ATHLETICS Fall Athletes Recognized at Award Ceremony ANYA MOSTEK ’22 EXCELS AT U.S. OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Athletics celebrated the fall teams, presented newly elected co-captains for next year, announced Most Valuable Player winners and recognized the fall All-Inter-Ac League recipients. 2021 MVPs (From left) Lauren Brown ’23, Cross Country Cynthia Huang ’24, Volleyball Thea Rosenzweig ’22, Field Hockey Clara Page ’22, Soccer Izzy Antanavicius ’22, Tennis
Varsity swimming co-captain and Harvard-bound Anya Mostek ’22 shined at the 2021 U.S. Open Swim Championships held in December at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in North Carolina. Anya represented the Phoenixville YMCA and placed 3rd in the 100m backstroke with a time of 1:01.93, a new best time by half a second. This qualifies Anya for the U.S. World Championship trials scheduled for April. The International Team Trials will serve as a qualifier for the 2022 FINA World Championships, the 2022 World Junior Championships and the 2022 World University Games. Anya also finished in 8th place in the 200m individual medley at the U.S. Open, swimming against the nation's best including Olympians and the best in the collegiate ranks. 12
2021 Fall All-Inter-Ac League Honorees Tennis: Bella Hu ’24 - 1st Team & League MVP Izzy Antanavicius ’22 - 1st Team Eesha Sharma ’24 - 2nd Team Soccer: Clara Page ’22 - 1st Team Brianna Wright ’22 - 1st Team Volleyball: Cynthia Huang ’24 - 1st Team Ryan Shelton ’23 - 2nd Team
BOTTOM ROW: Julie Brose, Arden Davey, Cynthia Huang and Alondra Freundt-Hatton; TOP ROW: Lauren Halak, Lauren Brown, Rives Northington, Ana Naylor, Katie Reed and Grace Sheehan.
SOCCER PROGRAM EARNS ACADEMIC AWARD The Upper School soccer program received the United Soccer Coaches Organization Team Academic Award for the sixth consecutive year. The Bears accumulated a 3.72 GPA for the 2020-21 academic year. A total of 283 soccer teams (170 girls, 113 boys) from throughout the United States earned the award. Baldwin was the only Inter-Ac League school on the list.
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Ryan Shelton, Cynthia Huang, Bella Hu, Eesha Sharma, Clara Page and Izzy Antanavicius (not pictured: Brianna Wright)
2022 Fall Sports Captains Cross Country: Lauren Brown ’23 and Lauren Halak ’24 Field Hockey: Alondra Freundt-Hatton ’23 and Rives Northington ’24 Soccer: Ana Naylor ’23 and Katie Reed ’23 Tennis: Arden Davey ’23 and Grace Sheehan ’23 Volleyball: Julie Brose ’23 and Cynthia Huang ’24
