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Gator Sports - a banner year!

Reflecting on the year in sports at 100 East End Avenue, I am once again reminded how hard our athletes have worked and how much they have accomplished. It is difficult to record each personal best performance, but listed below are our AAIS Team Season Winners and Team Tournament Champions, who will be added to our banner hanging in Gym 2. In addition, I've listed our individual sport record setters and winners. Congrats to all!

KEY:

AAIS = Athletic Association of Independent Schools (League)

NYSAIS = New York State Association of Independent Schools (States for Independent Schools)

Federation = New York State Federation (Publics, Catholics, and Independents come together to compete)

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2012–13 AAIS Season Winners

Varsity Badminton

Varsity Basketball

Varsity Gymnastics

Varsity Tennis

2012–13 AAIS Tournament Champions

Varsity Badminton

Varsity Basketball

Varsity Gymnastics

Varsity Tennis

Junior Varsity Volleyball

Individual Records and Winners

Winners

Varsity Badminton

AAIS Singles Champion: Louisa Colas

AAIS Doubles Champions: Vivian Guo and Anna Pouschine

Varsity Tennis

AAIS Doubles Champions: Julia Leuchtenburg and Louisa White

Individual School Records

Varsity Track

Jamie Grimstad: 1500 meters 4:59.93 (ties record held by Nina Daniels, 2004)

Josephine Garcia: Steeplechase 8:11.44 (new event)

4x800 meter relay: 10:37 Piper Torpey, Amelia O'Donohue, Josephine Garcia, and Jamie Grimstad (formerly 10:55 set in 2007)

4x100 meter relay: 53.31 Charlotte Mittenthal, Julia Greenberg, Brianna Arscott Grant, and Ellen Bannon (formerly 53.8 set in 1999)

Other Notable Accomplishments

Varsity Cross Country

Six runners qualified for and competed in the NYSAIS Championship race: Charlotte Bloemsma, Alexa Caban, Charlotte Cunningham, Jessica Urgo, Josephine Garcia (25th place) and Jamie Grimstad (8th place)

Jamie Grimstad's NYSAIS finish qualified her to compete in the New York State Federation Race.

Varsity Basketball 

In addition to earning the AAIS Season Winner and Tournament Champion titles, they were undefeated in the league and went on to compete in NYSAIS.

Fencing

ISFL (Independent School Fencing League) First Place Girls' Foil

Varsity Volleyball

The team seeded #6 in the NYSAIS Tournament and were semi-finalists.

Congratulations Gators!

Yours in sports,

Ms. Caywood

Director of Athletics

Badminton Team takes it all at the AAIS Tournament!

FINAL STANDINGS FOR SPRING

Varsity Badminton:  Earned the AAIS Season Winner Title with an impressive record of 11 -1! At the AAIS Championships held at College Point Badminton Club, Chapin's singles and doubles finished off strong winning both championship titles and earning critical team points for an overall team Tournament Championship Title!

Varsity Tennis:  Earned the AAIS Season Winner Title with an impressive record of 9 - 1! At the AAIS Championships at Randall's Island's Sportime, Chapin doubles finished #1 which gave the team key points to win the entire AAIS Championship Tournament!

Varsity Lacrosse:  Finished their season as semi-finalists in the AAIS Tournament.

+1 REMAINING!

The Track and Field Team has been full of amazing action! We've had PR's, school records and lots of "firsts" throughout this wonderful season. The Gators head into the NYSAIS (New York State Association of Independent School) Tournament with a very strong team. With several members of the team having qualified for this state tournament, we look forward to more exciting Track and Field news! The NYSAIS Championships are at Randall's Island's Icahn Stadium on Thursday, May 22 at 1:30pm.

This spring has been full of great excitement in Chapin sports! Here is a quick overview to date:

Varsity Lacrosse:  Seeded #3 in the AAIS Tournament made it to the semi-finals losing to Staten Island Academy in a real nail biter 8 - 10!

Varsity Badminton:  Earned the AAIS Season Winner Title with an impressive record of 11 -1! Their tournament takes place on Friday at a new venue:  College Point (Badminton Club), 20-24 119th Street, College Point, NY 11356 Match play begins at 2pm on Friday, May 17.

Varsity Tennis:  Earned the AAIS Season Winner Title with an impressive record of 9 - 1! Their overall record was 10 - 1! The AAIS Tennis Tournament will take place at Randall's Island Sportime Tennis Center on Thursday, May 16 8:30am-4:30pm

The Track and Field Team has been full of amazing action! They head into the AAIS Tournament with a very strong team. The meet is this Friday, May 17 at Icahn Stadium at Randall's Island at 4:30pm. They have also had runners qualify for the NYSAIS Championships (New York State Association of Independent Schools) to be held on Thursday, May 22 at 1:30pm.

I hope you get to get out and cheer on the Gators!

Congratulations to all spring teams!

Ms. Caywood

This spring has been full of great excitement in Chapin sports! Here is a quick overview to date:

Varsity Lacrosse:  Seeded #3 in the AAIS Tournament made it to the semi-finals losing to Staten Island Academy in a real nail biter 9 - 10!

Varsity Badminton:  Earned the AAIS Season Winner Title with an impressive record of 11 -1! Their tournament takes place on Friday at a new venue:  College Point (Badminton Club), 20-24 119th Street, College Point, NY 11356 Match play begins at 2pm on Friday, May 17.

Varsity Tennis:  Earned the AAIS Season Winner Title with an impressive record of 9 - 1! Their overall record was 10 - 1! The AAIS Tennis Tournament will take place at Randall's Island Sportime Tennis Center on Thursday, May 16 8:30am-4:30pm

The Track and Field Team has been full of amazing action! They head into the AAIS Tournament with a very strong team. The meet is this Friday, May 17 at Icahn Stadium at Randall's Island at 4:30pm. They have also had runners qualify for the NYSAIS Championships (New York State Association of Independent Schools) to be held on Thursday, May 22 at 1:30pm.

I hope you get to get out and cheer on the Gators!

Congratulations to all spring teams!

Ms. Caywood

This past weekend, the Varsity Track Team competed in the NYC Mayor's Cup held at Randall's Island's Icahn Stadium. Feeling right at home at Icahn, our Gators ran their hearts out while competing against 36 other schools! The 37 schools represented all three leagues:  Catholics (CHSAA), Publics (PSAL) and Independents (AAIS). 

Our youngest runners posted amazing results with the Freshman 4x8 Relay Team of Charlotte Bloemsma, India Grimstad, Rebecca Ngu and Piper Torpey bringing home a first place medal! Our 4x1 Freshman Relay Team of Katarina Dangas, Noa Hines, Charlotte Mittenthal and Zoe Russell, posted an impressive third place and our Sophomore 4x4 Relay Team of Olivia Aries, Brianna Arscott Grant, Ellen Bannon and Jamie Grimstad finished an impressive fourth place. Junior Josephine Garcia continues to impress in the Steeple Chase bringing home a fourth place medal.

Congratulations to our track team on their wonderful performances and good work!

Chapin Spirit Week is well underway! Today our Athletic Association held a Cake Off. This tradition started a few years ago as an added "non-athletic" green vs gold event. The contestants bake green and or gold cakes and are judged on the following categories:  creativity, spirit, taste and presentation. Faculty judges rate the cakes in each category. Here is a picture of the event:

 The excitement of Spirit Week and the involvement of the whole upper school community offers an energetic lead-up to the big end of year event, Upper School/Middle School Field Day at Bear Mountain! 

Rev up the excitement even more by coming out to support a spring athletic team! Get outside and play!

Go Green! Go Gold! Go Gators!

With Chapin Spirit,

Ms. Caywood, Director of Athletics

Chapin's AAIS undefeated team claimed both the season and tournament champion titles to enter into the NYSAIS Championship Tournament (which is the state tournament for independent schools). Representing the AAIS, the Gators put up good fight but in the end were defeated by the #7 seed, Fieldston. 

Indoor Track completed their season yesterday at the Sacred Heart Invitational held at the New Balance Armory. Personal records were met and nearly all girls placed within the top five in their events! The 4x400m team, Piper Torpey, Josephine Garcia, Claire Guthrie and Juliana O'Donohue, placed second; Josephine Garcia, Charlotte Bloemsma, Dhatri Abeyaratne, Juliana O'Donohue earned second place in the Distance Medley Relay;  Josephine Garcia earned second place in the 1000m; Charlotte Mittenthal earned 3rd place in the 55m run. Chapin Indoor Track has had a stellar second season! Congrats!

The winter season has been very exciting and now we move on to spring!

Good luck to the spring athletes!

Best,

Ms. Caywood

Here is a sneak peak at the excitement that has been surrounding our winter sports:

Varsity Gymnastics:  undefeated season, AAIS Season Winners, AAIS Tournament Champions! 

Varsity Basketball:  undefeated in the league, AAIS Season Winners, #1 seed in the AAIS Tournament (finals will be played at the Brearley Field House 6pm on 2/26), then moving on to compete in the NYSAIS Tournament for the second year in a row! They play on Wednesday, 2/27 against Fieldston at Fieldston. Ride the bus and cheer them on!

Varsity Swimming:  winning season and 5th place at Championships! 

Indoor Track: had five runners qualify to be eligible for the NY State Federation Meet and finish up on Thursday with the Sacred Heart Invitational!

Varsity Girls Fencing: won 1st place in Foil at the ISFL Team Championships!

This has been a busy and exciting time in sports at Chapin! Here is a run down of our winter thus far, spring sports announcements, and fall season save the date!

1.  Winter sports update and tournaments:  JV Basketball, Varsity Basketball, Fencing, Gymnastics, Squash, Swimming.

•  Squash:  The AAIS Tournament begins Monday, February 4 and is single elimination. Chapin #4 hosts Brearley #5 at our home site, CityView Racqet Club. Finals are on February 6. February 8 - 10 they travel to Farmington, CT to participate in the High School US Squash Nationals Tournament. The first contest takes place on Friday, Feb. 8 at Avon Old Farms at 10am. Wish them luck!
• JV Basketball:  The AAIS Tournament begins February 21 - details to follow as the seedings become available. Go to the JV team page for information.
• Varsity Basketball AAIS Tournament begins February 21 for Chapin. See the Varsity Basketball team page for more information as the seedings develop. Chapin is poised to be #1 or #2! We are in a race against Marymount for the #1 seed. The determining Marymount game will be played this week, Wednesday, February 6 at Basketball City - come cheer on the Gators! The Gators have also applied to the NYSAIS (state tournament) and hope to get seeded this year. If we get in, it will mark the second year in Chapin history that basketball has gone to the State Tournament! 
• Fencing:  ISFL Individual Championships were this past Saturday and the ISFL Team Championsips take place on Saturday, February 9 at Hackley starting at 9am.
• Gymnastics:  Chapin, poised to be a top seed, competes in the AAIS Championships at Aviator Park on Saturday, February 23.
• Swimming:  Chapin swimming has had an exciting season with school records, strong wins and super close meets! Cheer them on at the AAIS Championships at the Aqua Center on Friday, February 22.

 2.  Have A Ball!

The return from winter break was met with great fun in our Chapin community. We held a week long celebration of Chapin sports combined with a fundraiser for Right To Play (see earlier post). Each day started with pizza in the Gordon Room and fun activities. This was followed by sporting events filled with Chapin fans! It was a successful week of fun, games and community spirit and a successful week of fundraising. We raised $1500 for this wonderful orgainization! Go Gators!

3.  Spring Sports

Please visit the Middle School Sports and Upper School Sports pages (to the left in the gray navigation bar) for all spring sports information and signups. Upper School sports begin on Wednesday, February 20 and Middle School begins the week of Monday, February 25.

Thank you for all of your support throughout the fall and winter seasons. Let's cheer on the winter athletes and welcome in the spring! Go Gators!

See you on the sidelines!

Sincerely,

Michelle Caywood, Director of Athletics