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Athletes of the Week Dec. 2

December 2, 2022
Bennett Brumbley     

A 15-year-old runner and wrestler who’s named after his two grandfathers, Bennett won his first Seashore Striders 5K Nov. 27 at the 19th annual Sea Colony Turkey Trot, exploding at the start like it was open season on turkeys and never looking back to run a personal best of 18:14. Hunter Bondorant, 24, of Selbyville was second in 18:36. Bennett is a freshman at Sussex Tech. The Ravens’ No. 1 ran 18:42 at the Henlopen Conference cross country championships, which was good for 19th place. Bennett ran 18:28 in the Division I Delaware state championship race. But enough about running; it’s wrestling season. Bennett wrestled last year for Laurel Middle at 145 pounds and is now in the Sussex Tech lineup for coach Scott Layfield at 144 pounds. The Ravens will open the dual-meet season Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Cape, the two-time Division I state champion. “Stepping up and wrestling high school kids is going to be tough,” Bennett said. But at least he’ll have both grandfathers out there on the mat with him. 

Nahseem Cosme 

A junior starting quarterback for the Dover Senators, Nahseem guided the team to a 6-4 record and two Group 3A playoff wins over Sussex Central and St. Georges Tech. Nasheem’s dad is Luis Cosme, Cape’s supervisor of student services and equity initiatives. Luis is a Cape grad, and Nahseem has a cousin around every bend in Slaughter Neck. His uncles include David Cosme, Haywood Burton and Stephen Slayton. Nahseem was 7-for-13, passing for 126 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-14 semifinal win over St. Georges. He is a guard on the Dover varsity basketball team and an honor student who plans to study engineering in college. According to his dad Luis, “Nahseem enjoys traveling with family and cheering his younger sister Nyra on at her cheerleading competitions. He doesn’t care about individual stats, just wants to win. He’s always been a low-key jokester.” Saturday will be no joke, as Dover battles Smyrna for the Group 3A state title. 

Robert Mitchell 

The Linemen for Life Club is a brotherhood of thousands who played “unskilled” positions in high school with orders to never touch the ball, just fall on it if a fumble rolled over to their feet. Robert, a 2017 Cape grad, went beyond all that as he was named 2022 Offensive Lineman of the Year in the MEAC conference while playing guard as a fifth-year senior for North Carolina Central University. Robert played his first two years at Lackawanna College. Robert is 6-foot-3, 305 pounds on a light day. He can rep 225 pounds 30 times on the bench and run a 5.1-second 40-yard dash. His grandfather Robert is one of 15 children. Robert is a mass communications major. When somebody that big and strong communicates, it’s best to shut up and listen. Robert was credited with 63 pancake blocks on the season. NCCU was 9-2 this season and will play in the Cricket Celebration Bowl Saturday, Dec. 17, in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. A pro prospect? It certainly seems so.

Olivia Montini  

A freshman at Swarthmore College, Olivia is a Philly girl who went to Penn Charter in the Philly Inter Academic League. Liv is what locals used to call a summer kid, except her name has appeared on local race results since she was 5 years old. Most locals are tourists by comparison when it comes to Seashore Striders race results. Nov. 26 in Rehoboth, Olivia, 18, was overall female champion in 19:20, a minute faster than Jordan Reed, 20, of State College, Pa. A freshman cross country runner for the Garnet of Swarthmore, she qualified for the NCAA Division III nationals, where she ran 24:47 in snowy conditions in her championship debut. Olivia placed eighth at the Division III regional championships with a time of 23:28. The race distance for women’s cross country is 6,000 meters or 3.7 miles. Men race the 10K, as the NCAA hasn’t caught up with Title IX in the last 50 years. Congrats to local Philly girl Olivia Montini. 

 

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