Girls Cross Country

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for October 6-11 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Kaitlyn Reese
Avon
Senior

Kaitlyn captured the SWC individual title for the second straight year on Saturday at LCCC. Reese, who finished runner-up as a freshman and sophomore, covered the 5,000-meter course in meet record 17:59.72.

Other Notable Performances:

Ana Buhrer (Sr.), Berea-Midpark
Finished 12th with a time of 20:45.42 at the SWC Championship

ELYRIA, Ohio – Avon High School captured the 2025 Southwestern Conference Girls Cross Country Championship Saturday (October 11) on the campus of Lorain County Community College. It is the Eagles’ fifth straight league title, which is the most consecutive wins since Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School won eight straight from 2005-2012. [Complete Results]

Avon senior Kaitlyn Reese captured the SWC individual title for the second straight year. She covered the 5,000-meter course in 17:59.72. Reese finished runner-up her first two seasons.

Five of Reese’s teammates finished in the top 10 to help the Eagles compile a league-best 21 team points. Junior Ava Melott (19:56.57) placed third for the third year in a row, while senior Jessica Pendleton (19:57.73) was fourth, senior Olivia Pajak (20:01.06) was fifth, senior Julianna Stein (20:19.51) and sophomore Molly Suter (20:28.73) placed ninth.

Olmsted Falls High School, which was paced by junior runner-up Abby Thompson (19:53.38), finished runner-up as a team with 68 points, while Amherst Steele High School took third with 71 points.

Team Results
1. Avon – 21
2. Olmsted Falls – 68
3. Amherst Steele – 71
4. Avon Lake – 126
5. Berea-Midpark – 129
6. Midview – 160
7. Elyria – 172
8. North Ridgeville – 211

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for September 29 – October 4 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Ana Buehrer
Berea-Midpark
Senior

Ana ran a 19:43 and captured 13th place at the Legends Cross Country Meet.

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for September 15-20 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Ana Buehrer
Berea-Midpark
Senior

Ana won the Patriot Invitational on Saturday. It was her third first-place finish of the season.

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for September 1-6 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Lila Woskobunik
Amherst Steele
Freshman

Lila dropped over 30 seconds off her personal best with a 19:51.28 and posted a 41st place performance in the DII race at the Wooster Invitational.

Other Notable Performances:

Ana Buehrer (Sr.), Berea-Midpark
Dominated the Buckeye invitational with a 19:29 to win by more than 30 seconds.

Molly Ockuly (So.), Midview
Molly ran a personal-record 20:55 to capture 8th place at the Buckeye Invitational.

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for August 25-30 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Ana Buehrer
Berea-Midpark
Senior

Ana captured 10th place at the Mentor Cardinal Classic with a personal record time of 19:26.

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for August 18-24 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Ana Buehrer
Berea-Midpark
Senior

Ana won the Berea-Midpark Invitational with a 5K time of 19:45 and helped her squad finished runner-up overall.

Other Notable Performances:

Lola Schaaf (Fr.), Amherst
Finished sixth and broke 20 minutes in her first high school meet to lead Amherst to a third place finish at the Eastwood Night Invitational

Jessica Pendleton (Sr.), Avon
Finished 35th out of 288 runners at the HOKA Kickoff Classic XC Showcase where her team placed runner-up in the 36-team event.

Avon High School junior Kaitlyn Reese was named the 2024 Southwestern Conference Girls Cross Country Most Valuable Runner following the conclusion of the SWC Girls Cross Country season.

Avon High School Head Coach Justin Carroll was selected 2024 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.

2024 SWC MVP
Kaitlyn Reese, Avon

2024 SWC Coach of the Year
Justin Carroll, Avon

2024 All-SWC First Team
Kaitlyn Reese, Avon
Ana Buehrer, Berea-Midpark
Ava Melott, Avon
Carolina Reed, Avon
Olivia Pajak, Avon
Katherine Low, Amherst Steele
Abby Thompson, Olmsted Falls
Anika Singh, Avon

2024 All-SWC Second Team
Cassidy Valerino, Avon Lake
Nora Darkow, Amherst Steele
Juliana Stein, Avon
Jessica Pendleton, Avon
Aubrey Prada, Olmsted Falls
Sophia Pecora, Amherst Steele
Eloise Gravel, Berea-Midpark
Liana Del Valle, Amherst Steele

2024 All-SWC Honorable Mention
Julia Fossie, Amherst Steele
Rosalie Kapalin, Amherst Steele
Ali Krischer, Avon
Molly Pomfrey, Avon
Hannah Cline, Avon Lake
Kelsey Sheehan, Avon Lake
Harper Johnson, Berea-Midpark
Emily Lane, Berea-Midpark
Tori Bell, Elyria
Sophie Fada, Elyria
Hannah Bacskay, Midview
Madelyn Czellath, Midview
Alexandrea Cicerachi, North Ridgeville
Reyna Dalveren, North Ridgeville
Lucia Mazzarella, Olmsted Falls
Kelsey Prada, Olmsted Falls

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week for October 7 – 12 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Katherine Low 
Amherst Steele
Senior

Katherine finished sixth at the SWC Championship, which enabled team to place runner-up overall.

ELYRIA, Ohio – Avon High School captured the 2024 Southwestern Conference Girls Cross Country Championship Saturday (October 12) on the campus of Lorain County Community College. It is the Eagles’ fourth straight league title. [Complete Results]

Avon junior Kaitlyn Reese captured the SWC individual title with a time of 18:28.21. She finished runner-up the previous two seasons.

Four of Reese’s teammates finished in the top 8 to help the Eagles compile a league-best 21 team points. Sophomore Ava Melott (20:24.27) placed third for the second year in a row, while senior Carolina Reed (20:27.25) was fourth, junior Olivia Pajak (20:27.64) was fifth and senior Anika Singh (20:50.50) placed 8th.

Amherst Steele High School placed second as a team with 63 points. Olmsted Falls High School and Berea-Midpark High School both finished with 98 points but the Bulldogs won the sixth score tie-breaker 33 to 36.

Berea-Midpark junior Ana Buehrer (20:11.34) was the individual runner-up. Amherst Steele senior Katherine Low (6th / 20:41.02) and Olmsted Falls senior Abby Thompson (7th / 20:42.58) also earned All-SWC first team honors, which goes to the top 8 finishers.

Team Results
1. Avon – 21
2. Amherst Steele – 63
3. Olmsted Falls – 98
5. Berea-Midpark – 98
5. Avon Lake – 110
6. Elyria – 157
7. North Ridgeville – 194
8. Midview– NTS