Athletics
The Severn Admirals compete in thirteen varsity sports: sailing, lacrosse, cross country running, football, soccer, basketball, swimming, baseball, golf, tennis, field hockey, and track and field in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Severn has 35 varsity, junior varsity, and middle school teams.
The Severn sailing team won the 2007 Singlehanded Nationals, has been on the podium for the three last Double Handed Nationals, and placed seconnd in the Team Racing Nationals in 2005. For the 2007–2008 school year, the Varsity Tennis team went undefeated and won the conference championships. The female section of the co-ed cross country team won championships during the 2008–2009 season.
Severn has received praise for their nationally acclaimed sailing team, which held the title of the number one high school sailing team in the nation in 2008, coached that year by Thomas Sitzmann and now by Scott Steele (1984 Olympic Silver Medalist in Sailboarding ). The chess team is also nationally recognized and was previously coached by David Shin. Severn's mock trial team won the championship in April 2007.
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