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Boys’ Swimming & Diving: Won its sixth New England Championship in 10 seasons. Darren Ty ’16, Marcello Rossi ’16, Nick Isenhower ’18, and Christian Alberga ’17 set new pool and school records in the 200 freestyle relay. Jack Warden ’19 set a new junior record in the 100 butterfly. Jacob Hudgins ’19 set a new junior record in the 100 breaststroke. Alberga set a new upper record in the 50 freestyle. Girls’ Basketball: Emma Kelley ’17 was named to All-Area “Super Team” by the Eagle-Tribune. Wrestling: Won the team title at the 2016 USA Wrestling Massachusetts State Girls’ Folkstyle Wrestling Tournament.
Opposite page: Steve Snyder ’56 wins the 40-yard dash. Above: Architectural renderings of the new squash courts. Right: Steve Snyder ’56.
Nordic Skiing: Carmen Bango ’16 was league champion for the second year in a row and finished second overall at the NEPSAC Championships. Boys’ Basketball: Danny Evans ’16 was named All-NEPSAC, and Sam Jefferson ’16 earned an honorable mention. Girls’ Hockey: Charlotte Welch ’18 was named Division 1, Second Team All-NEPSAC.
The price tag ultimately reached $1,134.88, and construction took two years to complete. In 1891, when Andover hosted Exeter in its brand-new facility, the boys in blue again emerged victorious 46–44, with a new scoring system awarding prizes to second- and third-place finishers. The facility remained unchanged until fall 1919, when a new wooden track was laid out behind Borden Gymnasium. That same year, a 30-year run of record-breaking performances began under Coach Ray “Shep” Shepard. Another milestone occurred in November 1923, when Case Memorial Cage became available for indoor racing, allowing for the formation of the school’s first full-fledged winter track team. By the time of his retirement in 1949, Shep’s varsity teams had defeated Exeter 26 times. Soon afterward, junior Snyder, who was described by The Phillipian in 1954 as “PA’s skinny sprintman,” and Coach Steve Sorota continued this success. Formerly Andover’s head football coach, Sorota had been assisting Shep in track and field since 1937. Under Sorota’s tutelage, Snyder would become an eight-letter varsity track star and join the ranks of the fastest sprinters in PA history, smashing the school’s 40-yard-dash record, which had stood for 32 years. Snyder’s record of 4.5 seconds still holds today.
ALUMNI HEADLINES Cory Schneider ’04 of the New Jersey Devils was named to the NHL All-Star Team. Schneider was also named to USA Team, which will compete in the World Cup of Hockey this fall. Tom Palleschi ’12, playing basketball for Tufts, earned NABC and D3Hoops.com All-Region honors. Giovanna Pickering ’13, playing basketball for Babson, earned D3Hoops All-Region honors. Pickering was also named to the NEWMAC AllConference First Team for the second year in a row. Ryder Gamsey ’15, at Notre Dame, was named ACC Lacrosse Freshman of the Year.
“I learned how to believe in myself through the sport and Sorota’s coaching,” says Snyder. “He showed us that, with determination and dedication, we could succeed.”
Andover | Summer 2016
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