ATHLETICS

ANYA MOSTEK ’22 EXCELS AT U.S. OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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.

Fall Athletes Recognized at Award Ceremony

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

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

Ryan Shelton, Cynthia Huang, Bella Hu, Eesha Sharma, Clara Page and Izzy Antanavicius (not pictured: Brianna Wright)

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.

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

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.

Two Swimmers Named Scholastic All-American

Varsity swimming standouts Anya Mostek ’22 (right) and Gemma Undercofler ’24 were named to the 202021 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team. The list consisted of 1,239 athletes in 9-12th grade who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade-point average and swam a time that met the 2019 Winter Junior qualifying time between Sept. 1, 2020 and Aug. 31, 2021. Anya has received this prestigious honor for three consecutive years. This is the first time Gemma earned the honor representing the Suburban Seahawks club.

Six Student-Athletes Announce College Intentions

The following six members of the Class of 2022 committed to play a sport at the college level during the fall signing period: Izzy Antanavicius ’22 - Emory University - Tennis Blake Landow ’22 - University of Pennsylvania - Softball Rebecca McCurdy ’22 - Muhlenberg College - Lacrosse Anya Mostek ’22 - Harvard University - Swimming Clara Page ’22 - University of California, Berkeley - Lacrosse Thea Rosenzweig ’22 - Middlebury College - Field Hockey Additional 2022 student-athletes who will play collegiate sports will be recognized at a spring signing celebration.

Clara Page (top photo), and Anya Mostek, Blake Landow, Rebecca McCurdy, Thea Rosenzweig and Izzy Antanavicius commit to play their sports in college. Squash player Saranya Singh ’24, basketball player Gabi Pritzker ’22 and swimmer Laura Mantini ’24 participated in the Winter Spirit Night competitions.

BEARS IN COLLEGE UPDATE

Gia Vicari ’19 led the Georgetown University soccer program to the 2021 BIG EAST Championship and NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas were nationally ranked all season and finished with an overall record of 14-2-6. Vicari started all 22 games and was the team’s leading goal scorer and point producer with nine goals, eight assists and 26 points. She was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team for the second straight season.

WINTER SPIRIT NIGHT TRADITION CONTINUES

Athletics held its annual Winter Spirit Night on December 16 in the Athletic Center. The Upper School squash program had a fun intra-squad scrimmage between members of the varsity and junior varsity teams to prepare for the upcoming league season. Varsity basketball hosted non-league foe Perkiomen School. Varsity swimming concluded the day of competition with a rivalry meet against Agnes Irwin School. The community displayed their school spirit and pride at all the events before embarking on winter break.

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