Greens Farms Academy

Greens Farms Academy
Location: Westport, Connecticut
Coaches	Jon Matte and Katya Rynearson
State Championships	None
National Championships	None
National Appearances	MSNCT: 2018
Program Status	Active
School Size	715 from K-12
NAQT Page	link

General

Greens Farms Academy is a private K-12 school located in Westport, Connecticut. Its academic team is coached by Jon Matte and Katya Rynearson.

Notable Achievements

While captained by Karsten Rynearson, they finished tied for fifth at the 2018 MSNCT after losing to BASIS Silicon Valley (a team they had earlier beaten) and Pi-oneers, the eventual winners. Karsten Rynearson finished second individual individually and was named an All-Star. While playing solo, Karsten was able to get third in the US Academic Bowl after a semifinal loss to Midtown Classical. Karsten went on to be the third ever champion of the National Humanities Bee and the runner up of the Academic Bee. They won the Charter Oak Scholastic Open, the AMSA Invitational, and the Darien Spring Academic Competition, all of which Karsten set all-time records individually. Their high school team won the 2017 Connecticut State Championship, finished fourth at Yale FAcT, and seventh at BHSAT. Additionally, Karsten won Hunter College High School's mirror of SCOP Novice 8 while playing solo.