Stingrays Shine in State Swim Meet

The Connecticut River Valley (CRV) Stingrays, a program of the Edgar May Health and Recreational Center in Springfield, recently competed in the NH State Swim Championships, a three-day meet held in Exeter.

http://www.denpubs.com/Articles-c-2010-04-06-71501.114134-sub_Ct_River_Valley_Stingrays_Shine_in_State_Swim_Meet.html # # # # Ct River Valley Stingrays Shine in State Swim Meet  •  By Joe Milliken  •  Co-Editor, The Messenger  •  Green Mountain Outlook  •  swimming1_Web  •  Photo courtesy of CRV Stingrays  •  April 07, 2010  •  The Connecticut River Valley (CRV) Stingrays, a program of the EdgarMay Health and Recreational Center in Springfield, recently competed in the NH State Swim Championships, a three-day meet held in Exeter.  •  It was a strong meet for the young Stingrays as they went up against some of the strongest swimmers in the state, with every member of the team taking time off at least one individual event.  •  Kristen Burlew made perhaps the biggest splash for the Stingrays with a first place finish in the 9-10 year old breaststroke, while eight- year-old Skylar Swan finished second in the 25-breaststroke.  •  Other finishes included Alexis Fauver, who swam to a third place finish in the 50-butterfly stroke, while Sofia Gulick earned points in three of her events.  •  The Stingrays squad is also unique in that they possess six sibling swimming duos, who all notched personal best in an event.  •  Jamie Mira placed in the top ten in all events, while sister Sam shaved time off each of her swims.  •  Duncan and Gyb Spilsbury each dropped their times in their backstroke event, while brother and sister Colin and Dakota Pinney each dropped times in all their events as well.  •  Others who dropped times and collected points for the team included Harrison and Madeleine Morse, Adrienne and Cody Stevens and Shane and Molly Verespy.  •  The Stingrays also possess great team depth, with several younger swimmers , ranging from ages seven to nine, all added points to the team total and notching personal best times, including Lily Jones, Katie McNally, Emma Lober, Casie Walton, Molly Rice and Kristin Clark.  •  Hannah Whalen also did a great job by cutting 1.27 seconds off her best time in the challenging 100 IM event.  •  Hannah's father, Pat, is the Stingray coach and has been doing his duties from a wheelchair of late, after a skiing accident.  •  Stingray assistant coach Stephanie Pinney and volunteer parent Phil Drinker also did an excellent job by stepping up to assist coach Whalen.  •  Thanks must also go out to team manager Julie Walton and parent advisory committee chair Beth Ann Drinker.  •  The Stingrays will now take a break for two months, returning to action for the summer season in June.  •  Any swimmer between the ages of six and 18 who is interested in joining the Stingrays, can call 885-2568 for more information or visit them online at www.myreccenter.org.  •  Rebecca Larkin also contributed information to this article.  •