WHO ARE WE? MNTC!!
ANNUAL TEAM PHOTOS
2022-2023
2020-2021
ALUMS: COLLEGE DESTINATIONS
ANISH SAXENA – New York University
AVERY NUDELL-COOK – Lehigh
DAVID FISCHBARG – Lehigh
FLORENCE CHEUNG – Cornell
JIN WATANABE – Cornell
JOHN MANNING – Lehigh
LEAH HAYEM – Washington University
LIA ROBERTSON – Georgia Tech
LUCIO GAMEZ RIOS – Occidental
LYNA ROCHDI – McGill
MAYOU HAYASHI – U. of Delaware
RILEY CUSICK – Duke
SUSAN RICKMAN – Cal Berkeley
Class of 2022
ANGELA MEISSNER – Syracuse
BRANDON CAMPAGNA – Cornell
EMMA COOK – University of Alabama
HOPE COOK – Furman University
ILAI AMAR – Brandeis
JAMIE WEI – Cornell
JUNE COOK-SELMAN – Hamilton
LILY ECHEVERRIA – Bowdoin
LUCA SHAPIRO – Clark University
MADELEINE YAO – Bryn Mawr
MATT CAPPELLO – Indiana University
REIS BLOCH – Northeastern
SANA ARIF – Skidmore
STEFANIE MITCHELL – Syracuse
Class of 2021
ADAM G. – American University
ANNEKA D-R. – McGill University
CAITLIN F. – Macalester College
IRFANE S. – Boston College
JOSE C. – University of Southern California
LILY F. – Vassar
MIKAELA S. – McGill University
NATE V. – University of Miami
RACHEL A. – Oberlin
RYAN S. – University of Miami
SIBORA B. – University of Michigan
TAKI S. – American University
Class of 2020
AMBER L. – Harvard
ANDY Z. – SUNY Stony Brook
ANNA A. – Oberlin
ANNA B. – SUNY Albany
CHRISTINA C. – SUNY Binghamton
LILY S-V. – Northeastern
MICHELLE D-V. – City University of NY
OLIVIA W. – Mt. Holyoke
RAE F. – Rutgers
SLATER D. – Clemson
Class of 2019
JACK C. – Michigan
JULIE S. – Villanova
MAX L. – Tufts
MNTC BOOKENDS
YOUNGEST TEAM MEMBER
In January of 2020 a youngster named John-Lee, accompanied by his mom Melodie, began to frequent our practices on the track in Thomas Jefferson Park. He’s a charming, inquisitive lad and pretty soon he was running warm-down laps with some of our runners, helping me with my stopwatch, and endearing himself to the team. We were always happy to have John-Lee join us, so we added him to the club roster, making him our youngest member. Not long after, Covid shut down New York and in mid-spring of 2020 Melodie, John-Lee, and his dad Hans made a long-planned move out of the city. But we kept in touch and in June of 2023 John-Lee, wearing an MNTC t-shirt, took 1st in the 200 and 3rd in the 100 for his age group at the Junior Olympics in Nashville! Merrell would have been proud!
OLDEST TEAM MEMBER
Joe Bolster Jr. was Class of 1952 at Princeton University and captain of the track team that same year. In April of 2019, after witnessing the 80+ Division of the 100-Meter Dash at the Penn Relays, he decided he would enter that event in 2020. On July 6, 2019, at 90 years of age and wearing a Merrell Noden TC singlet, he toed the start line in the Master’s Division of the 100-Meter Dash at the New Jersey USATF Track and Field Championships. The gun went off and, propelled by classic “pocket to socket” arm action, he reached the finish line in 28.02, copping the Gold Medal in his age group. He later quipped that he “also won the Silver and Bronze.” Joe raced two more 100s that summer and by March of 2020, he was training thrice weekly before Covid shut down the world. In April of 2020, the Penn Relays were canceled. And, sadly, on July 21, 2020, Joe Jr. passed away four months shy of his 92nd birthday.
MNTC NICKNAMES
ALEXA BERMAN – Alexa Not Siri
AMBER LEVIS – Cap’n
AMELIA CAMILLERI – Am Cam
ANGELA IONG – Achy
ANGELA MEISSNER – Blondie
ANNA ALVES – Double A
ARIEL SHARP – Tuffy
AVERY NUDELL-COOK – Doc
BOUNTOU KEITA – Bountou Long
BRAD LYNCH – Big Brad
CAITLIN FALKOWSKI – Specs
CALEB PARK – Twodens
CHRISTINA CRUZ – Cruz Missile
CLAIRE TOLENTINO – Claire Bear
CLARK BEACH – Magic Man
COACH JOE BOLSTER – JoBo
COCO SAGOO-JONES – 2COs
COOPER ANTONUCCI – Nooch
DANI ABAEV – Dani Dani Bo Bani
DAVID FISCHBARG – D Train
EMMA COOK – Muggsy
ETHAN BEN-ZION – BeeZ
ETHAN CLARKE – Easy E
FLORENCE CHEUNG – Flo Go
HADIATOU BARRY – Had2
HOPE COOK – Hopester
HUDSON MATARASO – Rocket Man
ILAI AMAR – Ilai’s Comin’
IRFANE SOUMANOU – Irfane Baton
JACK BRITTON – Jack Attack
JADYN SCHATTNER – JayD
JAMIE WEI – Famous Jamous
JAYDEN HAYNES – Haynesy
JESSICA ONWUKA – JoJo
JIN WATANABE – JDub
JOHN MANNING – Jumpin’ John
JOSE CAMPOS – Jose Can You See
JULIA JACKOWSKA – Jay Jay
JULIE SCHOENMAKER – Pinky
JULIETTE WILLIE – Julie Jet
JUNE COOK-SELMAN – June Bug
KATE DONNELLY – KayTGee
KIEFER SHERLOCK – Keef
LEAH HAYEM – Tilty
LEELA GLASS – Smiley
LIA ROBERTSON – L-Ro
LILY ECHEVERRIA – Ech
LILY FALKOWSKI – Lily Pad
LILY SPITZER-VANECH – L-S-V
LUCIO GAMEZ RIOS – Lucio in The Sky With Diamonds
LYNA ROCHDI – Lyna Bean
MACKENZIE BOURBIN – Mack Bo
MADELEINE YAO – Mad Fast
MAEVE RESK – Ravin’ Maeven
MARTIN HRONEC – Martino
MATT CAPPELLO – Matt Capp
MAYOU HAYASHI – Mayou Run Fast
NATE VENDLEY – Nate 5
RACHEL ARONSON – Champ
RACHEL FINE – Binky
REESE BIENSTOCK – Reesed Lightning
REIS BLOCH – Speed Reiser
RILEY CUSICK – Riles
RYAN SAMAREL – Flyin’ Ryan
SANA ARIF – Skates
SEBASTIAN RODRIGUEZ – SebRo
SENAH TESFAMARIAM – Senah Bean
SIBORA BERISHA – Coach
STEFANIE MITCHELL – Stefallini
SU-YIN BOUCHOT – Su-Bou
SUSAN RICKMAN – Ricky Smooth
TAKI SUGINO – TakiStan
TENZIN CHIME – Tenzino