By David Grossman

It’s going to be a huge challenge finding a replacement for Christopher Williamson at Bayview Glen – a private or independent school in Toronto. Not only is he an exceptional student, jock and active in almost everything at Bayview Glen, but he graduates having become the first student at the school to qualify for the provincial playoffs in three sports in one year.

For starters, his grades were around the 94 per cent mark.

He was chosen Valedictorian, also on the school Student Council, participated in the Debating Society and found time in a busy year to finalize plans to study English Literature in the fall at the University of Western Ontario in London.

Now, to the sports.

There’s distance running, track and field and swimming – where he advanced to the provincial playoff round. Also, some downhill skiing. In the pool, he competes at the National level.

Chosen a two-time sports MVP, having set a record on the track, he capped an incredible high school career when school officials chose him senior athlete of the year. Doesn’t sound like they had a choice?

At the private school playoffs, he was fourth in cross country, but helped his team finish in third place. He placed in the top four in swimming in three individual races. And, in the 1,500 and 3,000 metres, won both in the school league final. In the 3,000 metres, he cut 20 seconds off his personal best time.

Williamson was one of 416 students on the list that follows this story – athletes of the year from their respective schools in the Greater Toronto Area. Names submitted by their schools.

Sadly, some schools weren’t interested in highlighting their names with us. At the Durham Board, despite appeals to the Director and through Trustees, they were shy when it came to recognizing athletes in a public way.

The newest additions of high school athletes of the year are in bold. The names of boys are listed first followed by the girls. Some schools also chose more than one winner.

Information appearing on our website and in interviews on the show Sunday Morning heard from 8:00am to 10:00am comes from high schools throughout leagues in the Greater Toronto Area, who were invited to help us salute their athletes.

2011 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

Abbey Park (Oakville) – Charlie Barrons and Julia Lombardi Acton District – Mackenzie Morrison and Brittany Schrader

Agincourt (Toronto) – Nicholas Karavanas and Bethany So

Albert Campbell (Toronto) – Vincent Chung and Eunice Ho

Aldershot (Burlington) – Jeff Woodall (no female provided)

Appleby (Oakville) – Brendan Meagher and Courtney Power

Archbishop Romero (Toronto) – Nelson Severino (tie) and Ashley Silva

Ascension (Malton) – John-Michael Bianco and Kayann Henry Assumption (Burlington) - Mason Miault and Matthew Papuga and Melanie Walsh and Andrea Fisher

Aurora – Rob Denault and Jarred Reid and Claire Layton and Brett Hagerty

Bayview (Richmond Hill) – Kristin McKnight and Myles Drakes

Bayview Glen (Toronto) – Christopher Glen and Raquel Soon-Shiong

Bill Crothers (Markham) – Alwin Wong and Emily Fisher

Birchmount Park (Toronto) – Kyle Fick and Geneva Calder

Bishop Allen (Toronto) – Ryan Bennett and Julie Edwards

Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton (Toronto) – Jonathan Layne (no female provided)

Bishop Reding (Milton) – Chris Adeneye and Lauren Furik

Bloor (Toronto) – Zakar Miah and Patrick Persaud and Sandra Duong and Namdol Tenzin

Bramalea – Christine Ung (no male provided)

Brampton Centennial – Stephen Fried and Shannon Wood

Brebeuf (Toronto) – Mark Rasing (male only)

Burlington Central – Eric Jones and Jasmine Jim

Bur Oak (Markham) – Abdi Aden and Karen Bang

C.W. Jefferys (Toronto) – Fabio Rivera and Schanel Blake

Cardinal Carter (Toronto) – Thomas Kim and Anne Bird

Cardinal Carter (Aurora) – Chris Smith and Amanda Cicchino

Cardinal Leger (Brampton) – Nathan Reid and Amber Forno and Laura Sinclair

Cawthra Park (Mississauga) – John Golla and Kerry Maguire

Central Peel (Brampton) – Adil Hussein and Hannah Martin

Central Tech (Toronto) – Mark Furzeland-Carvalho and Amber Martin and Norvis Benito-Palacios

Chaminade (Toronto) – Robert Bonomo (male only)

Chinguacousy (Brampton) – Patrick Robinson and Jennfer Truong

Christ the King (Georgetown) – Greg Nyhof and Jillian Borsuk

Clarkson (Mississauga) – Jeffrey Heartwell and Nicky Pembleton

Community Hebrew (Richmond Hill) – Adam Litwin and Sarah Edgerley

Community Hebrew (Toronto) – Justin Friedlich and Casey Rosen

Country Day (King City) – Reid Dobell and Will Eberlee and Kristina Brown

Crestwood (Toronto) – Jordan Rose and Laura Weingarten

Emily Carr (Woodbridge) – Peter Ly and Erin Clancy

Dr. John Denison (Newmarket) – Alicia Todd and Michele Todd and Jennifer Coffin and Mark Perrone

Dr. Norman Bethune (Toronto) – Tony Shi and Michelle Lo

Don Bosco (Toronto) -  Martha Appiah and Johnny Kupresak Kopresok

Don Mills (Toronto) – Holly Anderson (no male provided)

Downsview (Toronto) – Nathaniel Pinto and Chante Clarke

E.C. Drury (Milton) – Sebastian Cavaliere and Tasha Brunner and Bri Rector

Earl Haig (Toronto) – Adrienne Sy and Taylor Kotwa

Eastern Commerce (Toronto) – Aaron Best and Vaneil Simpson and Samantha Hill

Emery (Toronto) – Aisha Iftikhar and Patrick Walton

Emily Carr (Woodbridge) – Pedter Ly and Erin Clancy  

Erindale (Mississauga) – Irene Patrinos (no female provided)

Etobicoke (Toronto) – John Wells and Bea Robertson

Father Bressani (Woodbridge) – Adam Bragagnolo and Martina Alaimo

Father Henry Carr (Toronto) – Mark Ehioghae and Akua Barfi

Father John Redmond (Toronto) – Wesley Kosiba and Vanessa McLeod

Father Michael McGivney (Markham) – Nathaniel Caesar and Shirley Chan

Fletcher’s Meadow (Mississauga) – Rohit Jacob and Alisha Reynolds

Forest Hill (Toronto) – Sydney Westgate (no male chosen)

Francis Libermann (Toronto) – Aaron Colbert (no female chosen)

George S. Henry (Toronto) – Shariar Sadmun and Jwan Mohammad-Ali

Georgetown District – Spencer Kardash and Maggie Darling

Georges Vanier (Toronto) – Luis Marquez and Niya St. Amant

Glenforest (Mississauga) – Georgie Ikjot Singh and Kayla Murrell

Gordon Graydon (Mississauga) – Cody Fisher and Caeden Chau

Greenwood (Toronto) – Michael Picton and Carly McDougald

Harold Brathwaite (Brampton) – Parabhjot Khabra and Alanna Persaud

Havergal (Toronto) – Shannon Flatley and Shannon Connolly (females only)

Hawthorn (Toronto) – Cecelia Charles (female only)

Heart Lake (Brampton) – Gagandeep Toor and Kyra Dickinson

Holy Name of Mary (Mississauga) – Shani MacIsaac

Holy Trinity (Oakville) – Jack Gillis and Meaghan Perrotta

Holy Trinity (Richmond Hill) -  Patrick Wiradharma and Lauren Bucys

Humberside (Toronto) – Alison Findlay (no male was provided)

Humberview (Bolton) – Lee Sweetnam and Madeleine Clarke and Jessie Hurrell

Huron Heights (Newmarket) – Dylan Brown and Casey Blight and Carley Uden

Iona (Mississauga) – Fatima Gharachorloo and Zamour Johnson

James Cardinal McGuigan (Toronto) – Kevin Tutu and Kelly Alvarez-Ordonez

John Fraser (Mississauga) – Jad Oueini and Kelsea Walker

Judith Nyman (Brampton) – Lindel Active (no female provided)

Keswick – Evon Gayle and Rebecca Clark

King City – Dan Nicoletta and Connor Anderson and Jen Nevin

Lakeshore (Toronto) – Joseph Monroe and Tricia Kirk

Langstaff (Richmond Hill) – D.J. Bott and Sandra Krsmanovic

Lawrence Park (Toronto) – Will Cartar and Maddie Stephen

Lester B. Pearson (Burlington) – Connor Bowles and Torrie Stevens

Lester B. Pearson (Toronto) – Darshan Selvarajah and Kerri-Anne Merritt

Lincoln Alexander (Mississauga) – Jamar Martin and Shanay Richards and Prena Das

Loretto (Toronto) – Meghan Santos (female only)

Loretto Abbey (Toronto) – Julia Casey (female only)

Lorne Park (Mississauga) – Kyle Ondrey and Sarah Robson

Louise Arbour (Brampton) – Madhvin Shah and Navasha Persaud

Loyola (Mississauga) – Ryan James and Chenez Power

M.M. Robinson (Burlington) – Greg Carter and Renata Fast

Malvern (Toronto) – Nick Losee and Danielle Underwood

Maple – Ambreen Khan and Andy Chau

Marc Garneau (Toronto) – Rebecca Chang and Kelvon Dominique

Markham – Sasha Leznoff and Lynn Kennedy

Markville (Markham) – Jonathon Thompson and Laura Gosse

Marshall McLuhan (Toronto) – Andrew Verok and Joanne Dumo

Mary Ward (Toronto) – Cormac McGee and Vanessa Lee

Maxwell Heights (Oshawa) - Chelsea Goldby and Connor Bell

Mayfield (Caledon) Jamie Corbett and Nancy Anselmi

Middlefield (Markham) – Ankit Kapoor and Sayanthika Niranjan

Milliken Mills (Markham) – Eva Liu and Kevin Wong

Nelson (Burlington) – Doug Corby and Lindsay Wallace

Nelson A. Boylen (Toronto) - Nana Aburam and Shanique Leon

Newtonbrook (Toronto) – Dan Gendelman and Alex Van Wijngaarde

North Albion (Toronto) – Wesley DeBattista and Hemani Patel and Nirusha Shanmuganathan

North Park (Brampton) – Wesley Ng and Katherine Scott

North Toronto – Zachary Bader-Shamai and Danelle Im

Northern (Toronto) – Erica Fearnall (no male submitted)

Northview Hts (Toronto) – James Rashev and Amanda Molinaro

Notre Dame (Ajax) – Brett Hacker and Chanise Taylor-Chase

Notre Dame (Burlington) – Justin Springer and Angela Cutaia

Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Mississauga) – Sarah Edney and Stefany Santos and Brad Sheppard

Philip Pocock (Mississauga) – Steven Arbuthnot and Alexis Bolsis and Belanie DeGracia

Pickering (Ajax) – Izzy Ogieva and Sara Kaljuvee

Pickering (Newmarket) – Nathalie Breitschwerdt (female only)

Pierre Elliot Trudeau (Markham) – Chester Mui and Rufana Abdulkarimova

Pleasant View (Toronto) – Delon James and Sijia Liu

Pope John Paul II (Toronto) – Cedric Pelayo and Bernise Fernandez

Port Credit (Mississauga) – Adam Pereira and Maggie MacEachern

R. H. King (Toronto) – Sarah Heatley and Connor Fisher

Renaissance (Aurora) – Anthony Rossl and Natasha Philipow

Richmond Hill – Brian Dang and Abigail Krol

Richview (Toronto) – Damian Cameron and Scott Morrison and Alexa Bennett and Sam Day

Rick Hansen (Mississauga) – Waleed Ahmed and Ashleigh Lewis

Ridley (St. Catharines) – Colin MacKay and Elezza Cox and Savannah Cowerd

Riverdale (Toronto) – Michael Aleksic and Emily Ng

Robert Bateman (Burlington) – Alex Gowing and Claire Duncan

Robert F. Hall (Bolton) – Taylor Plaja

Royal St. George’s (Toronto) – Mackenzie Rich and Logan Semple

SATEC at Porter (Toronto – Redwan Noor and Connor Silver and Elisa Law

St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Mississauga) – Philippe Parrot-Migas and Alexa Costa

St. Andrew’s (Aurora) – Casey Cook (male only)

St. Augustine (Brampton) – Kyle Bennett and Meghan Murphy

St. Augustine (Markham) – Shawn Thomas and Elena Ma

St. Basil the Great (Toronto) – Michael Scavone and Gina Rapaci

St. Clement’s (Toronto) – Chelsea Hill (female only)

St. Edmund Campion (Brampton) – Camille Zapatos and Elizabeth Dworaczek and Tyler Ferreira and Dillando Allotey

St. Elizabeth (Thornhill) – Michael Carcone and Catie Sutherland

St. Francis Xavier (Mississauga) – Paige Simms and Orion Katayama

St. Jean de Brebeuf (Woodbridge) – Justin Jarvis and Alexandra Leonardelli

St. Joan of Arc (Maple) – Peter Argany and Angelina Sacchetti

St. Joan of Arc (Mississauga) – Juwon Ogunnaike and Laura Caruso

St. John’s Kilmarnock (Breslau) – Owen Lane and Laura Straus

St. Joseph (Mississauga) – Daniel Skube and Fallon Canhas

St. Joseph’s/Wellesley (Toronto) - Natasha Tyzler (female only)

St. Joseph`s/Morrow Park (Toronto) – Megan Mukai and Michelle Ocfemia

St. Marcellinus (Mississauga) – Giuliano Frano and April Looue

St. Marguerite d’Youville (Brampton) – Jordan Lynch-Roach and Aprille Deus

St. Martin (Mississauga) – Christian Verlezza and Kristi Patava

St. Mary (Pickering) – Katey Arathoon and Keith Cyrus

St. Mary’s (Toronto) – Rui Carvalho and Kimberly Patrocinio

St. Maximilian Kolbe (Aurora) – Connor Casciato and Shaina Harrison

St. Michael’s (Toronto) – Brendan Hynes (male only)

St. Patrick (Toronto) – Jaleel Gomez and Jennifer Maney

St. Paul (Mississauga) – Kristian Velkoski and Katelyn Turk

St. Robert (Thornhill) – Luca Pace and Rene Chang and Elaine Kereakou

St. Roch (Brampton) – Aaron Couto and Maya Stephens

St. Theresa of Lisieux (Richmond Hill) – Lucas McKernan and Bridget Asser  

St. Thomas Aquinas (Brampton) – Andrew McFarland and Kaitlyn McBride

St. Thomas Aquinas (Oakville) – Thomas Meagher and Madeleine Mann

Sacred Heart (Newmarket) – Glenn Lassaline and Sandy Mosher and Shannon

Bergin

Saint Famille (Mississauga) – Thomas Lalonde and Nicolette Serratore

Senator O’Connor (Toronto) – Josh Rumball and Samantha Tamburro

Silverthorn (Toronto) – Samuel Narkaj and Hannah Whyte-Fagundes

Sinclair (Whitby) – Scott Burford and Alex Whyte

Sir John A Macdonald (Toronto) – Olivia Gonsalves (no male provided)

Sir Oliver Mowat (Toronto) – Nathan Hummel and Kelsey Bull

Sir Sandford Fleming (Toronto) – Mosran Durrant and Heather Brown

Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Toronto) – Shaquille Murray-Lawrence and Heather Lennie

Stephen Leacock (Toronto) – Jarson Wu and Monica DeJesus

Stephen Lewis (Thornhill) – Nethu Srikanthan and Patricia Palcu

Streetsville – Eric Granham and Shannon Junor

Sutton District – Joel Smith and Paul Rudling and Kayla Vandenburg and Deanna Norton (tie)

Thomas A. Blakelock (Oakville) – Boulton Doolittle and Renee Dhingra

Thomas L. Kennedy (Mississauga) – Antonio DeRenzis and Leslie Nemeth

The York School (Toronto) – Aidan Mallovy and Emma Thompson-Murphy

Thornlea (Thornhill) -  Enoch Cheung and Tara Tabatabai

Toronto French – Ann-Merrie Leung and Marc McGuire

Town Centre (Markham) – Jason Jhauj and Allison Lai

Trafalgar Castle (Whitby) – Lindsay Brazill and Maggie Carmichael

Trinity (Port Hope) – Matt Villeneuve and Jordan MacKeigan

Turner/Fenton (Brampton) – Ryan Mylmuk and Lily Butler and Jenny Pranger and Jendayi McBean

Unionville – Megan Nishida and Rob Tevlin

Upper Canada (Toronto) – Henry Bloeman (male only)

Vaughan (Thornhill) – Troy Reid-Knight and Henry Tan and Hailey Antflick

Vaughan Road (Toronto) – Andre Harriott and Sandra Amoah

Victoria Park (Toronto) – Kira Fulford and Hamidou Ongoiba

West Credit (Mississauga) – Marco Marchese and Caitlin Maund

West Humber (Toronto) – Michael Heptbourne and Monica Suntay

Westmount (Thornhill) – Hayden Cantor and Lauren Ng

Weston (Toronto) – Jamal Dasent and Grace Ly

Westview Centennial (Toronto) – Alex Simpson and Nancy Thi Huynh and Cindy Truong

Wexford (Toronto) – Adam Lila and Vikki Bekiaris and Annie Hanson

White Oaks (Oakville) – Ryan Leslie and Taylor Pezzack

William Lyon Mackenzie (Toronto) – Heather Sanchez and Anthony Nesci

Winston Churchill (Toronto) – Nick Gravel (no female chosen)

Woburn (Toronto) – Jahlove Lynch and Deborah Mitchell

Woodbridge – Darnell Landon and Tashan Yarde and Emily Vecchiarelli

York Memorial (Toronto) - Michael Tweddle (no female provided)

York Mills (Toronto) – John MacIver and Mary Tanos

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