Athletic Achievements

Women's and Men's Swimmers of the Meet: Penn Charter's Sally Foley and Pennington's David Curtiss.

SWIMMING AND DIVING Sally Foley Named Easterns Women's Swimmer of the Meet

Senior and Duke commit Sally Foley won the Women's Swimmer of the Meet award at the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships, marking the first time a PC female athlete has received the honor. Over the course of the weekend’s competition in the prestigious high school meet, Foley won the 100-meter breaststroke, setting a new pool record (1:00.81); won the 200 individual medley, breaking team, meet and pool records; and swam in two gold-medal relay teams.

The PC girls dominated the relays at Easterns, swimming to first-place finishes in the 400 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 200 medley events. Seniors Sam Boyes and Gabby Lopez-Ona, junior Camille Weiss, sophomore Lane Murray and ninth grader Aisling Brady all shared in the victories. In individual competition, Lopez-Ona won the 100-yard butterfly, and Murray finished third in the same event. Boyes won silver in the 50 freestyle and bronze in the 100 freestyle, and Weiss won bronze in the 200 freestyle, posting a new team record in the process.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PC Runners Medal in City, State Championships

The indoor track and field program wrapped up its season with several medal-winning performances in city and statewide competitions. At the PATFCA State Championships, PC’s girls distance medley relay team of (L-R) sophomore Julia Dolce, senior Sara Shipon, junior Peyton Parker and junior Emma Zwall took home the silver after finishing with a time of 12:11.

Earlier in the season, the girls ran well at the Pennsylvania Public School Invitational, where the 4x800 relay team of Dolce, Shipon, Zwall and ninth grader Dani Shipon finished first with the second fastest time in the state this year (9:18). Dani Shipon also won the 800-meter outright.

On the boys team, senior Patrick Fehm tied for first place in the high jump (6' 6") but won silver on misses; and senior Akeel Blake won bronze in the long jump (22' 11.25") at PATFCA. Both Quakers qualified for the state championships after finishing top-three in events at the TFCA Greater Philadelphia Meet of Champions, where Blake took bronze in the long jump and triple jump, and Fehm took silver in the triple jump and high jump.

BASKETBALL Two Career Milestones, One Night

Seniors Kait Carter and Carmen Williams scored their 1,000th career points just minutes apart from one another during a decisive win over Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. The game’s second quarter was briefly interrupted twice as teammates, coaches and family celebrated the milestones. Both PC hoopsters also have siblings who have crossed the 1,000-point threshold: Carmen joins brother Mason Williams OPC ’18, and Kait joins brother Matt Carter (MaST Community Charter School ’17) in this illustrious club.

The girls team concluded its stellar 25-4 season in the final round of the PA Independent School Athletics Association Tournament, where PC was narrowly defeated by Abington Friends. Four Quakers were awarded All Inter-Ac Honors: seniors Carter and Williams (First Team), and ninth graders Kelsey Bess and Aleah Snead (Second Team).

L-R, Head Coach Joe Maguire, Kait Carter, Carmen Williams and Director of Athletics and Athletic Planning John Thiel.

BASKETBALL Ryan Holmes Makes #3 on All-Time Scoring List

Senior Ryan Holmes finished his career with 1,515 points, earning him the third-place spot on PC's all-time scoring list behind #2 Sammy Zeglinski OPC ’07 and #1 Billy Harris OPC ’71. Holmes, who hit the 1,000-point mark during the 2018-19 season, averaged more than 16 points per game during his final season with the Quakers.

SOCCER Girls Soccer Wins State Championship

The 2019 girls soccer team captured the PAISAA State title after finishing with an overall record of 18-3-1 and a second-place Inter-Ac record of 9-3-0. The season was filled with exciting wins and big games, a talented and dangerous offense, a hardworking and skilled midfield, and a tough and fast defense. Twelve PC seniors led the formidable Quaker squad.

Junior Janae Stewart was selected for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Team after a standout season leading the Quaker offense with 25 goals and seven assists. The program brought her to training camp in Florida where she worked with top athletes and coaches from around the country. Last year, Stewart qualified for the Eastern Pennsylvania Olympic Youth Development Program in Costa Rica.