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Park Tudor's computer programming team of Sahil Yakhmi (11) and Alex Hearn (11) captured first place at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) high school computer science competition on Saturday, March 22. Sahil and Alex competed against 25 other teams from throughout the state.
Congratulations to the Academic Super Bowl math and science teams on their outstanding performance in the recent area competition. The math team had the top score in the state for the area competition, while the science team had the second-highest score in the state. Math team members are Cameron Cecil (11), Jess Fisher (11), Caroline Huang (11), Richard Ni (9) and Jeffrey Shen (9). The science team members are Heidi Chen (11), Jess Fisher, Erin Hoffman (9), Caroline Huang and Michael Wintermeyer (10). Kudos also to the English team, as a runner-up. The English team members are Cameron Johnstone (12), Reshma Kalimi (12), Ovini Rodrigo (10) and Ann-Christine Stepien (11).
Both the math and science teams will compete at the state Hoosier Academic Super Bowl on Saturday, May 3 at Purdue University.
Congratulations to senior Hank Powell on being selected to participate in the 2008 Super Shootout All-Star basketball team as well as the Andre Owens City-County All-Star game.
Darnell Archey named assistant athletic director, basketball coach
Darnell Archey has been named Park Tudor's new assistant athletic director and varsity basketball coach, effective this summer.
Archey, a former Butler University basketball standout and 2003 NCAA Sweet Sixteen player, is currently the varsity boys' basketball head coach and physical education teacher at Columbus North High School. He previously was junior varsity head coach at Carmel High School, where his team won the Hamilton County JV championship.
His impressive basketball credentials include four years as a member of the Butler University men's basketball team (1999-2003), where he was the 2003 NCAA Men's Three Point Champion and still holds the NCAA record for consecutive free throws made of 85. He was named 2003 CBS Chevrolet Player of the Game vs. Louisville* and in the winter of 2004 played with the Harlem Globetrotters. Archey mastered basketball fundamentals as a four-year member of the New Castle High School squad, named second team All-State in 1999. In 2005, he was invited by the NCAA to speak as part of its Stay In Bounds program, talking to 600 Indianapolis area students about being a student/athlete.
He holds a B.S. degree in marketing/business from Butler University and a B.S. degree in physical education from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Many members of the Park Tudor community know Darnell from his previous teaching experience at our school. He was a third grade teaching assistant in Ms. Lori Garloch's classroom during the 2005-2006 school year and worked as a camp counselor in Park Tudor's summer program from 2001-2003.
Head of School Doug Jennings said, "Darnell embodies all of the attributes we were seeking in our search for a head coach. He is truly an exceptional educator and will serve as an excellent role model for our basketball players. A talented teacher of game fundamentals, he also embraces our school's culture and philosophy of developing well-rounded scholar-athletes."
Athletic Director Brad Lennon notes, "Darnell was selected from an impressive list of outstanding candidates and is extremely well respected in the high school and university basketball community. At Columbus North, he has been responsible for rebuilding the program at a school that has an outstanding basketball tradition."
Archey also plans to direct summer basketball camps at Park Tudor, as he has at Columbus North and Carmel High Schools over the past several years.
* View a video clip of Archey's performance in this game at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmaKlYpIHHY
Sports news: spring season starts off with a bang
The Park Tudor track team made waves at a matchup against Brebeuf and Chatard on April 15. The Panthers celebrated a number of wins, with defending state champ Hannah Farley (11) taking first place in three events.
Top honors went to Kyle Marks (11) in the Men's 3200 Run (10:24.45 time); Hannah Farley in the Women's 100 Meter (12:40 time); Hannah Farley in the Women's 800 Meter (2:25.68 time); and Lee Keller (11), Abby Farley (9), Aubrey Little (12) and Hannah Farley in the Women's 4x400 Meter Relay (4:02.29 time).
Our girls' tennis team, ranked number one in Indiana, won the Park Tudor Invitational last Saturday over seven other teams from around the state. They went on to defeat always-tough Center Grove 4-1 on Tuesday. Today (Thursday) archrival Brebeuf visits for a regular season matchup.
The softball team is back in business this season after a year-long hiatus. The girls had the dubious task of opening their season against the top-ranked teams 2A Scecina and 1A Lutheran. The girls host Cardinal Ritter this evening.
The boys' varsity baseball team has gotten off to a good start this spring. The team currently stands 8-3 on the season, including an unblemished 4-0 record in conference play. This week's schedule had Monrovia visiting on Wednesday followed by road games at Tech on Thursday and a trip to Scecina on Saturday.
The boys' golf team is off to a 2-1 start, including a third-place finish in the Southmont Invitational. Matches this week are against Westfield and Brebeuf, concluding with a trip to Winchester on Saturday for its invitational.
PT senior named Pres. Scholars semifinalist, Academic All-Star
Congratulations to senior Cameron Johnstone for being honored as both a Presidential Scholar semifinalist and an Indiana Academic All-Star.
Cameron has been selected as one of the nearly 560 Presidential Scholar semifinalists to advance to the final round of competition.
From nearly 2.8 million graduating high seniors, approximately 3,000 students were identified as candidates in the program, and only 560 semifinalists have been selected from across the country. These semifinalists form the pool from which the 2008 Presidential Scholars will be chosen.
Cameron also was chosen by the Indianapolis Star as one of 40 Indiana Academic All-Stars. The honorees were selected from 164 nominees based on grade-point averages, standardized test scores, extracurricular activities, community service, leadership and more. Cameron plans to study economics or biology at either Harvard or Yale.
