Congratulations on great season!

March 22, 2011 by ·  

Staples placed fifth out of twenty teams at the CIAC class LL Championships, and ninth out of fifty-two (ninety-five total) swimming and diving teams at the CIAC Open. Complete results can be found at http://www.casciac.org/bswim.shtml. Congratulations to everyone!

Also, congratulations to the following:

Zachary Slater, Cory Bacon, and Nathaniel Boley have been named to the Norwalk Hour All-AreaTeam.

Cory Bacon and Nathaniel Boley have been named to the Connecticut Post All-Star Team.

Coach Jeff Schare has been recognized as the boys swimming Coach of the Year.

Staples Sixth in FCIAC

March 6, 2011 by ·  

Staples finishes 6th at the FCIAC Championships with 214 points.
200 Medley Relay:  (Wisher, Abel, Feder, Boley) 4th *All-FCIAC 2nd team
200 Freestyle: Jonathan Blansfield 16th
200 IM: Joss Abel 13th
50 Freestyle: Cory Bacon 8th; Scott Feder 16th
Diving: Zachary Slater 5th *All-FCIAC 2nd team; Tanner Blank 12th
100 Butterfly: Mathew Wisher 9th; Scott Feder 13th
100 Freestyle: Nathanield Boley 2nd * All-FCIAC 1st team; Cory Bacon 11th; Kyle Bacon 15th
500 Freestyle: Jonathan Blansfield 9th
200 Freestyle Relay: (K. Bacon, Mathew Wetmore, Feder, C. Bacon) 6th; (Avery Watterworth, Kevin Xiang, Blansfield, David Katter) 13th overall fastest time
100 Backstroke: Nathanial Boley Champion *All-FCIAC 1st team and new Staples School Record; Mathew Wisher 6th *All-FCIAC 2nd team; Michael Goodgame 14th.
100 Breaststroke: Joss Abel 10th; Christopher Mombello 13th
400 Freestyle Relay: (C. Bacon, Wisher, K. Bacon, Boley) 5th; (Blansfield, Marcus Russi, Goodgame, Abel) 8th overall fastest time
We had 46 season best times at the trials meet. With 28 swimmers competing, that is seriously impressive!  To top it off, we had 25 additional best times at the finals.  Congratualations to all.

FCIAC sandwiches

February 9, 2011 by ·  

Please contact Nicky Wisher at nickywisher@me.com if you would like to order sandwiches for FCIAC trials (March 1) and have not done so. Not everyone has pre-ordered them; this meet is open to all.

Updated schedule

February 1, 2011 by ·  

The Fairfield meet will be held tomorrow (Wed., Feb. 2) at Staples if the schools are open and afternoon activities are not canceled.

A special Saturday practice has been added for Feb. 5, 7:45-10:15 am.

The Wilton meet has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Wilton.

Special Saturday practice tomorrow

January 28, 2011 by ·  

A Saturday practice has been added for tomorrow, Jan. 29, from 7:45 am to 10:15 am.

Time CORRECTION for Greenwich

January 28, 2011 by ·  

Please meet at Staples today at 1:30, not 1:45. Bus leaves at 1:40.

Friday food update

January 27, 2011 by ·  

Sandwiches will not be supplied for Friday’ s meet in Greenwich; instead they will be ordered for the re-scheduled Wilton meet (date TBD). Please eat a healthy meal before arriving at school Friday at 1:45 pm. The bus departs at 2 pm.

Sandwiches Friday

January 26, 2011 by ·  

FYI, athletes will be offered sandwiches for Friday’s tri-meet in Greenwich.

Pasta Dinner Tomorrow

January 24, 2011 by ·  

Team pasta dinner tomorrow, Tuesday Jan. 25, 5 pm, at the Katter residence.

Updated Schedule 1/18

January 18, 2011 by ·  

Regular practice tomorrow, Jan. 19.

Mid-term practices 1-3 pm

Friday Jan. 21, away meet Greenwich. Arrive at pool lobby 1:30. Bus leaves at 1:45.

Wednesday, Jan. 26 (mid-term make-up day). Away meet at Wilton. Arrive at pool lobby 1:45. Bus departs at 2 pm.

Thursday, Jan. 27. Regular practice time after school

Friday, Jan. 28. Home meet vs. Danbury

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