Summer Clubhouse

Athletics

Athletics play an essential role in the Hewitt experience. In the fourth and fifth grades, students participate in intramural sports clubs, also open to sixth graders, where they sharpen fundamental skills and grow accustomed to the commitment involved in being part of a team.

Starting in grade five, students compete inter-scholastically in cross-country, basketball, and track and field. Beginning in grade seven the students can also compete in volleyball and soccer. The upper school fields eight varsity and two junior varsity teams which compete in the Athletic Association of Independent Schools. The teams are badminton, basketball, crew, cross country, soccer, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Hewitt is the only girls’ school in New York City that offers crew. Beginning this year Hewitt will also offer a developmental squash team. Under the leadership of two coaches the team will participate in several scrimmages during the winter season.

Dedication and commitment to excellence have led to Hewitt’s success in recent invitational tournaments in basketball, tennis, and track and field.

Spring Season Results

Track:
Hewitt’s track team placed 4th in the League Championships, moving on to the State Championships. At States, Hewitt placed 1st in the shot and discus, 3rd in the 4x400m relay, 4th in the 4x100m relay, 5th in the high jump and 8th in the 100 and 200m.

Tennis:
Hewitt’s tennis team finished 4th in the 10 team league with wins over Packer, Friends, Brearley, Trevor, and Columbia Prep. Dakota H., and Co-Captain Carly K. reached the doubles’ semis for the 2nd straight year. Victoria Z. finished as the tournament finalist for the 3rd year in a row.

Badminton:
Captain Zoe G. made it to the semi-finals of the A-bracket finishing in 4th place overall out of 27 singles players.

Crew Club:
Coach Peter writes, “What surprised me most about this group of girls is that each individual immediately embraced one of the most difficult team sports with other girls with whom they did not have a lot in common. This team consisted of girls on the brink of college as well as girls on the brink of upper school. They came together in a few short weeks of morning practices to compete against girls who had been building team chemistry together for months. It is truly a credit to this school that there is such a universal camaraderie between all of its students.”