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Athlete of the Month
Loyola Academy senior girls tennis player Caroline
Witkowski is the winner of 22nd Century Media’s
Athlete of the Month competition for the month of
September. 22nd Century Media File Photo
Loyola’s Witkowski
captures top spot
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
For the third time this
year, a Rambler tallied the
most votes in 22nd Century
Media’s Athlete of the
Month contest.
Loyola Academy senior
girls tennis player Caroline
Witkowski finished with
283 votes for the contest
in the month of September.
Witkowski, along with
junior Maggie Hines,
made up the no. 1 doubles
team for Loyola for the
past two seasons. Last season
the duo combined to
finish seventh in the state
and followed that up with
another seventh-place finish
this season.
Finishing second in the
voting was Loyola senior
volleyball player Natasha
Borkowski. Loyola golfer
Connor Prassas was third.
The Athlete of the
Month contest for athletes
selected in the month of
October gets underway
Thursday, Nov. 10. Vote at
LakeForestLeader.com.
October Athlete of the Month Candidates
Lake Forest
Lena Benjakul, girls golf
Lena Ansari, Lake Forest
Academy girls field hockey
Cal Wonham, football
Claire Torkelson, girls
volleyball
New Trier
Max Rosenthal, football
Nicole Urbanowicz, New
Trier girls volleyball
Loyola Academy
Anya Kavanagh, girls field
hockey
Tommy Herion, Football
Highland Park
Charlie Skurie, boys crosscountry
Tommy Quirk, boys soccer
Julia Shafir, girls golf
D.J. Westbrook, football
Glenbrook North
Ryan Golde, boys soccer
Charlie Van Cleave, boys
golf
Ashley Choi, girls golf
Jeffrey Van Spankeren,
boys cross-country
Glenbrook South
Julia Rytel, girls volleyball
Grady Bruch, boys soccer
This Week In
Scouts Varsity
Athletics
Boys Cross-Country
■Nov. ■ 5 - IHSA State
Championship at Peoria
(Detweiller Park), TBD
Girls Cross-Country
■Nov. ■ 5 - IHSA State
Championship at Peoria
(Detweiller Park), TBD
Boys Hockey
Varsity Blue
■Nov. ■ 9 - vs. D155 (Lake
Scouts
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tional is staying healthy
and logging considerable
miles this summer, according
to Sullivan.
Lake Forest had one
participant in the Sectional
meet, senior Etienne
Najman.
Najman had a time of
16:14 to place 65th overall.
“After talking with Etienne,
he said it didn’t go
very well,” coach Nathan
Sweet said.
“He felt a little flat today.
I’m pretty pleased
with his performance.”
He was faced with the
task of pushing himself
in the buildup to this race
and throughout the duration
of the course after his
team failed to qualify for
this meet.
“As an individual it is
kind of difficult, it’s quite
challenging,” Sweet said.
“We have seen a lot of
these teams during the
season, especially Lake
Zurich. We knew coming
in what to expect having
competed against them.”
His time dropped by
six seconds from the Libertyville
regional while
competing as the lone
Scout.
“It’s more of a mental
toughness and challenge
Forest College),
8 p.m.
Varsity Gold
■Nov. ■ 9 - at LZ/M/W
(Glacier Ice Arena),
8:50 p.m.
Girls Hockey
■Nov. ■ 3 - vs. Latin
(Lake Forest College),
8:45 p.m.
■Nov. ■ 10 - at Lake Forest
Academy, 5 p.m.
than with a team,” Sweet
said. “With a team you
have six other individuals
in the race with you trying
to achieve the same goals.
You feed off of each other.
As an individual, it’s just
you against everyone else
in the race. That’s the most
challenging part of coming
into a situation like this.”
The Lake Forest girls
cross country team finished
seven places out of
state qualification, also
racing at the Waukegan
Sectional, though two runners
earned individual advancement
to state.
Junior Brett Chody, who
finished in sixth place, had
a time of 17:50 to qualify,
as did junior Emma Milburn
with a time of 18:26.
Chody beat her regional
time by 15 seconds, while
Milburn shredded 25 seconds
off her previous
mark.
The Scouts had a team
score of 299. Senior Haley
Click and Mary Gregg
rounded out the team’s top
four with times of 20:12
and 20:17respectively.
Glenbrook North had a
mesh of experience competing
in the race, which
failed to send anyone to
state.
Four of the team’s top
five runners were underclassmen,
including three
freshmen.
“It shows really nice
Girls Swimming
■Nov. ■ 5 - NSC
Championship (East
Campus), 9 a.m.
Girls Volleyball
■Nov. ■ 3 - Sectional Final vs.
TBD at Lakes, 6 p.m.
Caxys Varsity
Athletics
Prep Hockey
■Nov. ■ 4 - at Nike Bauer
Tournament vs. Gilmour,
10:50 a.m.
progress with a young
team,” coach Bob Leblanc
said. “The first time you
see this race it can be a
little nerve racking. Next
year we will know what
we are walking into, for a
lot of the girls.”
The 14th-placed team
was paced by freshman
Maya Epstein in 42nd
place overall with a time
of 19:17.
The course proved more
of a challenge for Epstein
than the Hoffman Estates
Regional, as she finished
40 seconds slower than her
previous mark.
According to Leblanc,
the course measured closer
to 3.1 miles instead of 3,
in addition to the weather
and hills limiting the runners
this week.
Junior Emma Cintado
clocked in at 19:33 and
Chloe MacMillin had a
time of 20:06 to round out
the top three.
Highland Park’s girls
team failed to send anyone
to state as the squad
finished in 15th place with
403 points.
“It didn’t go real well
for us at the Sectional,”
coach Andy Butler said.
“It was a tough day for the
girls team.”
Senior Veronica Kriss
was on pace early to qualify
for the next meet, but
faltered down the stretch
with a time of 19:37.
■Nov. ■ 4 - at Nike Bauer
Tournament vs. Minnesota
Magicians, 5:30 p.m.
■Nov. ■ 5 - at Nike Bauer
Tournament vs. Team North
Dakota, 11 a.m.
Girls Hockey
■Nov. ■ 6 - at Glenbrook HS
(Northbrook Arena), 6:40
p.m.
■Nov. ■ 8 - vs. New Trier
Silver, 6 p.m.
■Nov. ■ 10 - vs. Lake Forest,
5 p.m.
“Our No. 1 runner Veronica
Kriss was running
real well, she was in position
after two miles, but at
two miles, she shut down,”
Butler said. “She was totally
fatigued and her body
shut down. It was hard, because
she was right there
and 17th place was the last
place that qualified (for
state). The combination
of it being warmer and dehydrated,
maybe anxiety
(hurt her). I felt really bad
because she worked hard
and deserved it.”
Junior Kaitlyn Twadell
came in second on the
squad with a time of 19:54.
“She had a chance, she
got boxed in early,” Butler
said. “She got too far back
and couldn’t fight her way
back. She has been battling
a shin injury. She was
off, but both our No. 1 and
No. 2 runners ran as hard
as they could, it just wasn’t
their day.”
Freshman Jillian Butler
came in two seconds behind
Twadell to round out
the top three.
“The sectional meet is
so hard, because it comes
down to one day and people
perform at their best
and the margin for error is
pretty small,” Butler said.
“We will learn from it, we
have a group is motivated
by it and will be better in
the track season and next
season.”