NORTH OLMSTED — Jordan Hoppel’s name was added to a short list of special athletes in the annals of the Southwestern Conference Track and Field Championships.
The North Olmsted junior won four events at Friday night’s league meet. It was only the eighth time in its 73-year history that a male athlete earned such distinction.
Hoppel won the 100 meters (10.94) and 200 meters (22.70), beating Amherst senior Shawn Chrapczynski (11.28 and 22.70). In the latter race, the two were separated by thousandths of a second.
Hoppel anchored the
800-meter (1:31.20) and
400-meter (43.23) relays to come-from-behind victories. The 800 relay was a meet record. The 400 relay barely missed Westlake’s 1999 meet record (43.18). It was the first time since 1979 the North Olmsted boys won two relay events at the same conference meet.
“It feels great. That was my goal coming in here,” said Hoppel. “That’s what I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I achieved it so I’m very happy about that.”
Hoppel was the first North Olmsted boy to win the 100 since Rob Laseak in 1983.
“Hard work pays off. I worked my butt off in the offseason,” said Hoppel. “Races like the 100 aren’t just about pure talent. You have to prepare before you do anything. You win the race before anyone comes out here and hits the track.”
Chrapczynski nearly stole the race. Hoppel gained a five-stride lead coming off the turn. With 20 meters left, Chrapczynski closed fast and almost denied Hoppel win No. 4.
“Hoppel is an amazing curve runner,” said Chrapczynski, “but I didn’t want him to get four wins. I just maintained my stride and form. I thought I had it because he let up at the end. It’s probably one of the best races I’ve ever ran.”
Seniors Cory Molnar and Keith Troyer and junior Pat Tomko teamed with Hoppel for both relay wins.
“I was beat going into the 200,” said Hoppel. “My approach was, ‘Heck, I’ve got to pull something out here.’” It was tough. This was the hardest meet I’ve ever run in. Just the emotions take a lot out of you.”
North Olmsted had its best finish since 1998, taking second behind Midpark, 126-821/2. It was Midpark’s first league title since winning the Greater Cleveland Conference in 1968. North Olmsted won more events than Midpark (six vs. five), but the Meteors had three seconds and four thirds. The Eagles had no seconds or thirds.
The Brecksville girls won their second title in three years, beating defending champ Westlake, 127-109. The Bees had more firsts (five vs. two) and seconds (six vs. two) than the Demons. Brecksville outscored Westlake in the four distance events, 59-16.
“It was tough. We wanted it very bad,” said Westlake sophomore Megan Davis. “We tried our best. We had a lot of personal records. That’s all we can do.”
Davis chalked up a career best in taking second in the 400 (59.26). Junior Bridget McNeill defended her discus title (127-1) for Westlake. Freshman Kalpana Beach won the high jump (5-2).
Amherst senior Kara Kasper won the 100 high (15.06) and 300 low (47.34) hurdles. She is the first Amherst girl to win two conference hurdle events since Kristy Keplinger in 1986.
Avon Lake junior Sean McCann won shot put (52-101/4) and discus (156-7). He is the first Shoreman thrower to win both events at the same conference meet since Mike D’Andrea did it back-to-back in 2000 and ’01.
Brecksville senior Megan McAdams won four events for the third straight year. She’s only the second athlete in the 35-year history of the girls meet to do that. Midpark freshman Kaila Barber also won four events.
Four meet records were set, two boys and two girls.
Contact Paul Heyse at 329-7135 or ctsports@chroniclet.com.

Boys

Team scores
1. Midpark, 126; 2. North Olmsted, 821/2; 3. Berea, 70; 4. Brecksville, 65; 5. Avon Lake, 521/2; 6. Olmsted Falls, 46; 7. Amherst, 45; 8. Westlake, 39
Individual results
100 meters: 1. Jordan Hoppel (NO), 10.94; 2. Shawn Chrapczynski (AM), 11.28; 3. Lorenzo Pace (BR), 11.29; 4. Adam Harder (OF), 11.45; 5. Pat Tomko (NO), 11.55; 6. Dave Weisbarth (W), 11.76.
200: 1. Hoppel (NO), 22.70; 2. Chrapczynski (AM), 22.70; 3. Pace (BR), 22.88; 4. Robbie VanZandt (OF), 23.34; 5. Mike Mansnerus (AL), 23.45.
400: 1. Pace (BR), 50.10; 2. Mansnerus (AL), 50.88; 3. Aaron Young (BE), 51.27; 4. Chrapczynski (AM), 51.43; 5. Dave Hensel (BE), 51.66; 6. Adrian Burke (M), 52.07.
800: 1. Tim Chippy (M), 2:00.40; 2. Sal Caroniti (BR), 2:01.06; 3. Kevin Hanigan (BR), 2:01.71; 4. Ben Randall (BR), 2:03.43; 5. Max Mason (AM), 2:03.92; 6. Owen Coughlin (OF), 2:04.25.
1,600: 1. Tim Chippy (M), 4:26.78; 2. Caroniti (BR), 4:27.18; 3. Kevin Stack (M), 4:27.78; 4. Eric Stack (M), 4:30.61; 5. Jack St. Marie (W), 4:34.62; 6. Brett McAdams (BR), 4:35.20.
3,200: 1. Kevin Stack (M), 9:50.64; 2. Matt Link (AL), 9:51.39; 3. Eric Stack (M), 9:57.17; 4. Dan Bullard (North Olmsted), 10:00.84; 5. St. Marie (W), 10:04.13; 6. Chris Wade (BE), 10:06.81.
110 hurdles: 1. Phil Gore (BE), 14.54; 2. Matt Jurcak (OF), 14.58; 3. Adam Saintz (M), 14.97; 4. Josh Price (NO), 15.15; 5. Scott Bechtel (W), 15.30; 6. Johnny Maykut (M), 15.31.
300 hurdles: 1. Saintz (M), 39.45 (MEET RECORD, old record 39.46 set in 1999 by Amherst’s Sean Deegan); 2. Jurcak (OF), 39.69; 3. Johnny Maykut (M), 40.87; 4. Greg Ford (AM), 41.18; 5. Gore (BE), 41.40; 6. Zack Rybarczyk (NO), 41.92.
400 relay: 1. North Olmsted (Cory Molnar, Keith Troyer, Tomko, Hoppel), 43.23; 2. Olmsted Falls, 43.32; 3. Avon Lake, 44.06; 4. Westlake, 45.14; 5. Amherst, 45.96; 6. Midpark, 46.12.
800 relay: 1. North Olmsted (Molnar, Tomko, Troyer, Hoppel), 1:31.20 (RECORD, old record 1:31.34, 2006 by Berea); 2. Berea, 1:31.28; 3. Olmsted Falls, 1:32.21; 4. Avon Lake, 1:33.36; 5. Brecksville, 1:39.13; 6. Amherst, 1:42.30.
1,600 relay: 1. Berea (Anthony Tarrant, Derick Schwedt, Dave Hensel, Young), 3:29.50; 2. Midpark, 3:30.35; 3. North Olmsted, 3:30.94; 4. Westlake, 3:31.85; 5. Olmsted Falls, 3:32.51; 6. Amherst, 3:34.03.
3,200 relay: 1. Midpark (Kevin Stack, Eric Stack, Ryan McCarthy, Chippy), 8:03.68; 2. Brecksville, 8:08.63; 3. Westlake, 8:26.87; 4. Avon Lake, 8:32.52; 5. Amherst, 8:34.80; 6. Olmsted Falls, 8:42.48.
Shot put: 1. Sean McCann (AL), 52-101/4; 2. Bobby Grace (M), 51-73/4; 3. Steven Maat (W), 48-53/4; 4. Phil Bassani (B), 46-91/2; 5. T.J. Card (Midpark), 46-73/4; 6. Brandon Colvig (AM), 46-73/4.
Discus: 1. McCann (AL), 156-7; 2. Chris Ziska (BE), 148-5; 2. Maat (W), 141-7; 4. Colvig (AM), 141-5; 5. Grace (M), 135-10; 6. Yacek Nazarczuk (M), 134-5.
High jump: 1. Chris Arlinghaus (NO), 6-6; 2. Steve Sensel (BE), 6-0; 3. Anthony Meriwether (M), 6-0; 4. Eddy Mogilnicki (M), 6-0; 5. Justin Rockhold (NO), 6-0; 6. (tie) Josh Price (NO) and Souhail Francis (AL), 6-0.
Long jump: 1. Josh Price (NO), 22-01/4; 2. John Barber (M), 20-101/2; 3. Pace (BR), 20-101/4; 4. Rodney Dukes (NO), 20-43/4; 5. Alexander Schultz (W), 20-4; 6. Cortland Clements (BE), 20-2½.
Pole vault: 1. Gore (BE), 14-0; 2. Adam Kalivoda (AM), 13-6; 3. Anthony Lucas (M), 13-3; 4. Bechtel (W), 13-0; 5. Zach Miller (OF), 12-6; 6. Griffin Beach (NO), 12-6.

Girls

Team scores
1. Brecksville, 127; 2. Westlake, 109;
3. Midpark, 89; 4. Amherst, 67; 5. North Olmsted, 64; 6. Olmsted Falls, 57; 7. Avon Lake, 9; 8. Berea, 5.
Individual results
100 meters: 1. Kaila Barber (M), 12.32; 2. Meghan Drews (NO), 12.66; 3. Hanna Dixon (W), 12.76; 4. Katie Nageotte (OF), 12.77; 5. Allie Hatala (BR), 12.77; 6. Hailey Dziak (AM), 12.98.
200: 1. Kaila Barber (M), 26.07; 2. Dixon (W), 26.82; 3. Drews (NO), 26.85; 4. Hatala (BR), 27.22; 5. Dziak (AM), 277.39; 6. Megan Davis (W), 27.87.
400: 1. Jade Barber (M), 57.36 (RECORD, old record 57.7, 1998, by North Olmsted’s Jenny McGuire); 2. Davis (W), 59.26; 3. Corinne Pasela (M), 1:00.50; 4. Natalie Bechtel (W), 1:01.90; 5. Anne Hutchison (BR), 1:02.30; 6. Tataiana Green (BR), 1:02.47.
800: 1. Megan McAdams (BR), 2:21.60; 2. Tabitha Jacofsky (BR), 2:24.56; 3. Kasey Schuler (AM), 2:25.26; 4. Alexis Henton (OF), 2:26.15; 5. Alesha Beverly (W), 2:26.97; 6. Benita Wu (BR), 2:27.42.
1,600: 1. Megan McAdams (BR), 5:18.94; 2. Aly Dosen (BR), 5:21.37; 3. Beverly (W), 5:21.52; 4. Andria Bazilevich (NO), 5:21.91; 5. Miranda Weed (NO), 5:22.19; 6. Wu (BR), 5:22.23
3,200: 1. Aly Dosen (BR), 11:43.70; 2. Bazilevich (NO), 11:46.52; 3. Jessica Bartholomew (AM), 11:49.88; 4. Jane Lehman (AM), 11:56.90; 5. Meghan Wade (BE), 12:05.69; 6. Rachael Paszko (BR), 12:06.68.
100 hurdles: 1. Kara Kasper (AM), 15.06; 2. Amy Pajcic (BR), 15.94; 3. Alex James (W), 16.42; 4. Kalie Stallard (OF), 16.54; 5. Lauryn Smith (W), 16.87; 6. Stephanie Heim (NO), 16.96.
300 hurdles: 1. Kasper (AM), 47.34; 2. Pajcic (BR), 49.69; 3. Marissa Wood (OF), 49.73; 4. James (W), 50.32; 5. Stallard (OF), 50.79; 6. Carissa Catalano (BR), 51.14.
400 relay: 1. Olmsted Falls (Calli Roberts, Marissa Wood, Annie Guido, Nageotte), 51.21; 2. Brecksville, 51.45; 3. Amherst, 52.58; 4. Westlake, 53.31; 5. North Olmsted, 53.53; 6. Berea, 53.65.
800 relay: 1. Midpark (Corinne Pasela, Jade Barber, Devon Gardner, Kaila Barber), 1:44.94 (MEET RECORD, old record 1:46.05 set in 2007 by Brecksville); 2. Brecksville, 1:47.14; 3. Westlake, 1:49.54; 4. Olmsted Falls, 1:52.02; 5. Berea, 1:53.14; 6. North Olmsted, 1:55.56
1,600 relay: 1. Brecksville (Green, Hutchison, Allison Labyk, McAdams), 4:05.30; 2. Midpark, 4:06.50; 3. Westlake, 4:13.34; 4. North Olmsted, 4:16.02; 5. Avon Lake, 4:24.05; 6. Olmsted Falls, 4:24.93.
3,200 relay: 1. Brecksville (Hutchison, Dosen, Wu, McAdams), 9:43.20; 2. Westlake, 9:54.78; 3. Amherst, 9:57.92; 4. Midpark, 10:07.20; 5. North Olmsted, 10:08.92; 6. Avon Lake, 10:14.58.
Shot put: 1. Amanda Taylor (NO), 34-21/4; 2. Christine Kanis (NO), 33-111/4; 3. Melissa Overman (AM), 33-11; 4. Bridget McNeill (W), 33-81/2; 5. Melissa Warner (Brecksville), 33-71/2; 6. Katie Schuster (AM), 32-9¾.
Discus: 1. McNeill (W), 127-1; 2. Tina Perrine (M), 120-9; 3. Jackie Griswold (OF), 117-10; 4. Susan Rymut (BR), 112-1; 5. Mary Bridges (NO), 111-8; 6. Bridget Lyons (AL), 107-4.
High jump: 1. Kalpana Beach (W), 5-4; 2. Renee McKee (M), 5-2; 3. Brittany Snider (OF), 5-0; 4. Amelia Serrat (W), 4-10; 5. Pajcic (BR), 4-10; 6. Emily Weisbarth (M), 4-10.
Long jump: 1. Kaila Barber (M), 17-103/4; 2. Brooke Arthur-Mensah (AM), 17-5; 3. Dixon (W), 17-0; 4. James (W), 16-93/4; 5. Grace Barski (BR), 16-53/4; 6. Kasper (AM), 16-31/2.
Pole vault: 1. Nageotte (OF), 10-6; 2. Tiffany Platko (NO), 10-0; 3. Natalie Resparc (BR), 10-0; 4. Domenica Rossi (M), 10-0; 5. Jena Parker (AL), 10-0; 6. Morgan Srail (AL), 9-9.
 

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