2002-06-06 / Sports

Sport Shorts


TIM MORRIS Shore Regional’s Marc Altenau runs to a second-place finish in the Group I 3,200 race at Egg Harbor Township.TIM MORRIS Shore Regional’s Marc Altenau runs to a second-place finish in the Group I 3,200 race at Egg Harbor Township.

Campers serious about sports will have a chance to learn for top level athletes and coaches this summer, when Seashore Day Camp introduces its new sports camps. Guest coaches include Sean Devaney, head basketball coach of Ocean Township High School; Jacelyn Peterson, former assistant girls softball coach at Monmouth University; Dennis Van Pelt, former player for the Cailfornia Angels; and Phil Villapiano, who played for the Oakland Raiders for 10 years. Since instruction will be intensive, space is limited and reservations are being taken on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call (732) 222-6464.

Marc Wallace of Little Silver, formerly of Red Bank Regional High School, won the men’s hammer throw at the Big East Track and Field Championships, held at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, on May 4 and 5. The Rutgers University, New Brunswick, senior threw a winning toss of 194-9 to break his school’s record in the event.

Wallace also won the bronze medal in the hammer throw at the May 27 Penn Relays in Philadelphia with a toss of 185-1, which broke the 13-year-old school record.

In addition, Wallace beat a 9-year-old school record in the 35-pound weight toss with a distance of 59-11 at the IC4A Championships at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., on March 23.

Red Bank Catholic High School will be holding the following summer sports camps: the Green and Gold Basketball Camp, running six weeks from June 24 through Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday-Friday ($140 per week); the Green and Gold Soccer Camp, one week starting July 29, from 6 to 8:15 p.m. ($120); lacrosse camp, one week starting July 22, from 9 a.m. to noon ($120); field hockey, one week starting Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to noon ($120). For more information and applications, call RBC’s Athletic Office at (732) 747-1211 or e-mail rbcsports@hotmail.com with your name and address to be sent an application.


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