OCHS Teams of the 90's
Rich Vinnacombe top Raider runner of the 90s!
By TOM WILLIAMS
Gazette Staff Writer
The 1990s featured eight straight winning seasons for the Ocean City
High School boys cross country team along with six Cape May County
titles and a Cape-Atlantic League division championship.
The best of the decade happened in the first five years, though the
1990s ended with a team that was loaded with young, promising runners.
The Raiders, coached by Bill Moreland throughout the decade, won five
straight county titles to start the 90s, including a 10-1 team in 1991
that won the American II championship.
Rich Vinnacombe, the top OCHS runner of the 1990s, was the only Raider
to earn first team honors on the American Conference all stars during
the decade. He went on to run as a walk-on at Bucknell University and
eventually earn his MBA at Georgetown.
Also earning mention as the best of the 1990s are Zac Case, a
three-time second team selection and the leading runner on the 1991
champions; Colin Ludgate, Dan Martenz and Don Martenz, all selected
twice to the CAL second team; and two others who earned second team
nods once - Dave Bouchard and Geoff Dull.
OCHS Boys Cross Country in the 90s
Year....Record....Coach..............Leading Runner
1990....5-4......Bill Moreland....Rich Vinnacombe
1991....10-1.....Bill Moreland....Zac Case
1992....8-4......Bill Moreland....Dave Bouchard
1993....7-4......Bill Moreland....Don Martenz
1994....7-4......Bill Moreland....Dan Martenz
1995....6-5......Bill Moreland....Dan Martenz
1996....6-5......Bill Moreland....Geoff Dull
1997....5-5......Bill Moreland....Colin Ludgate
1998....1-9......Bill Moreland....Colin Ludgate
1999....5-6......Bill Moreland....John Richardson
The All-90s Raider Boys CC Team
Dave Bouchard
Zac Case
Geoff Dull
Colin Ludgate
Dan Martenz
Don Martenz
Rich Vinnacombe