Kent school sports activities news
Kent School is among the best known co-educational private schools located 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 coming from all over the United States in addition to 30 other foreign countries. This school offers a curriculum which involves both academics and sports and gives equal importance to these two fields.
Kent School is one of the members of the Founders League and competes in 32 varsity sports categories. The school 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 4th boat participates in varsity boat races. They’re also known to conduct spring training sessions that take place during the schools spring break. The Crew of the club went on to win several challenges such as the Thames Challenge Cup.
They have been consistent in their success in this particular sport and have won 5 times during their participation at Henley. The Kent Girls Crew was founded in 1973 and this team too has been as successful as its counterpart. They won the competition at Henley in 2002 and still have also won two National Championships in addition to several New England Championships
The schools arch rival in sports would be the Loomis Chaffe School. Their traditional rivalry culminates each year in the annual Kent V/S Loomis day where both the schools participate in a variety of sports challenges. Kent School has a very good football team that has been the undisputed leader for six consecutive years in this challenge. The Kent school football team is additionally one of the first private American schools which will play internationally in the fall. They have been invited and sponsored by Global Football which is affiliated to the NFL. The Kent Football team shall compete against the Danish National Junior Squad in a event which is to occur in London in a initiative to market football.
Most of the success that Kent School has in their 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 design coaching methods keeping the 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 which includes the Appalachian Trail.