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Monday, September 19
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85-86-87 Class M State Championship Team in 2012

ALUMNI NEWS    

 

UPDATE  #21 JANUARY – APRIL 2011 

1985, 1986 AND 1987 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS HONORED AT HALL OF FAME DINNER

Nothing can beat getting teams together 25 years later.  The state championship teams of 85, 86 and 87 really enjoyed themselves at the Hall of Fame Dinner where they were honored.  The dinner was the largest ever with over 400 attending, over 70 of which were there for the swim teams or swimming inductees.  In all, 22 swimmers, divers and coaches from those teams attended the dinner, many of whom were part of all three teams. Another two joined the Saturday activities which included a team meeting at the pool and an evening cocktail party hosted by Sandy and Kim Lecza.  Many brought spouses, guests, and parents to some of the activities.  They all thought I was an old man when I coached them but 25 years ago I was in my early 40’s, the age they are now.  We all enjoyed seeing each other, getting caught up and hearing some of the old stories.  Those who attended the dinner were Tom Abbenante, Chris Ariyan, Steve Ariyan, Craig Cassista, Paul Connolly, John Demetre, Ed Dingus, Phil Fischer,  Eric Golia, Bob Grenon, Greg Hopkins, Geoff Hotz, Sandy Lecza, Bill Leete, Vin Mascola, Jim Mason, Jeff O’Connor, Sean O’Connor and Tony Palluzzi and coaches Sylvia Corley Brink, George Miles and John O’Connor. 

Note:  The next swim teams to be honored by the Branford Sports Hall of Fame will be the 1988 and 1990 Girls State Championship Teams in 2013. Save the date.  Unfortunately the Hall of Fame only honors state championship teams but each team was special and worked just as hard.  Anyone who would like to start organizing a reunion for any team let me know and I’ll be glad to help you out with the project.  I enjoy the reunions more than anyone.

 

ADDITONAL CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESSES NEEDED 

Recently I’ve gotten several new email addresses from alumni who get them from their Facebook.  I don’t do Facebook but I know most of you do, so if all of you could send me email addresses of alumni that you may have on Facebook, I’m sure we could add many more to the 300 we presently have.  Especially send ones that you don’t see an update on since that probably means we don’t have their current email address. Send additional email addresses to jroconnor@snet.net

 

ALUMNI MEET BIGGEST EVER

By my count some 48 alumni attended the Alumni meet on December 23.  Many brought spouses, children and even some parents.  The meet was a lot of fun with the alumni once again the winners.

The get together hosted by Sue Lecza immediately after the meet was also a huge success as 30 alumni showed up to share old stories and reunite with former teammates.  We all owe a debt of gratitude to Sue for all she does for Branford swimming (Stingrays, High School, Florida Trip, and Alumni Get Together)

 

COACHING CHANGE FOR BOYS TEAM 

Scott Butler took over as head coach of the Girls’ Team five years ago and then added the Boys’ head coaching position three years ago.  He has been successful at both but found that time requirements away from his wife and four children was too much and as a result resigned as boys’ coach.  We are happy to announce that Greg Milles – 06 has stepped up and is doing a fantastic job as the new head coach.  Greg developed his coaching skills as an age group swimmer under his dad George, then swam for Branford High School under Rich Thompson and then swam for Tufts University.  The past two years he has helped coach the 9 and 10 year olds with the Stingrays and has been a chaperone on the Florida trip.  His experience and enthusiasm make him well suited to take over the reigns as boys’ head coach. The boys have two home meets remaining on January 24th (Cheshire) and February 14th (Fairfield Prep) both at 4 p.m.

 

UPDATE #21

11            Bill Irwin - Bill is in his freshman year at the University of Michigan.

11            Billy Conte – Dove at the alumni meet. Bill is a freshman at Texas A & M where he is on the gymnastics team. We just learned that Bill was named to the All-American swimming and diving team for 2011. He won the Class M championship this past year.

11            Jerry Gargano – Freshman at Bryant and swimming in college.

11            Kevin Gell - Freshman at Northeastern and works summers as a lifeguard at the Lawn Club and for the town of Branford.

10            Morgan Charlow – Likes college but came home for the alumni meet to see her brother swimming for the Branford Boys HS team.

10            Katrina Perito – In her second year at Georgetown University. Katrina swam in the alumni meet and practices with a club team in Georgetown.

10            Ally Perrotti – In her second year at Rutgers where she has been doing well academically and in swimming.  Ally is looking forward to the Big East Championships next month.

10            Jen Zullo – Jen is also in her second year at Providence where she is swimming.

09            Allison Rasile – In her junior year swimming at Central CT State University where she has continued to improve each year.

09            Kevin Ferreira – Junior at UConn and stays in shape by swimming on the club team.

08            Meghan Fay – Is captain of the Women’s team at SCSU which this year has over 50 swimmers on the team. Looking to have another great finish to this season.

08            Carole Lupi – Starting her last semester and last swim season at Bates in Maine. 

08            Owen Rood – Completing his swimming career this season as captain of the Tufts University Team.  Owen is trying to break a minute for the 100 breast so he can swim that event instead of the 200 free at New Englands next month.  Owen becomes one of a small handful of Branford swimmers that got to make eight training trips to Ft. Lauderdale. (four in high school and four in college). Owen has been accepted in the Teach Across America program and will spend the two years after graduation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

08            Eric Sokolowski – Soko is also in his senior year at Bucknell where he continues to swim amazing times.  On the day of the alumni meet he had just returned from a training trip in Florida.

08            Michael Thompson – Senior at UConn majoring in resource economics. 

Due to space limitations on this welcome page, see more than 85 new updates on all the pre-2008 alumni at the Alumni News Archive at the left.



   
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