
Overall the home side’s forwards dominated the scrums, led by its pack leader, senior TJ Ganser, helping the team gain ground. In the second half a Staples player touched the ball down in the try zone for what should have been a score, except junior Kevin Keller snuck his feet under the ball, negating the try. Darien had most of its chances in the first half, getting close to Staples’ try line but never quite being able to score. (3/14) The game was moved from up from 1p to 11a on the turf due to the weather, but it didn’t help much. Ool from Westport in a wet and windy match that ended in a scoreless tie on Saturday. Some of these athletes will go on to compete in the 2010 outdoor season and we wish them the best! Photo courtesy of Sam Simon. Congratulations to both the boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams for having very successful seasons. Last year, she scored 2,947 and took 8th place. She ran the 60-meter hurdles in 9.36, jumped 5-3.25 in the high jump, tossed the shot put 26-7, completed a long jump of 15-11.5 and finished the 800 in 2:36.15.

Scoring a total of 3,129 points, Gasparino finished in 4th place. Senior star Christy Gasparino (pictured) competed in the National Scholastic Invitational pentathlon on Saturday (3/13) at the New York City Armory. The 1200, 400, 800, 1600 relay run by junior Megan Keane, senior Sam Simon, sophomore Katie Donovan and senior Kelly Brophy came in 25th with a time of 13:28.59. Senior Hannah Lyons placed 24th in the 5000 with a time of 20:25.7. Sophomore Robin Bone took 10th with a height of 11-9.5. The boys’ team also succeeded in the long jump with Keller placing 20th with a jump of 21-3.5, McMullin 23rd jumping 20-9.25 and Eppley finishing 35th with a jump of 18-11.5. With a time of 1:33.57, the boys broke their previous record of 1:34.03 set at the Class L Championships this year. (3/12) The boys’ 4x200 relay team of senior Brent Eppley, juniors Stockton McMullin, Peter McDonough and Kevin Keller placed 29th. Of the boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams went to National Scholastic Invitational Championship indoor track meet at the New York City Armory on Friday.

(3/20) Photo: senior Sam Jackson courtesy of the Darien Times. It was such a successful season and seeing almost the entire team swim best times today, and being place third overall, was really exciting,” Senior team captain Wesley Dean said.īe sure to congratulate the boys on their outstanding season and stay tuned for the results of the diving championship meet at Yale University on Saturday. Outstanding performances were junior Chris Weihs who won first place in the 200-yard freestyle, freshman James Baker and junior Jake Greene who took the fourth and fifth places respectively in the 500-yard freestyle, and senior Sam Jackson who had a great swim in the 100-yard butterfly “I am really proud of what our team has done.

(3/18) Darien faced teams in the Class M Division ending up with 428 points, close behind New Canaan who came in second place with 429.5 points, and Brookfield in first place with 464.5 points. Boys' varsity swim team landed the number three spot at the State Championships at Wesleyan University in Middletown on Thursday.
