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Girls Post Season

Congratulations to Kinsey Robinson for being the only Mentor athlete to
qualify for the State Meet this year. Kinsey finished in 31st place and ran
an impressive 18:57. Kinsey is the first Mentor girl to break 19 minutes in
the past 30 years. She was only 4 seconds off the school record.
Congratulations to Kinsey and the rest of the Mentor Girls Team for all the
hard work they put in the season! We all can't wait to see what she will do in the future.

The girls started off their muddy post-season by battling it out against some of the most competitive teams in the state, coming in 6th. At districts, the girls fought for 1st place against their local competition Chardon, but came away as district runner-ups, with Kinsey Robinson placing 2nd individually. The girls felt confident as they moved on to Regionals and everyone ran well through the wet and cold conditions, but they couldn't quite qualify out. Kinsey Robinson had another amazing race and placed 6th individually, qualifying for State. Congratulations to Kinsey and we will be supporting her and cheering her on this weekend as she tears up the state course!!!

Stow & Legends

The Mentor Girls Varsity team finished 7th at Stow Invitational out of 19
competitive teams. The girls were lead by Kinsey Robinson with an impressive
5th place finish. Sara Scinto and Jenny Mulhall finished 2nd and 3rd. They
we within seconds of each other and followed shortly by Morgan Brunner and
Nicole Rizzo. The girls team was only 25 points away from beating Chardon
and finishing 5th. The girls continue to improve as they get closer to the
post season races.

The girls Mentor cross country team is ending their season well as half the team traveled to the Legends meet in Trumble County. The girls finally had some warm dry weather to run in. Coming in on top for the Cardinals was sophmore Maddie Haag. Other great performances included Peggy Magro and Jessie Eiben. The girls prepare for the league NOC meet this Saturday at Garfield Park.

Saturday was a much dryer day for the Mentor boys’ team. The day started off on a good note with the varsity boys placing 3^rd overall at the stow invitation, with an awesome race by Jeff Gudowicz (17:33). Over at the Legends meet the boys team placed 11^th overall being led by 3 freshman; Brandon Stoldt (18:57), Wade Elmore (19:25), and Chris Canala (19:25). Good Job boys and good luck with the start of post season

Gilmour

This past Friday was a wet one for the Mentor boys’ team. After raining all day with high winds, the boy’s team was able to bear the weather. In the varsity race, the JV boys placed 8^th overall with good performances by Jeff Gudowicz with a time of 19:32 and Ryan Kodramaz with a time of 21:20. In the open race the boys placed 3^rd overall with a total of 116 points. Good performances of the race were Matt Evans (21:54) 11^th overall and Phil Evans (28:55). Congratulations, and good luck next week.

Strongsville

The boys competed in a muddy race this past weekend down at the Strongsville
Invitational. Junior Mike Hetrick led the JV/open team to with a 23rd place
finish and a time of 19:31. Steven Apicella came next at 21:16, with
freshmen Chris Canala, Wade Elmore, and Andrew Hetrick only seconds behind.
They place 10th as a team. The varsity boys finished 9th overall, with Kyle
Muenker and Jared Keipert finishing at 17:26 and 17:28, leading the team.
Shortly after, Juniors Tommy Kozlovich and Joseph Shaker finished in 45th
and 53rd place. Congratulations boys, and good luck next week at Gilmour.

The Mentor Girls cross country team had another impressive performance this past weekend at Strongsville. After a tough week of practice in the rain the girls prepared for our first muddy course this season. There were many impressive performances including those by Sara Scinto, Mattie Haag, and Kinsey Robinson. All of our girls raced well and we managed to leave with a 7th and 8th place finish. We look forward to another great and hopefully dry race this Friday at Gilmour.

Spartan Invitational

Saturday was a great day for the boys team. Varsity finished 3rd overall with a total of 180 points. In the Jv/Open race the boys finished 6th overall with a total of 215 points. Impressive races of the day were Stephen Luzar (18:13.75), Brandon Stoldt (18:33.74), Chris Canala (18:39.44), and Phil Evans (25:31.00). Great Job Boys.


The Mentor girls cross country team had many outstanding performances on Saturday at the Spartan Invitational.  Both the JV/Open and the Varsity teams placed very well against some competitive teams from around the area.  The Varsity team placed 4th at the meet and 2nd in the region while the JV/Open team placed 3rd.  The top girls from Mentor were Kinsey Robinson (19:41), Jenny Mulhall (20:21), Sara Scinto (20:25), Morgan Brunner (20:34), and Nicole Rizzo (20:34), with the rest of varsity very close behind.  Other noteworthy lifetime pr's included Mattie Haag (20:56), Peggy Magro (21:20), Nicole Iafelice (22:02), Courtney Crane (22:04), Jessie Eiben (23:06), Ashley Elston (23:30) Kayla Knowles (23:59), and Carrie Kolk (25:17). Awesome job girls!

Tiffin & Walsh 

The Mentor Girls Cross Country team competed at two meets this weekend.
Varsity competed at Tiffin and finished 9th place out of 31 teams. The
varsity was lead by Kinsey Robinson with a finishing time of 20:08. She was
followed by the rest of the varsity group finishing as a pack from a time of
20:33 to 20:44. The rest of the Mentor girls team competed at Walsh Jesuit.
The top 7 girls at Walsh competed in the Varsity race and placed 11th out of
17 teams. The group was lead by Mattie Haag with a finishing time of 22:08.
She was followed by Peggy Magro, Alexandra Benson, Abby Meinen and Nicole
Iafelice. The girls open team placed 3rd out of 11 teams and was lead by
Jessie Eiben followed by Bailey Page and Courtney Crane. Many girls set
impressive PRs and continue to improve.

The Freshman boys ran a fantastic team race at Walsh this weekend. Brandon
Stoldt finished 2nd place at 18:58, followed by Wade Elmore (4th) and Chris
Canala (8th). They won with 41 points. Mike Hetrick ran 18:53 and Stephen
Luzar finished two seconds behind in the Varsity race. Across the state at the Tiffin Carnival, the
Varsity team finished 5th place out of 42 teams, led by Jared Keipert
at 16:09 and was 9th overall. Congratulations boys.

 

Mentor Invitational
The Mentor girls team started great on the extremely hot day of their home invitational with a win in the JV/open race. Top performers were Peggy Magro (23:19), who came in a close 2nd place, Laura Petro in 3rd place (23:25), and Abby Meinen in 5th place (23:59). Courtney Crane, Bailey Page, and Ashley Elston also had great performances on Saturday. Mentor varsity girls battled several strong teams on the hot and hilly course. Kinsey Robinson (20:47) placed 3rd and even set a personal record, Julia Lowe (21:07) placed 8th, and Jenny Mulhall (21:43) placed 12th, helping to lead the team to their second place finish. Congratulations to all the girls for performing so well despite the unfavorable conditions!

The boys fought a tough race Saturday at their home meet, the Mentor
Invitational. The JV/Open team took 2nd overall with Ryan Kodramaz (20:08),
freshman Wade Elmore (20:10), and Steven Apicella (20:11) leading the team
and taking 12th, 13th, and 14th places, respectively. Freshman Brandon
Stoldt was not far behind, finishing in 17th at 20:20. In the Varsity race,
the boys took 3rd place overall. Junior Jared Keipert battled the heat and
finished 2nd with a time of 16:48. Kyle Muenker, Joe Shaker, and Branko
Vukancic followed and finished 14th, 16th, and 20th, respectively. Good job
this weekend and good luck as we prepare for the upcoming weekend at Walsh
Jesuit and the Tiffin Carnival.

 

Willoughby South Meet
Saturday was a great day for the Mentor Boys team at Willoughby South. The team took 1^st overall with a score of 35 points, 21 points ahead of the second place team. There were several good performances including: Jared Keipert (16:50) second overall, Mike Hetrick (18:05), and Stephen Luzar (18:56). Our Freshman Boys again really stepped up this race with Chris Canalu (19:12) running the fastest freshman time for mentor on this course in two years. The boys did a great job and are ready to take on the Mentor Invite this Saturday.

After our second invitational the Mentor girls cross country team took home the first place trophy at South High School. We had four Mentor girls finish in the top ten and eight girls finish in the top twenty. Our team was lead by freshman Kinsey Robinson and senior Julia Lowe, with a pack of five Mentor girls not far behind. Overall the team ran very well together and everyone stepped up to get the win. We look forward to another great week of practice and our home meet at Garfield Park on Saturday. Congratulations to all the girls.

 

 

 

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