No Practice Tomorrow
December 29, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
No practice tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 30. The Staples pool will be closed.
Practice on for Tuesday
December 27, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
Staples will be open tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 28. Practice from 8:45-11:30.
Snow Day
December 26, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
No practice Monday, December 27.
Staples Swimming Beats Trumbull Convincingly
December 22, 2010 by Editor ·
By Eliot Schickler
“Amazing” and “near perfect” describe the Staples boys swimming team’s season-opening meet against Trumbull. Staples won every event in convincing fashion and swept almost every single one of them on Friday in a 90-65 season-opening home victory over Trumbull. The Golden Eagles dropped to 1-1.
Staples opened the meet by winning the 200-meter medley relay with a time of 2:05.15 behind senior captains Mike Goodgame, Steve Siecienski, Scott Feder and Avery Waterworth.
The Wreckers followed by sweeping the 200-meter freestyle behind juniors Kyle Bacon (2:09.99) and Joss Abel (2;10.18) and senior captain Cory Bacon (2:10.24). Next up for Staples was the one individual event it didn’t sweep but it still went one-two with freshman Mike DeLuca (2:37.11) winning it and Goodgame (2:39.85) taking second. Senior Sikan He (2:54.33) was fifth.
The brooms were back in the next event as last year’s top-scorer, sophomore Nathaniel Boley (25.79) won the 50-meter freestyle. Junior Matt Wisher (26.95) and Waterworth (29.6) placed second and third, respectively. Senior diving captain Zach Slater (226.1) then led a sweep of diving, followed by sophomore Tanner Blank (155.4) and junior James Onorato (119.1).
Wisher followed by capturing the 100-meter butterfly (1:06.53) and was followed by freshmen Jonathan Blansfield (1:09.72) and Justin Krakoff (1:12.69). Making this squad even stronger is the presence of many strong freshmen, such as Kevin Xiang, who followed by winning the 100-meter freestyle (1:02.16). Siecienski (1:02.24) and senior Jack Bonti (1:07.12) took second and third in the 100-free.
Kyle Bacon (4:36.81) won the 400-meter freestyle and Abel (4:45.04) took second in it. Sophomore Matt Wetmore (5:17.23) was third in the 400-free. Staples then swept the 200-yard freestyle relay with Wisher, sophomores Robert DeLuca and Trevor Locke and junior David Katter (1:53.54) grabbing the victory.
Boley won the 100-meter backstroke (1:05.02) and was followed by Feder (1:14.76) and freshman Jake Poliner (1:18.10) in a sweep. Siecienski (1:16.40) won the 100-meter breaststoke and Xiang (1:20.18) and freshman Christopher Mombello (1:20.97) completed the sweep. Kyle Bacon, Abel, Bonti and Wetmore carried the 400-meter freestyle relay (4:12.17) to victory.
Reprinted from the Westport News
Vacation practice schedule
December 20, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
Thursday, Dec. 23: 11:45-2 pm
Friday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Dec. 26: no practice
Monday, Dec. 27: 8:45-11 am
Tuesday, Dec. 28, and Wednesday, Dec. 29: 8:45-11:30 am
Thursday, Dec. 30: 10:30- 1 pm
Friday, Dec. 31 through Sunday, Jan. 2: no practice
Monday, Jan. 3: back to regular schedule
Appropriate dress for meets
December 14, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
Dress code reminder for athletes the day of a meet: men should wear dress slacks, shirt and tie. Women should wear dress pants, skirt or dress. Jeans, sweats, or sneakers are not appropriate attire.
Athletic hotline number
December 14, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
The number to call for last minute changes in meets or practices is 203.341.1333. You can also subscribe to the CIAC email notification service by signing in at http://www.casciac.org/scheduleupdates.shtml
Athletes can also check TV monitors at Staples, or the window of the athletic office for changes, which are posted as soon as decisions are made.
Hoodie and penny order due
December 12, 2010 by Marcia Goodgame ·
Orders for the team hoodie and penny are due before the first meet next Friday, Dec. 17. Please download order form and return to Coach Schare before Friday with a check.
Wrecker Swimmers Strive to Improve
December 10, 2010 by Editor ·
By Matt Hodes
The Staples boys swim and dive team is coming off a sub-par 2009-2010 season, but Coach Jeff Schare is optimistic about this year’s squad.
“If I had to take this year’s team and put them against last year’s team, I think that (this year’s team) would win a dual meet.” Last year, the Wreckers were 5-6 in dual meets, placed seventh out of 11 teams at FCIACs, seventh out of 19 teams in Class LL.
Current sophomore Nathaniel Boley and senior captain Zach Slater, along with the 200-yard relay team were the only ones to qualify for State Open, where they finished 32nd out of 56 teams.
However, Schare believes the team will produce more State Open qualifiers this time around. “In my mind we have five swimmers who should be able to qualify individually. So if we can get all of them up to speed and qualify, that would be huge. If we can also put together a couple of relays I think we have a really good shot of at least placing in the top 15 of the state.”
A top 15 finish would mean an impressive 17-place jump, one that can definitely be achieved with the talent the team has. But there is work to be done before this can happen. Senior Cory Bacon is one of the six captains the team has, and also one if its top performers.
Bacon is excited the way the team looks, but knows they must work hard to fill their potential. He said, “We are really trying to improve our practice mentality and over all team commodity. Success just doesn’t show up at meets with swimming, you really have to work hard in the pool every day to see results.”
Boley, who Schare cited as one of the biggest stars of his team, is also looking forward to a better season than last for the team. “We lost a few key swimmers last year to college, but just seeing the improvements current team members have made between this year and last is really encouraging.”
Although the Wreckers are much improved, Schare is very cognizant of the potency of the FCIAC, and how difficult it will be to greatly improve their finish in the region. “I’d like us to go just above .500 (in dual meets), and turn one of (last years) losses into a win. One of the big pieces standing in our way is that most of the fastest swimmers in the league were juniors last year so almost all of the top performers returned to their teams.”
Schare specifically cited the Greenwich Cardinals who have been a fixture at the top of the FCIAC for the past 30 years, as well as the Westhill and Stamford co-op who he described as “dynamite”. He also mentioned the New Canaan Rams, who were atop Class M last year and graduated none of their swimmers. Despite the stiff competition in the FCIAC, Schare understands that you can only control yourself.
“All we can do is focus on ourselves and get through the regular season and qualify as many guys as we can for the state-tournament and move forward from there,” Schare said.
Slater, who is a member of the diving team, has been working hard in the offseason to help the team reach the goals that Schare set for his squad.
“Last year I had trouble taking what I had done in practice and putting it into competition, but this year I plan on showing the judges what I have been working on.”
The team will look for leadership and support from not only Slater and Bacon, but the other captains, which include Scott Feder, Michael Goodgame, Steve Siecienski, and Avery Watterworth. Staples is poised and ready to improve on last years disappointment.
Boley said, “Overall, I expect us to surprise most of the teams in our division,”. The Wreckers open the season on Friday at home against Trumbull at 3:45 p.m.
Reprinted from the Westport News
