Boys Cross Country

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

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.

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

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.

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.