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2022 All-Southwestern Conference Boys Cross Country Honors

Amherst Steele High School junior Ty Perez was named the 2022 Southwestern Conference Most Valuable Boys Cross Country Runner following the conclusion of the SWC Boys Cross Country season.

Amherst Steele High School Head Coach Rob Glatz was selected 2022 SWC Coach of the Year.

The top eight runners at the SWC Championship earned first team honors while the next eight finishers garnered second team recognition. Each school also gets two honorable mention.

2022 SWC MVP
Ty Perez, Amherst Steele

2022 SWC Coach of the Year
Rob Glatz, Amherst Steele

2022 All-SWC First Team
Ty Perez, Amherst Steele
Luke Bowlsby, Amherst Steele
Liam Noss, Avon Lake
Jared Robinson, Midview
Lucas Edgell, Midview
Bradan Schnabel, Avon Lake
Zachary Janus, Midview
Franco Gallo, Avon

2022 All-SWC Second Team
Samuel Weiler, Avon
Colin Plunkett, Avon Lake
Dylan Doran, Berea-Midpark
Gustavo Imbacuan, North Ridgeville
Dylan Robinson, Midview
Henry Isaacs, Amherst Steele
Sam Arnold, Avon
Chase Jackson, Elyria

2022 All-SWC Honorable Mention
Asa Nicely, Amherst Steele
Ben Susi, Amherst Steele
Logan Bittle, Avon
Josh Pomfrey, Avon
Hayden Hodge, Avon Lake
Owen Sears, Avon Lake
Ty Roden, Berea-Midpark
Logan Zembek, Berea-Midpark
Gavin Smith, Elyria
Michael Taylor, Elyria
Brayden Newton, Midview
Cole Winslow, Midview
Jackson Gift, North Ridgeville
Samuel Janning, North Ridgeville
Michael Delap, Olmsted Falls
Lucas Poole, Olmsted Falls

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Amherst Steele’s Perez Named SWC Boys Runner of the Week

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The Southwestern Conference released its Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Week for October 10-15 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Ty Perez
Amherst Steele
Junior
Ty won the 2022 Southwestern Conference Championship with a time of 16:32.4 on Saturday. Perez, who also won the title as a freshmen and finished second as a sophomore, is the 12th boy to win two SWC titles since 1966.

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Avon Sweeps 2022 SWC Middle School Cross Country Championships

Lindsay Magyar

ELYRIA, Ohio – Avon Middle School boys and girls swept the 2022 Southwestern Conference Middle School Cross Country Championship Saturday (October 15) on the campus of Lorain County Community College. [Complete Results]

The Eagle boys had five of the top seven finishers, including individual champion Walter Blouch (11:06.20), en route to the title with 23 points. Mateo Muratore (11:46.79), Vincent Palumbo (11:55.80), Nicholas Thompson (11:58.74) and Grady Kramer (12:04.19) placed fourth through seventh, respectively.

Amherst Junior High School’s Zane Rhoads (11:27.59) and Jaxon Perez (11:34.07) finished the two-mile race in second and third place, respectively.

The Avon girls top five runners all finished among the best 13 runners. Ava Mellot (12:46.75) ended the morning runner-up, while Reegan Kacenjar (13:33.16) was fourth, Eva Cseh (13:34.14) placed fifth, Paige Millet (13:39.57) finished seventh and Shaye Gorski (13:58.96) took seventh to give the Eagles 31 points.

The individual girls champion was Midview Middle School’s Lindsay Magyar, who finished tw0-mile race in 12:42.47.

MS Boys Team Results
1. Avon – 23
2. Learwood – 55
3. Amherst – 56
4. Olmsted Falls – 105
5. Midview – 177
6. North Ridgeville – 163
7. Westwood – 194
8. Berea-Midpark – 223

MS Girls Team Results
1. Avon – 31
2. Learwood – 61
3. Olmsted Falls – 98
4. Amherst – 111
5. Midview – 134
6. Berea-Midpark – 152
7. North Ridgeville – 180
8. Westwood – NTS

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Midview’s Robinson Named SWC Boys Runner of the Week

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The Southwestern Conference released its Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Week for September 19-24 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Jared Robinson
Midview
Junior
Robinson finished runner-up with a time of 17:03.56 to help the Middies finish second overall at the Patriot Invitational, hosted by Valley Forge.

Other Notable Performances

Henry Isaacs (Junior), Amherst Steele
Isaacs ran a 20-second season-best time of 17:32 to earn 75th place out of 281 runners and help the Comets place 15th in the Strongsville Invitational.

Chase Jackson (Junior), Elyria
Jackson led the Pioneers with an 11th place finish (17:51.61) at the Patriot Invitational. He has dropped his personal record by over 30 seconds this season.

Gustavo Imbacuan (Senior), North Ridgeville
Imbacuan had his best race of the season as he took seventh at the Patriot Invitational on Saturday in 17:46.04.

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Amherst’s Bowlsby and Olmsted Falls’ Clute named SWC Runners of the Week

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The Southwestern Conference released its Boys and Girls Runner of the Week for September 5-10 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Boys Cross Country Runner of the Week
Luke Bowlsby
Amherst Steele
Junior

Luke ran at the Wooster Invitational last Saturday and placed 39th out of 229 runners. His time was 16:52.1. He helped the Comets to earn 13th place at the meet.

Girls Cross Country Runner of the Week
Katie Clute
Olmsted Falls
Senior
Katie won the Seneca East Stars Stripes and Lights Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. She broke the course record, her school record, and is ranked number one in Ohio. Katie ran 17:02.68 closing in on sub 17:00.

 

 

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Avon’s Reed named SWC Girls Runner of the Week

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The Southwestern Conference released its Boys and Girls Runner of the Week for August 29 to September 3 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Runner of the Week
Caroline Reed
Avon
Sophomore
Carolina finished 18th out of 188 runners at the Mentor Cardinal Classic, helping her team place third among the 23 teams. The Sophomore finished with a time of 20:04.18

Boys Cross Country Runner of the Week
No Nominees

 

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Midview’s Robinson and Avon’s Reese named SWC Runners of the Week

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The Southwestern Conference released its Boys and Girls Runner of the Week for August 22-26 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Boys Cross Country Runner of the Week
Jared Robinson
Midview
Junior
Robinson began the week with a runner-up finish after crossing the line in a career-best 16:35 at the Keystone Icebreaker on Monday, where the Middies finished second place overall. He followed that performance up with a fifth-place finish (16:43) at Kenston’s Frank Gibas Invitational on Saturday. Midview took seventh at that event.

Other Notable Performances

Ty Perez (Senior), Amherst Steele
Perez led the Steele Boys Cross Country Team to a seventh place finish out of 26 teams at the GlenOak Invitational on Saturday. He crossed the line in 16:44, which placed him eighth out of 223 runners.

Girls Cross Country Runner of the Week
Kaitlyn Reese
Avon
Freshmen
Reese placed third out of 193 runners at the Riverside Kickoff Classic NIGHT Invitational, leading her team to the overall championship. She set a new school record (18:24.68) and is currently the top freshmen in Ohio (sixth in the nation) according to the most recent MileSplit rankings.

Other Notable Performances

Katie Clute (Senior), Olmsted Falls
Clute won the Solon Comet Run Invitational with a new meet record time of 18:10.5.

Aurora Wilson (Senior), Amherst Steele
Wilson ran 19:57 to finish 23rd at the Riverside Classic NIGHT Invitational.

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2021 Cross Country All-Southwestern Conference Honors

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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

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Amherst Steele and Midview Earn Weekly SWC Cross Country Award

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Following meets on October 18th – October 24th 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
Audrey Sanzone (Sr)
Midview
Midview’s Sanzone qualified for next week’s Regional Championship meet with a 30th place finish at the OHSAA District Cross Country Championship at Lorain County Community College.  The senior crossed the finish line in 20:35.

Male Cross Country Runner of the Week
Ty Perez (So)
Amherst Steele
Perez placed 10th out of 177 runners with a time of 16:42.2 at the OHSAA District Cross Country Championships at Lorain County Community College on Saturday.  He and fellow sophomore teammate Luke Bowlsby (5th place 16:33.1) qualified for the Regional Championships next week at Boardman High School.

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Amherst Steele and Olmsted Falls Earn Weekly SWC Cross Country Award

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Following meets on October 11th – October 17th 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
For the third year in a row, Katie Clute has been crowned the Individual Champion at the Southwestern Conference Championship Meet.  Clute covered the 5k course in 19:31.68.

Male Cross Country Runner of the Week
Luke Bowlsby (So)
Amherst Steele

Crowned the 2021 SWC Individual Champion this weekend, Bowlsby won the 5k race of 56 runners with a time of 16:58.94.

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