WHO ARE WE? MNTC!!

ANNUAL TEAM PHOTOS

2022-2023

MNTC Team Photo - 2022-2023
2021-2022

2020-2021

2019-2020
2018-2019

ALUMS: COLLEGE DESTINATIONS

Class of 2023

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 – Boston U. 

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

BEATRICE EVANS – Dr. Bev

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 – Coop

DANI ABAEV – Dani Dani Bo Bani

DAVID FISCHBARG – D Train

EMMA COOK – Muggsy

ETHAN BEN-ZION – BeeZ

ETHAN CLARKE – Easy E

EVA LI – Quick

FLORENCE CHEUNG – Flo Go

GAVIN BRADY – Gator

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

JOSH MOORE – Slo Mo

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

MAC DIPAOLA – Mac Man

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