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meter intermediate event at the Blue Dolphin Invitational in New Jersey… Birck finished 17th in the boys’ one-meter competition at Easterns, and was fourth in the three-meter intermediate competition at the Blue Dolphin Invitational.
Boys’ Squash
Captains: Otto Bunjapamai ’13, Mac Williams ’13, Eli Woodworth ’13 Thomas Flanagan ’38 Boys’ Squash Award (most outstanding player): Bunjapamai Coaches’ Award (most improved player): Williams Head coach: Chip Vink ’73 (13th season) Record: 13–6 Highlights: The team defeated the Navy JV squad for the first time in several years… Bunjapamai was the team’s No. 1 player and finished with a 12–10 individual record; Williams (playing at No. 3) had the top individual mark (18–4); other top individual records belonged to Max Weinik ’15 (16–6, No. 2), Eli Woodworth ’13 (15–5, No. 4), Albert Lam ’14 (16–6, No. 5), and Jeremy Greenberger ’13 (13–8, No. 7)… the Storm defeated Hill twice headto-head and finished third at the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Tournament… Woodworth was a fouryear varsity letterwinner and also an Academic All-MAPL selection.
Girls’ Squash
Captain: Caroline Metz ’13 Thomas Flanagan ’38 Girls’ Squash Award (most outstanding player): Natalie Burkardt ’14 Coaches’ Award (most improved player): Woodli Krutek ’13 Head coach: Wells Gray (10th season) Record: 8–11 Highlights: The Blue Storm placed third at the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Squash Tournament, battling back from a first-round loss to Episcopal to defeat Madeira and St. Anne’s-Belfield… the team finished fourth at the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Tournament, though Krutek and Celine HyltonDei ’15 both won their consolation brackets… at the season-opening Tom Flanagan Tournament, a final-round win over Hill gave Mercersburg a third-place finish… a blizzard wiped out the 2013 U.S. Squash National High School Team Championships in Connecticut… Rachel Rosa ’14 earned Academic All-MAPL honors… five of the team’s top seven players will return for the 2013– 2014 season.
Boys’ Swimming
Captains: Ian Kecskes ’13, Kevin Shivers ’13 Harry Glancy ’24 Award (most outstanding swimmer): Sam Ciocco ’13 Tom Wolfe ’85 Award (most improved swimmer): Carson Owlett ’13 Head coach: Pete Williams (25th season) Easterns/MAPL finish: 12th/3rd Highlights: Ciocco finished in the top six in two
events at Easterns—the 500 freestyle (3rd) and 200 free (6th)—and was also part of the 200 free relay that placed 6th (with Owlett, Shivers, and Pearce Bloom ’14)… Shivers, who was a fouryear letterwinner, was the MAPL champion in the 100 butterfly and part of two relays that finished second at the MAPL meet (200 free with Ciocco, Owlett, and Bloom, and 400 free with Ciocco, Owlett, and Jani Ertl ’13)… Ciocco (Navy), Owlett (Connecticut College), and Shivers (Babson) will all swim at the college level next year… Ciocco and Jordan Allen ’15 earned Academic All-MAPL honors.
Girls’ Swimming
Captains: Kelly Hamilton ’13, Catherine Levins ’13 Neidhoefer Swimming Award (most outstanding swimmer): Hamilton John Preston ’47 Award (most improved swimmer): Alex Royal-Eatmon ’14 Finlay Vanderveer ’29 Award (greatest influence): Levins Thomas Hartz ’72 Award (perseverance): Ana Marie Bistrow ’13 Head coach: Pete Williams (25th season) Easterns/MAPL finish: 5th/2nd Highlights: The team placed in the top five at Easterns for the fifth-consecutive year, behind only Germantown Academy, Episcopal Academy, Peddie, and Andover… the 200 medley relay team of Royal-Eatmon, Levins, Hamilton, and Bistrow led the way with a third-place effort at Easterns; other top-six Easterns finishers included Bistrow