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I just wanted to give a "shout out" of congratulations to the Cheshire girls swimming team. The team, featured on ESPN's First Take program this afternoon, broke a national record for consecutive wins with their 235th consecutive dual meet victory.
Think about that. 235 teams in a row showed up at the pool to face the Rams and left defeated. The streak goes back to the 1980s.
Every town has sports it is better at, and every sport has its powerhouses, programs whose success breeds more success in the future. And swimming is a sport that often comes down to mere numbers. The larger the team, the more entrants in a race often and that leads to simple mathematical results.
But even with that in mind, 235 wins is remarkable, and almost unfathomable in any sport. Apologies to the Elkhart Central High (Indiana) squads from 1980-1994. Your mere 234 straight wins weren't enough.
I talked to a couple other coaches today about the feat, and they had nothing but good things to say about Cheshire coach Ed Aston and the team:
"I abolutely love it. Ed Aston has been around for years and years. He's brought swimming fame to Connecticut constantly. He's the level of program that we all want to be. And he's gotten what everybody wants.
He probably had his rough years like anybody else ... And he doesn't look to pad his schedule. He swims tough, tough competition all the time and that's what he goes after."
- Randy Doucette, Plainville head coach.
"You know, that streak started when I was in high school and swimming [against] Cheshire. I went to North Haven, so I know Ed Aston. I know the tradition that Cheshire has. I think it's wonderful for the sport to be recognized and for a team to be recognized for doing something so, just, phenomenal.
They are without a doubt the most dominant high school sports team in Connecticut, boys or girls, in any sport. And they proved it [yesterday]. I think it's a wonderful accomplishment and I hope they keep it going for a long time."
-Scott Ferrigno, Farmington head coach.
Think about that. 235 teams in a row showed up at the pool to face the Rams and left defeated. The streak goes back to the 1980s.
Every town has sports it is better at, and every sport has its powerhouses, programs whose success breeds more success in the future. And swimming is a sport that often comes down to mere numbers. The larger the team, the more entrants in a race often and that leads to simple mathematical results.
But even with that in mind, 235 wins is remarkable, and almost unfathomable in any sport. Apologies to the Elkhart Central High (Indiana) squads from 1980-1994. Your mere 234 straight wins weren't enough.
I talked to a couple other coaches today about the feat, and they had nothing but good things to say about Cheshire coach Ed Aston and the team:
"I abolutely love it. Ed Aston has been around for years and years. He's brought swimming fame to Connecticut constantly. He's the level of program that we all want to be. And he's gotten what everybody wants.
He probably had his rough years like anybody else ... And he doesn't look to pad his schedule. He swims tough, tough competition all the time and that's what he goes after."
- Randy Doucette, Plainville head coach.
"You know, that streak started when I was in high school and swimming [against] Cheshire. I went to North Haven, so I know Ed Aston. I know the tradition that Cheshire has. I think it's wonderful for the sport to be recognized and for a team to be recognized for doing something so, just, phenomenal.
They are without a doubt the most dominant high school sports team in Connecticut, boys or girls, in any sport. And they proved it [yesterday]. I think it's a wonderful accomplishment and I hope they keep it going for a long time."
-Scott Ferrigno, Farmington head coach.
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