Throughout the race, several horses suffered setbacks due to the rainy conditions, but after a slight rain delay, Sovereignty edged out the favorite, Journalism, to win the first leg of the Triple Crown with a time of 2:02.31.
The NFL Draft was laced with controversy, as projected blue-chip first-round pick Shedeur Sanders, the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, slid to the 144th overall pick.
The East Coast International Showcase on May 3 and the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAC) Championships on May 9 marked a series of significant achievements for several Sidwell track athletes.
On April 6, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin surpassed legendary Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky to become the National Hockey League’s all-time leading goal scorer.
This spring, the Sidwell Friends Boys Varsity Tennis Team completed one of its most dominant seasons in recent history, finishing with a 16-1 record and capturing the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) championship.
On May 1, in their final regular season game, the Sidwell Friends Varsity Baseball Team beat The Saint James Catholic School 10-3, winning the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAC) regular season banner for the first time since 2008.
In April, the Washington Commanders announced their plans to return to Washington with a $2.7 billion development plan to build a new stadium at the former Robert F. Kennedy Memorial (RFK) Stadium.
On April 23, Brian Loo’s 12th grade period seven class won the annual English class dodgeball tournament. Loo’s period seven class won against Alonzo Vereen’s 11th grade period seven class after defeating Samantha Goodwin’s ninth grade period seven class.
The Florida Gators Men’s Basketball Program overcame a 12-point deficit to win their third national championship in a 65-63 win over the Houston Cougars. Meanwhile, in the Women’s NCAA Tournament, the UConn Huskies triumphed over defending champions, the South Carolina Gamecocks, in an 82-59 win.
The team was led by Ilia Malinin, who won gold in men’s singles with a score of 318.56. Malinin successfully executed six quadruple jumps in an impressive performance, breaking the world record for the most quadruple jumps landed in a single program.
After five years, three DCSAA championships and two national titles, Sidwell Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach Tamika Dudley has announced her departure from the Sidwell Basketball Program.
Over spring break, sophomore Sidwell Boys Varsity Tennis Players Akshay Mirmira and Boning Wang, won the Boys 16 & Under Doubles Title at the Easter Bowl Tennis Championships — a US Tennis Association (USTA) L1 National Championship level event.
