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13-739: Kenah attended Immaculate Conception High School in Montclair, New Jersey . He graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in International Marketing in 1992. He is now married to fellow runner Cheri Goddard-Kenah and resides in Atlanta, GA. Since 2014, Kenah has served as the Executive Director at the Atlanta Track Club , the second largest running organization in the country. The organization hosts over 30 events per year, including

26-635: A significant realignment in New Jersey high school athletics saw the creation of several new leagues. The conferences that came together to form this league were: The league, which included more than one hundred schools, is the largest such league in the United States. In 2020, the NJSFC announced the forming of what they referred to as the Ivy Divisions. Two sets of teams play exclusively against each other in

39-561: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Immaculate Conception High School (Montclair, New Jersey) Immaculate Conception High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational college preparatory high school located in Montclair , in Essex County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The school operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark . The school has been accredited by

52-564: The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1957. Immaculate Conception High School was established in 1925 as a parish school under the guidance of its founder, Rev. Edward M. Farrel. The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth began their connection to the school with the appointment of Mother Mary Alexandrine as the school's first principal. Per its mission statement , Immaculate Conception High School "strives, within

65-512: The 2011 Meet of Champions, Mirabel Nkenke won a silver medal with a time of 56.21 in the 400 meter dash, setting a school record for the event. North Jersey Super Football Conference The North Jersey Super Football Conference is a football-only athletic league of high schools in New Jersey . The 115-team league was formed in 2016. The NJSFC consists of nearly all of the football playing members of four conferences that were formed after

78-477: The Ivy White and Ivy Red divisions, and both are composed of teams that have consistently had trouble either fielding a team or staying competitive. The teams are grouped together largely regardless of size, and each of the initial schools that compete in the divisions are required to commit to them for two years. Ivy Division schools are precluded from state playoff consideration. There are a total of six sections of

91-535: The Non-Public Group I title in 1998. The 1994 team finished the season 11–0 after winning the Non-Public B South title against four-time defending champion St. Joseph High School by s score of 20–6 in the tournament final. Dominique Booker won the 55 meter dash at the 2009 Meet of Champions with a time of 6.92 seconds, setting a meet record that was also the fastest time in the nation for the event that year. At

104-675: The United Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference , which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group C state championship in 1978, defeating Sacred Heart High School by a score of 53–51 in the tournament finals. The boys track team won the spring / outdoor track title in Non-Public B in 1980–1984, 1986–1988, 1998 and 2005. The program's 10 state titles are tied for eighth-most in

117-428: The context of family to develop the whole person: morally, intellectually, emotionally, and physically, recognizing the work and uniqueness of each individual". As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 246 students and 25 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1. The school's student body was 63.4% (156) Black, 32.5% (80) Hispanic and 4.1% (10) White. By 2014,

130-553: The school had debts of $ 900,000. That year NJ.com reported that the school "is fighting to stay open." Fundraisers that year generated about $ 500,000 helped to ensure the school's survival. The necessary money was generated in approximately one month. The Immaculate Conception High School Lions compete in the Super Essex Conference , which is comprised of public and private high schools in Essex County and operates under

143-466: The state. The 1983 softball team finished the season with a 16–10 record after winning the Non-Public group B state championship in 1983, with a 9–6 victory against runner-up Gloucester Catholic High School in the finals. The girls team won the NJSIAA spring / outdoor track state championship in Non-Public B in 1991. The football team won the Non-Public B South state sectional championship in 1994 and

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156-830: The supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to the 2010 realignment of the NJSIAA, the school had previously participated in the Colonial Hills Conference ; which included schools in Essex, Morris and Somerset counties in west Central Jersey . With 170 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public B for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 37 to 366 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools). The football team competes in

169-620: The world largest 10k, the AJC Peachtree Road Race. Kenah has helped to grow the Atlanta Track Club Elite Team , a professional running group coached by ex-professional runners Andrew and Amy Begley. Kenah was formerly the marketing director at Global Athletics & Marketing , a boutique sports marketing firm managing top Olympic stars including Tirunesh Dibaba , Meseret Defar and Nick Willis . This biographical article about an American middle distance runner

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