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Amherst Steele and Olmsted Falls Earn Weekly SWC Cross Country Award

Following meets on August 16th – August 21st the boys and girls cross country runners of the week for the Southwestern Conference were announced this afternoon. Below are this week’s honorees:

Female Cross Country Runner of the Week
Katie Clute (Jr)
Olmsted Falls
Junior Katie Clute finished in first place at the OHSAA Early Season Invitational Saturday at Fortress Obetz.  Clute crossed the finish line in 18:30.8, a full ten seconds before the next runner finished.

Other Notable Performances

Maddie Harrington (So), Avon
Harrington earned a 31st place finish at the OHSAA Early Season Invitational this weekend.  The sophomore finished the 5k race in 20:14.0.

Male Cross Country Runner of the Week
Rayan Zaidi (Jr)
Amherst Steele
Zaidi has risen to be Amherst Steele’s fifth man at the OHSAA Early Season Invitational.  The junior helped the Comets place 12th out of 43 teams with his time of 19:03.1.  His diligence this off-season has resulted in an over four minute improvement from his 2020 early season time.