Menlo News November 13, 2019

Four student-athletes sign letters of intent

Knights set to compete in track, cross country, lacrosse in college
Four Knights student-athletes sign national letters of intent Wednesday.

11.13.2019 –Menlo School is pleased to announce that four student-athletes have made early official decisions to study and compete in their respective sports, signing national letters of intent Wednesday.
Charlotte Tomkinson is set to compete for both Duke’s cross country and track & field teams. Three will continue their lacrosse careers: Cole Kastner is headed to Virginia, Page Wolfenden to Davidson and Ryan Young to Lafayette.
Additionally, more than 25 Menlo student-athletes are set to play NCAA Div. I-III and NAIA intercollegiate sports, and will announce their commitments throughout the year.

Cole Kastner (Virginia lacrosse)  – The U.S. Lacrosse All-American defenseman and all-WCAL selection led the Knights with 21 take-aways and was second with 51 groundballs as a junior. Kastner started as a sophomore, coming on in March after helping the basketball team to a CCS Championship. Kastner is also a two-time all-WBAL forward in basketball.


Charlotte Tomkinson (Duke cross country / track & field) – A league record-holder in both cross country and track, Tomkinson helped pace the Knights to firsts in two programs: the girls’ cross country team and the girls’ track & field team each won CCS Championships. She finished top three in Central Coast Section in the 400, 800 and 4x400. Her junior season, Tomkinson was key to the Knights earning their first state team bids in cross country and track in which she took silver in the 800. She is the two-time defending 800 CCS champion and three-year all-league selection in both sports, including two-time MVP-track

Page Wolfenden (Davidson lacrosse), a four-year varsity attacker, helped the Knights to a third consecutive West Bay Athletic League Foothill Division championship last season. Wolfenden was the Knights top scorer, second on the team in both goals and assists. She was named a U.S.Lacrosse All-American after her junior season and The San Mateo Daily Journal Lacrosse Player of the Year.

Ryan Young (Lafayette lacrosse) – The attack scored a team-leading 58 goals and had eight assists, and picked up 15 groundballs, in 17 games as a junior as the Knights took fourth in the tough WCAL. A two-time all-WCAL selection, Young was second on the team with 37 goals and 16 assists as a sophomore.