6  ROCHESTER REVIEW May–June 2018

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Thestrals Take Their First Cup . . .POWER OF POTTER: Members of the Rochester quidditch team—Tim Kwan ’17, ’18 (T5), Dane Johnson ’21, Lucy Franzen ’19, Morris Shayo ’18, Alex McKinley ’19, David Rowcroft ’21—rush the pitch after the team won the national championship in the sport of the wizarding world described in the Harry Potter books of J. K. Rowling. Named for the books’ magical flying beasts, the Rochester Thestrals defeated the University of Texas at Austin to win the national Quidditch Cup, a competition that featured 87 teams from across the country. PHOTOGRaPH BY MIGUEL ESPaRZa/THE EIGHTH MaN PHOTO

In Review

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