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At Wayland club, they’re taking a shot at pickleball

Metrowest Daily News 1/29/11: At Wayland club, they're taking a shot at pickleball. Let the record show Joe Bausk and Dick Gellis are the pioneers who brought the sport of pickleball to MetroWest and maybe to the entire Bay State. The program coordinator at the Longfellow Club in Wayland, Gellis has been braving blizzards and soggy socks on Friday mornings to teach the game's rudiments to a handful of enthusiastic adult learners on the kid-sized courts of the Zip Zone. Played on a badminton-sized court and named after its co-inventor's cocker spaniel Pickles who liked to grab loose balls with its teeth, pickleball combines elements of pingpong and platform tennis.

GNCC Junior Playdowns

Grand National Curling Club 12/27-30/10 GNCC Junior Playdowns. Curling standings available online during GNCC Junior Playdown in Schenectady.

New CURLING: Regionals underway this week to qualify teams to 2011 Junior Nationals

News-sports.net 12/27/10: New CURLING: Regionals underway this week to qualify teams to 2011 Junior Nationals. Five junior regional events will take place this week to determine entrants for the 2011 USA Curling Junior National Championship. Team Leichter: Alex Leichter (Wayland, Mass.), Chris Bond (Madison, Wis.), Nathaniel Clark (Nashua, N.H.), Jared Wydysh (Holland Patent, N.Y.) will participate in the Grand National region playdown in Schendectady December 27-30.

One team, one girl: Hayward joins wrestling

Wayland Student Press Network 12/20/10: One team, one girl: Hayward joins wrestling | Wayland Student Press Network. An athlete all her life, junior Jessica Hayward has tackled a variety of sports. From the turf for field hockey, to the diamond for softball, Hayward has learned what it’s like to train and practice hard in order to achieve her goals. This winter, she is be tackling her toughest athletic goal yet: wrestling.

Bulldog mentality

Boston Globe 12/18/10: Bulldog mentality – The Boston Globe. Ron Machtley was sitting in the stands last winter watching the Bryant University men’s basketball team endure another loss in what would end up a woeful 1-29 season. Machtley was there as a fan and as a supportive arm for a program, like all varsity sports [...]

Bulldog mentality

Boston Globe 12/18/10: Bulldog mentality. Ron Machtley was sitting in the stands last winter watching the Bryant University men’s basketball team endure another loss in what would end up a woeful 1-29 season. Machtley was there as a fan and as a supportive arm for a program, like all varsity sports at Bryant, making the [...]

Boston Globe Boys’ Golf All-Scholastics: Joe Cooper (WHS ’11)

Boston Globe 12/12/10: Boston Globe Boys' Golf All-Scholastics. Joe Cooper (WHS '11) was named a Boston Globe All-Scholastic. The 2009 Division 3 Player of the Year finished runner-up in the Division 1 state match at Longmeadow CC, shooting a 71. At the Division 1 North sectional, his 76 was good enough for a fifth-place tie. The DCL All-Star and honor student shot a league-record 5-under-par 31 in September at Sandy Burr Country Club.

Belfast Curling Club hosts Maine-iac ‘Spiel

Village Soup 11/22/10: Belfast Curling Club hosts Maine-iac 'Spiel . The Belfast Curling Club hosted 64 curlers from Canada, New England, the Mid-Atlantic States and as far away as Minnesota Nov. 12-14 for its first annual Maine-iac ‘Spiel. This new bonspiel, or tournament, generated palpable excitement as spectators from the curling club and community turned out to enjoy three days of competitive play. The team of Rich Collier, Dan Naylor, Don Wade and Todd Hebert from the Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, Mass. came out on top, but barely.

Value of Baseball and Softball for Children

Baseball, Softball and Children Among endless recreational choices for our developing youngsters, baseball and softball stand apart. The weather is getting cold and wet, winter is on the way, does anyone else dream for a long summer day playing ball. 1. Values – All parents hope to instill solid values in their children. Baseball teaches [...]

Wayland 2, Belmont 0: Sweet revenge for Warriors

Metrowest Daily News 11/4/10: Wayland 2, Belmont 0: Sweet revenge for Warriors. After a year-long wait, the Wayland field hockey team finally exacted some revenge yesterday. In a Division 2 North first-round matchup, the No. 7 Warriors toppled 10th-seeded Belmont, 2-0, at Wayland High School. Last fall, the Marauders ended Wayland's season in the first round by the same 2-0 score. The Warriors (12-3-3) play Manchester-Essex (winners over Swampscott last night) in a quarterfinal Saturday night in Manchester (7 p.m.).

Charlotte Russell: First triathlon at age 79!

Wayland Town Crier 10/25/10: Charlotte Russell: First triathlon at age 79!. Russell’s Garden Center’s Charlotte Russell completed her first triathlon on Sept. 26. At 79 years young, her accomplishment makes her a local inspiration. We’re all familiar with the Ironman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, and its celebration of peak athletic performance. But athleticism isn’t just about top finishers. At 79, Russell finished in the back of the pack, but came in first in her age group, and in the hearts of her family and the community. Russell raced at Webster Lake in Webster, Mass., in the well-known Danskin women’s-only triathlon series. The race, a sprint-distance triathlon, consists of a half-mile swim, 12-mile bike ride and 3-mile run.

Wayland XC Festival Wrapup

The fifth annual Wayland XC Festival, presented by Baldwin Insurance Agency, was held on Sunday, October 10 at the Wayland High School. It was a perfect day for running, with blue skies and temperatures in the low 60s. With the new high school construction well underway, the course had to be re‐routed this year. This [...]

Justice Smith: from athlete to athletic director

Wayland Student Press Network 10/12/10: Justice Smith: from athlete to athletic director. Before 1989, the town of Amsterdam, New York was an ordinary town. Never big in size, economics, or population, Amsterdam was centered around high school football. That year brought a freshman by the name of Justice Smith to the high school, only fourteen at the time. No one knew just how influential this freshman would turn out to be.

McNamara makes history on golf team

Wayland Student Press Network 10/5/10: McNamara makes history on golf team. For years, sophomore Katherine McNamara has been stepping out onto the driving range at Wayland Country Club, getting golf lessons with her dad. She reviews how to hold her favorite driver and works on mastering the proper golf stance. Over time, she learned from her dad’s golf experience and developed an interest in the sport too. This school year, McNamara stepped out onto another golf course at, this time Sandy Burr Country Club, where she would soon be the first girl to ever make the Wayland High School golf team.

Wayland Pascual-Leone taps into American, Spanish soccer worlds

Boston Globe 6/3/10: Wayland Pascual-Leone taps into American, Spanish soccer worlds. Nico Pascual-Leone is the product of two worlds, one American, one Spanish. He is fluent in the languages, has attended schools in both the United States and Spain, and has absorbed both cultures. On the soccer pitch, the Wayland High junior is a hybrid. An attacking midfielder, the 5-foot-10 Pascual-Leone is quick enough to play the faster American game, yet he has the technical skill of a player who grew up playing pickup matches on tiny concrete courts in Spain. With the 16-year-old spearheading the attack, supplying a team-leading six goals, the Warriors got off to a blistering 5-1-1 start this fall, and last week were just two victories shy of matching last year’s win total.

Kim and the kids win Deutsche Bank Pro-Am

Boston Globe 9/2/10: Kim and the kids win Deutsche Bank Pro-Am. Helmed by PGA Tour star Anthony Kim, the foursome of Will Dickson, 11 (Providence, RI), Ben Balter, 15 (Wayland, Mass.), Juliet Vongphoumy, 17 (Providence RI), and Megan Khang, 12 (Rockland, MA) came through with a one-shot victory in the Pro-Am.

W-W crew: 10 years of excellence

Wayland Town Crier 8/31/10: W-W crew: 10 years of excellence. Dave Mauer remembers the practices in the fall of 2000. There was no boat house. The few boats that were used were cast-offs from other rowing programs. There were 90 students, with one full-time volunteer coach, Ned Flint. Various other volunteer coaches helped out when they could. But Mauer and his teammates had the will to compete during that first season of Wayland-Weston crew. He and a core group of his teammates would stay with crew for all four years of high school, giving the program important continuity in its early years.

Q-and-A with Brandon Anderson, ThunderBolts

Southtown Star 8/13/10: Q-and-A with Brandon Anderson, ThunderBolts. Anderson came to the T-Bolts on July 17 from the Lake County Fielders, of the Northern League, in a trade that sent shortstop Guillermo Martinez to Lake County. Anderson has hit .270 with three home runs, 19 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 25 games for Windy City. Anderson is a native of Wayland, Mass., and a Georgia College & State University alum.

Wayland’s Wadsworth adjusted well at Holy Cross

Wayland Town Crier 6/29/10: Wayland’s Wadsworth adjusted well at Holy Cross. Last fall, Stephen Wadsworth began his collegiate baseball career with what was, for him, an odd set of feelings and emotions: frustration, nervousness and self-doubt. This spring, after a successful season, the outlook is much different. The former Wayland and Buckingham, Browne & Nichols standout athlete now describes specific adjustments to improve his defense, and his goal to win a conference championship. In the span of just a few months, Wadsworth has gone from unsure and tense to a story of somewhat surprising success. A rookie campaign that began on the bench with a young Holy Cross catcher facing his first ever sliders ended with Patriot League Rookie of the Year and a Freshman All-American honors.

Changes at the top

Boston Globe 7/1/10: Changes at the top. High school athletic directors are turning over at an increasing rate as they face longer hours, smaller budgets, and tight scrutiny online. At Wayland High, athletic director Martha Jamieson is departing after 10 years, her decision spurred by the school district’s money-saving decision to cut the position to part time. Jamieson recently took over as president of the Massachusetts Secondary School Athletic Directors Association.

Boys Crew Top Six in the Nation

by Henry Gula Over the weekend, the Wayland-Weston boys finished their spring season on a very high note. Two boats qualified for the postseason, a lightweight eight and an open pair. These two boats trained for an extra three weeks before making the trip to Cincinnati, Ohio for US Rowing’s Youth National Championship. These two [...]

Girls Crew competes at National Championships

by Margo Cox The Wayland Weston girls rowing team made program history this past weekend by sending the first ever openweight women’s eight (eight rowers and one coxswain) to the USRowing Youth National Championships. This three-day regatta, which features teams from all over the country, was held at Lake Harsha, outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, on [...]

WBSA Summer Baseball Registration Now Open

WBSA Summer Baseball Registration Now Open – Space is limited. The WBSA is proud to announce some new and improved options for our summer baseball programs. Please Register now at www.WaylandBSA.com.  Space is limited- please register by June 5 to ensure participation in the programs. Grade K-2 (8 and under) Instructional League Grade 3-6 (age [...]

Stephen Wadsworth Wins Patriot League Rookie Of The Year Award

Holy Cross Athletics 5/11/10: Stephen Wadsworth Wins Patriot League Rookie Of The Year Award. Holy Cross freshman catcher Stephen Wadsworth (Wayland, Mass.) has been named the 2010 Patriot League Rookie of the Year in baseball, as voted by the conference’s head coaches. Wadsworth was also selected to the second team All-Patriot League team. Wadsworth emerged [...]

Cassara named Hofstra’s Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Hofstra Athletics 5/5/10: Cassara named Hofstra's Men's Basketball Head Coach. Wayland resident Mo Cassara was named the new Hofstra University head men's basketball coach, it was announced today by Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz and Director of Athletics Jack Hayes. He has agreed to a multi-year deal with the University.

Two other articles on the hiring:

• ESPN 5/6/10: Hofstra moved quickly to replace Welsh
• FoxSports.com 5/7/10: After wild week Cassara benefits in end

Wayland resident completes Ironman Triathlon

Ironman Live 5/1/10:  Wayland resident David Ellision completed the Ford Ironman in St. George, Utah on Saturday, May 1 in 13:59:29. This triathlon consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.1 mile run. He completed the entire course in just under 14 hours, with times of 1:17 for the swim, 7:23 for the bike race, and 4:55 for the marathon.

MIT curling team sweeps its way to second regional title

The Tech 3/30/10: MIT curling team sweeps its way to second regional title. For the second consecutive year, curlers from MIT competed in college curling bonspiels (curling tournament) on both a regional and national level. The first event was the Grand National Curling Club (GNCC) Regional Bonspiel held at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, MA on Feb. 20, where MIT looked to defend its championship title.

Boston Globe Boys’ Swimming All-Scholastics – Winter 2009-10

Boston Globe 3/28/10: Boston Globe Boys' Swimming All-Scholastics – Winter 2009-10. Travis Downs and Michael Ren were named Globe All-Scholastics, while Mike Foley was named Coach of the Year. Charlie D'Orlando, Travis Downs, Bobby Dresser, Andrew Gusev, Michael Ren, Ian Stack were named Dual County League All-Stars.

Boston Globe Girls’ Swimming All-Scholastics – Winter 2009-10

Boston Globe 3/28/10: Boston Globe Girls' Swimming All-Scholastics. The Globe's Division 2 Swimmer of the Year is Wayland's Emily Wright. Wright has accrued more points than any other female swimmer in Wayland school history. The four-year DCL All-Star holds the Division 2 North sectional record in the 50 free as well as school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. She will attend Bucknell University. The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Emily Wright, Emily Downs, Michelle Cunningham and Megan Pierce won its third straight Division 2 state championship. Dual County League All-Stars included Kristina Barakov, Michelle Cunningham, Emily Downs, Elizabeth Doyon, Valerie Eisenson, Saya Higano, Carolyn Jones, Emily Nuss, Megan Pierce, Jamie Reichlen and Emily Wright.

Winter All-Scholastics: 10 moments to savor

Boston Globe 3/28/10: Winter All-Scholastics: 10 moments to savor include the Wayland swim teams. A clean sweep for Wayland in pool For the Wayland swim teams, there was nothing better than a weekend dip in the Harvard pool. The boys on Saturday, followed by the girls a day later, won Division 2 state championships. It was the second straight state title for the boys, the fifth straight for the girls.

Wayland’s Sullivan chases professional tennis dream

Boston Globe 3/28/10: Wayland’s Sullivan chases professional tennis dream. A year after starring on the women’s tennis team at Boston College, Wayland’s Alina Sullivan has embarked on a promising professional career. The daughter of former Harvard tennis captain Paul Sullivan, Alina won in both singles and mixed doubles last month at the Chrysler Cup in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, earning $2,000, and is ranked 1,106th in the world in singles and 726th in doubles.

Vote looms on Mass. realignment of high school football leagues, playoffs

Boston Globe 3/25/10: Vote looms on Mass. realignment of high school football leagues, playoffs. In most years over the last two decades, either Acton-Boxborough or Lincoln-Sudbury has represented the league in the postseason playoffs (Westford Academy was the champion in 2005 and last fall, while Wayland High won back-to-back crowns in 2006 and 2007). Even if a playoff berth is not on the line, Lopez appreciates the competition, the only yearly matchup in the state featuring two high school football coaches with 200-plus career wins. However, the yearly showdown would be one of the casualties if a proposal to revamp the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s statewide football playoff system is approved by high school principals tomorrow. The proposal, spearheaded by Plymouth North High athletic director Bill Burkhead, calls for replacing longstanding leagues with six statewide divisions based on enrollment, and divided into four geographic regions. Under the plan, Acton-Boxborough would play in Division 1 North, while Lincoln-Sudbury is slated for Division 2 North. Under the proposal, 50 percent of the teams would qualify for the playoffs, which would lead to statewide champions in each division. The postseason would kick off the first week of November, and would not extend beyond the first Saturday in December, the Super Bowl date now in effect. However, traditional Thanksgiving Day rivalries would be retained.

Diving | Unlikely pair of Jumbo divers heads to nationals

Tufts Daily 3/18/10: Diving | Unlikely pair of Jumbo divers heads to nationals. (Includes video) Gardel grew up in Wayland, Mass., where she also was a youth gymnast. When Gardel’s hometown gym closed down during her seventh-grade year, she and her identical twin sister Melissa tried many sports before settling on diving during freshman year of high school. Gymnastics is the Gardel twins’ first love (Lindsay still maintains that if she could give up diving today for gymnastics, she would), but diving, with its focus on acrobatic motion, proved to be a worthy substitute. “Melissa and I were very hyperactive kids, and when we quit [gymnastics], we tried soccer, track, pole vaulting,” Linday Gardel said. “Our high school didn’t have gymnastics, but we had a friend on the diving team, and he basically dared us to come to practice. So we did, and it was the closest we could get to gymnastics.” The sisters spent their childhood doing all kinds of activities together, including a five-summer stint in a local circus troupe, where the duo’s “adagio” routine — one of the twins would lift up the other, who would engage in an array of acrobatic endeavors — dazzled audiences.

Wayland Junior Warrior Swim Team wins league championship

The Wayland Junior Warriors won their tenth consecutive league championship on Saturday, March 6 at Boston University.  Details to be added later. Related Articles:Wayland girls swim to DCL title (Feb 5, 2012) Florida Sweep For Conn College Swimmers (Jan 11, 2012) Wayland Jr. Warriors swim to championship (Apr 10, 2011) Marblehead comes through (Feb 26, [...]

Coach guides Wayland swimmers to win boys’ and girls’ championships, twice

Boston Globe 2/28/10: Coach guides Wayland swimmers to win boys’ and girls’ championships, twice. It’s not that the father wished to put undue pressure on his son. It was just a subtle reminder. OK, maybe not so subtle. Last year, Mike Foley guided the Wayland High boys’ swim team to the Division 2 state title. He coaches the girls’ team too. The girls’ meet was the next day. In between meets, Foley said, “my father pointed out that nobody had ever won the boys’ and girls’ titles in the same year.’’ The girls matched the boys’ title, and Mike Foley stood alone. His dad knew a thing or two about championships. In 35 years as the swim coach at archrival Weston High, Pete Foley won 18 state titles. His son, now with seven, is chipping away. But Pete never won a state crown with the boys’ and girls’ teams in the same year. It gets better. Last weekend, at Harvard, both of his teams repeated as state champs. “I’m still in shock,’’ said Foley.

Make that five years in a row for girls swimming and diving

Wayland Town Crier 2/22/10: Make that five years in a row for girls swimming and diving. Last year the Wayland girls swimming and diving team graduated the first class to win four years in a row, a group of six seniors that many teams figured were the reason why the Warriors had so much success. Senior captain Emily Wright understood the pressure. "There was a little pressure going into this meet. We (graduated) a lot of seniors last year who scored a lot of points for us, but we knew this going into it. We trained long and hard for this and were ready for the challenge," Wright said. After graduating all of the first state champ team members from 2006, Wayland proved its ongoing strength and enthusiasm on Sunday when the Warriors won for the fifth year in a row, a feat that few can ever own.

Wayland Club On The Strategy Behind Curling

WBZ TV 2/19/10: Wayland Club On The Strategy Behind Curling. Once every four years the spotlight shines on the Olympic sport of curling. We see teams sliding heavy stones down a lane of ice, furiously sweeping in front of the stone. Curling is a bit of a mystery to most, but at a club in Wayland, curling has been king for more than 40 years. It's called the Broomstones Curling Club. With their own indoor ice facility and a ton of enthusiasm, members play every day. "It's a game like chess on ice," says Gordon Swan, who has been playing for 50 years.

Division 2 Swimming: A perfect five for Wayland

Metrowest Daily News 2/22/10: Division 2 Swimming: A perfect five for Wayland. It was a different group of girls, but the same result as the Wayland swimming team won its fifth consecutive Div. 2 state championship on Sunday evening at Harvard's Blodgett Pool. Last year's senior class was the one that started the championship run as freshmen in 2006, but the team did just fine without them as the Warriors scored 223 points to edge out Weston's 202 points on the night.

Wayland girls Div. 2 swim champs

Boston Globe 2/22/10: Wayland girls Div. 2 swim champs. Wayland’s swimmers are drowning in championships. A day after the boys beat the field, the girls devastated the competition to take their fifth consecutive Division 2 state title yesterday at Harvard’s Blodgett Pool. “I’m real proud of these girls, they performed really well today,’’ coach Mike Foley said. “We hung on and held off Weston once again, and they just keep charging at us.’’ Wayland amassed 223 points, while Weston finished second with 202. Marblehead (115), Duxbury (112), and Northampton (95) rounded out the top five.

Schools roundup: Wayland boys swimming team takes Division 2 state title

Metrowest Daily News 2/21/10: Schools roundup: Wayland boys swimming team takes Division 2 state title. Mike Ren knew his Wayland swimming team needed a big performance as he prepared to jump into the pool for the 100-yard breaststroke, the second-to-last event of the Division 2 boys state championships yesterday at Harvard.

Wayland finds a way to keep its crown

Boston Globe 2/21/10: Wayland finds a way to keep its crown. The chants of “Foley! Foley! Foley!’’ were too much to ignore, so without hesitation, Wayland coach Mike Foley leaped into Blodgett Pool yesterday to join his team in celebration of its second straight Division 2 state boys’ swimming championship. Wayland (154 points) held off Dual County League rival Weston (141) and Bishop Feehan (131). Although Weston was close the entire meet, Wayland wins in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay helped it maintain the lead. Wayland placed first in two other events, the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke. Weston defeated Wayland twice this season – once during a dual meet and again during a DCL meet.

Girls swim to sectional crown

Wayland Town Crier 2/16/10: Girls swim to sectional crown. The Wayland girls swimming and diving team had a solid start with the medley relay at last weekend's North Sectional Meet at MIT en route to the team title.

Wayland Spirit Wins Indoor Soccer Championship!

Wayland Spirit won the Newton Indoor Sports Friday season 1 league championship in thrilling fashion this January! The sixth grade girls beat 2nd place Needham 4-1 in the semi-finals, and beat undefeated and heavily favored Wellesley 4-2 in the championship match. Despite being significantly out shot, the girls managed to make their few shots on [...]

Eye-opening trip to Cuba for local softball players

Wayland Town Crier 1/22/10: Eye-opening trip to Cuba for local softball players. Nine senior softball players from Wayland, Weston and Sudbury traveled to Havana, Cuba, in early November to compete against their Cuban counterparts in a week of competition, camaraderie and cultural exchange. The nine local players were part of a group of 60 senior softball players (ages 55 and over) from the Eastern Massachusetts Senior Softball Association (EMASS), who have been playing softball on Tuesdays and Saturdays in Cochituate for the past 15 years.

Wright breaks record; new all-time top scorer for WHS Swimming

Wayland Student Press Network 1/19/10:  Wright breaks record; new all-time top scorer for WHS Swimming. Senior swimmer Emily Wright surpassed her sister Priscilla as the leading scorer in Wayland swimming history.

Watch WHS Boys Varsity Basketball Game LIVE on WayCAM

WayCAM will broadcast the WHS Warriors Boys Varsity Basketball game (vs. Bedford) LIVE Friday, January 29th at 5:30pm. If you can't get to the Field House in person, watch it on TV – Comcast Ch. 9 and Verizon Ch. 37. To get Game Day Alerts for future LIVE WHS sports broadcasts, click on www.waycam.tv and [...]

The Boston Globe names their picks for All-Scholastics for Fall 2009-10. Their picks from Wayland include

• Golf: Joe Cooper (Athelete of the Year), Scott Smith (All-Star), Coach Sean Garvey
• Football: Jeff Brewington (All-Star)
• Cross-Country:Brett Baker (All-Star)
• Field Hockey: Katie Miller, Bailey Morgan, Haley Nickerson (All-Stars)
• Soccer: Seth Harper, Nico Pascual-Leone, Michael Trueblood
• Volleyball: Brianna Ramsey, Lauren Vachon

Phoebe Morss Wins National Cross-Country Title

Phoebe Morss Wins National Cross-Country Title”. Phoebe Morss, an eighth grader at the Wayland Middle School, capped off an impressive cross-country season with a gold medal at the AAU Junior Olympics National Cross-Country Championships in Orlando, Florida on December 5. Morss went undefeated this year in dual meets running for her middle school team. After the middle school season ended she continued training and competing with the Nitehawks Sports Club. In addition to her middle school victories, the young runner also had impressive victories at the Mayors’ Cup in Boston and the Wayland XC Festival.

Katie Karlson (WHS ’09), Connecticut College, named Women’s Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week

New England Small College Athletic Conference 12/7/09:  Swimming and Diving Weekly Release #2, December 7, 2009:  Katie Karlson (WHS ’09), Connecticut College, named Women’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week.  Karlson posted personal-best times in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events against Coast Guard last week, winning both races. Her time of 2:29.74 in the 200 was a program record, while her 1:08.21 showing in the 100 was just shy of another Camel record.

Wayland resident comes in first for ultramarathon

Wayland Town Crier 11/20/09: Wayland resident comes in first for ultramarathon. For the average person, a leisurely walk in the woods – a mile or two, an hour or so – is just about right. For most, a marathon is unthinkable. But for Wayland’s Larissa Abramiuk, clocking 50 miles in about seven-and-a-half hours is all [...]