Season 3 Eagles Return Home with Medals, Spirit Awards
Season 3 Eagles Return Home with Medals, Spirit Awards
The Eagles soared around southern and eastern Africa last week, representing ICS in a range of sports and academic competitions.
Returning home with several medals and accolades, our athletes and scholars took part in the largest championship tournaments of the season for international schools in the region. They competed against a handful of other schools in the ISSEA Conference in soccer, tennis, golf, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Check out photos of all of the teams above!
“I couldn't be prouder of the spirit and effort of each of our ICS competitors this past week at ISSEA,” said John Kim, ICS Athletics & Activities Director. “In all of the different competitions, our Eagles demonstrated the commitment to supporting one another, overcoming challenges, and achieving excellence. To see how far they came in a few short months was truly remarkable!”
Team awards included:
- Girls' Tennis: 2nd Place (Silver medalists)
- Golf Team: 2nd Place (Silver medalists)
- Boys’ Tennis: 3rd Place (Bronze medalists)
- STEM: 4th Place
- Girls’ Soccer: 7th Place
- Boys’ Soccer: 7th Place
On top of the medals and awards the ICS teams achieved on the podium, the ICS boys soccer team also returned home with a ISSEA Spirit Award, honoring their demonstration of sportsmanship on and off the field.
Several Eagles athletes and scholars also earned individual accolades, including
- Golf Individual Girls Division 2: Ona Monareng: 1st Place (Gold medal)
- Boys’ Tennis Individual Boys finalist: Asher Cleverley (2nd)
- Girls’ Tennis Individual semifinalist: Menna Yoseph (4th)
- All ISSEA Tournament Girls’ Soccer Team: Ella Powell, Alemnesh Swanson
- All ISSEA Tournament Boys’ Soccer Team: Nehemiah Menengesha, Simon Steiner
Congratulation to all of the ICS students on their accomplishments in these competitions, and to the coaches, teammates, peers, parents, and teachers who supported them. Go Eagles!