WELCOME TO WESTCHESTER YOUTH FITNESS

   Kate Cen is a freshman at Stevens Institute of Technology and is 19 years old. She is a year round athlete who is also committed to academic excellence. Over her years at Tuckahoe High School, she has held nearly a 4.0 gpa with four AP courses and a numerous amount of honor courses. As the secretary/ historian of the National Honor Society, she works with members to ensure that they give back to the community with their service hours. 

  Athletically, she has 14 years of experience in dance, 10 years of experience in soccer, 6 years of experience in competitive cheerleading, and 5 years of experience on varsity track. Other sports she has participated in include: varsity swimming, varsity tennis, basketball, and gymnastics. Her favorite sport is track and field, and it shows with her achievements: qualifying for sectionals every year, placing fourth in the Westchester County Championships in 2021, qualifying for the section 1 state qualifiers, and ranking top twelve in the section for the 400 meters and long jump. Additionally, she placed 2nd in the overall female mile and the 5k in the 2022 Tuckahoe Race Challenge.   

  Kate spends a majority of her time giving back to the community. Namely, she tutored elementary students in the Tigers Helping Cubs program in the William E. Cottle School , reconstructed homes for veterans in Habitat for Humanity, shoveled for the elderly in the snow angels program,volunteered at holiday parties for the Chester Heights Association, made cards for children with cancer for the Cancer Kids First program, and assisted in donation drives for Hope Community Services in New Rochelle. 

  Kate holds many prestigious abilities and it proves from her leadership roles she has earned: head captain of the varsity track team, treasurer of the Tuckahoe Jazz Co dance company, secretary of the National Honor Society, ambassador of the New York College Board Big Future program, captain of the varsity girls bowling team, and school winner of the Heisman High School student athlete award.  Additionally, she participates in many extracurricular activities: orchestra, science olympiad, and yearbook.  

  Outside of school and extracurricular activities, she has had many experiences in the work force. During the summer she has worked at Badger Day Sports Camp- teaching children how to swim and counseling their sport activities. She has also held a job as a marketing intern for the Brooklyn Food& Beverage Company. Lastly, she has worked at TASC (tuckahoe afterschool camp). 

Kate comes from a background of being the middle child of her family. She loves to spend her weekends outdoors: biking, hiking, and running with her family. Being an older sister, she trains her brother to excel in his sports: soccer, basketball, running, and baseball. 

  Kate enjoys giving back to the community as well as spending time with her family and friends. At Stevens, she double majors in Science, Technology, and Society and Marketing as well as continuing her running career on the track and field team.  Kate Cen is ready to tackle any and all challenges in the near future to become successful.

  An 19-year-old senior attending American University, Ella Bordwell, is a hardworking, dedicated, and conscientious worker. Over her years at Tuckahoe High School, she was Vice President of  the National Honor Society. She has developed her leadership and management skills immensely, and is a confident leader in a group setting. Furthermore, at school, Ella has maintained a 4.08 unweighted GPA throughout 7 AP courses and several honors classes. Ella tutors 6th, 7th, and 10th graders in all academic subjects, as well as teaching violin and drums on the second grade level.  

  Her extensive athletic career includes experience in soccer, dance, fencing, tennis, track, baseball, and football. Her specialty is soccer, which she has played for over 13 years total and 5 in the varsity setting in which she has won the Player of the Year, all-state honorable mention, and all-conference award as well as 5 all-league and 2 all-section honors. This year, she was ranked 1st overall for the lower Hudson Division in assists and 7th overall in combined statistics. In addition, Ella is a member of the Manhattan Soccer Club where she plays for the U18 premier team and travels across the country for tournaments and ID camps. 

  Ella also regularly participates in community service. Four years ago, She established her own football club in Zambia, Africa that works to promote female athletics from eight to eighteen years old. Locally, she serves as the international ambassador for the Eastchester Travel League, a volunteer for the Westchester Youth Community Fund, and a current member of the Music Around Us Project (M.A.U.P), an organization created to share music with residents of senior homes. Additionally, Ella has volunteered as a camp counselor at Rising Light Ridge under the wing of the Tim Tebow Foundation to share the joys of the outdoors with underprivileged children. 

  An avid musician, Ella plays the violin, viola, drums, and cajon. She enjoys regularly performing with the Manhattan Chamber Music family and plays in the Tuckahoe Advanced Orchestra and Select Ensemble as principal 2nd chair violin and 2nd chair viola and participated in the Tuckahoe Orchestra (PIT) for Into the Woods and Beauty and the Beast.

  In her free time, Ella enjoys camping, hiking, biking, playing in pick-up games and chamber groups, and trail running. At American, Ella studies International Relations as well as playing for the women's club soccer team! The future is a bright, exciting place, and she is ready for it!

  A goal for both Kate and Ella in the future is to run marathons. Both athletes are training weekly on weekends to reach their goal. You may see them on nearby trails during the weekends (Bronx River Pathway, Twins Lakes Trail, and many more.) Say hi if you see them! Both ladies know it will be a arduous journey, but they are more than willing to persevere with 110% of effort to reach their goals. 

  Athletically, both girls have enough experience to train any sport. Though they may not have years of experience in every sport, they have lots of athletic abilities to learn new ones immediately.