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.

2016-2017

GFA won the CT state championship and got 7th at the Darien Invitational.

2017-2018

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 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.

2018-2019

Greens Farms, consisting of Karsten and senior Willem Schuddeboom, won Yale FAcT, their season opener. They won 360-235 in a final against Darien B. Karsten soloed PHSAT and Columbia Fall, taking home top scorer prizes for both and finishing 9th at PHSAT after just missing playoffs due to a circle of death and 5th at Columbia Fall. Willem, Karsten, and senior Oliver Diamond competed at HFT XIII on November 10, 2018. They claimed fourth after losing to Hunter A in a third place match.