2026 Girls Track/Field Season Preview
American Conference
Head Coach: Greg Cicero
Players to watch: Riley Verespej (Senior, Pole Vault)– Isabelle Leindecker (Senior, Sprints)– Isabella Cicero (Senior, Sprints)
Season outlook: The Greenmen return many of the athletes who scored in the Suburban League meet last year. Our twelve seniors look to lead the way to success again this year while incorporating many talented freshmen. The team has the potential to be more successful than last year, but it will take a dedicated effort.
Head Coach: Harley Berlesky
Players to watch: Trinity Crews – junior – sprints– Vivian Velo – junior – distance– Ryanne Flowers – senior – hurdles
Season outlook: Our team is growing in size and talent. Although we have a lot of inexperience, we are led by several varsity returners that are ready to make their mark in the post season.
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Head Coach: Dan Scourfield
Players to watch: Lucy Burrington, soph. HJ/ LJ– Violet Gray, sr. LJ– Elizabeth Taylor, jr, throws
Season outlook: We are an extremely young team with only a handful of returning letterwinners. We will be teaching many young athletes how to compete on the HS level and counting on our few returners to provide strong leadership.
Head Coach: Paul Lushes
Players to watch: Katie Schuler Soph. Distance 1600/3200– Celia Pylypiak Jr. Hurdles Sprints/Mid-Distance– Bria Riedy Soph. Pole Vault/Sprints
Season outlook: We have added quality depth to our distance group and return many letter winners to fill out the rest of our line up
Head Coach: Colleen Fry
Players to watch: Caroline Wilson (12) Mid-Distance– Kaylynn Waldron (12) Thrower– Tori Parish (12) Thrower
Season outlook: I’m very excited for the 2026 track season to begin. The girls have been working extremely hard, including in the off-season, to prepare for track this year. The girls are excited for competitions to begin!
Head Coach: Kaylie Weigel
Players to watch: Kaidyn Harris, Senior– Mahlia Friedman, Senior– Molly Flynn, Freshman
Season outlook: We are exctied about the incoming talent from our freshman and looking forwarded to being a more well rounded program this year
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Head Coach: Jeff Hildebrand
Players to watch: Katie Will senior distance– Jillian Paolucci senior distance– Makenna Bode senior pole vault
Season outlook: Our goal this year again is to be “happy and Healthy” and have the best season possible.
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Head Coach: Joe Francescangeli
Players to watch: Sienna Bokoch (Senior, 400m, 800m and 1600m)– Ava Weatherbie (Senior, 100m/200m)– Rachel Ellis (Junior, 100m/200m/400m)
Season outlook: A deep and talented girls team with a strong group of underclassmen and some promising newcomers ready to contribute to the field events and track events.
Head Coach: Matthew Wieczorek
Players to watch: Samantha Singleton (2028)– Camryn Cayne (2026)– Corina Lewis (2026)
Season outlook: Very much looking forward to defending our back-to-back Suburban league titles, as well as, seeing how our team can perform at the northeast Ohio regional and state championships.
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Head Coach: Sarah Kmet
Players to watch: Nicole Smith, junior, hurdler / sprinter– Autumn Besett, senior, mid-distance– Teighlor Humbert, senior, sprints
Season outlook: We return all four of our state qualifiers from last season. We are looking to qualify even more athletes to the state meet this spring. We are a well-rounded team with strengths in both the sprints and distance events. Winning the league meet is a team goal.
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