Winter 2021–2022

Winter 2021–2022 Athletic Highlights

Kyle Filipowski ’22

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Varsity season record: 24–3 Captains: Deven Austin ’22, Kyle Filipowski ’22

Highlights: Single-season program record for wins; reached Elite 8 in National Prep Championship; No. 1 seed and semifinalists in New England Class AA tournament; ranked as high as No. 7 in national rankings; Hoophall Classic victory was televised on ESPNU; senior class included recruits to Duke (Filipowski), Princeton (Austin) and Harvard (Matt Filipowski ’22); Coach Mike Mannix won All-NEPSAC Coach of the Year honors.

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Varsity season record: 10–0 Captains: Steve Holik ’22, Wooseung Oh ’22

Highlights: The undefeated State Champions had eight shooters named to the 2022 Connecticut State Rifle and Revolver Association High School All-State Team, including first teamers Jake Girhiny ’22, Holik, Oh, Askar Bakirdinov ’24, Matthew Clark ’24 and Leopold Heiss ’24; Oh was the team’s MVP; Holik and Girhiny shared the Coaches Award.

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Varsity season record: Boys, fourth at NEPSAC Championships. Captains: Giulia Cecchetti ’22, Giorgi Mumladze ’23

Highlights: Team MVP Ben Morin ’24 rallied to finish third in the slalom at the NEPSAC Championships, the second boy in program history to podium there; Team Coaches Award winner Mumladze (eighth) and Morin (ninth) had top 10s in the giant slalom and were All-NEPSAC choices; Girls did not field a full team.

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Varsity season record: 11–12 Captains: N/A

Highlights: NEPSAC Class C Tournament quarterfinalist; won eight of last 11 games to qualify for fifth postseason appearance in seven years; placed fourth at Kingswood Oxford School Invitational Tournament; Caterina Ravosa ’26 was All-NEPSAC Honorable Mention and team MVP; Cara Murphy ’22 won the Coaches Award.

Cara Murphy ’22

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Varsity season record: 4–8 Captains: Luke Lombard ’22, Nagomu Yoshitake ’23

Highlights: Fifth-place finish at the New England Championships was fueled by a number of PR’s—Yuhan “Alex” Zha ’22 (first place, 100 fly; third, 100 breast), Sheldon Tang ’23 (third, 100 fly) and free relay team of Zha, Tang, Yoshitake and Eoin Cavanaugh ’27 (third, 400); Zha (MVP) and Lombard (Coaches) won team honors.

• Yuhan “Alex” Zha ’22

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Varsity season record: N/A Captains: Girls—Ava Aguiar ’23, Arielle Chechile ’24; Boys—Boxuan Liu ’22, Jinyi Liang ’22

Highlights: Team awards went to: Girls— Chechile (MVP) and Aguiar (Coaches); Boys—Kayden Chhoun ’24 (MVP) and Rouri Takahashi ’23 (Coaches).

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Varsity season record: 3–9 Captains: Madeleine Hong ’23, Isabelle Wilson ’22

Highlights: Wilson capped her career with personal records at the New England Championships; Newcomer Eliza Leach ’25 had a strong first year; Wilson (MVP) and Rilee Harris ’23 (Coaches) were honored by the team.

• Isabelle Wilson ’22

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Varsity season record: 1–7 Captain: Keigo Koyasu ’23

Koyasu was team MVP after qualifying for the New England Championships with a second-place finish at 120 pounds in Class A; John Crocker ’25 won the team’s Coaches Award.