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MONTVERDE WINS THE Hi-Q CHAMPIONSHIP!

Yesterday at Leesburg High School, Montverde Academy won the 2010 Hi-Q Championship of Lake and Sumter counties for the 2^nd year in a row by defeating Leesburg and Tavares, the 2^nd and 3^rd Place teams. The scores were as follows:

Montverde Academy          233

Leesburg HS                          153

Tavares HS                            72

Montverde easily dominated league competition this year by outscoring league teams by big margins and ended the season with a 16-0 record. The Total Points Standings which determines the league championship were as follows:

FINAL TOTAL POINTS STANDINGS

1^st Place          Montverde                 1548

2^nd Place         Leesburg HS              1011

3^rd Place          Mt. Dora                     874

4^th Place          Tavares                      863

5^th Place          Eustis                          850

6^th Place          South Sumter           728

7^th Place          Wildwood                   713

8^th Place          East Ridge                  711

9^th Place          Umatilla                      648

South Lake High School withdrew from the league after the 5^th week due to unknown reasons.

This year completes the 7^th year that Montverde Academy has competed in the Lake-Sumter Hi-Q League and since the 2003-04 school year against the other 9 schools in the league, MVA has never placed lower than 3^rd Place in the league. This year marks the 3^rd time in competition that MVA has won the Championship (the other two years were 2006 and 2009).

The team members are: Alex Synovec (Grade 12), Chris Bow (Grade 12), Kelly Jenkins (Grade 12), Yi "Samantha" Shen (Grade 12), Jee Eun "Elizabeth" Joo (Grade 12), Jonas Dye (Grade 11) and Kaya Gaudet (Grade 10).

• Montverde went 1-2-3-4 in the girls discus: senior Janessa Silvestri in first with a throw of 67'0"; senior Tolu Akinpetide in second, 60'10"; senior Georgia Ptohopoulos in third, 55'2"; and freshman Nina Lu in fourth, 55'0". In the boys discus, senior captain Chris Bow and junior Andrew Matella both threw 86'4" to tie for first, and senior Tyler Hallal threw 70'3" to take fourth place.
• In the shot put, Montverde went 1-2-3: sophomore Teddy Dewitt in first with a throw of 36'2.5"; Chris Bow in second with a throw of 36'0"; and junior Andrew Matella in third with 29'8.5". Senior Tolu Akinpetide took first in the girls shot with a throw of 24'0.5".
  
• In the high jump, senior Nick Blackwell took first place for the boys with a jump of 5'0", and Tolu Akinpetide won first for the girls, clearing 4'2".
• In the long jump, junior Keishin Onodera won first in the boys with a jump of 17'1.5", and eighth grader Wendi Williams took third with a jump of 11'10".
  

• In the girls 100-meter dash, Katie Stanley ran 15.60 to take second place, and sophomore Kaya Gaudet took fourth with a time of 15.85. In the boys 100m, sophomore Tyler Dixon ran 12.59 for a second-place finish.
  
• In the boys 200-meter dash, senior captain Dyneal Fessal took first place with a time of 24.53, and junior Robert Crago took fourth with 26.11. Katie Stanley won second for the girls at 32.29, and Kaya Gaudet took third at 32.44.
• In the 400-meter dash, Dyneal Fessal won first for the boys with a time of 54.92, and Robert Crago took second at 58.42. Tolu Akinpetide took fourth for the girls at 79.41.
  

• The girls went 1-2-3 in the 800-meter run: freshman Allison Keeler led with a time of 2:56, followed by Shaula Rey in second at 2:58 and Romina Titanti in third at 3:08. Senior David Cruz
  won the boys 800m with a time of 2:26.
• In the girls 1600-meter run, seventh grader Ciara Hopkins took first, running 5:43, with senior Gorana Lazic in second at 7:00. For the boys, junior Keishin Onodera won first with a time of 5:21, and senior Christian Mantilla took fourth at 6:04.
• In the 3200-meter run, Keishin Onodera won first place at 12:29 for the boys. For the girls, Ciara Hopkins took first place, running 13:05, and Allison Keeler took second at 15:38.