 Adlawan Cup karate winners Carl Fredlin (back), Chris Wheeles and Katie Schwartz. |
PALISADES PACESETTERS By Steve Galluzzo, Sports Editor 2009-11-27
Nine-year-old Katie Schwartz, a fourth grader at Marquez Elementary and student at Gerry Blanck's Martial Arts Center, recently took first place in Kids Green Belt forms at the Adlawan Cup Karate Tournament in Santa Ana. Also winning was third degree Black Belt instructor Chris Wheeles, who was second in Adult Black Belt Forms and Sparring and Carl Fredlin was fourth in the Senior Blue and Green Belt division.
Madison Wojciechowski, a junior on the University of Pennsylvania women's volleyball squad, has been named First-Team All-Ivy League. Penn won the league championship to qualify for the NCAA Tournament beginning December 3.
Caitlin Blosser, a freshman on the Princeton women's soccer team, has been named All-Ivy League--only the second freshman to make All-Ivy at Princeton since 2004.
Seventh-grader Maile Lane led the Calvary Christian girls' cross country team to the Delphic League championship last week, finishing in fourth place in 12:09 for two miles. Eight-grader Emma Seaman was fifth in 12:25. Seventh-grader David Grinsfelder was third in the boys' race in 11:13.
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