Danhakl Named All-American

Last Saturday, Palisadian Lizzy Danhakl was recognized as an All-American at the 2009 Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Marietta, Ohio. A sophomore at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Danhakl finished sixth in the 800 meters, covering two laps in 2:13.3. Danhakl, who took up track in the spring of her senior year at Harvard-Westlake High in 2007, concluded this season as the highest ranked sophomore in the country. She was also a defensive starter on the Ephs’ women’s soccer team, which made the NCAA Final Four this year. Congratulations to former Palisades High lacrosse player Sierra Centkowski, recently named an Academic All-American by the U.S. Lacrosse Women’s Division Intercollegiate Association after her stellar freshman season at UC Santa Barbara this spring. Centkowski, who has a 3.95 GPA, graduated from PaliHi in 2008 and was the Booster Club’s female Scholar Athlete recipient. She was a two-year captain for the Dolphins and played an instrumental role in the founding of the girls? varsity lacrosse program. Accolades keep pouring in for Pacific Palisades’ soccer sensation Maddie Lenard after a magical senior season at Harvard-Westlake High. She received the school’s Lee Carlson Award as Outstanding Female Athlete as well as the campus newspaper?s Chronicle Athlete of the Year honor. Lenard was voted to the All-CIF First Team and was named Most Valuable Player of the CIF Southern California Regional Division II Tournament. The Wolverines’ captain was also Mission League defensive most valuable player and a L.A. Daily News All-Area First Team pick. Greg Young, a four-year pitcher on the Wake Forest University baseball team, received his B.A. in economics on May 18. The Pacific Palisades native was a two-year varsity letterman at Harvard-Westlake High, where he was named to the L.A. Daily News All-State team. Shoulder surgery caused him to miss his entire red-shirt sophomore campaign with the Demon Deacons but he posted a 3.0 earned run average the next year. Local residents Savannah Schy and Rebecca Wagman helped power Brentwood’s 4×100 relay team to a first-place finish at the Junior Delphic League Track & Field Championships last week. Now in eighth grade, Schy has participated in the Optimist/YMCA Youth Track Meet every year since she was 6 and was a Level 4 state champion gymnast three years ago. In addition to the relay, Wagman placed high in both the 100 and 200 meters, helping Brentwood’s girls place second at the meet.