Annual STAR Walk, Roll & Stroll on May 6th

SHS News Flash

From: Laura Blair (sometimes known as the Wreckers #1 Fan)

To: SHS Sports Teams’ Coaches

I need your help by publicizing the Annual Star Walk, Roll & Stroll on May 6th. You can help by passing the information below on to your team’s Web Master:

Our own Laura Blair is at it again, working for a great cause, “STAR, INC.” The 7th Annual STAR Walk, Roll & Stroll will take place on Sunday, May 6th at Sherwood Island Park.

STAR serves more than 500 area families. Of those, more than 130 families receive early intervention services for their infants and young children. STAR supports 11 group homes and 16 apartments, assisting 87 individuals with independent living. STAR provides training and job placement to 236 adults.

For more information, visit the Star webpage.

To donate, please go to: Active.com

Last year, I raised $5,500 for this worthy cause. The SHS community led the charge with $4,000 in contributions! So, let’s get going Wreckers and support this worthy cause.

Girls’ 2011 Slideshow Now Online

The 2011 Slideshow – which was shown at last Wednesday’s banquet – is now online. Click below to view it. Click here to go to the team’s video site on Vimeo, where you can download the slideshow and watch it in iTunes. It will be ready at 3:00 pm today.

Don’t forget: the photos used in the slideshow — plus thousands more — can be viewed on the team’s SmugMug photo gallery, where you can download copies and order prints. SmugMug also sells photo items, which are great holiday gifts. (And no, neither I nor the team get a cut of the sale.)

 

Voting for 2012 Captains

Voting for next year’s captains will close at midnight on Sunday, November 27.

If you did not get a ballot, please email Mr. Wimer.

Ballots for Captains for 2012

The captains and Coach Laux are creating an online ballot for next year’s captains. A link will be sent on Friday (11/18) to every member of the Swim & Dive Team. You will have until November 27th to vote.

First Annual Staples Girls Alumnae Swim Meet

The Staples Girls Swim Alumnae invite all graduates and current members of the Girls Swim & Dive Team to the First Annual Alumnae Swim Meet on Saturday, November 26, 2011.The meet will consist mainly of relays.

Warm-up begins at 3:00 pm at the Staples pool. The meet will begin at 4:00 pm and end around 5:00. Pizza and refreshments will be served afterward.

We hope you can join us.

RSVP to Molly Hennessy, Captain 2007, Staples ’08.

Vote for Staples Alumna Swimmer Liz Fry

Elizabeth Fry

Westport resident and record-shattering open water swimmer Elizabeth Fry has been nominated for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.

The nomination recognizes Fry, 52, for “her dynamic spirit in helping others realize their open water dreams while she realizes her own potential in some of the most difficult swims in the world,” according to the sponsor of the World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) awards, Open Water Source. In particular, the nomination recognizes Fry for the two “double crossings” she swam in 2011.

Last June, she set the double crossing record and became the only person to complete the unprecedented 35-mile Ederle Swim, swimming from Manhattan Island to New Jersey, and back. Her time of 11 hours, 5 minutes set the standard for both men and women, young and old. She then became the oldest person to complete the 42-mile double crossing of the English Channel in 24 hours, 39 minutes, with her return journey faster than the outgoing swim from England to France. This was her third attempt to complete the two-way crossing of the iconic Channel, having previously accomplished five successful one-way crossings. She wrapped up her 2011 season with a 13 hour, 25 minute, 25-mile crossing from Vermont, U.S.A. to Québec, Canada.

In addition, Fry has served as the long-standing director of the 25K Swim Across the Sound, one of the nation’s largest open water swimming events, which has raised millions of dollars for the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation.

Fry trains with the Westport Swim Club, a Connecticut Masters team, which is coached by our own Michael Laux. She began her swimming career in Long Beach, New York and attended Camp Akomak, a swim camp in Canada. As a teen in Westport, she swam for the Westport Weston Family Y Water Rats and Staples High School Girls Swim Team. Fry attended college at the University of Connecticut, where she was awarded the John Squires Award for the most improved swimmer as a freshman while earning a degree in Chemistry, and earned graduate degrees at Fordham University.

About the WOWSA Award

According to Open Water Source, the WOWSA award is meant to honor not necessarily the best athlete, but the individual who best embodies the spirit of open water swimming; possesses the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance for which open water swimmers are known; and has most positively influenced the world of open water swimming in 2011. This year’s award nominees include twelve women from nine countries. Awards also are given for Man of the Year and Performance of the Year.

Voting takes place online at Open Water Swimming from November 1 to December 31. The winner will be announced and honored on January 1 at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference.

For more information on Elizabeth Fry, visit here.

Click to cast your vote.

If You Lost or Never Received an Invitation

As of this evening, fewer than half of the swim team has replied to the invitation to the annual team banquet.

If you lost your invitation or never received one, you can download a PDF version and still send it by the RSVP deadline.

Ronald Wimer

Only 27 People Have Replied to Banquet Invite

As of today (11/11/11), only 28 swimmers, divers and managers have replied to their invitations to the team banquet. Replies are due by November 21 so that we can meet our obligation to give exact numbers to Shorehaven two weeks in advance.

If you plan to attend, but you have not replied, please send your reply card and $40 per attendee to me before next weekend. There has been some confusion about the price. Everybody must pay for their meals. (The team doesn’t have the resources to pay for swimmers and divers.)

Click to view the list of attendees.  Please check to see if your name is checked off. If you didn’t pay for enough meals, update your reply and mail a check made out to “Staples Girls Swim & Dive.”

Ronald Wimer

 

48 Cross Highway
Westport, CT 06880

Reminder: Banquet RSVPs Are Due 11/21

Don’t forget: if you plan to attend the team banquet, we need your reply by November 21.

Team Banquet on December 7

Invitations have gone out for the December 7 Team Banquet. All swimmers and divers should have received an invitation by now. If not, please email me and I’ll send you one or email you a form.

Please remember: You must reply and pay for your dinner by November 21, 2011.

Ronald Wimer

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