2019 Winter Athletics

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BOYS’ VARSITY B ICE HOCKEY

Coaches: Mark Simonelli and Craig Ough Record: 5-5 Captains: Liam Kinsella ’22 & Gunnar Ough ’23 MVP: Artem Gagushin ’22 MIP: Ulrich “Uli” Linn ’24 Coaches’ Award: Boden Johnson ’22 Blue Dog Award: Teddy Kowalchick ’24 & Anfeng "Wilson" Xie’22 Unsung Hero Award: Jayden Choi’21

BLUE DOG ICE HOCKEY

Coaches: Robert Mandl and Tiffany Romaniello Record: 0-2

BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL

Coach: Steve Dodge Record: 9-5 Captain: Peter Villano ’21 MVP: Ian Abreu ’20 MIP: Ryan Delmore ‘20 Coach’s Award: Pedro Pablo Soberon-Cordero ’21 Blue Dog Award: Ryan Delmore ’20

BOYS’ VARSITY B BASKETBALL

Coach: Phil Perreault Record: 6-7 Captain: Zimo Liu ’21 & Charlie Molner ’21 MVP: Carter Sneller ’20 MIP: Jack Nettleton ’21 Coach’s Award: Myles Crain ’21 Blue Dog Award: Lucas Lombardi ’21 Maplebrook Tournament: 2nd Place

BOYS’ JUNIOR BLUE BASKETBALL

Coach: Carmine Buono Record: 2-6 Captain: Jack Giles ’22 MVP: Tokuto Hoshiyama ’22 MIP: Charles Carruth ’23 Coach’s Award: Kail Pennington ’22 Blue Dog Award: Wyatt Tuff ’22

BOYS’ JUNIOR RED BASKETBALL

Coaches: Peter Linn '10 and Roderick Pratt Record: 0-5 Captain: Noah Linley ’23 MVP: Ruida Dylan Qiu ’22 Coaches’ Award: Truman Brooks ’24 Blue Dog Award: Jack Murdica ’24

GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL

Coaches: Christian Anderson and Alex King Record: 11-4 Captain: Morgan Clarke ’20 MVP: Leighton Smith ’21 MIP: Victoria Weirich-Freiberg ’20 Coaches’ Award: Youngseo "Emily" Son ’20

VARSITY B GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Coach: Emily Carney Record: 3-5 Captain: Jinru Cecilia Li ’21 MVP: Elizabeth Ensign ’24 MIP: Gracie Shen ’22 Coaches’ Award: Shawn Clarke ’23 Blue Dog Award: Leah Rydingsword ’23

JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL

Coaches: Deborah Bender and Kim Mandl Record: 0-6 Captain: Stella Curwin-Amfitheatrof ’23 Coaches’ Award: Veronica Antov ’24 Blue Dog Award: Raegan Bertuglia ’23 Hustle, Hit, Never Quit Award: Indie Merrill ’21 GIRLS' VARSITY HOCKEY Coaches: Sean Kinsella and Stacie DeGrazia’09 Record: 13-3-1 Captain: Erin Butler ’20 Assistant Captain: Deyi "Jasmine" Zhu ’20 MVP: Charleigh Newman ’21 MIP: Morgan Brown ’22 Coaches’ Award: Erin Butler ’20 Blue Dog Award: Taylor Manchanda ’21 2nd Place Upland Country Day Tournament All-Tournament Team: Morgan Brown ’22, Charleigh Newman ’21 & Mana Shida ’22 2nd Place Rumsey Invitational All-Tournament Team: Erin Butler ’20 & Charleigh Newman ’21 . . . . . . . . . .

The Rumsey Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey team traveled to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in February to compete in the annual Upland Country Day School Invitational Hockey Tournament. The Blue Dogs had a challenging schedule on Saturday, facing off first against a talented Upland team. The Rumsey girls came from behind and beat the tournament hosts 5-4 in an exciting and faced-paced game.

Later that afternoon, Rumsey played well against the eventual tournament winners, Bux-Mont Catholic, but lost the game 7-2. Rumsey’s morning matchup on Sunday featured a shut out from Blue Dog goaltender, Morgan Brown, as the girls beat the Jr. Flyers 4-0. Following a thrilling matchup between Upland and Bux-Mont Catholic that ended with an overtime victory for Bux-Mont Catholic, Rumsey needed to beat New Cannan to hold the runner-up spot in the tournament. New Cannan hit the ice firing on all cylinders, but the Rumsey goaltending and solid defense limited their chances and Rumsey came out on top with a 6-5 win and second place overall in the Tournament.

Throughout the weekend, The Blue Dogs enjoyed the company of their gracious host families and fellow competitors from the other schools. They played with sportsmanship and class all weekend and were thrilled to be a part of this great tradition. - Coach Kinsella VARSITY B SKI TEAM Coaches: Libby Kappler Captain: Aleka Gutierrez ’20 Coach’s Award: Frances Clulow ’22 Blue Dog Award: Nicolas Besozzi ’21 . . . . . . . . . .

The Varsity B Ski Racing Team was comprised of nine advanced skiers (four girls and five boys) whom had never ski raced before December. Each and every racer grew tremendously over the season and improved their personal times with each competition. This was all accomplished through hard work and hours spent on both GS and Slalom courses each day of the season. Their love of the sport shone through as they endured difficult conditions, long bus rides, and tackled challenging courses.

BOYS' VARSITY HOCKEY Coaches: Rick Butler and Craig Naclerio ’05 Captain: Quillan Oberto ’20 Assistant Captain: Alexander Kenerson ’20 Record: 1-4 MVP: Alexander Kenerson ’20 MIP: Grant Vogel ’20 Unsung Hero Award: Soji Ihashi ’21 Blue Dog Award: RJ Souza ’20 1st Place Upland Country Day Tournament All-Tournament Team: Santino DeFazio ’20 & Alexander Kenerson ’20, William Kirkiles ’20 2nd Place Pavek Cup All-Tournament Team: Andrew Conto ’20 & Santino DeFazio ’20 . . . . . . . . . .

On the weekend of 1/11 and 1/12, the Rumsey Hall Boys' Varsity Hockey Team traveled to Kennett Square, PA to participate in the Upland Country Day School Hockey Tournament. The tournament format was a round-robin and the top two teams played in a championship game on Sunday afternoon. The first game was against Rectory. Rumsey won 7-6 with a goal in the last 10 seconds of the game. The second game was a hardfought battle against Upland with a Rumsey loss of 5-4. Sunday morning, Rumsey played New Canaan Country Day School. If the team won this game, they would have the opportunity to play in the championship. Rumsey won against NCCS, 5-2. In the final game against Upland, after a doubleovertime thriller, Rumsey came out on top, with a 4-3 win. In each game of the

tournament, Rumsey trailed early and had to overcome and fight through adversity. This was a testament to the hard work, grit, and determination each member of the team showed throughout the weekend. They were respectful, both on and off the ice and showed a lot of character. I could not be more proud of the boys and how they represented themselves, their families, and their school this past weekend. The Seniors on the team set a great example through their actions and everyone bought into the system. They played with passion and heart, and their hard work paid off. – Coach Naclerio '05

VARSITY SKI TEAM Coach: Clayton Ketchum Captain: Ivy Hillman ’20 Record: 8-1-1 MIP: Henry Shattuck ’20 Coaches’ Award: Hyunjae Henry Cho ’22 1st Place BHSL Championships . . . . . . . . . .

The Varsity Ski Team began its training before the Holiday Recess for the first time in the School’s history. It looked to be shaping up to be a great winter, until winter decided it really wasn’t that interested in its job. Warm temperatures, a lack of snow, and plentiful rain did not get in our way however. The team picked up where it left off last year and dominated the BHSL, winning the championship for the second year in a row. Tripp Clark anchored the team and finished in the top three every race this season. But, like last year, this is not where the races nor the Championship were won. The second place through tenth place skiers were immensely important in the long run. Former B-teamers Spencer Louie and Henry Shattuck were able to place consistently in the top 10 as were new comers Ansel Hamlin and Henry Cho. Viktor and Maxine Maag also found points in several races this year. Rowan Davies had a rough beginning of the season, but started doing some of his best skiing at the end of the season. Ivy discovered that she really enjoyed slalom and Niko progressed a great deal, especially in the giant slalom. Ivy, Tripp, and Maxine all earned some hardware for their season accomplishments as well as their Championship performance. Congratulations to all! – Coach Ketchum VARSITY WRESTLING Coaches: Eric Scheidt and Max Kersten Record: 3-4 Captain: Evan Rydingsword ’20 MVP: Evan Rydingsword ’20 MIP: Danil Popov ’20 Coach’s Award: Jiakang Kakou Su ’20 Blue Dog Award: Ray Kawaji ’21 & Alejandro Osorio ’20 . . . . . . . . . .

The Rumsey Hall Varsity Wrestling Team was comprised of 15 wrestlers. We had a great mix of experienced wrestlers from last season, new and enthusiastic new wrestlers, and incredible leadership from our Seniors. Early on, Coach Kersten and I discussed our goals for this team. We both agreed, getting ready for the Eaglebrook Tournament was a priority. To that end, we scheduled pre-season scrimmages against the JV squads from Taft and Hotchkiss. These matches were longer in length against seasoned, experienced wrestlers. We learned a great deal, and returned to practice with an increased intensity and desire to get better. And improve we did. We had quad meets against our familiar foes at Greenwich Country Day and Brunswick Academy. The Eaglebrook Tournament was when it all came together for our team. We came in 4th place overall in a stacked field of traditional wrestling powerhouse programs. Evan Rydingsword and Ray Kawaji both took home gold medals, while wrestling in two of the tournaments most competitive weight classes. We had two bronze medalists with Kangdrake Bernardin and Danil Popov taking home the hardware. Another huge highlight for the team was our home match against the JV squads from Taft, Hothckiss, and Trinity-Pawling. Looking forward to 2021, we will miss Evan’s leadership, and thank him for all he has meant to the wrestling program over the years. We bid farewell and wish the best of luck to this fantastic group of Seniors who we are confident will continue to wrestle and excel in high school. But with a strong core of returners we also look forward to the continued growth of our program!

Rumsey's Leadership Giving will also be highlighted in the upcoming 2019/20 Annual Report, but we wanted to emphasize our gratitude to our major donors for their generosity and support of the School. Thank you!

LEADERSHIP GIVING

The Founders’ Circle Named in honor of the School’s forebears, to pay tribute to each donor who has combined gifts of $20,000 or more.

Amanda Taylor and Clifford Brokaw Jiwon Hyon and Chul Yong Cho Seo Jeong Lee and Kyung Chan Do Laurie Gavel and Frank Gavel '78 Stephen Gavel ’81 Stephanie Grullon and Manuel Grullon '00 Jean Marie and Douglas Jamieson Li Li and Haoran Jiang

Sunjoo Shim and Heejun Kim Luhua and Feng Lin Eileen Mulrenin and Gregory Loss Adrienne and Dan Lufkin Gregory Matthews Xiao Chun Zhang and Ya Shen Ja Young Lee and Yong Koo Shim Nicholas Solley '64

Jia Yang and Hyonsok Son Xiaocong Liu and Qing Su Monica and Andrew Vogelstein Jie Chen and Zhen Wang Leslie and Gregory Warner Kate and Brian Worrell

The Headmasters’ Council Named in honor of the Headmasters who have served Rumsey, and to pay tribute to each donor who contributed $10,000 to $19,999 to the School.

Tamar Ben-Dov Kristen and Colin Cashel Susan Hugel and Jeffrey Hugel '70 Kyung-A Paik and David Jin Yi Gao and Ming Jin Amie and Louis Kreisberg Bovornrudee and Pisit Poonsornsiri Harold Salo '59 Lisa and Harry Segalas Yinyan Li and Jin Wang Jing Heng and Chenguang Yang

The Leadership Council Named in honor of those who have served Rumsey, to pay tribute to each donor who contributed $5,000 - $9,999 to the School.

Carol Vargo and Rob Blanchard Amy Chouest Amy and Christopher Conto Natalie Munk and Taran Davies Michelle and Angelo DeFazio Maki and Hideharu Enomoto Gretchen and Philip Farmer Chris and Allen Finkelson Lisa and Alex Grinberg Fei Xu and Xiaofeng Gu Elizabeth and Whit Hamlin Donielle and Stuart Hawley Craig Henrich Christopher Keppelman ’62 Julie Leever and Daniel Leever '64 Yaming Zhao and Degang Li Fangying Yuan and Yuesheng Liu Monica Gray Logothetis and Nicholas Logothetis ’03 Seraina and Alejandro Macia Pamela and William MacMullen Nina Mendieta Alexandra Miller '00 Murphy and Drew Murphy ’00 Melanie Munk Anne and James Murdica Marianna and Brian O'Dwyer Mary Boosalis and Thomas Olsen Adrienne and Jeffrey Owen Denis Siller and Jose Parga The Payne Family Susan Payne John Payne IV ’83 Kate Dale Payne, Trevor, Neely and Eliza Payne Sarah Payne ’85 Bliksem, Lily '23 and Madeleine '25 Tobey Xue Wang and Xiaomeng Ran Rosemary Sagar Lori and Walter Seibert Shannon and Brett Wheeler Yan Xu and Junsong Wu Jie Lin and Junhui Zhang Wenwen Jiang and Qun Zhu

Jump Rope for Heart!

Lower School Students Jump in Support of the American Heart Association FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In celebration of National Heart Health Month, Lower School students polished their jump roping skills and discussed the importance of fitness and cardiovascular health in their Physical Education and Health classes. This heart-healthy study culminated on the morning of February 7th with our annual Jump Rope for Heart event to benefit the American Heart Association. Students cycled through a series of eight stations at which they jumped continuously for one hour. This year, the Lower School raised $6,171.22! Thank you to all who participated! The support of Rumsey's family and friends has once again helped fund the American Heart Association's life-saving efforts in research and education. And an extra special Thank You to Mrs. Dyball P'27, '28 who organizes the event each year!

Fall Parents’Weekend

The 35th Annual Rumsey Hall Benefit was held on Friday, October 11, 2019 over Parents' Weekend. Rumsey's community of trustees, alumni, past and present parents, and faculty and staff came together to celebrate our Annual Fall Benefit. Special musical guests Matt White '93 and Jason Spooner '88, along with Ali Spooner '90 Linley, kicked off the dinner and Live Auction portion of the evening.