The boys swim team took fifth out of thirty-four teams at the Central/East/Southeast District meet on Thursday, February 18, at Bowling Green University. The Aquavikes finished the meet with 146 points.  The Vikings competed with three other districts for one of the twenty-four spots in individual events and for one of the sixteen relay spots…

Academy’s Speech and Debate team will send 12 students to the March 5 and 6 state meet this year. Results will post  in our mid-March newsletter. Pictured left to right: Rehya Satish, Aleeza Yakoob, Sam Braveman, Alex Nanda, Yashu Tanneru, Ethan Kim, Alexis Cunningham, Lindsey Butler, Cory Wu, Ceci Reitter, Jaswanth Vandrasi, and Tara Hoffmann.…

    Sophomores Jono Hammond and Alex Nanda racing freestyle. Raaghuv Vazirani’22 competing in butterfly. (Julia DeVore’22/News)   On Sunday, February 14, the boy Aquavikes competed in sectionals at Columbus Academy to claim one of the 24 spots needed to advance to districts. They finished second out of the twelve teams, just 235 points behind…

Drake Bellisari, Max Popp, Gavin Lewis  (JuliaDeVore’22/News) On Tuesday, January 26, our boys swim team defeated St. Francis DeSales 101-52 and celebrated Vera Anderson, Laura Campbell and Rowan Hennessey’21. Off to a quick start in the 200 medley relay, juniors Drake Bellisari and Cyrus Hannallah, William Harpster’24, and Gavin Lewis’23 clocked in at 1:48.61. Lewis…

Raaghuv Vazirani’22 and Rowan Hennessy’21 sprinting backstroke.            Gavin Lewis’23 dominating breaststroke. (Julia DeVore’22/News) Our boys swim team started off its week with a bang, scoring 96 points against Bishop Hartley’s 38 and Wellington’s 34 on Tuesday, January 19, at home. Cy Richardson’22 and Jono Hammond’23 took the Vikes to an…

Tsega Sleshi’21, Vaughn Amour’21, Olivia Pierre-Louis’21, and Janet Li’22 sharing stories of racial discrimination faced by C.A. students. (Julia DeVore’22/News) Every year, students and faculty gather in the gym for a school-wide assembly to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But on Friday, January 15, Dr. King’s birthday, our annual MLK Day celebration took a…

Dorian Bristol’24 and Max Popp’22 race freestyle. Cyrus Hannallah’22 dominates in breaststroke. (Julia DeVore’22/Staff) The Columbus Academy boys swim team fell 74-95 to Gahanna Lincoln on Friday, January 15 but came back strong on Saturday, January 16, to beat Grandview Heights 119-39 at home. Sophomores Luke Boltz and Gavin Lewis along with juniors Cyrus Hannallah…

Freshmen Michael Raimondo’racing in breaststroke and Dorian Bristol anchoring the B 200 medley relay. Gavin Lewis’23 sprinting the 100 Butterfly. (Julia DeVore’22/News) Our boys swim team nabbed its first victory of the season beating Bexley 95-71 at home On Friday, January 8.  Sophomores Luke Boltz and Gavin Lewis along with juniors Cyrus Hannallah and Drake Bellisari led…

Max Popp’22 pens a message to military personnel. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On November 12 and 13, students wrote letters to active, reserve, and veteran military personnel through the organization “A Million Thanks,” which will deliver these mailings during December around the holidays. “A Million Thanks,” a non-profit, supports military personnel and their families. For over a…

Seniors Jake Huddleston and Luke Nester (Julia DeVore/Staff)   Seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston competed against the top Division 2 runners in Ohio at the Fortress Obetz states on Saturday, November 7    Nester nabbed 16th place and an All-State medal and podium spot, finishing in 16:13.0. Huddleston clockied at 17:41.6, securing 107th out of…