the GBL indoor track championship in the 2007–08 through 2010 seasons. Somerville High's outdoor track team also won the GBL Championships, with an undefeated winning streak for the 2008 through 2011 seasons. The Football and Basketball Cheerleading team captured the National Championship title in Florida both in 2003 and in 2007, and has won the GBL title numerous times. Gosder Cherilus earned Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic honors as a senior at Somerville High School. He played tackle on both sides of the ball, and was named to Tom Lemming's All-America team in 2002. He also captured 2002 All-State accolades from the Mass. State Coaches Association. Cherilus also excelled on Somerville's basketball and track teams, and was selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. Theater Highlander Theatre Company is Somerville High School's theater department. Highlander Theatre Company usually presents four productions per year: a musical, a touring festival play, a full-length play (alternating between a contemporary piece and a Shakespeare play), and a student-run fringe festival. Students participate as actors, crew, student directors, stage managers, and more. All sets, lights, and sound for productions are designed and operated by students. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 season was changed to feature a full-length play, multiple works written and/or directed by students, and a one-act musical. Performances took place virtually, using both video conferencing technology and pre-recorded techniques. A modified four-show season would run for the 2021-2022 school year, signalling Highlander Theatre Company's return to in-person theatre. Guinness World Record On June 2, 2015, 59 Somerville High students attempted to break the world record for "most arm-linked people to stand up from the floor simultaneously." The previous world record is 49 people. After a total of 19 tries, the students managed to successfully stand up twice. Documentation footage was sent to the Guinness World Record Committee for further validation. On June 19, 2015, the Guinness World Record Committee officially verified and confirmed that 59 Somerville High School students officially set the new world record for "most arm-linked people to stand up from the floor simultaneously." The school received its first certificate in August 2015. Notable alumni Mike Capuano, former mayor of Somerville and congressman of Massachusetts's 7th congressional district Gosder Cherilus, National Football League player Joseph Curtatone, former mayor of Somerville Henry Hansen, Iwo Jima, World War II Frank Harris