Kent school sports news
Kent School is among the most widely known co-educational private schools situated in Kent in Connecticut, America. Kent School goes back to 1906 when it was established by Reverend Fredrick Herbert Sill of the Episcopal Church. This school has students from all across the United States along with 30 other foreign countries. This school offers a curriculum that involves both academics and sports and gives equal importance to both these fields.
Kent School is one of the members of the Founders League and competes in 32 varsity sports categories. The institution has 22 interscholastic sports and 56 interscholastic teams. More than one third of the student population of Kent School is known to participate in these sporting activities. Several students from Kent School have made news when they have gone on to play in Division I, II and III categories in college and University competitions.
Kent School has a established rowing team known as the Kent School Boat Club. This club was founded in 1922 and has three varsity boats. The fourth boat participates in varsity boat races. They’re also known to conduct spring training sessions that happen during the schools spring break. The Crew of the club has gone to win several challenges including the Thames Challenge Cup.
They have been consistent in their success in this sport and also have won 5 times on their participation at Henley. The Kent Girls Crew was founded in 1973 and this team too continues to be as successful as its counterpart. They won competition at Henley in 2002 and still have also won two National Championships along with several New England Championships
The schools arch rival in sports is the Loomis Chaffe School. Their traditional rivalry culminates every year in the annual Kent V/S Loomis day where both the schools take part in a numbers of sports challenges. Kent School carries a very good football team which has been the undisputed leader for six consecutive years in this challenge. The Kent school football team is also among the first private American schools that will play internationally in the fall. They have been invited and sponsored by Global Football that is affiliated to the National Football League. The Kent Football team shall compete against the Danish National Junior Squad in an event which is to occur in London in an initiative to market football.
Most of the success that Kent School has in its athletic endeavors can be attributed to its excellent coaches. Most of the coaches stay on campus and also have more opportunities of interacting with the students. This familiarity helps the coach to develop coaching methods keeping students in mind. The school has great training facilities both for outdoor and indoor sports along with a state of the art fitness centre. These facilities include 13 outdoor tennis courts, 13 playing fields, a cross country running course, a 25 yard, six lane, diving pool, squash courts etc. To add to this is the 1200acre campus that includes the Appalachian Trail.