The Armory: Arsenal for Success

By Jane Lin
Without an indoor track facility located near Stuyvesant, the boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams have few choices as to where they can conduct practices. Outdoor runs become uncomfortable with the cold winter weather. Stuyvesant hallways are not wide enough for formal sprinting practices and not long enough for distance practices. The Armory, located on 168 Street and Broadway in upper Manhattan, is the only facility of its kind within a fifty-mile radius of New York City and serves as an indoor track to teams all around the city. Read More

Boys’ Track Off To Slow Start

By Sam Cytran
After winning the Borough Championship Triple Crown for the past eight years, the boys’ indoor track team is off to a poor start after their first three meets this season. “We’re quite a bit behind where I thought we would be at this point,” said coach Mark Mendes. “It is hard to make a transition from cross country to indoor especially with 100 guys on the team. A lot of them don’t know what it means to be a member of Stuy track and they’re not dedicated enough.” Read More

Athlete Spotlight: Different Strokes for D’Ambrosia

By Gajan Sureshkumar
When you see her in the hallways, she may not seem any different than any other Stuyvesant student, yet senior Janie D’Ambrosia is in fact an exceptional student-athlete. She is an above-average student and without a doubt the fastest female swimmer at Stuyvesant. But what makes her truly unique is that D’Ambrosia does not swim for the Stuyvesant swim team. Instead, she swims for Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA), an elite swim club in New York City that is among the best in the country. Read More

Rough Seas Ahead For Pirates

By Eileen Connors
Eleven consecutive PSAL Opens Championship titles combined with seven consecutive PSAL City Championships is an unparalleled record by any team’s standard, yet the Stuyvesant boys’ swimming team, the Pirates, has managed to achieve just that. But with only two-thirds of the team they had last year, the Pirates are in for some rough seas ahead this coming season. Read More

No Real Offseason

By Shayan Saber
With an eight to nine-month gap from the end of one season to the start of the next, Stuyvesant athletes who were on a team in the fall suddenly find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands. Many athletes choose to spend more time concentrating on school work and spending time with their friends, but others choose to pursue other sports or look for ways to improve for next year’s season. Read More