Freshman Hannah Clay explodes out of the blocks. (Chris Heermann’18) The Academy girls track team traveled to Fairfield Union for the regional meet on Wednesday, May 23 and Friday, May 25, and took third out of fifty teams.  The Vikings continued their brilliant postseason campaign, qualifying for states in four different events. Junior Sammie Kass,…

Senior Muriel Goldfarb blazes around the turn. (Chris Heermann’18/Media editor) The Academy girls track team traveled to Watkins Memorial for the district meet, competing in the field events on Tuesday, May 15, running preliminaries on Thursday, May 17, and securing second place after the finals on Saturday, May 19. The Vikings were outstanding throughout the…

Sophomore Kiersten Thomassey prepares for takeoff. (Courtesy/Kristin Sabgir) The Academy girls track team traveled to London for the MSL meet, competing in the first leg on Tuesday, May 8, before locking down second place on Friday, May 11. The Vikings were sensational throughout the meet, producing high finishes across the board. Juniors Mercedes Crestanello and…

Freshman Hannah Clay leaves her competitors in the dust. (Courtesy/Kristin Sabgir) The Academy girls track team competed in two meets this past week. The Vikings were hosts to Patriot Prep, Tree of Life, and Northside Christian on Monday, April 30, before competing at the Mount Gilead Invitational on Saturday, May 5. CA dominated its home meet,…

Freshman Regan Cornelius bolts around the track. (Courtesy Kristin Sabgir) The Academy girls track team competed in two meets, one they hosted, and the other at Canal Winchester’s Invitational. As CA celebrated its seniors on Monday, April 23, the Vikes also competed in their first individual meet of the season. The girls posted a multitude…

Maddie Tuckerman’19 runs in the 4×800 at Gahanna Relays. (Chris Heermann’18/Media editor) The Academy girls track team competed in two meets this past week, placing fifth at the Gahanna Relays and seventh at the Bloom-Carroll Invitational. The Vikes took a trip to Gahanna-Lincoln on Wednesday, April 18, to take on multiple Division 1 teams and…

Junior Samantha Kass sets the pace. Chris Heermann’18/Media editor) The Academy girls track team competed at two meets this past week, placing second at CSG and taking sixth at New Albany. As temperatures heated up, so did the Vikes. They traveled to CSG on Tuesday, April 10, and dominated the field events, with sophomore Mabry…

Sophomore Rachel Raque leads the pack, Chris Heermann’18/Media editor The Columbus Academy girls track team opened its season with a meet at Big Walnut on Saturday, April 7, in freezing temperatures.The Vikings are hoping to capitalize on their momentum from a successful 2017, when they won Districts and had a strong showing at states. But…

Coach Michael Hoffman Sr. fires up his team. Miles Razek’20/Staff The CA boys bowling team’s season came to an end on Friday, February 16, as the Vikes competed in the Division 2 Sectional tournament at HP Lanes.  Due to other school commitments and illnesses, the team could not field the eight players necessary to put…

Senior Jade Juniper watches as the pins fall. (Julia Gurevitz’19/Media) The Columbus Academy bowling teams’ hardships continued in their regular season finale on Monday, February 5. Despite another solid performance from senior Michael Reagan, the boys team fell to Groveport Madison, 1495-2037. Reagan bowled 296 pins for the Vikings. The girls had a slightly closer…