points by Thompson and six by junior Lamar Johnson (Scranton, Pa./Scranton), to take a 57-40 lead with 9:00 left to play.

With 6:14 remaining, Bearcat Richard Forbes was called for an intentional foul on Thompson. Thompson’s response resulted in a flagrant technical foul and was ejected from the game. \”I caught an elbow and it felt like an attack,\” Thompson remembered, \”so I was just trying to protect myself, to stop the attack. I wasn’t trying to retaliate, just stop the attack on me.\”

\”I feel fortunate to get out of here with a win after things got a bit chaotic, to say the least,\” Dempsey said. \”We found a way to rally ourselves, get to the free throw line and knock down some big free throws.\”

\”We all knew Binghamton was going to come out with a lot of fire once Jason was gone,\” Mansell said. \”We had the game pretty much in hand (64-49) at that time.\”

Johnson made a three-point field goal with 3:17 left to give Rider a 69-58 lead, stopping an 8-0 Bearcat run, and finished with 11 points.

Rider freshman Mike Ringgold (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) compiled 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Ringgold scored six of Rider’s first eight points of the game and had 10 points at halftime. \”I’m just an energy guy, out there to rebound and play defense, trying to get everybody going,\” said Ringgold, who compiled his first collegiate ‘double-double’. \”Play my role and do my job, do the little things.\”

\”I have Mike in the starting line up for a reason,\” said Dempsey. \”I’m not trying to ease him into anything. I have a lot of confidence in him. He’s a great athlete and his role will expand as his career goes on.\”

Holding a 29-28 lead, Rider out-scored Binghamton 6-0 over the final 3:20 of the first half, four points by Thompson, to take a 35-28 lead at the half. Rider went on a 12-6 run, four points by Thompson, to take a 20-19 lead with 7:20 left in the first half.

Mansell made back-to-back field goals to give Rider a 27-24 lead with 5:50 left in the first half. That was the seventh lead change and Rider never trailed again.

The loss was the fifth straight for Binghamton (1-6). The Bearcats were led by senior guard Richard Forbes, who had 10 points in the first half and finished with a team-high 23. Lazar Trifunovic of Serbia compiled 14 points and eight rebounds.

\”I have to take my hat off to Coach Dempsey and his team,\” said Binghamton head coach Kevin Broadus, the former assistant at Georgetown. \”Rider played well as a team and Tommy has done a great job here.\”

Rider travels to Western New York to begin Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play at Niagara Thursday and Canisius Saturday evenings.

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On November 30, 2007. Age 62. Of Gloucester City. Loving friend of Pamela King-Yee of Florida and Clifford Stark of Gloucester City.

At the request of Edward, the Cremation and Services are private. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Edward E. Solly.

Funeral Arrangements through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142

 

 

Suddenly, On November 17, 2007. Age 51. Of Lindenwold. Formerly of W. Deptford and Gloucester Heights. Husband of the late Janice Markovic (nee Bartie). Beloved father of Heather Markovic (Bobby) and Josh Markovic (Jill). Loving Son of Esther Markovic (nee Hagan) of Gloucester Heights and Joseph P. Markovic of Florida. Devoted brother of Debbie Hartigan (Allan) and Beth Ann Markovic. Cherished grandfather of Tyler, Jackson and Zoe. Dear Nephew of Reid and John Hagan. Loving uncle to Wade, Khara and Tristan Jacobson.

Joseph proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Tuesday morning from 10:30 am to 11:30 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Services at 11:30 am in the funeral home. Interment with Military Honors in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ. There will be no evening viewing. Family requests, in lieu of flowers, that memorial donations in Joseph Markovic\’s memory be made to Disabled American Veterans. Your contribution payable to DAV may be sent to: Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301 or https://www.dav.org/google/DonorInfo.aspx .

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Joseph Michael Markovic. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City, NJ.