ATHLETICS UPDATE

FALL 2022 - SPRING 2023

Equipped with a newly completed Luetkemeyer Athletic Center and a reopened Krongard Field, Calvert Athletics returned in full force this school year, claiming championship titles in boys’ and girls’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, girls’ basketball, baseball, and track and field. In addition, the boys’ basketball team secured second place in their conference while the volleyball, field hockey, ice hockey, tennis, track and field, football, flag football, and cross country teams honed their skills with competitive seasons.

The Calvert squash program flourished this year, thanks to the Luetkemeyer Athletic Center, which moved squash programming on campus from the recently closed Meadow Mill Athletic Club, and Director of Squash Patrick Bedore’s introduction to the Calvert community. During the 2022-2023 school year, the new athletic center hosted several large squash events, including the Calvert Winter Junior Bronze Tournament. Hosted on December 17, the tournament saw students Julianne Dawn ’23, Howdy Colhoun ’24, and Virginia Borg ’25 claim championship titles in the girls under 15, boys under 15, and girls under 13 divisions. Lower Schooler Izora Tahboub ’27 earned the runner-up position among girls under 11 years old.

The School also took its program on the road, sending 12 students to compete in the 2023 U.S. Middle School Squash Championships in Philadelphia in late January. Hosted at the Arlen Specter Center, the tournament featured three divisions of competition for one group — Howdy Colhoun ’24, James Niccolini ’24, Daniel Sun ’25, Tommy Zink ’24, Keating Hoffman ’23, and Grayson Bess ’25 — and two divisions for the other — Virginia Borg ’25, Julianne Dawn ’23, Alex Getschel ’24, Caroline Norman ’24, Anne Rodgers ’23, and Chloe Seto ’24 — with Calvert’s crew competing in Division II across the board. Calvert was the only school to represent Maryland.

“The Calvert squashers certainly rose to the occasion, and everyone played amazing squash this weekend,” coaches Susie Silberstein and Patrick Bedore shared.

The team progressed through day three of the tournament before returning home for yet another large competition, the Maryland Middle School Squash Championships, on campus.

In addition to the expanded squash programming, this year’s athletic season also introduced badminton to the spring sports season and featured two outstanding student-led pep rallies organized by Eighth Grade leaders.