COUGAR
SPORTS REPORT
Carondelet Athletes Take On the
North Coast Section
Track & Field
Competing at the Tri-Valley Meet, the 4x400 relay team took first place and broke the
CHS record with a time of 3:48.25. Pictured here (left to right) are Christina Chenault
'15 (who also won the 400-meter and the triple jump), Mikayla Scott '17, Avery Avina
'16, and Julianna Ruotolo '16. At the Meet of Champions in Berkeley, Christina placed
second and Julianna fourth in the 400, and the 4x400 relay team placed second. A week
later, at the State Track Meet, the runners competed in the 4x400 and Christina competed
in the triple jump. The relay team qualified and competed in the State finals.
Swimming & Diving
The Carondelet Swim Team finished third
overall at the NCS Swimming & Diving
Meet in Concord, taking first place in
three races. In the 400 Free Relay, Madelyn
Murphy '16, Kelsey Witkay '16, Samantha
Coloma '16, and Natalie Amberg '16 took
first place. Samantha also took first in the
100 Backstroke and Madelyn was first
in the 100 Free. Two Carondelet divers,
Lauren Leone '14 and Adriana Ghiozzi
'15, qualified and competed in the NCS
meet.
Lacrosse
After a 10-4 season, CHS Lacrosse
took second place in the NCS. Lacrosse
team players were Emily Cattermole '14,
Madison Castelein '14, Meaghan
Corbin '14, Ella Dzenitis '14, Nicole
Fernando '14, Paige Fernando '14, Cierra
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Kocik '14, Mollie Markey '14, Elizabeth
Whiteman '14, Amanda Wirfel, Amanda
Barton '15, Meghan Harrington '15,
Corinne Lafayette '15, Samantha
Brasher '16, Abigail Cattermole '16,
Katherine Kuptz '16, and Mia Maloney '16.
Erica Payne '11 Wins
2014 Division I Women’s
Basketball Championship
Elite 89 Award
Stanford University junior Erica
Payne '11 received the Elite 89 award for
the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s
Basketball Championship.
The NCAA's Elite 89 award honors
the student-athlete who has "reached the
pinnacle of competition at the national
championship level in his or her sport,
while also achieving the highest academic
standard among his or her peers." The
award is presented to the student-athlete
with the highest cumulative grade-point
average participating at the finals site for
each of the NCAA’s championships.
Eligible student-athletes have
participated in their sport with their
school for at least two years. They must
be an active member of the team, traveling
and competing at the championship.
Erica, who is majoring in Science,
Technology, and Society, had a 3.515
GPA at the championships this spring.
CHS Names New
Varsity Basketball Coach
Elgin Leslie has been named as the
new head coach for Varsity Basketball at
Carondelet, taking over for the retiring
Ranked #15 in the Bay Area, the
Margaret Gartner. Elgin has been the
Carondelet Softball Team played in the
NCS Division II championship game at St. assistant coach for Varsity Basketball at
CHS for much of the past 14 years. He
Mary's College in late May, taking second
also served as head coach of the Junior
place in the division. The team included
Varsity Basketball Team from 2006 to
Alexis Acuna '14, Mackenzie Cast '14,
2008 and the Freshman Basketball Team
Olivia Haney '14, Hannah Hartung '14,
Alexie Shurtz '14, Taylor Blair '15, Madison from 2000 to 2004, achieving winning
records each year. As head coach of varsity
Morgan '15, Allana Shingler '15, Lauren
girls basketball teams at Concord High
Ramos '15, Alyssa Acuna '16, Sierra Blair
School and Campolindo High School,
'16, Giovannah Webb '16, Kylie Cast '17,
he has managed all aspects of varsity
and Michaela Vanderklugt '17.
programs.
Softball