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Rowing In The NCAAs — The Long And The Short Of It

Lori Riley — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:42:03 GMT

Jenn DeLisle is 5 feet 2. Kelsey Butta is 5-4.

At This Race, All Who Run Or Walk Are Winners

Lori Riley — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:42:00 GMT

Sue Brown and Valerie Small and Claudia O'Connell meet to run three or four times a week, usually in the early morning.

One Goal, And No Quit

Lori Riley — Sat, 04 May 2013 21:27:00 GMT

Staff Sergeant Didn't Let Loss Of Lower Leg Stop Him From Being A Leader And Fighting With The Army Rangers

Growing up in Columbus, Ga., home of Fort Benning, Kimberly Smithwick knew better than to hang around with soldiers at bars.

After Bombing, Rodgers And Beardsley Determined To Run Boston Next Year

Lori Riley — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

On Friday night, Bill Rodgers was in Roanoke, Va., getting ready to run a marathon relay with Frank Shorter Saturday.

After Boston Marathon Attacks, Some Runners Deterred, Others Determined

Lori Riley — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:46:00 GMT

Dean Festa couldn't sleep Monday night. Festa, a longtime runner from Montville, and four of his friends go to the Boston Marathon every year to watch the race while stopping at bars between Coolidge Corner and Boylston Street.

Glastonbury High Athlete Defies Odds In Battling Cystic Fibrosis

Lori Riley — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

GLASTONBURY — A few years ago, Glastonbury lacrosse coach Kris Cofiell was wondering why one of her players, Courtney Peterson, was helping out with a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis.

Workouts Help Keep Him 94 Years Young

Lori Riley — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:52:50 GMT

If Jim Elsner doesn't show up at the gym by 7:15 a.m., the receptionist starts to get nervous.

Student At Ethel Walker Helps Form A Swim Team – And Guides Its Success

Lori Riley — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:33:38 GMT

Abby Reynold's first year of swimming at Ethel Walker was mainly spent doing laps in the pool at a retirement community where her grandparents live.

Building A Better Bobsled

Lori Riley — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:28:31 GMT

CHESTER — Twenty-one years ago, Geoff Bodine zigged where he should have zagged, and as a result, the U.S. won its first gold medal in the bobsled in 62 years.

Southern's Amanda Thomas Repeats As Division II Swimmer Of Year

Lori Riley — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:53:07 GMT

On Wednesday, she won the 200-meter individual medley national championship for the third consecutive year.

Strong Team Bond Defines Connecticut College Women's Ice Hockey Team

Lori Riley — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:20:33 GMT

NEW LONDON — Samantha Schoeneberger came from Vernon. She played ice hockey with boys until she was about 15 before she started playing on a girls club team.

2,000 Points Later, Watkinson's DaChé Williams Still Humble On The Court

Lori Riley — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:20:00 GMT

When DaChé Williams arrived at the Watkinson School in the middle of eighth grade, she was very shy.

Simsbury's Maddi Nicholson Learns To Throw Shot Put With Her Off Hand

Lori Riley — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:29:00 GMT

NEW HAVEN — Simsbury senior Maddi Nicholson is a righthander. Last spring, she won the State Open discus title. As a righty.

Emily Sweeney Competes At Lake Placid, But Aims For Sochi

Lori Riley — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:19:00 GMT

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The Sween Team was out in full force Friday afternoon, despite swirling snow that threatened to blanket the luge run at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

Climbing Stairs To Raise Money For The American Lung Association

Lori Riley — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:59:13 GMT

You know that out-of-breath feeling you get after you've run up a few flights of stairs? On Feb. 9, more than 100 people will run up 32 flights — 413 stairs — at 360 State Street in New Haven to raise money for the American Lung Association in Connecticut.

Jim Shea Sr., 2nd of 3 Generations Of Olympians, Says His Grandsons Have A Shot, Too

Lori Riley — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:21:00 GMT

When he was a kid, Jim Shea Sr. couldn't wait to get out of Lake Placid, the then-sleepy little town in upstate New York whose claim to fame was hosting the 1932 Olympics.

Running A Marathon In The Winter – Indoors

Lori Riley — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Scott Sutter wanted to be a fighter pilot since he was 6 years old. When he arrived at The Citadel in South Carolina in the late '90s, he decided that he wanted to go into Special Forces, specializing in high-risk military missions.

Windham Tech's Ray Elliott Takes The Long, High Road To A Milestone

Lori Riley — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:24:25 GMT

When Windham Tech girls basketball Ray Elliott reached his 200th career win Jan. 4 against Parish Hill, it was a nice milestone.

Are Lopsided Scores Part Of A Bigger Trend?

Lori Riley — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:25:42 GMT

Girls Basketball Paying Price For Athletes Concentrating On Other Sports

On Dec. 18, the RHAM girls basketball team beat Hartford Public, 84-6. That same night, Tolland beat Fermi, 50-6.

Through a Photo, Feeling Newtown's Pain

Lori Riley — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:50:17 GMT

She was 6 years old and she rode a pony named Peanut.

Remembering Trinity's Chet McPhee

Lori Riley — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:27:53 GMT

Chet McPhee was a freshman football coach at Trinity. He was the college's swim coach for 15 years, coaching both the men's and the women's teams. He started the men's lacrosse program. He coached soccer.

Lori Riley: A True Basketball Family

Lori Riley — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:56:05 GMT

On Monday morning, Brian Mik will get up with his three children. He will help the two older kids get ready for school and put them on the bus.

This Hawk Knows About School Spirit

Lori Riley — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:06:54 GMT

UHart's Katie Roth Was The Mascot In Her High School Days

— Katie Roth was a true Maple Hill High Wildcat.

On Owen Canfield And Silver Linings

Lori Riley — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:26 GMT

Finding The Positives After A Scary Situation

Your dad goes to work every day. You know he's a sports writer for a newspaper, a sports editor, a sports columnist, then a general columnist in his semiretired years.

Mary Haines, 98, Led The Fullest Of Lives

Lori Riley — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:26:16 GMT

Mary Haines once got a javelin for her birthday. It was a 7-foot regulation javelin, almost 2 feet taller than Haines was.