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Young Teams Shine, Promising Great Future for HNA Athletics

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What a merry month May has been for Cougar spring sports!

HNA’s Ultimate Frisbee team advanced to State for the first time in the program’s young (six-year) history, while the track & field and softball teams brought home their respective Metro Champion-ships. The golf team sent a record six players to Districts; one competed at last week’s State golf tournament, finishing 18th overall.

The tennis team qualified five athletes for Districts, and two lacrosse players made the All-Conference team, with one being named All-State! Four softball players were named Metro All-League, while Cougar crew triumphed at the Northwest Youth Championships, and is sending a record 25 rowers to compete next week at the USRowing Youth Nationals in California.

TRACK & FIELD: Metro Champions! The Cougars wrapped up a busy spring season with a Metro championship and a 5th-place finish in the District tourney. The young team headed to State last weekend with Maeve Hoffman ’19, Lucy Klebeck ’19, Allison Nguyen ’19, Emma Velling ’20, Julia Causbie ’21, Christina Crow ’21, and Sarah Mirkin ’21. On the first day at State, Allison Nguyen compet-ed in javelin and finished 14th, while Sarah Mirkin took 8th in the 1600 meters with a new personal rec-ord of 5:07.94. On Day 2 at State, Julia Causbie placed 4th in the long jump with a PR of 17’-07.

In the 800 meters at State, Sarah Mirkin finished 5th (2:15.72) and Maeve Hoffman 6th (2:16.49), while the 4x400m relay of Julia Causbie, Maeve Hoffman, Emma Velling, and Sarah Mirkin finished 5th with a time of 4:02.32.

TENNIS Metro: The No. 1 Cougar singles player, Anna Miller ’19, finished 4th in this year’s Metro League tourna-ment; the doubles team of Erin Skrobut ’19 and Christine Barton ’18 were 5th. Twins Morgan and Darby Hunter ’21 finished 8th. Gabe Claravall ’18 had a huge win in the first round over Roosevelt’s top singles player. In team play, the Cougers tied for 3rd in the 16-team Metro tournament.

District: In the District tournament, the Cougars tied for 7th. Erin Skrobut and Christine Barton won their first match in three sets against a tough Roosevelt team, but then lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual State doubles champs from Interlake. In the consolation draw, Erin and Christine lost a tough three-set match against a Bellevue pair. Morgan and Darby Hunter lost in the first round to this year’s doubles State runners-up, also from Interlake.

All-Comers: Henri Waltz ’21 finished in 2nd place.

Above: HNA Ultimate’s first time at State. Front (L-R): Sophie Linde, Nori Cata-lano, Isabelle Reilley, April Adams, Alana Ross, Mini Park, Matilda Vary.

Back (L-R): Coach Molly McKeon, Irissa Lucas, Lyra D’Souza, Sydney Reynolds, Talky Burke, Mia Germino, Naomi DeGasperi, Carmen

Sidler-Dever, Lily Somerseth.

Track celebrates Metro League title: (L_R) Maeve Hoffman, Lucy Klebeck, Emma Velling, Britana Brown, Christina Crow, Julia Causbie.

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More Cougar Corner:

Softball, Lacrosse, Ultimate

SOFTBALL: Metro Champs! Cougar softball finished the regular season with an 11–4 Metro League record, tied with Bainbridge for the Mountain Division’s top seed in the Metro tournament. A coin flip gave Bainbridge the tour-nament top seed and HNA the second spot. After an 11–1 win over Ingraham, the Cougars faced previously undefeated Garfield in the semifi-nal game. In a 7–6 thriller, our young women beat the Bulldogs, avenging an early-season loss, and sending the Cougars into the championship game against Bainbridge and a 6–4 victory for HNA’s second consecutive Metro championship!

Two losses in the SeaKing District Tournament ended the Cougars’ season with a final record of 16–9 (13–7 in the regular season). Four Cougars were named to the All-Metro team by a vote of league coaches: outfielders Nicole Johnson ’19 and Molly Jones ’19, infielder Emily Flora ’19, and pitcher Logan Luebbe ’19. Two other HNA athletes were voted to the All-Mountain Division team: Kristina Johnson ’18 and Devon Chapman ’18.

LACROSSE Standouts: Midfielder Isabella Holmes ’19 led the Cougars with 31 points, while Emma Cutner ’18 contributed 23 points; Macallister Ballaine ’19 scored 13 points and led the team with 31 draw controls this season. Haily Santorsola ’18 was team leader in ground balls (36) and in caused-turnovers (20).

All-State, All-Conference: Congratulations to Haily Santorsola for being named to both the All-State and All-Conference teams, and to Isabella Holmes, who was named to the All-Conference squad. Cougar lacrosse finished the season 4–7–1.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE: First Time to State Highlights: For the first time in the program’s six-year history, HNA’s Ultimate team qualified for the State bracket! On Tuesday (May 29), the Cougars fell to the State host team, Seattle’s Roosevelt HS, marking the end of a season in which the players made extraordinary strides forward. After playing close games at the beginning of the season, the team put in the work and began to play more solidly against teams that had earlier beaten them, most notably in the second game against Bainbridge Island. The biggest improvement for the team has been on defense, primarily using zone to generate turns and fast-breaking immediately for scores.

Standouts: Notable players in recent weeks were Lyra D'Souza ’19 and Nori Catalano ’19, who have remained con-sistent and taken on big roles. Steadfast Alana Ross ’20 was solid in the backfield, while Carmen Sidler-Dever ’21 worked hard to earn blocks and goals, consistently running hard on every point she played.

Coach Molly McKeon ’05 is tremendously proud of this team and the individual work every athlete put in.

Softball celebrates Metro tourney trophy. (Back, L-R): Selina Rojas, Delaney Dermody, Raven Haines, Sydney Esterberg, Caitlin

Manning, Nicole Johnson, Logan Luebee, Molly Jones, Amelia Tamez. (Front, L-R):

Avry Vranesh-Chubelashvili, Emily Flora, Kristina Johnson, Devon Chapman, Maesun Dier-Markey, Ava Haines.

Lacrosse leaders: Haily Santorsola (left), Isabella Holmes.

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Golf, Crew Celebrate Strong Springs

GOLF: Post-Season Highlights: A record six HNA golfers competed at Districts on May 15 in Kent: Greta Acarregui ’21, Delaney Dermody ’21, Audrey Donahue ’20, Ana Louie ’21, Janine Surge ’19, and Grace Whelan ’19. Janine tied for first-place, shooting a 72, while Grace shot 88 and tied for 18th place. Both Janine and Grace qualified for the State tournament, but, unfortunately, Janine could not compete due to injury. Grace advanced to the second round by shooting an 88, then followed up with a personal best of 82 on the final day. She finished tied for 18th in State—a great finish to her first year on the golf team!

CREW: Big Risks Yield Big Rewards, 25 to Nationals Highlights: HNA crew celebrated another strong finish at the Northwest Youth Championships in Vancouver, Wash., May 18-20, earning 7 golds, 5 silvers, and 2 bronzes. In total points, the contingent from HNA was the second-highest-scoring women’s team. Five Cougar boats qualified to advance to Youth Nationals; four of the boats and a record 25 athletes will row for HNA at Nationals next week in California (see below).

Standouts: National-bound boats L4+, V8+, V2x, and L8+: Isabel Angulo ’19, Helen Bauer ’18, Olivia Bay ’20, Grace Beery ’18, Lily Buysse ’21, Hannah Diaz ’19, Kallie Dimaris ’20, Grace Duffy ’20, Flannery Dunn ’20, Carmen Ewing ’18, Naomi Ferrero ’19, Denning Gillespie ’18, Maddy Kim ’18, Miranda Lambert ’20, Lily Longawa ’20, Sophie Longawa ’19, Bella Lysaker ’21, Chloe Margarones ’19, Lulu Miles ’19, Tess Miller ’19, Bridget O’Hearn ’20, Mari Olson ’18, Sophia Petersen ’19, Mattie Wellnitz ’20, and Clare Widzgowski ’19.

Where to see them: USRowing Youth Nationals take place June 8-10 in Gold River, California, near Sacramen-to. Follow @HNACougars on Twitter and Instagram for updates, or go http://www.usrowing.org/event/2018-youth-national-championships/ to watch via live streaming.

Other crew news: Congratulations to Jenny Cook ’21, who has been invited to the USRowing U19 Development Camp in New London, Conn., this summer.

Golfers ready for Districts (L-R): Greta Acarregui, Grace Whelan, Janine Surge,

Audrey Donahue, Ana Louie.

Crew athletes celebrate at NW Regionals in Vancouver on May 20. ABOVE: Varsity 2x: Mari Olson, Carmen Ewing.

Lightweight 8+: Olivia Bay, Grace Beery, Bridget O'Hearn, Kallie Dimaris, Izzy Angulo, Chloe Margarones, Sophia Petersen, Sophie Longawa,

Naomi Ferrero.

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More Cougar Corner:

Washington Athletic Club Awards

Scholar/Athletes Honored Three senior athletes are chosen each year to represent Holy Names Academy at the Washington Athletic Club 101 Scholar/Athlete banquet in May. The awards honor Metro League-school scholar/athletes who have shown high scholastic achievement, won at least two varsity athletic awards, and demonstrated excellent character, sportsmanship, and citizenship. This year’s HNA recipients: Mari Olson (crew), Jessica Chin (dive and gymnastics), and Kellen Gibson (swimming). All three were co-valedictorians of the Class of 2018.

Summer Information for HNA Athletes & Parents:

New Fitness Center Open to Current Students During the Summer The fitness center in the Mary Herche Pavilion will be open during the summer for current HNA students to work out. Hours: Monday & Wednesday: 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon

All-Sports Parent Information Night: Monday, August 27 If your daughter plans to play any sport during the 2018-2019 school year, including crew, please plan on attending the All-Sports Parent Information Night on Monday, August 27, at 7 p.m. This meeting will cover the Athletic De-partment policies and procedures for the year, and is required for at least one parent of all HNA athletes. There will be a general meeting in the gym for all, followed by breakout sessions for the various sports. Your daughters are welcome, but not required to attend.

Summer Cross Country Training All interested HNA students are encouraged to participate in summer cross-country training. Training includes drills, continuous runs, core and strength work, as well as games. The team includes runners of various speeds and abilities, so any student who is willing to run is welcome to participate! Summer practices are fun and low-key, offering an opportunity to build mileage and friendships prior to the fall season. Summer practices last about two hours and will be held on Mondays (6 p.m.), Wednesdays (8 a.m.), Fridays (8 a.m.) and Saturdays (9 a.m.). We congregate at Lower Woodland Park by the cinder track. Please e-mail Head Coach Erin McCormick with questions: emccor-mick@holynames-sea.org.

Open Gym Information Summer 2018: Basketball and Volleyball Open gym is a great opportunity to meet the HNA coaches and other student athletes. Open gyms are optional and are open to ALL current HNA students (and to incoming 9th graders as of June 14).

Basketball open gym is scheduled for 5:30-7:00pm on the following dates: June 18, June 20, July 2, July 9, July 11, July 16, July 18. Volleyball open gym schedule is coming soon!

Open-gym hours are subject to change; check the HNA Athletics calendar for latest information. Time changes or cancelations will be updated on the calendar one hour before the open gym is scheduled.

SUMMER PLANNING REMINDER: Fall Sports Tryouts Are August 20–24 Please mark the dates Monday–Friday, August 20–24, if your daughter would like to try out for soccer, volleyball, golf, swimming (no-cut), or cross country (no-cut). Athletes must be present the entire week for consideration. The crew program will welcome novices in early September; athletes will receive further information during the first week of school. Athletes MUST have their athletic eligibility forms on file in the Athletic office to participate in tryouts (see next item).

Fall Sports Athletic Permission Forms Due Monday, August 13 Students planning to turn out for soccer, volleyball, golf, swimming, cross country, or crew this fall must have their sports physical on file in the Athletic Office by Monday, August 13. Students must also register for their respective sport through HNA’s page on the Family ID website. See the Athletic Eligibility page on the HNA website for details and a link to the FamilyID page.

WAC Awards: Mari Olson (left), Jessica Chin.

Not pictured: Kellen Gibson.

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