How long have you been doing your sport?

Can you explain your sport briefly?

What encouraged you to start your sport?

What is your goal for your sport?

Athena Huan ’24

I started snowboard racing when I was ten years old, so almost six years.

It is different from traditional snowboarding. It is not about the jumps and tricks in the park, but about speed and “carving” around the gates. Snowboard racing is about getting low to the ground to avoid air resistance and the speed of the run.

It was actually my mom who encouraged me to start this sport. I started skiing for fun when I was in kindergarten but never got really good at it. One day my mom asked me to try snowboarding because it looked cooler, so we signed up [for] a club that teaches snowboarding.

I’m striving to be a national champion this year. I got second place last year and the margin between me and the champion was very small.

Zoey Shaevitz ’25

I first did circus in a camp nine years ago, but I’ve been doing it hardcore since about two years.

I am currently dedicating my time to training trapeze, lyra, silks, rope, contortion, acro.

I played baseball for [about] eight years but then I quit. I remembered that I did circus at a camp and I decided to try it out again. My coaches sat me down and talked to me about how I have a huge potential and that really boosted me to where I am now.

I’m not sure what my end goal is with circus because I'm constantly improving and learning new skills, but for now I just want to keep getting better.

Henry Zief ’23

I have been throwing javelin for two years now and will be going into my third year this spring.

Javelin is one of three throwing events that are done in track [and field]. The way javelin works is that you run down a runway and then stop yourself and use the momentum you have gained and throw the javelin as far as possible. Whoever can throw the farthest wins.

I was encouraged to start throwing Javelin when I tried all the throwing events for track and found that javelin was my best event. I really liked javelin because it had similar throwing motions as baseball and football, two things that I could already throw far.

My goal for javelin is to throw 194 feet this year and set the school record. Also I want to be the number one javelin thrower in the state.