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SJM_SpringAthletes_0423FINAL.qxp_Feature 4 / 26 / 23 12 : 19 PM Page 3 SHAWNEE LACROSSE ETHAN krauss , After leading the Renegades with 39 goals and 48 assists as a sophomore , Krauss was even better last year , as he registered 56 Cecchi , a senior , had a memorable junior season that included three top - five finishes at the 4A state tournament : a third in the 100 back - goals and 54 assists and helped spark Shawnee to its first sectional championship since 2015 . The University of Delaware commit stroke , a fourth in the 50 free and a fifth in the 200 free relay . He is currently being heavily recruited and getting close to his college decision . recently scored his 100th career goal . South Jersey Magazine : What was it like to SJM : What led to your decision to commit to break through and win a South Jersey title Delaware ? last year after the program had been a runner - EK : It’s close to home , it’s a great program and I up four seasons in a row ? love the coaches there , so that made it easy to Ethan Krauss : That felt great . In preseason , we pick . had that on the board as our main goal , to win sec - tionals . After losing the year before , winning that SJM : Do you know what you want to study ? game felt awesome . EK : Not yet , no . Probably business . I’d say I’m the best at math . That’s the [ subject ] that came the SJM : Have you been playing with a lot of your most naturally growing up . high school teammates since you were little ? EK : Yes . All of us have such great chemistry and SJM : Have you always lived in the Medford that makes it easy to play with them and to win . area ? EK : Yes , Medford Lakes . In middle school , we would SJM : Do you think you have a chance to bike to school every day , which I liked . There’s lakes repeat this year ? all around , and me and my friends would just bike EK : Absolutely . I have a lot of confidence in our around and get food . Everyone lives so close in team . Medford Lakes , which I really like . SJM : Who do you see as the top contenders ? SJM : Aside from athletics , what else do you EK : Ocean City , Clearview again , and you never like about going to school at Shawnee ? know with Moorestown in the playoffs . … Last year EK : There’s not only a great tradition in sports but we beat them by like 10 in the regular season , and in academics too . I love all the teachers and in the playoffs it was a one - goal game . So you people there . We’re all one big community at really never know in the playoffs . Shawnee . SJM : Is the Moorestown rivalry the one you SJM : What do you do for fun aside from most look forward to ? lacrosse ? EK : Yeah . We just have such a past with them . I EK : I play video games sometimes , hang out with remember when I was younger , coming to friends , and we play other sports like volleyball or Shawnee - Moorestown games and they were always pickup basketball . I’m a big sports guy . one - goal games , gritty games . It means a lot to us to play against them . SJM : Who is the funniest guy on the team ? EK : I would say Josh Peluse is the funniest guy on SJM : What did it mean to you to score your the team . Some of the stuff he says is so wild , you 100th career goal earlier this year ? don’t expect it . He’s always making people laugh EK : That’s been my goal for a while . The next goal is and getting everybody fired up . You definitely need to break the [ school ] record for points and the a guy like that . record for goals , so I’m still going for more . SJM : Were you always a goal scorer growing up ? EK : Yes , but I love to pass the ball , get assists and get other guys involved . I almost like that more than scoring . I’ve always been a pass - first guy and the goals just come . SJM : Did you enjoy not just lacrosse but playing all sports growing up ? EK : Yes , I played football and I played basketball growing up all my life and then stopped freshman year . Lacrosse and football were my favorites . SJM : You had a very good senior season in football too . How did you decide between lacrosse and football as the sport you wanted to play in college ? EK : I was just better in lacrosse . That made it easy . SJM : Do you think you’re going to miss foot - ball when fall comes around ? EK : Oh , definitely , 100 % . I’ve played it my whole life and I love playing football . It’s going to be weird not having a preseason in the summer and not having a game every Friday night . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 1 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 46 |

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SJM_SpringAthletes_0423FINAL.qxp_Feature 4 / 26 / 23 12 : 20 PM Page 4 EASTERN TRACK AND FIELD KADENCE dumas , One of the most accomplished runners in New Jersey , Dumas was a sectional champion in the 400 and placed third in the event at Cecchi , a senior , had a memorable junior season that included three top - five finishes at the 4A state tournament : a third in the 100 back - both states and the Meet of Champions last spring as a junior . This winter in indoor track , she won sectional titles in both the 400 stroke , a fourth in the 50 free and a fifth in the 200 free relay . He is currently being heavily recruited and getting close to his college decision . and 800 and anchored the Vikings ’ 4x400 state championship relay . also looking at the coaches , because I have a group South Jersey Magazine : Has the 400 always of coaches now who really help me and I’m thankful been your thing ? for that . In past years , not in high school sports , but Kadence Dumas : It was the 400 , but now I’m I’ve dealt with other coaches who I didn’t click with it shifting into more of a 400 / 800 runner . I did the 400 and it led to me not liking the sport as much . Right to get better with speed , and now I’m shifting back to now I have coaches who I enjoy working with , so in the 800 and I’ll probably end up doing a lot of both . college I’m looking for that same spark so I can con - tinue to have the love for the sport for four years and SJM : Do you prefer the 400 or the 800 ? not want to transfer or leave . KD : I don’t prefer the 800 because of how hard it is mentally . It’s the hardest race for me , so I prefer the SJM : Do you know what you want to study ? 400 , but I feel like I have the most success when I KD : I’m looking to go into the nursing and psychology have a good race in the 800 . fields , kind of a mix of both , which will most likely end up in me going for a master’s . I’ll probably get a BSN SJM : How does running during indoor season and then a master’s for psychology . That’s my plan , compare to the outdoor season ? but things change . KD : It’s a lot different , especially for me in the 400 . I’m more of an endurance - based athlete than the SJM : What do you like to do for fun away from other sprinters who run the 400 , so all of the sports ? sprinters get out ahead of me and I have to run KD : One of my pastimes is art . I’m actually in AP Art around them . So being in lanes in outdoor is a lot and I’m working on my portfolio for the AP exam easier for me , because I don’t have to worry about coming up , so that takes up a lot of my time . A lot going around people . I know I have the second half of of my friends are on the track team and we the race every time . recently went down to the beach as a team . We always get together and it’s a lot of fun . We go SJM : Is your strategy in the 400 to bide your all over New Jersey : sometimes we go to Six time and outlast the sprinters ? Flags , sometimes we go to different colleges KD : I work to stay with them as much as possible for a football game or something . We do and go out as fast as I can . Having people who run team bonding once a week and I have crazy times in the 200 and constantly practice the my best friend and multiple other close 100 , it’s hard for me to keep up . I don’t have the friends on the team . speed but I have the endurance base to run past them . SJM : Do you like growing up in South Jersey ? SJM : How did you originally get interested in the KD : I love growing up in South sport ? Jersey . I have Philly , I have the KD : I got into the sport in sixth grade . Both of my beach , and I have friends all parents were runners at TCNJ , so running has always over the area , which track has been a big thing for me and my entire family has really helped me with . I have always been into running , even if it’s not track . My friends in Pennsauken , RV grandfather has run in the Boston Marathon and mul - [ Rancocas Valley ] , and tiple marathons . I remember having speed and con - Alexis Tepper from Cherry stantly wanting to run [ when I was little ] , and finally Hill East is one of my in sixth grade I wanted to go out for the team , and absolute favorite girls to here I am . run with . … Having a bond with all of my friends SJM : What are your goals for the outdoor in the area is great . season ? KD : This spring , I’m really looking to just have fun SJM : What is your pre - race with it . When I was doing college visits , a lot of the routine ? girls told me they regretted not having fun in their KD : I have a playlist that I listen to senior season . So I want to drop my times , but I want on repeat . I’m religious , so I listen to it to be fun and not stressful . worship music before races , but I would say that my favorite song to SJM : So you’re not dead set on winning state listen to is “ X Gon ’ Give It To Ya ” [ by championships ? DMX ] . At one of the meets I played it KD : That’s always the goal — I really want a state title and I forgot to change the song after - in the 400 or 800 , and I think I can do it in either of wards , so it just kept replaying , and now them , I just have to put in the work . But I’m also it’s my thing . I’m pretty superstitious about looking to reintroduce the fun part of why I love run - my routine — the night before I have a protein ning . drink , because one time I did it and it went very well . SJM : Do you know where you’re going to col - lege ? KD : I’m not sure yet — it’s kind of in the finalization process . I’m looking for a good track program that I can contribute to and where I can find my place . 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