Sports and Co-curricular Activities
The school's athletic success has mainly been with the varsity basketball, baseball, track and field, soccer, and cross country teams. The Collegiate Soccer team won the NYSAIS state championship in 2010, 2011, and 2012, proving to have the best private school soccer team in the state. The basketball team has won 5 straight state championships. Collegiate also has wrestling, lacrosse, and tennis teams. Students not participating in a sport take either physical education, yoga, or weightlifting. Yearly fitness tests are administered in the lower and middle schools.
The school has a number of clubs, especially in the Upper School.
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