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a different level this year.
She’s a junior now and she
wants to run in college.
She wants to be the best.”
Loyola’s 400 meter relay
team of Ann Santangelo,
Sophie Beresheim, Brooke
Fitzgerald, Arrina Awdisho
placed second. The Ramblers’
800 team went downstate
last year and Bendery
likes what she’s seeing thus
far this season.
“Comparing us to last
year, I think we’re a lot better,”
she said. “Everyone’s
stronger and more competitive
and we want to go to
state again. We got disqualified
there last year because
of a bad handoff. But we’re
a lot better this year.”
Another all-around athlete
shined for the host Titans
is sophomore Raelyn
Roberson. She won the
100 and the long jump,
placed second in the 200,
and nearly caught Bendery
at the finish as the anchor
leg runner for the Titans’
800 relay team.
Roberson’s long jump of
17-8 was more than a foot
ahead of the field, but then
she wasn’t measuring herself
against the field.
“I was hoping to jump
eighteen (feet),” she said.
“But it’s a little harder to
warm up when it’s cold
like this. I’m thinking I’ll
perform better in a month
just because it will be a
little warmer.”
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Roberson’s performance
in multiple events was no
surprise to coach Anthony
Griffith.
“She’s strong at all of it,”
he said. “The only thing
she doesn’t do for us is the
4x100 just because of the
other things she’s doing.
She qualified (downstate)
for the 100 and long jump
last year and we think she
can add the 200 this year.”
The Titans’ Annie Streb
won the triple jump with
a leap of 34-6, a full two
feet ahead of the field, and
teammate Taylor Ozimek
won the high jump.
South’s relay team of
Elizabeth Shaw, Emily
Galante, Bridget Wall, and
Claire Williams placed
third in the 3,200 relay.
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Drake Johnson
The Loyola senior is a
member of the boys volleyball
team.
When did you start
playing volleyball and
why?
I started playing volleyball
in eighth grade,
because it was the first
year my grade school had
a volleyball team, after
that I was instantly hooked
to playing and decided
to continue playing high
school after breaking my
knee in football freshman
year.
What’s your favorite
part about your sport?
My favorite part about
volleyball is getting big
kills and blocks which get
the entire team hyped up.
Do you have any
superstitions before,
during or after a
game?
Our team has a tradition
of wearing the same color
jersey if we are on a winning
streak.
What’s one thing
people don’t know
about you?
I am very passionate
about architecture and I
plan to pursue it as a career.
If you could travel
anywhere in the
world, where would it
be and why?
I would go to Australia
and to the Great Barrier
Reef because I love coral
and fish.
What’s the best part
about being a Loyola
athlete?
Playing a varsity sport
for one of the top athletic
schools in the state.
What’s the hardest
part about your sport?
The hardest part of playing
volleyball is having
good energy in tough situations
when we are losing.
If you had one super
power, what would it
be and why?
If I had one super power
I would want to have the
ability to stop time because
no matter what the
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situation is, if everything
is frozen except you, you
will always have the upper
hand.
What has been your
favorite moment at
Loyola? (Athletics or
otherwise)
My favorite part of
Loyola was playing GBS in
the regional championship
last year because a lot of my
friends were on GBS and a
lot of fans were there. The
game was also very high
energy and high intensity.
What’s the best advice
you’ve ever gotten
and who was it from?
My mom always tells
me, “What doesn’t kill
you, only makes you
stronger.”
Interview by Sports Editor
Michael Wojtychiw