AMHERST — Balance, depth and record-setting performances by their two sprint relays propelled the Amherst girls to their first Southwestern Conference championship since 2001 on Friday at Richard S. Cooley Track.
Amherst scored 124 points as it held off second-place Avon Lake (108). Brecksville was third (98).
Junior Sher Champe lit the spark for the Comets by winning the 100 meters over North Olmsted junior Becky Szabo, 12.71 to 12.82. She later teamed with Kaitlyn Given, Becki Stuckart and Lindsay Sands to win the 800-meter relay in a school-record 1:43.85.
Champe then combined talents with Bakita Hill, Lauren Keene and Given for meet and school records in the 400 relay. Their time of 49.58 broke Bay’s mark of 49.9 set in 1982 It It was the oldest meet record on the girls side.
“It was kind of an emotional roller coaster because we didn’t place anyone in the pole vault and Champe false-started in the 200 prelims (on Wednesday),” Amherst coach Rob Glatz said. “But we had three girls place in the 300 hurdles and three girls place in long jump.”
That depth was the difference for the Amherst girls.
“We decided early in the season that it would be great to pull off the SWCs for Mrs. Elsasser,” said Champe, the Amherst girls’ first SWC 100-meter champ since Mary Odafe in 2007. “Coach Glatz said it would be amazing and a nice tribute if we won the meet for her. We announced to the student body on our student-run television station. Everyone knew we wanted to win the meet for her.”
Darline Elsasser, an assistant at Amherst for more than 30 years, is retiring from coaching and teaching at the end of the school year. She is the wife of former Amherst coach Dick Elsasser.
Amherst clinched the meet with strong finishes in the last two events. Junior Emily Johnson was second in the 3,200 (11:26.89), while the 1,600 relay of Riley Schenk, Lexi O’Connor, Sarah Fisher and Alexis Szivan (4:03.27) was also second.
Szivan also contributed with a big win in the 800 (2:17.35). Moore was second in both hurdle events to Avon Lake senior Kristin Winkel.
“We really wanted to win for Mrs. Elsasser,” said Sands, who was second in the 400 (57.60) and fifth in the 200 (26.91). “We really wanted to win it for her so that she could leave on a good note and be happy.”
The SWC championship was the fifth overall for the Amherst girls and first since winning three straight from 1999-2001.
Avon Lake senior Katy Link won SWC titles in the 1,600 (5:07.93) and 3,200 (11:20.26) for the third year in a row, while Shoregals junior Christine Bohan added wins in the pole vault (11-0) and discus (120-5) to the shot put (41-9) title she won Wednesday.
Avon Lake senior Jake Young was a double winner, capturing the shot put on Friday with a career-best 56-5 and the discus Wednesday (169-1).
Berea captured the SWC boys title, easily outdistancing two-time defending champ Avon Lake, 135-77. It’s the Braves’ first league title since winning the 2005 Pioneer Conference and its first in the SWC since 1944.
Three-time state champ Donovan Robertson of Berea won both hurdle events as well as the 100- and 200-meter dashes. The four wins give Robertson 13 SWC career titles, breaking the meet record of 11 held by Oberlin’s Bob Bryant (1950-53).
Contact Paul Heyse at 329-7135 or ctsports@chroniclet.com.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Berea, 135; 2. Avon Lake, 77; 3. Westlake, 74; 3. North Olmsted, 66; 5. Brecksville, 65; 6. Midpark, 47; 7. Amherst, 37; 8. Olmsted Falls, 26
Individual results
100 meters: 1. Donovan Robertson (Berea), 11.20; 2. Marc Remy (North Olmsted), 11.28; 3. Marlon Robertson (Berea), 11.57; 4. Alex Cusick (Westlake), 11.76; 5. Turner Jones (Olmsted Falls), 11.77; 6. Tyree Wesley (Westlake), 11.79
200: 1. D. Robertson (Berea), 21.77; 2. Remy (North Olmsted), 22.69; 3. M. Robertson (Berea), 23.11; 4. Anfernee Myers (Midpark), 23.25; 5. Tyler Knapp (Olmsted Falls), 23.36; 6. Tyler Zack (Westlake), 23.44
400: 1. Connor McKnight (Berea), 50.36; 2. Vaughn Fultz (Berea), 50.40; 3. Steven Davis (North Olmsted), 50.59; 4. Troy Orwin (Brecksville), 51.13; 5. Dan Squeri (Westlake), 51.31; 6. Nick Glowacki (Amherst), 51.96
800: 1. Lou Styles (Midpark), 1:57.42; 2. Mike Kardos (Amherst), 1:59.98; 3. Francesco Maiorca (Avon Lake), 2:01.28; 4. Dave Ryland (Brecksville), 2:01.57; 5. Terry Duncan (Midpark), 2:01.95; 6. Stephen Hause (Amherst), 2:02.29
1,600: 1. Maiorca (Avon Lake), 4:17.53; 2. Dan Zupan (Berea), 4:20.79; 3. Rob Scanlon (Brecksville), 4:21.14; 4. Dave Ryland (Brecksville), 4:25.49; 5. Nick Perozini (Brecksville), 4:41.81; 6. Dan Hollo (North Olmsted), 4:42.72
3,200: 1. Scanlon (Brecksville), 9:31.98; 2. Trevor Norris (Avon Lake), 9:36.05; 3. Zupan (Berea), 9:47.66; 4. Matt Dietrich (Brecksville), 9:54.53; 5. Nate Kaminski (Brecksville), 10:10.08; 6. Zach Kozik (North Olmsted), 10:10.75
110 hurdles: 1. D. Robertson (Berea), 13.79 (MEET RECORD, old record 14.07 set in 2011 by Robertson); 2. Cusick (Westlake), 14.81; 3. Kyle Perkins (Westlake), 15.53; 4. Andy Magee (Berea), 15.65; 5. Xavier Elder (Berea), 16.19; 6. Mike Gob (Olmsted Falls), 16.21
300 hurdles: 1. D. Robertson (Berea), 38.76; 2. Magee (Berea), 40.85; 3. Brian Colarik (Brecksville), 41.20; 4. Perkins (Westlake), 41.32; 5. Gib (Olmsted Falls), 41.96; 6. Quentin Kraft (Westlake), 42.67
400 relay: 1. North Olmsted (V’Del Bell, Shamir Tomlinson, Sammy Ibrahim, Remy), 43.89; 2. Westlake, 43.93; 3. Olmsted Falls, 44.39; 4. Midpark, 45.10; 5. Avon Lake, 45.66; 6. Amherst, 45.78
800 relay: 1. North Olmsted (Davis, Tomlinson, Ibrahim, Remy), 1:31.87; 2. Westlake, 1:32.31; 3. Olmsted Falls, 1:33.88; 4. Amherst, 1:34.73; 5. Midpark, 1:35.41; 6. Avon Lake, 1:36.65
1,600 relay: 1. Amherst (Kardos, Josh Birkline, Glowacki, Hause), 3:26.80; 2. Berea, 3:27.64; 3. Westlake, 3:28.43; 4. Brecksville, 3:31.05; 5. Avon Lake, 3:33.54; 6. North Olmsted, 3:34.05
3,200 relay: 1. Brecksville (Troy Orwin, Scanlon, Ryland, Matt Dietrich), 8:02.62; 2. Avon Lake, 8:07.01; 3. Westlake, 8:08.84; 4. Amherst, 8:14.37; 5. Berea, 8:17.08; 6. North Olmsted, 8:17.70
Shot put: 1. Jake Young (Avon Lake), 56-5; 2. T.K. Burk (Avon Lake), 55-1; 3. Carl Laux (Westlake), 52-7½; 4. Collin Lucas (Avon Lake), 51-11½; 5. Rody Seballos (Brecksville), 51-10½; 6. Dan Medvetz (Berea), 48-6½
Discus: 1. Young (Avon Lake), 169-1; 2. Matt Weber (North Olmsted), 167-10; 3. Eric Simecek (Avon Lake), 151-11; 4. Laux (Westlake), 147-11; 5. Max Seipel (Avon Lake), 146-8; 6. Dan Profitt (Midpark), 138-11
High jump: 1. Kevin Pipkins (Berea), 6-0; 2. Trevon Sawyer (Berea), 6-0; 3. Logan Resparc (Brecksville), 6-0; T4. Kyle Perkins (Westlake) and Xavier Elder (Berea), 5-10; 6. Chris Colon (Olmsted Falls), 5-8
Long jump: 1. Ibrahim (North Olmsted), 21-4¾; 2. Josh Birkline (Amherst), 21-4; 3. Cusick (Westlake), 20-9¼; 4. Darion Fore (Berea), 20-2; 5. Tomlinson (North Olmsted), 20-0; 6. Justin Harris (Berea), 19-111⁄2
Pole vault: 1. Aaron Owens (Midpark), 15-6; 2. Branson Repasy (Midpark), 14-0; 3. Jerry Hopkins (Midpark), 13-6; 4. Andy Nageotte (Olmsted Falls), 13-3; 5. Tyler Knapp (Olmsted Falls), 13-0; 6. Mike Pruitt (Brecksville), 12-6
Girls
Team scores: 1. Amherst, 124; 2. Avon Lake, 108; 3. Brecksville, 98; 4. North Olmsted, 75; 5. Westlake, 54; 6. Olmsted Falls, 33; 7. Berea, 18; 8. Midpark, 17
Individual results
100 meters: 1. Sher Champe (Amherst), 12.71; 2. Becky Szabo (North Olmsted), 12.82; 3. Lauren Hurst (Westlake), 13.13; 4. Allison Duber (Olmsted Falls), 13.25; 5. Myk’a Walker (North Olmsted), 13.38; 6. Kate Washington (Berea), 13.47
200: 1. Veronica Thompson (Brecksville), 25.65; 2. Daniele Yasenchack (North Olmsted), 26.23; 3. Walker (North Olmsted), 26.35; 4. Hurst (Westlake), 26.26; 5. Lindsay Sands (Amherst), 26.91; 6. Duber (Olmsted Falls), 27.10
400: 1. Thompson (Brecksville), 56.50 (MEET RECORD, old record 56.57 set in 2009 by Midpark’s Jade Barber); 2. Sands (Amherst), 57.90; 3. Duber (Olmsted Falls), 58.65; 4. Rachel Kotchman (Brecksville), 59.24; 5. Yasenchack (North Olmsted), 1:00.08; 6. Ellen Prendergast (Brecksville), 1:00.60
800: 1. Alexis Szivan (Amherst), 2:17.35; 2. Lauren Greenlee (Brecksville), 2:19.12; 3. Katy Link (Avon Lake), 2:22.53; 4. Madison Dunlap (Westlake), 2:22.94; 5. Missy Murthy (Westlake), 2:23.55; 6. Riley Schenk (Amherst), 2:23.85
1,600: 1. Link (Avon Lake), 5:07.93; 2. Lauren Greenlee (Brecksville), 5:10.96; 3. Haley Reines (North Olmsted), 5:16.16; 4. Shakita Kabicek (Midpark), 5:24.26; 5. Olivia Cook (Brecksville), 5:27.17; 6. Kate Ferster (Olmsted Falls), 5:28.58
3,200: 1. Link (Avon Lake), 11:20.26; 2. Emily Johnson (Amherst), 11:26.89; 3. Melissa Rains (Brecksville), 11:37.97; 4. Miranda DiBasio (Berea), 11:38.57; 5. Kabicek (Midpark), 11:46.22; 6. Jill Bajaksouzian (Brecksville), 11:56.32
100 hurdles: 1. Kristin Winkel (Avon Lake), 15.23; 2. Sara Moore (Amherst), 15.41; 3. Danielle Augustin (Olmsted Falls), 15.81; 4. Erin Kasper (Amherst), 16.26; 5. Sadie Roff (Westlake), 17.14; 6. Kaleigh Hudak (Brecksville), 17.24
300 hurdles: 1. Winkel (Avon Lake), 47.05; 2. Moore (Amherst), 47.13; 3. Megan Beaver (Brecksville), 47.26; 4. Sarah Fisher (Amherst), 47.34; 5. Gaby Northeim (Amherst), 48.89; 6. Hudak (Brecksville), 49.62
400 relay: 1. Amherst (Champe, Bakita Hill, Lauren Keene, Kaitlyn Given), 49.58 (MEET RECORD, old record 49.9 set in 1982 by Bay); 2. North Olmsted, 50.09; 3. Brecksville, 51.76; 4. Westlake, 52.90; 5. Olmsted Falls, 53.20; 6. Avon Lake, 53.78
800 relay: 1. Amherst (Champe, Kaitlyn Given, Becki Stuckart, Sands), 1:43.85; 2. Brecksville, 1:46.41; 3. Westlake, 1:48.93; 4. Avon Lake, 1:49.01; 5. Berea, 1:50.18; 6. North Olmsted, 1:53.19
1,600 relay: 1. Brecksville (Kotchman, Prendergast, Beaver, Thompson), 3:58.09; 2. Amherst, 4:03.27; 3. Olmsted Falls, 4:04.99; 4. Westlake, 4:05.30; 5. North Olmsted, 4:05.55; 6. Avon Lake, 4:17.31
3,200 relay: 1. Brecksville (Jillian Bajaksourian, Melissa Rains, Lauren Greenlee, Megan Beaver), 9:27.14 (MEET RECORD, old record 9:28.9 set in 1998 by Avon Lake); 2. Amherst, 9:41.48; 3. Westlake, 9:42.61; 4. North Olmsted, 9:56.48; 5. Avon Lake, 9:57.63; 6. Berea, 11:53.91
Shot put: 1. Christine Bohan (Avon Lake), 41-9; 2. Sarah Alflen (Avon Lake), 38-2 ½; 3. Shannon Lott (Berea), 36-9; 4. Marley Bell (Olmsted Falls), 33-8; 5. Brieanna Simmons (Olmsted Falls), 32-8 ½; 6. Hayley Lyle (Westlake), 31-5 1/2
Discus: 1. Bohan (Avon Lake), 120-5; 2. Alflen (Avon Lake), 108-1; 3. Brooke Bilinsky (North Olmsted), 105-3; 4. Lott (Berea), 99-1; 5. Miranda Beran (Brecksville), 93-10; 6. Salina Salamah (Olmsted Falls), 91-7
High jump: 1. Kasper (Amherst), 5-3; 2. Bohan (Avon Lake), 5-3; 3. Lauren Gedeon (Midpark), 5-0; 4. Julia Piros (North Olmsted), 4-10; 5. Amber Slavik (Amherst), 4-10; 6. tie – Ellen Prendergast (Brecksville) and Erin Beaver (Brecksville), 4-10
Long jump: 1. Szabo (North Olmsted), 17-6¼; 2. Hayley Smik (Westlake), 16-4; 3. Moore (Amherst), 15-11; 4. Keene (Amherst), 15-8; 5. Katie Brumbaugh (Brecksville), 15-4¾; 6. Kasper (Amherst), 15-41⁄2
Pole vault: 1. Bohan (Avon Lake), 11-0; 2. Szabo (North Olmsted), 10-6; 3. Julie Solarz (Westlake), 10-0; 4. Shelby Marken (Midpark), 9-6; 5. tie – Emilia Buckholz (Midpark), Jamie Hamilton (Westlake), Jessica Matia (Brecksville), 9-0
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