Local runner completes in NYC Marathon
A Mercer Island resident recently completed the New York City Marathon, held on Nov. 1.
Patrick McCarthy, 44, ran the 26.2 miles in 4:20:26 to finish in 22,286th place. McCarthy averaged approximately 9:57 per mile during the annual event.
MIHS grad plays for Vandals volleyball
Mercer Island High School graduate Janelle Chow is currently playing volleyball for the University of Idaho Vandals, in Moscow, Idaho. The freshman, who has played with the Vandals all season as a defensive specialist, will close out the regular season tomorrow night against Boise State in Moscow before heading to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament, Nov. 22-25, in Las Vegas.
Chow is responsible for 17 points and 160 digs this season.
The Vandals are currently 13-13 overall this season and 9-4 in the WAC, for third place in the WAC standings.
MIHS freshman breaks long-held swimming record
Mercer Island freshman Grace Wold broke a long-held swimming record during the district meet two weekends ago at Mary Wayte Pool.
Wold broke Mary Wayte’s 100-yard backstroke record, set in 1981. Wold finished the race in 57.74 seconds, ahead of Wayte’s 57.96 record-setting time.
Wold also smashed the existing freshman record for the 200-yard individual medley race. Wold swam the medley race in 2:07.31, beating the record set in 1994 by Chace Kloppenburg by over two seconds. Kloppenburg finished the ’94 event in 2:09.48.
Six Island students join the 2009 Pacific Northwest Ballet cast
Six students from Mercer Island will participate in the annual Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) production of the “Nutcracker” this winter. The show, created by PNB founding artistic director Kent Stowell and author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, will open on Nov. 27 at McCaw Hall in Seattle.
PNB’s entire company of professional dancers participate in the show, and over 200 students from the PNB school have rolls ranging from the baby mice to toy soldiers, to the lead role of Clara.
The students from Mercer Island who will be participating include: Jessica Li, 12, who will be playing a tall servant; Devon Munoz, 13, as a tall servant; Ana Ko Glass, 9, as an infantry member; Elisabeth Malanga, 15, as a scrim mouse; Jenna Permut, 11, in the role of toy theater girl, and Stevie Reiff, 15, in the role of a Chinese dancer.
Performances run through Dec. 30 and tickets are available via the PNB’s Web site at www.pnb.org.
Whistler 2010: Share your experience
It may seem like it’s still ages away, but in fact the fervor leading up to the Whistler Olympics early next year is already starting to amp up.
People already have tickets; hotels, resorts and condos are long gone, and the border lines are only going to get longer.
Prior to the Winter Games, the Mercer Island Reporter wants to hear from you.
Do you have tickets? For which events? What is your game plan for heading across the border in February? Have you begun to tackle the passport issue yet? What are you looking forward to the most — getting to see world-class athletes push themselves to the limit?
Even if you aren’t planning to attend any of the events, do you think Seattle and the rest of Western Washington is going to see an impact as the international spotlight brightens our corner of the world?
To share your story or thoughts, e-mail sports reporter Megan Managan at mmanagan@mi-reporter.com.
Corrections
• The final record for the Northwest Yeshiva High School girls volleyball team was incorrectly stated in last week’s issue. The team finished their season with an overall record of 11-4.
• In the article “MIHS girls swim and dive captures KingCo title” from the Nov. 3 issue, the MIHS girls swim team record of winning KingCo was misstated. The team won the KingCo title from 2001-2007 and again this season.
The Reporter regrets these errors.
