ATHLETICS
Student Spotlight: Kate Tenerowicz ’21
Kate Tenerowicz ’21, knew she wanted to attend a Catholic high school, and she knew that Magnificat’s gymnastics program was the right place for her. She credits her four years on the gymnastics team with teaching her lessons in leadership, friendship, and perseverance. Not even a broken back could keep Kate down. After a misdiagnosis led her to compete her entire sophomore season with two stress fractures in her lower back, she recovered and continued to compete, becoming a team captain her junior year and placing 5th on the beam at the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) State Tournament in her senior season. Ever the lifelong learner, Kate decided to try track and field her senior year and found success in long jump. “[Joining the track team] taught me the importance of trying new things and branching out to find new opportunities,” she said. In her first season representing Magnificat on the track and field team, she placed 6th in the District tournament. In addition to gymnastics and track, Kate was involved with the Business Club, Students in Medicine, and the Peace and Justice Club. Next year, she will attend Ohio University and pursue a degree in biochemistry with a pre-medicine track.
Bowling and Gymnastics Coaches Named Coach of the Year Magnificat Bowling Coach Bryon Tobin was named Coach of the Year by the Greater Cleveland Bowling League, and Assistant Gymnastics Coach Liz Wojtkun ’02 was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the Ohio High School Gymnastics Coaches Association. We are so grateful for the many ways they support and inspire our studentathletes!
Magnificat Welcomes New Soccer Coach Magnificat Athletics is pleased to introduce new soccer coach, Johnny Kimani. Coach Kimani comes with an extensive history of playing and coaching soccer, and he has spent the last ten years coaching girls’ varsity and premier club soccer. Coach Kimani holds a United States Soccer Federation “C” License. Born in Kenya, Coach Kimani has played soccer his entire life, including as a member of the U17 Kenya National Team from 2002-2005 and as a four-year varsity soccer player at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. Coach Kimani’s coaching career began in 2011 with the Ambassadors Soccer Club; he has also coached for the Ohio Premier Soccer Club, and his extensive coaching background includes coaching the Kenya U17 National Team. At the high school level, he coached at Rosslyn Academy in Nairobi, Kenya, and, most recently, he was the Head Girls Soccer Coach at Shaker Heights High School. We educate young women holistically to learn, lead, and serve in the spirit of Mary’s Magnificat. | MAGNIFICAT MAGAZINE
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