ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS
Upper School Track Places Seventh in the State – June 2014 The Upper School Track and Field team finished an amazing
Miranda Donley ’17 Places 78th in the Country in Swimming
season by placing seventh at the Ohio High School Athletic
– July 2014
Association State track meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Miranda Donley ’17 earned NISCA’s All-American swimming
on June 6 and 7, 2014. Highlights from the meet include the following. Each of these teams hold the Regional Champion title for their respective events:
honors by placing 78th in the country in the 50-free event. This season alone, Miranda has broken the state record for her age group in the 50-free event.
• Fourth Place – 4x200 relay team of Rebecca O’Donovan ’15, Cecelia Pesavento ’14, Maura “Mo” Ruff ’14, and Isabella Pesavento ’16
Erin Balasky ’14 Chosen As Top Scholar Athlete by The Columbus Dispatch – May 2014
• Fifth Place – 4x100 relay team of Isabella Pesavento ’16, Nia Caldwell ’17, Maura “Mo” Ruff ’14, and Rebecca O’Donovan ’15 • Second Place – 400-meter dash – Eleanor Smith ’16 • Fourth place – 4x400 relay team of Emma Harris ’14, Isabella Pesavento ’16, Ayla Kazemi ’17, and Eleanor Smith ’16 Along with these wins, the Upper School Track team boasts wins at Columbus Academy Meet, Jack Guy Invitational, Africentric Nubian Classic, Africentric Quad Meet, CCL Championships, OHSAA District Championships, and OHSAA
Erin Balasky ’14 was chosen as one of The Columbus Dispatch’s top scholar-athletes for the 2013-14 school year. She was selected from a field of more than 200 scholar athletes from 100-plus high schools in the Columbus, Ohio area. Winners were chosen by a panel of Dispatch editors, who based their judging on nominees’ accomplishments in the
Erin Balasky ’14
Regional Championships.
classroom, in the athletic arena and as leaders in their schools
Middle School Track and Field Wins 2014 State
nominate one senior girl and one senior boy.
and communities. Each high school in central Ohio was asked to
Championship – May 2014 The Middle School Track and Field Team placed first in the state at the championship meet on May 25, 2014 with a score of 117,
In her time at CSG, Erin was a 12-season athlete and won 11 letters.
beating out Eastern, Buckeye Trail, Colonel Crawford and
Swimming and Diving Teams Fair Well
Cardington. The following Middle School girls hold individual
This season, the Swimming and Diving Teams took home the
State Championships in their respective categories: • 4x800 Relay – Jordan Aurnou-Rhees ’20, Elizabeth Tierney ’19, Ava Barnes ’19, and Claire Harris ’19 • 4x100 Relay – Annica McDougall ’18, Imani Babtunde ’18, Emily Dewolf ’19, and Peyton Jackson ’20 The Middle School team also placed second in the CSG Middle School Track Invitational and have retained the title of Central Ohio Athletic League Champions for the fourth consecutive year.
Upper School Track team winning the District Championship.
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FORTE ET GRATUM • AUTUMN 2014
Sectional and District Championships, finishing sixth in the state. Notably, Syreeta Palackdharry ’17 finished fourth in the state in Diving.