Junior Camry Cummings should have looked no further than her senior teammate Grace Holt for the motivation and guidance she needed to make the jump she wanted.
Cummins wants to be a top runner and part of the Olantang Girls Crossing Team.
Cumming said: “Grace is really inspiring because she really raised it last year. “Last year her times were even better. I think I saw that and I was like, ‘I want to be like that. So, I talked to her and we got together and she was very helpful this summer. It was really great and I am so grateful that she helped me with this. ”
Cummings is the daughter of former Olegani girls basketball coach Kate Cumings.
“Camry has really increased her distance this summer,” said 19-year-old coach David Dewesse. “I look forward to seeing it bear fruit. She has always been part of our senior Varsity team – as a new student – but she has not taken that big step forward.
Davis set a goal for each runner and Holt ran more than 400 miles before the 2020 season. Kumming, a basketball player, started running three miles a day and gradually increased to six.
“I gave her an overview of what I did last year,” Holt said. “My brother (Sam Holt) ran for Olentanji. He was a very good runner and he always gave me advice. From my second year to my junior year, I really improved my mileage and it grew.
“I told her to do the same and be smart and listen to your body. The goal was to get her in the right shape because if you start exercising at the beginning of the season, you just want to be conditional. That is what she did. ”
Holt gave cumming exercises to improve her shape and suggested various places to run her hills or the Freedom Park on her flat to simulate courses for various meetings.
“In July, he made me do some speed sports,” Cumming said. “So, I would go at a slower pace than 20 seconds. We built temporary miles and made some gaps. ”
Cumming has a balanced run with basketball. She was on the track team in the spring when she competed in the AAU basketball.
“It was really challenging to do those two graces,” she said. “I go from track practice to basketball practice. It was definitely hard to fix, but I am grateful that it was a great experience.
It was her mind that made her do both at the same time.
“I (basketball) tried to be more grateful,” Cumming said. I did my run and now we are doing shooting exercises. He was definitely trying to be positive and positive because I was afraid every day that it would not be good.
Holt was the top runner or second in the Braves last season. But a broken leg delayed her work.
“It only happened after we met in the spring,” Dewese said. So, she has been sidelined for all the seasons and is going through all that (physical therapy). She did a lot of cross-training just to get that gradual build back to where she was a year ago. ”
Holt Cummins’ willingness to help was born out of the culture of the group, especially the word of the group, Ohana, to the family word Hawaii.
“Cross-country is a team sport; We are all here for each other and we are all here to support each other no matter what. ” “This is the meaning behind it. When someone falls, we have to stand up for each other. ”
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Berlin
Coach: Katherine Ubri, season four
Top athletes: Grace Dahlke, Grace Hatkamp, Ava Vaughs and Ella Zigler
Key losses; Katie Balt
2020 OCC-Cardinal Standards: Dublin Jerome (45), Berlin (73), Merrisville (77), Hilliard Derby (78), Thomas Wortington (113), Olantingi (129)
2020 Post-season Fourth in the district, 16th in the region
View The Bears had 12 seniors last year and have only three this fall, but they have some talented young actors who are ready to move forward.
Freshman Heathkamp leads the pack, with Sophomore Vault and Junior Dahlek in second place. Senior Zigler and freshman Bella Fips complete the top five. Veteran Ada Freeman and high school students Brenna Moreri and Bella Yandura are vying for the other two places.
Quote “Freshman Grace Hetkamp has led us so far, followed by Ava Vause and Grace Dahlke. Elementary girls are excited and inspired by our older daughters. … I think the girls are really curious, and I think they did a lot during the summer. Many new and high school students are entering, and the upper class has encouraged them by bringing them in and doing better than in the past. – Ubri
– Scott Hannie
Delaway Hayes
Coach: Jim Bible, Chapter 17
Top athletes: Beth Atanosian, Mayzen Clark, Daniica Develi, Rowan Herring, Miranda Jemberling, Kyle Smith, Sami West, and Julia Young
Key losses; Laila Buzuri, Lauren English and Bren McGrail
2020 OCC-Capital Standards: Dublin Scott (63), Boy Winchester (79), Big Walnut (97), Westville North and Westville South (101), Warrington Kilborne (107), Delaware (113)
2020 Post-season 13th in the district
View Passers have only a list of 19, led by senior Gemberling and Smith.
Junior Herring, Develi and Atanosia are among the top runners, with Herring leading the way.
Buzuri, English and McGregor – all 2021 graduates – are key failures in education, but also in leadership. The Bible requires athletes to fill in the blanks.
Quote “I think the two girls were hurt by the loss of four-year-old Varsity (athletes) and good leaders Brian McGraire and Lauren English. Probably not as deep as we were a few years ago. We want people to fill those roles, but they are big shoes to fill. ”- The Bible
– Michael Rich
Freedom
Coach: Jamie Gilbert, first season
Top athletes: Julia Boknestte, Sarah Gilbert, Madeleine Pommer, Allison Westfolk, and Rachel Zill
Key losses; Katherine Durtchi, Haley Cruz, Eli Okonak and Auri Piero
2020 OCC-Central Standards Hilard Davidson (18), Dublin Coffman (67), Upper Arlington (80), Orange (98), Freedom (100), Hillary Bradley (190)
2020 Post-season In the second district, in the seventh district
View In preparation for the season, Gilbert gave each runner an individual training plan during the summer. The goal was to identify ways in which each athlete could improve. The result of that process is a much deeper team.
The Patriots are in seventh place in the Category One regional individual qualifying competition.
Seniors Gilbert, Westforth and Zil, Sophomore Bokkentete and Freman Pohmer should be in the Liberty senior team.
Quote “We have a group of girls who care for 40 miles a week. This creates a basis for training in muscle cells and increases their ability to produce energy. After that, when we start at the top level in the post-race season, they have a lot of backups and a lot of strength and speed. – Gilbert
– Michael Rich
OLENTANGY
Coach: Dwight Davis, Season 19
Highly unbelievable; Nahla Ahlin, Madison Bryant, Grace Brenman, Camry Cummings, Grace Holt, Anushka Maharana, and Lauren Petska
Key losses; Maggie Duffy, Jessica Morris and Kara Wilson
2020 Post-season In District 11th
View Olentingi is in the process of replacing three 2021 graduates, including Wilson, who was the only state qualifier last season.
Joining Holt, an old man, junior cummins, Maharana and Brenman and new students are Petska and Bryant. Petska told the Braves at the top of the pack, behind Holt and Mooms.
Quote We return Grace Hall and she was No. 1 or No. 2 last year. But we have graduated many children in the top seven, so we want to rebuild. (We need) Stable, continuous improvement. We have a lot of girls who have done a lot of work this summer. Now we just wait and see if it pays for the season. ”- Dawit
– Michael Rich
Orange
Coach: Ra Chuh, eighth season
Top athletes: Laine Garling, Sarah Griffon, Mary O’Brien, Abby Shroff, and Kaila Sucharsky
Key losses; Medha Patria
2020 Post-season Second in the district, ninth in the region
View The PPs are the luxury of the two No. 1 runners in High School and Sophomore O’Brien. Shiroff was a leader heading towards the end of the season, but injuries limited her performance, allowing Aubrey to overcome the past.
Shiroff has previously led O’Brien, first-year Griffon, and juniors Sucharsky and Garling. Senior Bella Homardi, teenagers Shrea Aruntumer and Abi Wells and New Year’s Klia Case and Ayana Johnson will compete for the final two places.
Quote “Abby is back, and so is Marin. Both had a good summer. Abby spends many miles, and Marin also plays basketball so she always trains for something. … Many of our returning Varsity daughters have returned this year, and we have three new students showing hope. As long as everyone is on the right track and everyone is healthy, we have to work hard. – Shuh
– Scott Hannie