 Marty Miller, Head Coach
History Department (30 years coaching XC at Blair)
Email: millem@blair.edu
Phone: 908-362-8828
Colin McCullough, Assistant Coach
Email: mkcculc@blair.edu
Congratulations Evan Redos ’12 for being named to the All MAPL and All NJ Prep teams for 2011!
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 Boys’ Cross Country Wins State Prep Title!
The boys’ cross country team continued its sensational season by winning the New Jersey State Prep Cross Country Championships on November 3. In a highly competitive race, three teams – St Benedict’s, Seton Hall Prep and Blair – appeared to be running neck-and-neck throughout the various loops of the Blair golf course. more... |
Allamuchy runner Scott Chamberlin
hits his stride at Blair Academy
 Scott
Chamberlin enjoyed a typical sporting childhood while
growing up in Allamuchy Township.
He played all the usual sports,
starting with tee-ball and then baseball, recreation
basketball and soccer.
“But it wasn’t until
eighth grade that he found his gift and passion,” said
his mother, Suzanne Chamberlin. “That’s
when his eyes opened to the joys of running.”
Chamberlin started running when
he was in eighth grade.
“Actually, I wasn’t
interested in soccer anymore and I wanted to do something
to stay in shape for basketball,” said Chamberlin. “I
took up cross country in the fall and won my first
race. I was pretty excited about running after that.”
After eighth grade, Chamberlin
enrolled at Blair Academy in Blairstown. Click
to read more.
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The cross country running experience
at Blair is for athletes of all levels of ability, experience
and commitment. Our goal is to assist students to achieve
their potential in this sport, wherever their starting
point may be. The accent on good sportsmanship and the
inclusion of all runners in most events is also part
and parcel of our philosophy of sport.
This small corner of Warren County,
NJ is a dream for long distance runners. Our standard
5K cross country course covers the flats and hills of
the Blair golf course, a wonderful setting for cross
country meets. It is decidedly “viewer friendly” as
it winds through various loops and starts and finishes
through the goal posts of the football field. This happens
to be annual venue for the NJ State Prep cross country
meet. A fair portion of our training is on the dirt and
cinder of the picturesque Paulinskill River Rails to
Trails, some 26 miles in length. It’s just a stone’s
throw from campus. Add the endless rural roads in our
vicinity, and it is safe to say that Blair runners have
a unique opportunity to run in an aesthetically beautiful
training environment that is easy on the legs.
The cross country season runs from
early September to mid-November. A preseason training
period of some four days helps prepare runners for the
season and allows newcomers to integrate into the Blair
community with relative ease.
Prior to this year, Blair's cross
country team completed a number of memorable seasons,
featuring four State Prep championships, six MAPL (Mid-Atlantic
Prep League...Lawrenceville, Hun, Peddie, Hill, Mercersburg,
Blair) championships in the last decade, and team victories
at the prestigious Canterbury Invitational (CT) and the
Shore Invitational (NJ), defeating over 30 public and
private schools. We've had a winning dual meet record
for decades and, perhaps just as important, we've had
a vibrant junior varsity program featuring some 40 athletes
this year.
This was a banner season, indeed. The 2010 boys swept the State Prep and Mid Atlantic Prep Meets and were undefeated in dual meets. Also, the team garnered first place at the Newark Invitational, Shore Coaches Invitational, the Gill St . Bernard Invitational, and was third at the Canterbury Invitational in Connecticut .Furthermore "junior varsity" boys (runners 8 through 14) were undefeated in dual meets. |
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