School race day.

Every fall weekend sees my son run against other local area schools in New England in a fiercely competitive environment which breeds the leaders of the next generation.

Winston at right, arrowed.

Yesterday’s venue was at Loomis Chaffee school, set on their magnificent Connecticut campus an hour south of my boy’s school, Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts. The jewel-like Loomis campus comprises 300 acres of which 290 are wetland, flooding annually. The school buildings are set on the elevated section you see behind the cross country runners, known as ‘The Island’, the beautiful cloisters and quad modeled after those at the University of Virginia.

On this occasion my boy’s school was running against three Connecticut powerhouses, Loomis, Hotchkiss and Taft, the latter created by the brother of US president William Howard Taft, who has the unique distinction of being the only US president to go on to serve as a US Supreme Court justice.

Cloisters on the Loomis Chaffee quad.

A picture perfect fall day.

Panny GX7, 12-35mm f/2.8 Vario.