led the way for Landon at the IAC championships, where he ran on the fourthplace 4x800-meter relay, won the 1,600 meters for the second year in a row, and closed out his long day by winning the 3,200 meters. Michael Carr ’18 finished third in the pole vault, and Kevin Tsai ’18 ran a personal best of 2:00.66 to finish second in the 800 meters. INDIVIDUAL HONORS Wes Feldman ’17: All-IAC, Co-Captain; Brian Lossing ’17: Co-Captain RUGBY HIGHLIGHTS For the second year in a row, rugby won the MAVRC division II championship, this year with a 73–14 triumph over Gonzaga “B.” The game was the culmination of a dominant season that saw the Bears go a perfect 8–0 in division play and outscore opponents 527–116. INDIVIDUAL HONORS Henry Atkins ’17: All-MAVRC (1st team); Tommy Baldwin ’18: All-MAVRC (1st team); Jameel Brown ’17: All-MAVRC (1st team); Joel Desroches ’17: All-MAVRC (first team); Andrew Engel ’18: All-MAVRC (first team); Aiden Howe ’18: All-MAVRC (2nd team); Jonathan Hsieh ’17: AllMAVRC (1st team), Co-Captain; Nico Kenary ’18: All-MAVRC (1st team);
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Tommy Kenary ’20: All-MAVRC (1st team); Allan Kupka ’18: All-MAVRC (1st team); Maanik Lal ’17: All-MAVRC (1st team), Co-Captain; Mitchell Pan ’17: All-MAVRC (1st team), Co-Captain; Luke Peterson ’17: All-MAVRC (1st team); Parker Swensrud ’18: All-MAVRC (2nd team) TENNIS HIGHLIGHTS Landon went 9–1 overall and undefeated in IAC play to win both the regular season and IAC tournament titles, the program’s 49th title overall and first time since 2004 the team has won the IAC outright. The Bears clinched the tournament with a 6–1 win over St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes and 5–2 victory vs. St. Albans in the final. But it was the team’s dramatic 4–3 decision over Bullis to sew up the IAC regular season crown that was the true highlight. Landon pulled out the win with a clutch victory from No. 3 singles player Cyrus Rahbaran ’20, a freshman. INDIVIDUAL HONORS Sachin Das ’19: All-Met (honorable mention), All-IAC; Rodrigo Pedraza Garcia ’19: All-IAC; Ben Selya ’17: Co-Captain; Nate Smith ’17: Co-Captain
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