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news of the schoolFall athletic update: Teams brave high temps to compete this fallBy Brad Lennon, Athletic DirectorThe fall sports seasonbegan on July 31 with 173Upper School students participatingin nine sports. Practicesbegan with the temperaturesin the 90s, taxing our sportsmedicine staff and coaches asthey attempted to manage heatstress and other complicationsrelated to the weather. The heatfinally broke around the endof September, bringing muchmore bearable conditions forour student-athletes and fans.CROSS COUNTRYThe boys’ and girls’ crosscountryteams continued theirmarked improvement and successunder the guidance ofhead coach Mike Penington.The boys’ team captured itssecond consecutive IndianaCrossroads Conference championship,while the girls finishedsecond. Manvir Heir ’08and Kyle Marks ’09 were thetop runners for the boys, eachwinning several meets duringthe season. Manvir was theonly boys’ runner from ParkTudor to qualify for the regionalround of the state meet.In addition, John Arak ’09ran strongly all season, andHenry Farley ’11 gave the teamsome much-needed depth.The girls’ team was led byAubrey Little ’08, who alsoqualified for the regionals.Aubrey finished sixth in thesectional and bested her ownschool record at the regionalmeet with a time of 19:45 for5000 meters. The girls’ teamalso had strong performancesall season long from HeidiChen ’09, Helen Hopper ’09,Allie Hanley ’10 and KellieHanley ’11.SOCCERThe boys’ team ended itsseason with a solid 7-5-2record. The Panthers tiedScecina for the conferencechampionship, but fell shortin their bid for a sectional title,losing to a strong InternationalSchool team.Nick Huster ’08 had a verystrong season while playingsweeper on defense most of theyear and eventually convertingto a midfielder on offense latein the campaign. Cole Sommer’09 led the team in scoringwith 21 goals – one shyof the school record held byBrad Smith ’97. Coach TrentKuprewicz looks forward tothe return of Sommer, MarcWagoner ’09 and standoutfreshman Chris Callahan.In girls’ soccer, the Panthersfinished the regularseason with a 6-6-1 record,highlighted by their secondconsecutive conference championshipunder the guidance ofHead Coach Scott McDougall.The girls finished the conferencecampaign undefeated.Katharine Kulka ’10 was onceagain the mainstay in goal,while Maddie Kahn ’10, HannahFarley ’09 and newcomerAbby Farley ’11 had strongseasons. Molly Pallman ’08saw her season end early withan unfortunate broken arm in agame against Speedway.and Ron McCombs ’08. Atseason’s end the Panthers hada 3-6 record heading into sectionalFOOTBALLThe team faced one of itsmore difficult seasons in severalplay, where they weredefeated by first-round opponentClinton Prairie 28-6.years. During one four-gamestretch, the gridders faced fourteams with a combined 30-1record. The regular seasonended with a resounding 40-6win over Shenandoah. In thatBOYS’ TENNISThe defending state championboys’ tennis team had anup-and-down season, finishingwith an uncharacteristic 10-7game Hank Powell ’08 threw regular season record. Thefive touchdown passes – threeto Eric Dungy ’10 and oneboys played one of the moreContinued on page 11each to Justin Spurgeon ’10Lyndsey Holt ’09 goes in for the kill as Nigelie Assee ’10 (left) and VanessaJohansen ’10 prepare to assist. Photo by Tom Black.10 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007
news of the schoolAthletes in the news• Danielle MacInnes ’07was one of three high schoolstudents from Indiana selectedby U.S. Lacrosse as an All-American. She joins previousPark Tudor inductees HilaryGardner ’04 and Ali Oppelt’06. Danielle was nominatedby Coach Candi Parry andIndiana lacrosse coaches votedfor the three state honorees.Danielle finished her ParkTudor career with 104 goalsand 28 assists. She was thefirst Park Tudor player ever topass the 100-goal mark.• Lee Keller ’09 returnedfrom the Eastern GreatLakes Regional Figure SkatingChampionships this fallas the 2007-08 Novice LadiesBronze medalist. Lee competedin qualifying rounds, whichdetermined the top 15 girlsat her level in an eight-stateregion. She then moved aheadto the final rounds, which consistedof a short program andFall athletic updatea long program, after whichshe was awarded the bronzemedal. Lee advances to theMidwestern Sectional Championshipsin Rochester, Michiganin mid-November, whereshe will be one of 12 girlsfrom 22 states who will vie forfour spots at the U.S. NationalFigure Skating Championshipsin January.• This summer swimmerDaniel Hasler ’10 attendedOlympic Training Camp inColorado Springs, achievedawards at the Senior StateMeet at Indiana University andearned Junior National cuts inthe 400 IM, 400 Free and 800Freestyle Relay.During the Senior StateMeet, Daniel earned fourth inthe state in the 400 IM behindthree college-age swimmers.He also placed in the top 12in the 400 Free, 200 Breaststrokeand 800 Free. Danielalso placed 21 st in the 200Continued from page 10Breaststroke and 23 rd in the200 IM. The Senior State Meetdoes not have an age limit onmale participants, so Daniel, atage 15, was competing againstmany NCAA Division I CollegeSwimmers.Daniel also competed in theJunior Nationals Meet and was36 th in the 800 Freestyle Relay,77 th in the 400 IM and 117 th inthe 400 Freestyle. The meetdrew about 1,000 of the topmale and female U.S. swimmersunder the age of 18.• Seven members of the2007 Park Tudor girls’ tennisteam were named to All-Statetennis teams by the IndianaHigh School Tennis CoachesAssociation. Megan Martzolf’07 was named to the first teamsingles, Elizabeth Emhardt’08 and Heather Rogers ’08were named to the first teamdoubles, Sarah MacPhail ’09and Lindsey Thygesen ’10were named to the honorablemention singles team, andJulie Elbin ’10 and CarolineEmhardt ’10 were named tothe honorable mention doublesteam.After Park Tudor won itsthird-straight girls’ state tennischampionship in June, MeganMartzolf went on the followingweek to win the state singleschampionship for the secondyear in a row.• Travis Wilson ’11 won twosignificant titles at the GrandNational and World ChampionshipMorgan Horse Show inOklahoma City in October. Heplaced first to win the GrandNational Title for the 14-yearoldHunter Pleasure Class andplaced first again to win theWorld Championship Title forthe 14- and 15-year-old HunterPleasure Class.• Park Tudor cheerleaderstook home two trophies fortheir double superior ratingsfrom the Universal CheerleadersAssociation at the IndianaUniversity cheer camp thissummer. More than 250 cheerleadersrepresenting 30 teamsattended the camp.difficult schedules in the state. Over the course of the season theteam endured a number of injuries and line-up changes, overcomingthem to defeat archrival Brebeuf and win the sectional title.The team quickly disposed of Brownsburg and Ben Davis inthe regionals, advancing to a showdown with top-ranked NorthCentral in the semistate, where the boys dropped a 4-1 ending totheir season.VOLLEYBALLThe lady netters had another strong year, finishing with a 22-7record. The Panthers were led by outside attacker Lyndsey Holt’09 along with libero Alyssa Johansen ’08 and top setter MaddieReese ’10. The girls took second-place honors in conference playand highlighted their season with an impressive win over Brebeufin five games. They defeated Triton Central and Indian Creekin the first rounds of the state tournament, but lost to HeritageChristian in the sectional final.News from the Board of Directors• Sharon Sullivan, president of the Park Tudor board of directorsfrom July 2005 to June 2007, was awarded the Tom H. WrightAward at the annual Park Tudor Foundation Dinner on September7 at the Conrad Hotel. The award is given annually by the board ofdirectors “to recognize persons whose sincere and energetic devotionto Park Tudor School has resulted in extraordinary serviceto the school and its students.” Head of School Doug Jenningspresented her with the award, saying that during her two yearsof board leadership, she always put the interests of students first.Mrs. Sullivan continues to serve the school as a new member ofthe Park Tudor Trust.• Park Tudor parent Cynthia Bir has been elected to the school’sboard of directors, replacing Robert Lauth.FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 11
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