Athletes of the Week Aug. 16
Jaden Davis
A rising junior and lead running back for the Cape football team, Jaden is coming off a year of sophomore success in two sports – football and lacrosse. Jaden, weighing 140 pounds last year, became Cape’s most productive running back midway through last season. “I’ve been working in the weight room all summer after lacrosse ended, and I’m now 167 pounds and I’m a lot faster also,” he said. Last spring, Jaden was a prime-time defensive middie for the Cape lacrosse team that was unbeaten in Delaware and posted two wins over powerhouse Salesianum, including a 12-10 victory in the state championship game. “I love lacrosse,” Jaden said. “I can’t wait until we get our rings.”
Jennifer Reihm Schwomeyer
Jen played field hockey for Cape under coach Ruth Skoglund, graduating in 1997. Jen then played two years at Catawba College under coach Nan Whitney before transferring to the University of Delaware. Jen is in town visiting from South Korea, where her husband is a JAG officer. After the flight from South Korea, she ran and won the Tunnel to Towers 5K in a time of 21:45. “I’ve been running since I was 8 years old,” Jen said. “I train seven days a week and do a ton of spinning and fitness classes. All my training is on the military base. I ran because my dad [Scott Reihm] ran lots of Striders races, so I would go with him.” Scotty was the Delaware starting quarterback in 1974. Jen has a degree in physical therapy from Drexel University.
Kurtis Wells
A rising junior and strong safety for the Cape football defense and a former quarterback at Beacon Middle School, Kurtis sees his strength as coming up to make tackles. “He’s like having a linebacker at safety,” said coach J.D. Maull. “We need for him to have a great season. He works hard in practice.” “It most likely will be me and Jo Jo [Kirby] or J-Roc [Burton] playing the safety positions. And, of course, we are the last defenders, so once you read the run you come up and make tackles, but also you have deep responsibility. I was never about being the quarterback. I just like to tackle people. I have a defender’s mind-set.”
Alexandra Wilson
Lee Lee has landed smack-dab in a starting lineup somewhere in a Cape uniform near you. Lee Lee played her way into the starting lineup late last spring for the Cape girls’ lacrosse team that won its 11th straight state championship. On Monday, the first day of hockey practice, she ran the fastest time in the two-mile run. Coach Kate Austin remarked, “I am not surprised at all. She has worked hard all summer, and as a player, she is so smart, very unselfish, makes great decisions and doesn’t try to do things she can’t do.” And she is the late Dave Truitt’s granddaughter, a true sportsman and Cape guy. She’s a worker like her first cousin Kaylie, who’s now playing at Lynchburg.
