NAtioNAl Merit AchieveMeNt - Westmont Hilltop School District

Athletic recognition
thanks to the varsity cheerleaders
0 “Athletic Recognition”
Supporting all sports through all
seasons are the Westmont Hilltop
Cheerleaders! Pictured is the
Varsity Team of 2009-2010.
Row 1 – Catherine Walsh, Brittany
Strelnik
Row 2 – Carly Stump, Nicolle Komara,
Lynn Kimmell, Tracy Yanosky
Row 3 – Cheyenne Kovach, Madalynn
Swaltek, Victoria Albert, Amber Harden,
Alicia Feight (coach)
Swimming
The Girls’ and Boys’ Swim Teams made a big cool splash this year, as usual.
There were fifty-three swimmers on the team this year, and the girls won the
CWACC with a perfect 13-0 record. This is the second consecutive year that the girls
have had an undefeated season. The girls’ team of fifteen swimmers and one diver
continued their success by winning the District 6/9 Regional Competition at Penn
State. Congratulations to the Girls’ Swim Team on their first place finish at Regional
Competition and to the Boys’ Swim Team for their 4th place finish in the conference
and 5th place in Regional Competition, all under the coaching of Mr. Jay Hicks.
The team sent 8 girls and 4 boys to States at Bucknell. The Westmont Hilltop
Swimmers were the District 6 Champions and topped that by becoming the North
Central Region Champs! State level competitors were: Marinanicole Miller for the
200 and 500 Freestyle; Nichole Kovach for the 50 and 100 Freestyle; Naofa Noll for
the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly; Kara Kovach for the 100 Freestyle;
Julia Wolfe, Kara Kovach, Nichole Kovach and Kasey Azar for the 200 Freestyle
Relay; Elizabeth Atterbury, Ashley Schafer, Naofa Noll and Nichole Kovach for
the 200 Medley Relay; Naofa Noll, Nichole Kovach, Marinanicole Miller and Julia
Wolfe for the 400 Freestyle Relay; Ryan Koul for the 50 Freestyle; Ray Ward for the
200 Freestyle; and Paul Nathaniel, Robert Nickels, Ryan Koul and Ray Ward for
the 200 Freestyle Relay.
The Westmont Hilltop Swim Team with Coach Jay Hicks
thank You, coach
Sue Minchau
Mrs. Sue Minchau retired as Girls’
and Boys’ Tennis coach in 2010,
concluding nearly three decades of
dedicated service to the district. Mrs.
Minchau put Westmont Hilltop Tennis
“on the map,” beginning with the Girls’
Tennis Team in 1981. Three years later,
she became the Boys’ Tennis Team
coach and served both teams until
her retirement this school year. Every
season was a winning season under Mrs.
Minchau…for twenty-nine consecutive
years!
Mrs. Minchau has been supportive
of the development of a team which
displays fine sportsmanship. This is
even more important to the development
of young athletes than the impressive
record of successful tennis that the
district has attained because of the
efforts of this devoted coach. For Sue
Minchau, tennis is a life-long passion.
It is not often that we have the
privilege of thanking a coach for three
decades of service to one district.
This is the year we say “THANK YOU,
Mrs. Minchau!” With the deepest
gratitude, we thank Mrs. Minchau for
understanding the connections among
athletics, sportsmanship, academics,
and honor. You have served us honorably,
Mrs. Minchau, and we are deeply grateful
for your service.
Coach Sue Minchau (back row) with The Westmont Hilltop Tennis Team