By Jordan Lauterbach (newsday)
photo by Richard T. Slattery

Payamps spent most of the year at the top of the speed rankings on tullyrunners.com. Payamps won the CHSAA Intersectional Championship in 12 minutes, 49.74 seconds (4K) and the CHSAA League title in 16:55.45 (5K). Payamps ran a 15:49.79 at the Ocean State Invitational in September, the second fastest individual time on Long Island this season.

2018 SEASON
The 2018 Boys' XC Team won the NSCHSAA Championship led by individual winner senior Matthew Payamps and runner-up senior Brendan Dearie.  The same two boys also had a 1-2 finish at the CHSAA State Championships, leading the team to a hard fought 3rd place finish. By virtue of their outstanding individual accomplishments, Payamps and Dearie also received All State honors. The varsity squad will graduate 12 seniors this year. 

2018 Team MVP Senior Matthew Payamps
2018 Team Scholar Senior John Connolly

COACH:
Coach Tim Dearie is a St. Anthony’s Alum from the Class of ‘79 and has been coaching since 1984.  Coach Dearie just finished his 102nd season as a Cross Country and Track and Field coach. 63 of them were at St. Anthony’s.  Coach Dearie’s St. Anthony’s varsity teams have won 43 League Championships and 21 State Catholic Intersection titles. He is also the winningest coach at the State Federation XC Championships with five team titles.  He has coached countless individual and relay state champions and has helped develop more than fifty All Americans. Coach is also very proud that over thirty of his former athletes have gone on to become track and/or cross country coaches.

Dr. Robert Zayas @RobertZayasNY

Attention! NYS Federation Cross Country Championships have been canceled. ?@NYSPHSAA?

Welcome to the 2018 Cross Country Season

This will be our practice schedule till school starts

-All preseason practices are at Sunken Meadow unless otherwise noted:
*Aug 20-23 @ 5:30pm @ the starting line for XC.
*Aug 24 @ 8am @ the starting line.
*Aug 25 @ 7am @ the starting line.
Aug 26 On your own.
*Aug 27-30 @ 5:30pm @ the starting line.
*Aug 31 @ 8 am @ starting line
Sept 1, 2, 3 On your own
*Sept 4 @ 5:30 @ the starting line.

***Sept 5 @ school 12:30 pm
***Sept 6 @ school 1:00 pm
***Sept 7 @ 3pm at school.

Go Friars!