Athletics Highlights
Learn more about the recent remarkable achievements of our student-athletes. Explore these highlights, and stay tuned for more updates as our athletes continue to excel and make history throughout the year. Follow Peddie Athletics on Instagram for game day updates.
Swimming
Varsity swimming Breaks MAPL records
Three new MAPL records were set at the 2025 MAPL Swimming Championships on Feb. 1 at Lawrenceville School.
Girls 200-yard medley relay: Hannah Bateman (Backstroke, 25.60), Mary Bao (Breaststroke, 29.57), Zoe Tashjian (Butterfly, 26.01) and Lola Early (Freestyle, 23.77).
Additionally, Hannah Bateman set two individual meet records in the following events:
Girls 200-yard IM: 2:04.73
Girls 100-yard backstroke: 55.10
Indoor Track and Field
Boys 4×400-meter relay team breaks school record
The boys 4×400-meter relay team consisting of Jelani Cine, Dasyer Bullock, Luke Chon and Baker Pott placed first in 3:31.06 and broke a new school record on Friday, Feb. 7 at the 2025 MAPL Championships, according to head coach Tim Brennan. The previous record was held by Doug Oberfield, Jermaine Bishop, Brad Barket and Lars Kausch (3:31.0) in 1994, and it was hand-timed, not electronic.
Basketball
PSIT
In the 51st year of the Peddie School Invitational Tournament (PSIT), the Peddie Varsity Boys Basketball team defended their title as champions of the Peddie School Invitational Tournament (PSIT), only the second time to do so in the 51-year history of the tournament. London Carson ’25 was named PSIT MVP and averaged 19.3 points over the trio of games. Gabe Hornberger ’27, who averaged 17.7 points in the tournament, was named to the PSIT All-Tournament Team. The eight-team tournament hosted by Peddie showcases top independent school basketball talent in the Mid-Atlantic region.
“The school spirit is amazing, it’s definitely great for basketball,”
Track and Field
Tessa Hughes ’26
Tessa Hughes ’26 followed-up her stellar 2023-24 indoor track and field season, with breaking four school records, with another broken school record early in the 2024-25 season. During the 2024 Bishop Loughlin Games at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in December 2024, Hughes broke a school record, previously held by herself, twice, with an 8.47 qualifying time in the girls 55-meter hurdles and then an 8.39 in the finals and placed second. Hughes previously recorded an 8.53 time at the 2023 Bishop Loughlin Games. She also placed third in the girls 300-meter dash finals with a time of 41.07.
As of Feb. 2, Hughes set her ninth school record. She broke the pentathlon school record, and she wrote the long jump school record, while competing in the pentathlon at the 10th Annual Ocean Breeze Invitational.
She jumped 17-1 in the long jump while competing at the pentathlon, breaking the previous school record of 16-9 set by Louisa Kausch in 2020, according to head coach Tim Brennan. A ninth school record also sets a record for individual school record, both male and female.
It is rare that such talent prevails at a young age.”
Tennis
Another undefeated season
The Peddie varsity girls tennis team went undefeated at 21-0 during the 2024 season and now has a 46-1 record over the last three years. Head Coach Brian Dubrule was named 2024 Times of Trenton Girls Tennis Coach of the Year.
Track and Field
Courtney Cane ’25
Courtney Cane ’25 of Peddie varsity indoor track and field broke her own school record in the mile with a 5:04.02 at the 10th Annual Ocean Breeze Invitational on Feb. 2. The previous record was set on Jan. 8 in 5:04.78 at the Millrose Games Trials at the 168th Street Armory in New York City, according to head coach Tim Brennan. Cane also set a new school record in the girls 800-meter run (2:20.09) during the 2025 MAPL Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 7 at Lawrenceville School. The previous record was held by Rachel Provost (2:20.2) in 2007, according to head coach Tim Brennan.