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Campus On/Or About
Bekka Simko
Rickey Layton
Grace Brennan
Three Lancers Commit to Division I Schools G
ilmour Academ ilmo cademyy seni enior orss Grace Br Brennan, ennan, Bek Bekk ka Simko and Rick Rickey ey Layt Layton on have committ committed ed to NCAA Division Divisio n I co coll lleges eges.. Br Brenn ennan an wi will ll compet competee in track and field for Buck Bucknell nell University and Simko will run cro ross ss coun ountr tryy an and d track fo forr Pen Penn n St Stat atee Univers Universiity. Layton will play football for Lehigh Uni Universi versity. ty. Brenn Bren nan an,, an All ll-O -Ohi hioi oian, an, has run track at Gi Gilmour lmour for the last three seasons and is one of the main reaso rea son ns the Lance Lancers rs won the Di Divis visio ion n III Girls Track and Field St State ate Championship four out of the last fi five ve years.. Brennan was par years partt of the 4 x 400- and 4 x 800-meter relay teams that set Division III state records in 2007. Sh Shee holds fi five ve go gold ld medal edalss and a silver medal from st stat atee compet competit itions. ions. “Grace “Gra ce is a com ompos posed, ed, at athl hleti eticc and courageous runner who alw always ays rises to the occasion, especi especiall allyy durin du ring g th the e big com ompeti petiti tion on,” ,” says Gi Gilmour lmour Girls Track and Field Coach Jeff Klei Klein. n. “Grace ran one of the mosst im mo impressi pressive ve rel relay ay legs I’ve ever witnessed in the 4 x 800,” Klein says. Off the track, Brennan has played pla yed socc occer er and run cro crosss co coun untr tryy as a Lancer. Simk imko o advanc advanced ed to st state ate fou ourr years in cross country and three years in track, where she earned ei eight ght gold go ld medals and tw two o silver medal edals. s. In 2007, Simko was part of the 4 x 400- an and d 4 x 800-meter rel relay ay teams thaat ea th eacch set Di Divi visi sion on III st state ate recor record ds. She successf successfully ully def defended ended her 2008 state title in the 400 dash last seaso sea son n de despite spite comp ompeti eting ng wi with th a str trained ained quadri quadriceps ceps muscle, and was part of the 4 x 200-meter rel relay ay team thaat set a Division II th IIII stat tatee recor ecord. d.
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