Darien

Darien High School
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Location: Darien, CT
Coaches	Dan Record
State Championships	2014, 2015, 2016
National Championships	None
National Appearances	HSNCT: 2015
Program Status	Active
School Size	1357
NAQT Page	link

Darien High School (locally: /deɹiˈæn/ with stress on the last second syllable) is a public high school in Connecticut. Darien is in the same district as Middlesex Middle School. It won the inaugural NAQT Connecticut State Championship tournament in 2014. Darien won the stat championship again in 2015 and 2016.

2013-2014

The team was founded by Sarah Lehan and Sarishka Desai, who had played at Middlesex Middle School and were then sophomores. The team, which also included over ten freshmen, placed 3rd at Yale FAcT, 2nd at the Connecticut Invitational, and won the NAQT Connecticut State Championship Tournament. The team did not attend nationals.

2014-2015

The team again placed 3rd at FAcT and 2nd at the Connecticut Invitational, in addition to a 7th place finish at Prison Bowl. The team once again won the NAQT Connecticut State Championship. The team attended HSNCT, and lost in the first round of the playoffs after going 6-4 on Saturday.

2015-2016

A team of Michael Borecki, Brendan, Berrigan won Yale FAcT, while Julia Tong, Molly Bell, Evan Tong, and Andrew Benz placed 6th. The team placed 2nd, 5th, and 7th at the Tri-State Tussle, and 2nd at Yale's high school mirror of ACF Fall. The team hosted the first Darien Invitational on January 30. A team of Julia Tong, Evan Tong, and Griffin Samroengraja won the 2016 Connecticut State Championship.

Current Roster

Michael Borecki (co-captain), Sarah LeHan, Sarishka Desai, Brendan Berrigan (co-captain), Andrew Benz, Will Brandon, James Johnson, Johnathan Stimpson, Lizzie Borecki, Claire Borecki, Komal Dhull, Molly Bell, Julia Tong (co-captain), Dane Cahoon, Evan Tong, Thomas Brown, Folke Bruno, Griffin Samroengraja, Shashank Sangaru