Senior privileges. One of the best things about returning to competition this spring was getting to celebrate our Class of 2021 athletes! The Cubs swim team celebrated their Prep League victory in an oversized way.
Goooooal! Playing soccer at the Rose Bowl was Athletic Director Steve Bergen’s top moment in athletics this year—one that’s sure to rank as an all-time sports highlight for our Cubs, too!
Lucky seven. The Cubs won 11 of the 12 events at the 2021 Prep League finals to secure their seventh straight Track & Field championship title. Go Cubs! Squash sensation. After (pretty much single-handedly!) introducing the squash program at Mayfield, Frances Burton ’21 is heading to Amherst College to swing her racket for the Mammoths. A self-described STEM enthusiast, Frances won the Thomas P. Pike Award for the highest academic average and the Beverburg Science Award, and plans to major in biochemistry at Amherst. Congratulations, Frances!
Leader of the pack. Cubs cross country phenom Audrey Suarez ’21, whom Steve Bergen describes as “the greatest athlete in Mayfield history,” heads to Stanford University this fall to run with the reigning PAC-12 cross country champs. Her Stanford signing capped a stellar high school career, made extra memorable with a series of impressive wins during her final few months as a Mayfield Cub. This spring, Audrey dominated the 1600-meter race, winning the Prep League, CIF Southern Section and California State titles, as well as the Arcadia Invitational, the biggest high school meet of the year. She was also the 800-meter champion at both the Prep League and CIF finals meets. Congratulations, Audrey!
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Making a splash. Gillian Gorocica ’21, this year’s Prep League diving champion and a member of the league-winning Cubs swim team, will join the Varsity swim and dive team at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana this fall. Gillian is an aspiring neurosurgeon who will be majoring in biomedical engineering on a pre-med track. Congratulations, Gillian!
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