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team began the year 10–0, with victories in the annual Tom Flanagan Invitational and the St. Paul’s School Invitational near Baltimore… the Storm also defeated the U.S. Naval Academy JV team, which used several varsity players in the match due to injuries… Kionne Hendrickson ’18 won the “C” flight at the season-ending MAPL tournament and was named All-MAPL… Presman played in the 2015 U.S. Junior Open Squash Championships as an individual… Gabby Fraser ’16, who was the Storm’s top girls’ player for two seasons, competed with the boys’ team; she is playing at Hobart & William Smith… Ghodsi was an Academic All-MAPL selection.
Girls’ Squash Captain: Jung Hee Ryu ’16 Thomas Flanagan ’38 Girls’ Squash Award (most outstanding player): Emma Hicks ’19 Most Improved Player Award: Ryu Head coach: Wells Gray (13th season) Record: 1–14 Highlights: Ryu and Kelsey Shields ’16 led the team in individual match victories with six wins apiece… the Blue Storm defeated Madeira, 9-0, to claim seventh place in the annual Tom Flanagan Tournament held in the Davenport Squash Center on campus… four of the team’s defeats came
by 5–4 scores… in addition to Ryu, Shields, and Hicks, other top players included Eliza Smith ’18 and Lauren Jones ’18… Shields was chosen to represent the team on the Academic All-MAPL squad.
Boys’ Swimming & Diving Captains: Jake Girard ’16, Dilin Massand ’16 Harrison S. Glancy ’24 Award (most outstanding swimmer): Girard Tom Wolfe ’85 Award (most improved swimmer): Eric Oh ’18 Most Improved Diver Award: Michael Yu ’16 Head swimming coach: Glenn Neufeld (2nd season) Head diving coach: Jennifer Miller Smith ’97 (8th season) Easterns finish: 6th Highlights: The Storm finished 10 points ahead of Germantown Academy for sixth place at the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships; Mercersburg placed ahead of all the other MAPL schools with the exception of boys’ champion Peddie… Andrew Zhugayevich ’16 (who is swimming at Army) posted the top individual finish at Easterns (2nd, in the 200yard freestyle) and was sixth in the 100 free; other Easterns finalists included the 400 free relay team (Zhugayevich, Girard, Ben Carter ’16, Logan Cort ’18/3rd), the 200 free relay quartet (Zhugayevich, Girard, Carter, Eric Oh ’18/3rd),
and Girard (200 individual medley, 6th)… Yu and Xavier Dreux ’18 both placed in the Easterns diving competition… top individual finishers at the MAPL Invitational included Zhugayevich (50 free/2nd), Carter (100 butterfly/3rd), and Alistair Matsuda ’17 (100 breaststroke/3rd)… other college swimmers include Carter (Denison), Girard (Navy), and Massand (Occidental)… Matsuda and Tyler Russell ’18 earned Academic All-MAPL honors.
Girls’ Swimming & Diving Captains: Sarah O’Leary ’16, Courtney Levins ’16 Neidhoefer Swimming Award (most outstanding swimmer): Lindsay Tanner ’17 Most Outstanding Contributions (Diving) Award: Lexa Treml ’16 John Preston ’47 Award (most improved swimmer): Levins Thomas Hartz ’72 Award (perseverance): Lizzie Troy ’16 Bruce F. Vanderveer ’31 Award (greatest influence): O’Leary Head swimming coach: Glenn Neufeld (2nd season) Head diving coach: Jennifer Miller Smith ’97 (8th season) Easterns finish: 1st Highlights: Mercersburg’s Easterns championship was its first in the girls’ event since 1987… the Storm (471 points) finished in