FALL 2022
Members of the Cross Country team at the CHSAA Catholic State Championships in Van Cortlandt Park .
SPORTS ROUNDUP
A return of home games back to campus made for a busy and successful fall season at the Prep . Read more about the highlights of our four fall sports teams .
Members of the Fordham Prep Varsity Soccer team .
Cross Country
At the Manhattan Invitation in early October , Sean Reidy ’ 23 became the 100th Fordham Prep athlete to break the elite 14-minute barrier over the famed 2.5-mile course , a team achievement spanning 75 years . The Freshman team claimed first place in their race , led by individual winner Paxton Reyes , marking the first time a Prep team has ever won a Freshman race at the Manhattan College meet .
The Varsity Cross-Country team took third place out of 19 teams in the CHSAA Championship Meet . Sean Reidy ’ 23 , Jack Gallagher ’ 23 , Lucas Chrostowski ’ 23 , Gabe Kramer-Griffith ’ 25 , David Rosado ’ 24 , Adam Benson ’ 25 and Ryan Noll ’ 23 defied expectations and took the bronze , which was also good for second in the Archdiocese . The JV team , led by Andrew Whealan ’ 23 , Robel Wondwosen ’ 23 and William Marx ’ 23 , and the Freshmen team led by Paxton Reyes ’ 26 , Charlie Zast ’ 26 and
Enrique Gans ’ 26 both took silver plaques in their respective championships . Individual winner Cian O ’ Driscoll ’ 26 paced the Freshman B squad to first place .
The Freshman team later ended their season with a third-place finish at New York State Freshman Catholic Championships . Paxton Reyes and Enrique Gand earned All-Star Freshman status , and Shoni McNally , Charlie Zast , Chris Bustamonte , Amir Thalappillil and Cian O ’ Driscoll rounded out our State Bronze Medalists . The Freshman B team also took third thanks to Finn Evans , Tom Spellman , Manny Montilla , Alex Longridge , Colin Howley , Michael Romita and Alex Mendoza . All-State Sophomores Gabe Kramer- Griffith and Adam Benson led their classmates to a fifth place finish aided by Christian Quiambao , Charlie Moran , William Dillon , Andrew Mayer and Brandon DeMelo .
Soccer
The Varsity Soccer team cruised to another Archdiocesan title with an overall record of 13-3 . They defeated Regis 4-1 in the Quarter-final round of the playoffs , but lost 3-1 to Monsignor Farrell in the Semi-final game at St . John ’ s University . Tiernan McLaughlin , Alberto Molina , Leo Pelizzari-Astle , Gabe Smith , Jorge Gonzales and Will Casson were selected to the NY City CHSAA “ AA ” division All-League First Team . JV Soccer finished the season with an overall record of 9-1-6 before losing 3-1 to Xaverian in the Quarter-final round of the playoffs . Notable individual highlights of the season include hat tricks by Jorge Gonzales ’ 24 against Monsignor McClancy and Gabe Smith ’ 24 against St . Francis Prep on the Varsity level , as well as Giovanni Capellini Bozzo ’ 25 against Stepinac on the JV level .
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