This year, over 230 seniors signed up for Senior Assassin, the tradition that lasts through the end of the school year.
Every spring, seniors choose to participate in Senior Assassin, a student-organized game where each player gets a target (another senior) and has to eliminate them by squirting them with a water gun. Athletes who participate in the game can be more vulnerable to elimination, due to their daily after-school practices and obvious whereabouts, and have to adjust due to their disadvantage.
This year, senior Jacob Letterman is organizing the game and said he thinks the game is harder for athletes with commitments after school but still manageable.
“It’s hard, but you can hide before practice. Problems could come from that, but if you actually plan ahead, then you’ll be fine,” Letterman said.
Jake Mund ‘25 participated in last year’s Senior Assassin game and said it was difficult for his track team to be successful in the game. He attributed it to their daily after-school practices at Downes Field. Mund said it was easier to eliminate his target since she was an athlete.
“Generally, we all did pretty poorly in Senior Assassin because they knew where we were every day,” Mund said. “My target was on the rugby team, and I knew exactly where she was going to be every day, and the first day I got her out. ”
Senior and girls lacrosse captain Clara Thibault, who will be participating in this year’s game, said she’s expecting some difficulty staying in the game as an athlete.
“I think it definitely is a disadvantage at a certain point just because there’s so many people in one area and so many seniors at Downes Field,” Thibault said. “As soon as practice is over, I’ll have to run to a car or just run as far as I can as soon as possible.”
Letterman said that the rules, like last year, include a safe zone for players who are physically in practice or at rehearsal.
“There’s enough leeway to where it’s not so unfair that it only benefits people that are not athletes,” Letterman said. “I want this to actually be fair to everybody.”
Mund said the competition did bring the track team together because they were all trying to help each other stay in the game.
“We were all very much looking out for each other, and it wasn’t just seniors. All the underclassmen really wanted to support us and really wanted to go through it with us,” Mund said.
Despite the disadvantage that athletes might face, Thibault said she’s excited for the game to start and still plans to try her hardest.
“I’m really excited. I hope it’s fun and I hope I do good,” Thibault said. “ If I get out, I’m not going to be upset, but I really want to try.”
