Monday, October 31, 2005

Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium Progress



Construction work on Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium is coming along nicely. The contractors have been hard at work - even at night and on weekends - preparing the site of the field for the installation of the artificial playing surface scheduled for November. Gravel has been poured and is in the process of being smoothened to serve as the base underneath the surface.

Click here for stadium construction photos.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Iron-Woman

Danielle Sullivan, an All-American swimmer at Washington College and a 1998 graduate of the school, competed in the Ironman World Championship held Saturday in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The race is comprised of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run.

The 28-year old Sullivan finished second among women ages 25-29, fourth among all women, and 425th out of the 1,688 competitors who completed the race. She finished the swimming portion in 1:02:25, the cycling portion in 5:31:09, and the running portion in 3:27:19 for a total time of 10:07:27.

Sullivan followed in the footsteps of Kasey Carroll Basso ('92), another All-American swimmer at WC, who finished in the top six in her age group at the Ironman World Championship several years ago.

Full results can be found here.
More information about how the Ironman World Championship got started can be found here.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The New Class


The Washington College Hall of Fame Class of 2005 was inducted during a dinner and ceremony Friday evening. The Hall of Fame Class from left to right:

Bob Reck ('63), Peter Boggs ('72), Fred Wyman, Holly Bramble ('74), Greg Baker ('85), Rene Duvall ('62), Dave Marshall ('88), Bob Martino ('90).

To read more about this year's inductees, click here.

Thanks to Nina Burton ('06) for the above photo.