By Zoe Staum ’14 Not only has Dana Purdy ’13 set multiple school records, she also saves lives. Her work as an Emergency Medical Assistant and lifeguard give her the opportunity to use her skills from the water to help others. A biology major with a minor in mathematics, Purdy is working to be a […]
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Physical Education Teacher- Ocean Lifeguard Captain- NFL Place Kicker 2001-2004- Team USA Ocean Rescue World Championships 2006- USA Beach Sprint National Champion 2003-2004- New daddy to 1 week old baby Matty Ryan!-thanks to Brian Costello of crossfit long island for changing my life with crossfit. Special thanks to Scott Detore of Crossfit Kryptonite for all […]
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Gormo came to play. Known for posting some big numbers on his lifts, Erik had his sights set on a big score for this WOD. The thing is, strength alone isn’t enough for a 10 min WOD with that many reps. That’s ok though, cause Gormo ain’t no one-trick pony. The man is a machine […]
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Courtesy of Old Westbury Sports Information (written by Harris Rappel) MEN’S SWIMMING TAKES SECOND PLACE AT SKYLINE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WOMEN EARN FIFTH Bryan Woodhead named Rookie of the Year; Lydia Coleman grabs a pair of All-Skyline Conference Second-Team honors Results l Old Westbury Men’s 2011-12 Season Best Times l Old Westbury Women’s 2011-12 Season Best Times OLD WESTBURY, NY (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) […]
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Attention 2012 Smith Point Lifeguard Candidates. If you would like to try out for the 2012 season, please contact Chief Bob Kolar ASAP! The dates are: March 15, 2012 6:30-9:30pm March 22, 2012 6:30-9:30pm March 29, 2012 6:30-9:30pm April 5, 2012 OFF April 12, 2012 6:30-9:30pm April 19, 2012 6:30-9:30pm April 26, 2012 6:30-9:30pm May 3, 2012 […]
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Following a pair of successful performances at the Brooks Invitational over the weekend, MIT collected the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men’s and women’s Runner of the Week awards on Monday. Daniel Harper (Naperville, Ill.) was named the men’s runner of the week for the third time this year while Brooke […]
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LIers relish time together at NYC Triathlon Published: August 8, 2011 4:18 PM By LAURA ALBANESE laura.albanese@newsday.com Ben Collins wheezed and sputtered with the burden of what he’d just accomplished – teetering noticeably against a railing while gasping “can I have a minute?” to the video camera in front of him at the New York […]
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BY JORDAN KAHN, STAFF WRITER Charlie Lydecker of Ormond Beach, an endurance athlete and corporate boardroom all-star, has been in Mesa, Ariz., this week at the nation’s largest swim meet for a test run before attempting to break a relay world record this fall. Lydecker, three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines of Lake Mary, Keith […]
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What is CrossFit?? CrossFit is a fitness revolution that challenges the ideas of conventional fitness programs and is rapidly re-defining everything we know about being “fit”. In short, CrossFit specializes in not specializing. We aim to achieve a broad, generalized fitness in which we obtain a sufficient work capacity across all ten fitness domains (cardiovascular/respiratory […]
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