Congratulations to Andover Swimming and Diving!
At the 2026 Eastern Swimming & Diving Championships in Lancaster, PA, the Andover divers, coached by Belinda Wolf, all placed in the top 24. Karla Safarikova ’27 placed 10th, Caroline Bresler ’29 placed 21st in the girls’ competition, while David Frahm ’26 placed 7 and Victor Hillier ’28 placed 17th. Karla and Caroline contributed to a 9-place finish for the Girls’ Team.
For the swimmers, coached by Hillary Kavanagh and Catherine Carter, Katherine Feng ’27 placed 12th in the 100 Fly and 14th in the 100 Free. Aimee Qi ’27 placed 16th in the 100 Fly and 11th in the 100 Back. Chloe Ru ’27 placed 9th in the 50 Free and 6th in the 100 Back. Hannah Song ’27 placed 5th in the 200 Free and 4th in the 500 Free, and Sophia Tolokh ’28 placed 18th in the 200 Free. Many other swimmers achieved best times. The Girls’ 4x50 Medley Relay was 7th; the 4x50 Free Relay was 11th; and the 4x100 Free Relay was 7th.
For the Boys’ team, the swimmers—coached by David Fox, David Gardner, and Hillary Kavanagh—combined with David and Victor for a 2-place finish. Cale Barker ’28 was 4th in the 50 Free, in a new Lower record, and 10th in the 100 Free. Eric Chang ’28 was 18 in the 200 Free and 14 in the 100 Back. Beckett Kavanagh ’29 was 15th in the 500 Free. Nick Koura ’26 was 22 in the 50 Free. Woori Lee ’26 was 15th in the 200 IM and 16th in the 100 Breast. Eric Nie ’26 was 8th in the 200 IM and 19th in the 500 Free. Oliver Stabach was 6 in both the 100 and 200 Free. Lincoln Tomlinson ’27 was 4th in the 100 Fly and 2nd in the 100 Free, both new Upper Records. Jay Wei ’27 was 3rd in the 50 Free in a short-lived new Upper Record and 8th in the 100 Back. Siba Xiong ’28 was 22 in both the 100 and 200 Free. th th th th th rd th rd th th th nd th nd th Haoyu Zhang ’27 was 23 in the 200 Free and 24 in the 500 Free. Ethan Zhu ’26 was 14th in the 100 Fly and 7th in the 100 Breast. Almost every other member of the team had their best times. In the relays, the Boys placed 4th in the 4x50 Medley and 2nd in the 4x100 Free. In the 4x50 Free Relay, Lincoln Tomlinson broke Wei’s Upper Record by leading off the first 50, with Jay Wei, Cale Barker, and Oliver Stabach following through to win the event and to establish new Eastern, New England, and School records in 1:21.42.
Fourteen Andover wrestlers placed at the New England Wrestling Championships this past weekend at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, CT. Four wrestlers were named champions in their weight class: Serra Akyali ‘28, Cindy Zhou ‘27, Bella Shmuylovich ’26, and Toni Elliott ‘27. Andover came in 6 (of 44 teams) overall as a team in the co-ed division and 2 of 28 teams in the girls’ division. Thank you to our coaches, Kassie Bateman, Jason York, Rich Gorham, and Joe Nugent.
The annual 9th/10th-grade Track and Field meet was hosted on Wednesday afternoon in Snyder. Shout out to all those who participated, with an incredible 31 total Personal Records. Highlights include, but are not limited to... Eden Dunleavy ‘29 led the way, breaking the school record in the 300m (41.51). Eden also won the 55m (7.55) and ran a leg on the winning mixed 4x400m team with Ela Budzinski ‘28, Xavier Gross ‘28 and Quentin Cynn‘28 Ela Budzinski won the 600m (1:38.18) and Claire Donovan ‘29 won the 2 mile (12:56.61) On the boys’ side, Ian Wang ‘28 won the 1000m (2:59.26), Tiger Zan ‘29 won the mile (4:56.72), Aaron Blanchard ‘28 won the 2 mile (10:52.31) and Lucien Herndon ‘28 won high jump (5’4)
Congratulations to our girls’ varsity hockey team, who have extended their win streak to 14 consecutive games with a big 3-1 win on the road in a battle of the top two teams in New England: Andover and Williston Northampton! Marie Lee '28 was stellar in net, stopping 19 of 20 shots. Defenseman Maggie Averill '28 (assists to Caroline Averill '26 and Sarah Powers '26 got Andover on the board early with a first-period goal just over 3 minutes into the first period. Powers extended the lead with a beautiful finish on a perfect centering pass from Sienna Glass '27, sending Andover into the locker room up 2-0 after 2 periods. After Williston cut the lead in half, Sienna Glass buried a shot from the point, assists to Caroline Averill and Sarah Powers '26 again, to secure the win. GV Hockey is coached by Martha Fenton, Matt Hession, and Dan Holland.
Congratulations to JV girls’ ice hockey, coached by Jake Montanaro and Ei Smith, on a fantastic week with two strong victories. On Wednesday, the Big Blue defeated Milton, 10-0, and on Friday, another big win, 8-0 over Nobles. Leading the way of Friday’s win v. Nobles: Sophia Demeo scored four goals and had two assists, while Hannah Herlihy and Josie Sarno matched stats with one goal and 3 assists apiece. Goalkeeper Chanel Martin earned the shutout.
Congrats to Girls’ Varsity Basketball, coached by Jen Weissbach, Molly Creamer, and Chris Jones, on an impressive 70-27 win over Pingree School on Saturday afternoon. Lower Emma Moore netted her season high of 20 points in the win. Jules Stephenson ‘28 is only 23 points away from 1,000 high school career points - come watch the girls play this Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.