Athletes of the Week Nov. 5

Cindy Conant

Cindy Conant of Kensington, Md., has been racing at the beach for more than 20 years, and she wins pretty much any race she enters here. On Oct. 30, the 60-year-old multi-Boston Marathon qualifier won the overall title in the female division at the Sea Witch Half Marathon, racing 13.1 miles through Cape Henlopen State Park in a time of 1:33:42, which was also good for 11th overall. Cindy is no stranger to the half-marathon distance, as she won several of the popular Lower Delaware Autism Foundation half titles back in the late ’90s. Cindy volunteers at the Dave Reynolds Biathlon each year, and if she finds a swimmer, she usually wins one of the relay divisions.  

Tyler Muse

Tyler logged a half-marathon time of 1:21:36 to win the inaugural Sea Witch Half Marathon Oct. 30, using the race as a warm-up for the Oct. 31 Bay Bridge Run, where he threw down six sub-five minute miles to win the race. This 28-year-old from Bel Air, Md., ran 30:45 over the Bay Bridge, averaging a crazy 4:58-per-mile pace. Tyler ranks up there with the best runners who have ever raced at the beach, including names like Rich Paperno, Doug Mock and Mark Amway. Tyler won by over a minute on the field of more than 10,000 runners and walkers.

Atia Sabbagh

This Beacon seventh-grader plays field hockey and lacrosse. She is a rumbler and a rambler, playing with awareness and intelligence. “She was the heart of the defense for this year’s Beacon hockey team,” said coach Lynn Richardson. She also plays for the Shorebyrds travel hockey team and Eastern Shore Lacrosse Club 2027 team coached by John Rishko. She is skilled and a big hitter. Atia had four goals and three assists over the 10-game season, including the winning goal in a 2-1 win over Smyrna and a penalty stroke goal versus Mariner in the final game of the season. “She is a joy to coach,'' Richardson said. Older sister Marcella plays for Christopher Newport, while Noelle is a Cape senior on her way to the University of Delaware.

Meadow Tesoro

Meadow, a junior, kicked PATs for the first time this season. Meadow went 4-for-4 Nov. 1, as Sussex Tech beat Milford 28-7 to improve to 5-4 on the season with one game remaining Friday night against Odessa. Meadow plays girls’ soccer in the spring for coach Carlos Villa. Meadow plays for Shore FC travel soccer year-round and plans to continue playing collegiate soccer after graduating from Sussex Tech in 2023. Megan Collins Spangler kicked for CR football in 2002, where she was also an all-state soccer player. Villa said of Meadow: “Last year, she filled in as a goalie and did a phenomenal job. An excellent defender with the ability to play at the next level. She has all the natural gifts of an exceptional athlete coupled with the drive to make the most of her abilities. Her teammates love her ... wonderful personality.”