Maya Milrod
Girls Varsity Swimming, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Misty Hyman
Favorite Sport to Watch: Ice Skating
Favorite Drill: Slow arm recovery butterfly for swimming and skips for track
Pre-game Routine: Dancing
Post-game Routine: Cool down and drink and breathe and maybe cry
Favorite Sports Memory: For swimming, the moment in the meet against Bronx Science when she realized they were actually going to win or during the swim sleepover, when they watched a horror movie. For track, her first time throwing a discus at a meet. It was right after she ran the 300m and she was exhausted but her teammates supported her and helped her when didn’t think she could do it.
Catherine Fan
Girls Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Missy Franklin
Favorite Sport to Watch: Swimming
Favorite Drill: Backstroke overkick
Pre-game Routine: Listen to upbeat music, stretch, eat chocolate, and hydrate
Post-game Routine: Warm down, eat protein
Favorite Sports Memory: Finally winning over Bronx Science this year
Solveig Asplund
Girls Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Nathan Adrian
Favorite Sport to Watch: Swimming relays or gymnastics
Favorite Drill: Deep underwater flips
Pre-game Routine: Stretching on the blocks, high jumps, hitting her arms
Post-game Routine: Eating food and talking with her team and coach
Favorite Sports Memory: Her first 200 IM against LaGuardia or winning against Bronx Science
Asha Sandler
Girls Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Delroy Walters
Favorite Sport to Watch: Track, cycling, or gymnastics
Favorite Drill: any of the kicking drills
Pre-game Routine: nap!
Post-game Routine: dinner with friends!
Favorite Sports Memory: swim team sleepover
Erin Doyle
Girls Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Missy Franklin
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: Catch-up freestyle
Pre-game Routine: Snacks, stretching, hydrating
Post-game Routine: Snacks, hanging out with her teammates
Favorite Sports Memory: Finishing her first B Champs
Ailsa Craven
Girls Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Lilly King
Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball
Favorite Drill: Deepwater flipturns
Pre-game Routine: A very brief warmup and lots of stretching
Post-game Routine: Silly dance and chocolate milk
Favorite Sports Memory: Beating Bronx Science
Valerie Yuen
Girls Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Rebecca Soni
Favorite Sport to Watch: Swimming!
Favorite Drill: Closed fist freestyle
Pre-game Routine: quick warm-up, 2 dives, and gummy worms!
Post-game Routine: chocolate milk and brownies
Favorite Sports Memory: eating curly fries during Championships
Favorite Athlete: J.J. Watt
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
Favorite Drill: Fielding fungos
Pre-game Routine: Drive to Randall’s in Julian’s dad’s car, get his gear on, stretch, throw with Kennan, do post-throw tradition with Kennan, do soft toss with Julian
Post-game Routine: $1 pizza at 125th and Lex, 6 train with Sebastian and Eamonn
Favorite Sports Memory: Winning the Uptown Division Championship in 8th grade
Grayson Ruhl
Coed Varsity Bowling
Boys Varsity Baseball
Gabe Franklin
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys Varsity Basketball
Favorite Athlete: Lebron James
Favorite Sport to Watch: Volleyball
Favorite Drill: Texas Drill
Pre-game Routine: Ties sneakers and puts on headband on the first seat of the home bench
Post-game Routine: Eat all the food the managers bring and sometimes share
Favorite Sports Memory: Winning the Manhattan A I Division during his Junior Year, Throwing An Assist To Jordan Lee Senior Year
Aldin Askay
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys Varsity Basketball
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Klay Thompson
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: Valinotti Drill
Pre-game Routine: Eats an apple, takes a nap, then uses the bathroom five minutes before the start of the game
Post-game Routine: Stretches, eats a sandwich, and ices himself
Favorite Sports Memory: Winning on Senior Day with his fellow basketball seniors who he grew up with over his years on the team
Owen Nuckolls
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Boys Varsity Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Michael Owen
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
Favorite Drill: Soccer 5 v 2s
Pre-game Routine: Warms up with the team and tars with Coach Edelman
Post-game Routine: Consumes as much food as possible in ONE meal
Favorite Sports Memory: Scoring the game winner in his first varsity soccer game as a freshman, then getting drenched by a thunderstorm while crossing back over Randall’s
Matthew Akuzawa
Boys Varsity Soccer
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Kevin De Bruyne
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer
Favorite Drill: Rondos
Pre-game Routine: Listening to music on the way to the game
Post-game Routine: Listening to music on his way home
Favorite Sports Memory: Nicky’s penalty in the second round to save the soccer team’s playoff run
Elijah Nudell Cook
Boys Cross Country
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Boys Varsity Outdoor Track / Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Eliud Kipchoge
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: Leg Lifts
Pre-race Routine: Wakes up, puts on uniform, eats a light breakfast, then takes some alone time at meets (music, work, watching video, helping coaches)
Post-race Routine: Recovery + Stretching, then watches the rest of the meet or goes out to eat with his friends
Favorite Sports Memory: Byram Hills Bobcat Run during the 2019-2020 XC Season
Ben Hammond
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys Varsity Swimming
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Edin Dzeko
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer
Favorite Drill: Scrimmages (haha)
Pre-game Routine: Hangs out with his team
Post-game Routine: Hangs out with his team
Favorite Sports Memory: Boys Varsity Soccer team’s playoff run during the 2019-2020 season
Lilian Giret
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Boys Varsity Lacrosse
Tons of pics on messenger
Favorite Athlete: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: “3 dolla bill”
Pre-game Routine: Makes sure he has his knee compressions on
Post-game Routine: Tries hard not to get into a fight with the other team
Favorite Sports Memory: While playing 6-on-6 running their triangle offense in practice, Coach Wong asks John Wang, “what shape are they in?” and John goes “they look like they’re in pretty good shape coach!”
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Kyle Duran
Boys Varsity Cross Country
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Boys Varsity Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Brandon Graham
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
Favorite Drill: A-skips
Pre-race Routine: Breaks toilet at the armory
Post-race Routine: Goes back to the bathroom
Favorite Sports Memory: Received the baton as the anchor in last place during the 4x800, and finished the race in first
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Theo Servedio
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Boys Varsity Volleyball
Many on messenger
Favorite Athlete: Owen Nuckolls
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: Volleyball Hitting Lines
Pre-game Routine: Listens to music and eats a granola bar
Post-game Routine: Shower (3x) and eats another granola bar
Favorite Sports Memory: When Hunter (8th Seed) upset Aviation (1st Seed) his sophomore year in the Quarterfinals of the PSAL Volleyball Playoffs in a close 2-1 game
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Eric Freitag
Boys Varsity Soccer
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Lionel Messi
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer / Football
Favorite Drill: Cutting Drill (Ultimate)
Pre-game Routine: Stretches and does a lot of jumping / high knees to get his heartrate up
Post-game Routine: After he stretches and ices, he likes to eat something cold like frozen fruit
Favorite Sports Memory: Winning the 2nd round of playoffs with the soccer team in penalties
Brendan Riviere
Coed Varsity Bowling
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Cody Miller
Favorite Sport to Watch: “horseback racing POVs”
Favorite Drill: Sprinting with the sled in the Kohli
Pre-game Routine: Spends his early mornings in Washington Heights
Post-game Routine: Gets Wendy’s
Favorite Sports Memory: Accidentally colliding with three other runners during a race and getting back up immediately to finish the race
Charles Zhou
Boys Varsity Basketball
Boys Varsity Volleyball
Favorite Athlete: Stephen Curry
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: 4 in 20s
Pre-game Routine: n/a
Post-game Routine: Gets pizza after Volleyball games
Favorite Sports Memory: Upsetting Aviation (1st seed) in the Quarterfinals of Playoffs (2017-2018 Season)
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Theodore Hall
Boys Varsity Fencing
Favorite Athlete: Jeremy Lin
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: Aerials
Pre game: He warms up to music and fences a practice bout. Then he shakes his legs and talks with his team. He also does squats ❤
Favorite sports memory: Commuting to away meets with his team and competing in “hostile environments” together
Jasper Krarup
Boys Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Serena Williams
Favorite Sport to Watch: Squash
Favorite Drill: Star drill
Pre game: He eats some bars
Post game: Takes a nap
Favorite sports memory: Banter in lax huddles
Claire Shang
Girls Varsity Indoor Track
Girls Varsity Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Sydney McLaughlin
Favorite Sport to Watch: Track, especially pole vault and high jump
Favorite Drill: Hurdle Drills ❤
Pre game: Warms up with the team and stretches for “too long”
Post game: Ices shins
Favorite sports memory: Watching Hunter win the Outdoor Borough Championships last spring against Stuyvesant (2x our size) + Completing the Pentathlon for the Borough Championship with teammates
Marin Hyatt
Girls Cross Country
Girls Varsity Indoor Track
Girls Varsity Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Katie Ledecky
Favorite Sport to Watch: Track
Favorite Drill:
Pre game: Lots of stretching and injury prevention
Post game: Ices and celebrates with teammates
Favorite sports memory: When Hunter won the Borough Championships last spring for Outdoor Track, especially since the team worked so hard to earn their win!
Annabel Lee
Girls Varsity Golf
Girls Varsity Badminton
Favorite Athlete: n/a
Favorite Sport to Watch: Volleyball
Favorite Drill: Doubles Rotations (Badminton)
Pre game: Develops a calm and focused attitude while talking to her teammates. She finds it essential to stay calm and discuss strategies with her doubles partner.
Post game: Reflects on the match
Favorite sports memory: Moment when she found out that the Girls Varsity Golf team won the City Championships last year, despite having thought that they had lost!
Leo Zeng
Boys Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Jimmy Butler
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: “Anything that doesn’t involve too much running”
Pre game: Stretches his legs
Favorite sports memory: His most memorable moment is when he got playing time for the second time (it was better than the first because he got trucked the first time he got to play)
John Wang
Boys Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: RJ Barrett
Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball
Favorite Drill: Star drill
Pre game: Puts up shots and listens to 80s rock music
Post game: Goes to eat at O2 Korean BBQ
Favorite sports memory: When the lax team beat Tottenville during his Sophomore year
Laywood Fayne
Boys Varsity Basketball
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: J. J. Barea
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Favorite Drill: Valinotti Drill
Pre game: 2k in the AA
Post game: Goes out to get a shake or Chick Fil-A on 86th Street
Favorite sports memory: Winning on Senior Day this year
Andrew Feller
Boys Varsity Basketball
Favorite Athlete: Kyrie Irving
Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball
Favorite Drill: 3 on 2, 2 on 1
Pre game: Sits on the bench with a ball in his hand to either dribble or play around with teammates
Post game: Takes his stuff out of the locker room and sits on the bench reminiscing about the game. Then he gets dressed and tries to be one of the last people out of the gym
Favorite sports memory: In September, when he saw Pete Alonso set the WR for most home runs by a rookie in person
Sophia Li
Girls Varsity Volleyball
Girls Varsity Badminton
Favorite Athlete: n/a
Favorite Sport to Watch: Volleyball
Favorite Drill: Suicides
Pre game: Blasts music
Post game: Stretches
Favorite sports memory: When she and her doubles partner played their best games ever at a tournament last year
Jonah Demel
Coed Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Didi Gregorius
Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball
Favorite Drill: 2 Line Drill
Pre/Post game: Commuting to and from Randall’s Island with his teammates
Favorite sports memory: Getting dinner with other seniors on the team after practices
Sadie Matz
Girls Cross Country
Girls Varsity Indoor Track
Girls Varsity Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Chloe Ting (ab master)
Favorite Sport to Watch: Hockey
Favorite Drill: Hurdle Drills ❤
Pre game: Nap
Post game: Nap
Favorite sports memory: Competing in the Pentathlon last spring for Outdoor Track
Rina Hisajima
Girls Cross Country
Girls Varsity Indoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Mirai Nagasu
Favorite Sport to Watch: Gymnastics or Ice Skating
Favorite Drill: Jumping drills (especially hops → single-leg sits)
Pre game: Stretches and jogs, but makes sure not to tire herself out with too many dynamic exercises
Post game: Does a short cooldown run and tries to drink at least 16 oz of water
Favorite sports memory: In sophomore year when she triple jumped for the first time at Boroughs and placed 4th. Afterwards, she went with her teammates to iHop to celebrate. Through this experience, she met many upperclassmen who inspired her.
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Andrew Strott
Boys Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Jordan Wolf
Favorite Sport to Watch: Lacrosse
Favorite Drill: Star Drill
Pre game: Arrives to the game early, talks to coach, stretches & warms up with the team, huddles up and breaks it down with a “Together”
Post game: Sits down and talks to coach, packs up, stops by Dave’s, takes the M96 back to school and chills in the basement hallway
Favorite sports memory: Beating Tottenville his sophomore year
Madeline Wong
Girls Varsity Badminton
Favorite Athlete: Maia and Alex Shibutani
Favorite Sport to Watch: Figure Skating
Favorite Drill: 6 Point Footwork (for nostalgic value)
Pre game: Checks in with the rest of the team to make sure people are recording all the matches, then tries to relax
Post game: Watches teammates play their matches, watches the exhibition games, and cheers for her team
Favorite sports memory: Whenever the team is able to use the gym after a good home game before they get kicked out -- post game satisfaction and able to have exciting matchups with teammates and managers
Thomas Lee
Boys Varsity Lacrosse
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Favorite Athlete: Bryan Costabile
Favorite Sport to Watch: Lacrosse
Favorite Drill: Down the alley shot on the run
Pre/Post Game: Drinks water
Favorite sports memory: Finals game at Aviator
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Virendra Jewram
Boys’ Varsity Badminton
Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Favorite Sport to Watch: Lacrosse
Favorite Drill: Dynamic Drop Drill
Pre-game Routine: Relieve himself
Post-game Routine: Scrim other players (only if they’re decent)
Favorite Sports Memory: Winning the decisive 5th match and clinching a Boys’ Badminton City Championship
Bonnie Guo
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
Co-Ed Varsity Ultimate
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Favorite Athlete: Kelly Oubre Jr.
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
Favorite Drill: Drop-Net-Lift
Pre-game Routine: Eat a Snack
Post-game Routine: Practice Dance Moves
Favorite Sports Memory: Volleyball Senior Night
Matthew Chan
Boys Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Caeleb Dressel
Favorite Sport to Watch: Swimming
Favorite Drill: 6-3-6
Pre-game Routine: Visualize the race and think about what he should work on
Post-game Routine: Deciding on a rhyme for the other team and eating cookies and brownies that the managers brought
Favorite Sports Memory: Cramping up during a race but his teammates were there to help him out
Ryan Wu
Boys Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Michael Phelps
Favorite Sport to Watch: Table tennis
Favorite Drill: 500s
Pre-game Routine: team cheer
Post-game Routine: singing in the locker rooms
Favorite Sports Memory: getting food from Darin’s parents af
Lia Franklin
Girls Varsity Soccer
Girls Varsity Basketball
Girls Varsity Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Annie Turner
Favorite Drill: Soccer lightning drill
Pre game: Dancing to pregame playlist and side bumping Miriam Hirschhorn
Post game: Walking back from Randalls and stopping at Dollar Tree
Favorite sports memory: Winning the semifinals in soccer during junior year while it was pouring
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
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Miriam Hirschhorn
Girls’ Varsity Soccer
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball (Formerly)
Girls’ Varsity Basketball
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Tobin Heath
Favorite Drill: (basketball) Coach rolls ball from baseline, two players run and dive for the ball, then whoever gets it is offense and opposing player is defense
Pre game: Wrap my bracelet, do handshakes with my friends
Post game: lol cry
Favorite sports memory: Freshman year there was a saturday basketball practice and me and Sydney went together and we were using the shooting machine, and it was a kind of lax practice so we got bored and started counting the shots that went in in different languages and were just fully being crackheads and it was wonderful
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Emily Dakov
Girls Varsity Soccer
Favorite Athlete: Dimitar Berbatov
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer
Favorite Drill: 3 way possession
Pre-game Routine: jump around, get excited
Post-game Routine: pass out in the car/train
Favorite Sports Memory: our senior game this year with our halftime ceremony in the rain
Mia McClure
Girls’ Varsity Soccer
Favorite Athlete: Sydney McLaughlin
Favorite Drill: Corner Kicks
Pre game: Lia and Miriam’s “How hype are we”
Post game: Walking home with Upper West Side people
Favorite Sports Memory: Senior game this year when we were trying to get Lia to score a goal
Favorite Sport to Watch: Track and Field
Ainsley Mae Woods
Girls Varsity Soccer
Favorite Athlete: Megan Rapinoe
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer
Favorite Drill: Rondos
Pre-game Routine: Bananas, put everything on my left foot first
Post-game Routine: Stretch, nap
Favorite Sports Memory: Scoring 5 goals against one team
Alina Davydov
Girls’ Varsity Soccer
Girls’ Varsity Indoor Track
Coed Varsity Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Nikki Hiltz
Favorite Drill: Square drill where we pass the ball along the perimeter of the square and avoid the person in the middle (aka box drills)
Pre game: Listen to “I Wanna Be Like You” and annoy Emily Dakov
Post game: Buy an Arizona and a big muffin from a deli!
Favorite sports memory: Doing javelin drills in the mud behind the track at that place near Van Cortlandt and throwing a PR in the rain
David Solecki
Coed Bowling
Boys Varsity Swimming
Favorite Athlete: Ichiro Suzuki
Favorite Sport to Watch: hockey
Favorite Drill: fin drills
Pre-game Routine: diving and mentally preparing for exactly how his events will feel
Post-game Routine: shouting the chorus of Stacy’s Mom in the shower and then going for boba
Favorite Sports Memory: when he was a freshman and flipped in the pool during a meet
Hillary Zeng
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
Favorite Athlete: Morgan Hentz
Favorite Drill: Hitting Lines
Pre game: Unnecessarily aggressive peppering with Fiona
Post game: Wiping off shoes
Favorite sports memory: Winning 2018 Cardozo Tournament
Hannah Gilbert
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
Favorite Athlete: Hillary and Fiona
Favorite Drill: Butterfly
Pre game: Pre-game huddle
Post game: Choosing MVP
Favorite sports memory: Winning Cardozo Tournament
Sophia Akhter
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
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Favorite Athlete: Hillary
Favorite Drill: Blocking;)
Pre game: Bad ______ on 3!
Post game: Choosing MVP
Favorite sports memory: Tearing my ACL
Favorite Sport to Watch: Quidditch
Fiona Hung
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
Favorite Athlete: Jenna Gray
Favorite Drill: Around the World
Pre game: Pepper aggressively with Hillary in a different shirt to keep jersey not sweaty
Post game: Bubble Tea!
Favorite sports memory: Taking a set off of Poly Prep
Chelsea Xia
Girls’ Varsity Fencing
Favorite Athlete: Simone Biles
Favorite Drill: Lunges
Pre game: Hamilton Soundtrack
Post game: Munchkins
Favorite sports memory: Beating Bronx Science
Favorite Sport to Watch: Figure Skating
Teddy Tawil
Co-Ed Varsity Ultimate
Favorite Athlete: Grayson Ruhl
Favorite Drill: scrimmages
Pre game: Zoom
Post game: Netflix
Favorite sports memory: buying gallon jugs of water at Food Universe before practice
Favorite Sport to Watch: marble runs
Michael Zhang
Boys’ Varsity Basketball
Favorite Athlete: Kelly Oubre
Favorite Drill: 100 Point Drill
Pre game: Wiping down my sneakers
Post game: Shower
Favorite sports memory: Watching Gabe score point 1000
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Nathalie Hartman
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Miriam
Favorite Drill: Queen of the Court
Pre game: Handshakes
Post game: MVP
Favorite sports memory: Volleyball Bus Rides
Favorite Sport to Watch: Gymnastics
Jordan Lee
Boys’ Varsity Basketball
Favorite Athlete: Jeremy Lin
Favorite Drill: 100 point drill
Pre game: get hyped up w/ music
Post game: Game analysis
Favorite sports memory: celebrating after making playoffs this past season
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball/Baseball
Steffie Chan
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Megan Taylor
Favorite Drill: box drills
Pre game: stretches with the team
Post game: stretches with the team!
Favorite sports memory: playing the championship game in the rain
Favorite Sport to Watch: lacrosse
Khushi Jain
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Simone Biles
Favorite Drill: 3 v 2s
Pre game: Drinking a smoothie and listening to hype music
Post game: Getting food with my teammates
Favorite sports memory: Going to practice for the last few times this year with all my teammates and meeting all the new players at tryouts
Favorite Sport to Watch: Gymnastics and Lax
Lavanya Pinnepalli
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Novak Djokovic
Favorite Drill: 3 v 2s
Pre game: Warming up with hype music
Post game: The Hawks’ cheer
Favorite sports memory: Winning PSAL Championships in 2018!!
Favorite Sport to Watch: Tennis
Matthew Furman
Boys’ Varsity Baseball
Favorite Athlete: Henrik Lundqvist
Favorite Drill: Live at-bats
Pre game: Talk over the game with the other seniors
Post game:Talk over the game with the other seniors
Favorite sports memory: Making it to the Manhattan finals in MS baseball
Favorite Sport to Watch: Hockey
Natalie Drevitch
Girls’ Indoor Track
Girls’ Outdoor Track
Favorite Athlete: Anna Worgall
Favorite Drill: Hurdle Drills
Pre game: Stretching
Post game: Cheeto puffs
Favorite sports memory: Indoor Borough Championship
Favorite Sport to Watch: Gymnastics
Penny Spiliotopoulos
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Giannis Antetokounmpo 🇬🇷
Favorite Drill: Banana Peel
Pre game: Psych ups
Post game: Running to give Miriam a bear hug after we win
Favorite sports memory: Beating the girls who were talking trash about us
Favorite Sport to Watch: Ice Skating
Sydney Greene
Co-Ed Varsity Bowling
Girls’ Varsity Soccer (Formerly)
Girls’ Varsity Basketball
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Miriam Hirschhorn
Favorite Drill: Johns Hopkins (lax)
Pre game: Pre-bowling empanadas OR convincing grayson that that extra two ride is in fact a necessity
Post game: Haribo Gummy Bear sesh courtesy of Coach Basso
Favorite sports memory: Just generally all the times i’ve spent on busses with teams — we jam out with our speaker we have some inter grade bonding, it’s pretty rad
Favorite Sport to Watch: Olympic Figure Skating
Janet Jiang
Girls’ Varsity Basketball
Favorite Athlete: Steph Curry
Favorite Drill: Rebounding game
Pre game: Doing trick shots
Post game: Train rides back home with Allison W.
Favorite sports memory: Briarcliff Tournament in freshman year
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball
Shayan Ashraf
Boys’ Varsity Badminton
Favorite Athlete: Kevin Sukamuljo
Favorite Drill:
Pre game: Twirling his racket
Post game: Eating cookies and bananas
Favorite sports memory: Winning the match against Stuyvesant in the PSAL finals to win the city championship
Favorite Sport to Watch: Badminton (doubles)
Jakob Shonbrun-Siege
Sports
Favorite Athlete:
Favorite Drill:
Pre game: Jakob does not have a pre-game routine
Post game: Jakob does not have a post-game routine
Favorite sports memory: Eagles winning Super Bowl LII
Favorite Sport to Watch:
Reed Yulis
Coed Varsity Golf
Favorite Athlete: Bartolo Colon
Favorite Drill: Warm up jog
Pre game: nap
Post game: nap
Favorite sports memory: falling asleep on the way to every golf match
Favorite Sport to Watch: russian slap-fighting
Kataryna Tsaryova
Girls’ Varsity Tennis
Favorite Athlete: Plato
Favorite Drill: Gimlet Drill
Pre game: Lively and precisely-timed commute on public transport with the rest of the team as a time management and team-building exercise
Post game: just as lively but less precisely-times commute home
Favorite sports memory: Watching the 2008 Wimbledon Final, the third time Nadal beat Federer, live
Favorite Sport to Watch: Competitive Diving
Shreya Addepalli
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Amanda Nunes
Favorite Drill: Hopkins
Pre game: Hype music to get that blood PUMPING
Post game: Gummy worms
Favorite sports memory: Walks to Randall’s
Favorite Sport to Watch: Lax of course
Alexandra Wong
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Alex Ovechkin
Favorite Drill: Hopkins
Pre game: McDonald’s on the way to Randall’s
Post game: Singing on bus rides back from Staten Island
Favorite sports memory: the 2018 JV Lacrosse Championship game
Favorite Sport to Watch: Ice Hockey
Anna Worgall
Track & Field
Favorite Athlete: Howard Adams
Favorite Drill: Hurdle Drills
Pre game: Listening to music
Post game: Getting pizza and snacks
Favorite sports memory: Senior Appreciation at Indoor Borough Champs
Favorite Sport to Watch: Hurdling
Wiktoria Ostrowska
Varsity Co-Ed Bowling
Girls Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Dennis Rodman
Favorite Drill: Anything that doesn’t include running
Pre game: De-stressing in the bathroom
Post game: Walking across the bridge
Favorite sports memory: Breaking my leg in the middle of the field laying there
Favorite Sport to Watch: Ping Pong
Daniel Krop-Siegmund
Coed Varsity Wrestling
Favorite Athlete: Bo Nickal
Favorite Drill: Everything that isn’t spin drills
Pre game: Slapping myself all over and run in place
Post game: Falling asleep on bleachers
Favorite sports memory: Winning the borough championships
Favorite Sport to Watch: W r e s t l i n g
Zachary Larson
Boys’ Varsity Tennis
Favorite Athlete: Roger Federer
Favorite Drill: The chaotic yet efficient serving practice
Pre game: 80s rock for energy, prepping his kick serve, and strategy talks with his doubles partner
Post game: Varies, but always a light snack and a fun, sarcastic team discussion on the way home.
Favorite sports memory: Favorite memory: I really don’t think I could pick just one. Rallying with Chris at top speed, watching Mitchell cause an opponent to fall over with a slice shot, mini-tennis on the hill by the courts, Veronika’s deck of workout cards, library chats with Shubh and Das, running with Kubair to go get Ishan’s Coke, trying to figure out what to call the Zach’s without confusing us… too many to count.
Favorite Sport to Watch: Tennis, with soccer as a close 2nd.
Maya Mau
Synchronized Swimming (Club)
Favorite Athlete: Stephen Curry
Favorite Drill: Land drill (practicing choreography on land)
Pre game: Power nap
Post game: Take out pins and headpieces
Favorite sports memory: Getting a gold medal at USA Synchro Junior Olympics!
Favorite Sport to Watch: Rhythmic Gymnastics
Synthia Richards
Girls’ Varsity Soccer
Favorite Athlete: Sydney Leroux and Serena Williams
Favorite Drill: Penalty kicks
Pre game: Out my hair up in a bun, drink water, and stretch
Post game: Pour remaining water down my shin guards
Favorite sports memory: The bus rides/walks to Randall’s and Confusing the other team by dropping to the floor simultaneously
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer
Julian Domenech
Boys’ Varsity Baseball
Favorite Athlete: Derek Jeter
Favorite Drill: long toss
Pre game: batting practice
Post game: eat
Favorite sports memory: winning a playoff game and getting to experience a playoff run with my teammates
Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball
Samantha Chen
Girls’ Varsity Golf
Coed Varsity Golf
Favorite Athlete: Catherine Fan
Favorite Drill: Medicine ball drills
Pre game: do three practice swings, then walk behind my ball to aim. I take two deep breaths and then slowly walk towards my ball, adjusting my grip accordingly.
Post game: I don't really have a post-game routine, but usually after every game the whole team gets together and we talk about what went well and wrong (usually we dish on the other team). Sometimes we also get food!!
Favorite sports memory: The Korean BBQ feast that we had after our third PSAL championship win!!
Favorite Sport to Watch: Figure skating and gymnastics
Vivian Liu
Girls’ Varsity Tennis
Favorite Athlete: Catherine Fan
Favorite Drill: Arm circles
Pre game: Blasting music in the van
Post game: Getting bubble tea
Favorite sports memory: Walking across the bridge at the Mets Willets Stadium station with the tennis team after winning our game this year
Favorite Sport to Watch: Volleyball
Kennan Gumbs
Boys Varsity Baseball
Favorite Athlete: Pete Alonso
Favorite Drill: Sprints
Pre game: Stretch, throw, run, field ground balls, and take swings
Post game: Celebrating a win (hopefully!)
Favorite sports memory: Watching the Mets’ World Series run in 2015
Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball
Emma Diaz
Girls’ Varsity Tennis
Favorite Athlete: A bit basic but I've always looked up to Roger Federer.
Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer... especially when I'm watching it with my family because it gets LOUD.
Favorite Drill: Anything with fast volleying involved.
Pre game: printing to buy deep-dish pizza chips with Kat.
Post game: Trying to get a high-five from the team mascot (Coach Veronika's ADORABLE son)
Favorite sports memory: This entire sports year has been amazing, but if I had to choose one thing it would have to be the relationships I was able to find in the tennis team this year. Nothing really compares to getting to know each of my teammates and spending day after day competing and laughing alongside them. I'm going to miss everyone so much.
Eleanor Qiu
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Favorite Athlete: Evgenia Medvedeva
Favorite Drill: n/a
Pre game: One-handed and long passes
Post game: Stretching
Favorite sports memory: Slipping and tripping around a muddy field at my soph year final game
Favorite Sport to Watch: Eventing
David Yoo
Boys’ Varsity Fencing
Favorite Athlete: Park Sangyoung
Favorite Drill: Following
Pre game: Running around the building, group chants (especially the ‘Daniel Wang’ before playoffs)
Post game: Extra bouts against team members, playing with the ball of tape after clearing strips
Favorite sports memory: Winning the meet against Bronx Science by one point 76-75 scoring the final points to secure the win instead of a tie
Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball