The Southwestern Conference announced the 2021 cross country individual award winners and All-Southwestern Conference teams, as selected by the Championship Meet results and conference coaches. Katie Clute of Olmsted Falls and Amherst Steele’s Luke Bowlsby were named the Most Valuable Runners. Justin Carroll of Avon and Rob Juergens of Avon Lake were named this year’s Coaches of the Year.
2021 Girls Cross Country All-Southwestern Conference Honors
Most Valuable Runner
Katie Clute – Olmsted Falls
Coach of the Year
Justin Carroll – Avon
First Team All-Southwestern Conference
Katie Clute (1st) – Olmsted Falls
Lillie Katsaras (2nd)– Olmsted Falls
Maddie Harrington (3rd) – Avon
Marisa Del Valle (4th) – Amherst Steele
Liz White (5th) – Avon
Carolina Reed (6th) – Avon
Brooke Bechtel (7th) – Berea-Midpark
Kylie Bennington (8th) – Avon Lake
Second Team All-Southwestern Conference
Catherine Turner (9th) – Amherst Steele
Aurora Wilson (10th) – Amherst Steele
Kate Leininger (11th) – Avon Lake
Sarah Pomfrey (12th) – Avon
Audrey Sanzone (13th) – Midview
Leah Gerke (14th) – Amherst Steele
Anika Singh (15th) – Avon
Madelyn Palcic (16th) – North Ridgeville
Honorable Mention All-Southwestern Conference
Amherst Steele
Katherine Low, Angelina Williams
Avon
Savannah Reed, Jane Rini
Avon Lake
Sophia Elios, Termeh Shahmir
Berea-Midpark
Emma Garr, Alexis Verdell
Elyria
Edie Manuel, Lily Parker
Midview
Grace Henely, Lydia Henely
North Ridgeville
Carmella Ali, Kylie Cope
Olmsted Falls
Sam Backus, Rachel Delap
2021 Boys Cross Country All-Southwestern Conference Honors
Most Valuable Runner
Luke Bowlsby – Amherst Steele
Coach of the Year
Rob Juergens – Avon Lake
First Team All-Southwestern Conference
Luke Bowlsby (1st) – Amherst Steele
Ty Perez (2nd) – Amherst Steele
Thomas Coble (3rd) – Berea-Midpark
Matt Henry (4th) – Avon Lake
Adam Dixon (5th) – Avon Lake
Matthew Bowman (6th) – North Ridgeville
Jacob Robinson (7th) – Midview
Mitchell Jackson (8th) – Elyria
Second Team All-Southwestern Conference
Henry Isaacs (9th) – Amherst Steele
Zach Winter (10th) – Avon
Lucas Edgell (11th) – Midview
Paul Osborn (12th) – Avon Lake
Gustavo Imbacuan (13th) – North Ridgeville
Braden Schnabel (14th) – Avon Lake
Ian Taylor (15th) – Berea-Midpark
Cooper Tanski (16th) – Avon
Honorable Mention All-Southwestern Conference
Amherst Steele
Nicholas Glahn, Sebastian Pecora
Avon
Franco Gallo, Evan Haemmerle
Avon Lake
Matthew Kuban, Colin Plunkett
Berea-Midpark
Dylan Doran, Noah Hopkins
Elyria
Chase Jackson, Michael Taylor
Midview
Zachary Janus, Dylan Robinson
North Ridgeville
Alejandro Davila, Lukas Wuorinen
Olmsted Falls
Jimmy Bement, Christian O’Kelley
