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Girls’ Varsity
Soccer Wins
Sportsmanship
Award
The Western Connecticut Soccer
Officials Association awarded Taft’s
girls’ varsity soccer team the Ted Alex
Award for outstanding sportsmanship
displayed throughout the 1998
season. Coach Andrew Bogardus ’88
proudly accepted this award at the
association’s annual banquet on November
10, saying, “I am lucky to
have a team full of focused, goodnatured
athletes who simply love the
game and always play a full 80 minutes
without letting anything
distract them. We are also fortunate
to have very good leadership from
Captain Julie Feldmeier ’99.”
Townsend
is All-American Girl
Emily Townsend ’99, co-captain of
the varsity field hockey team, earned
her way onto the first team All
American this year. She was picked
from all high school field hockey
players across the United States as
one of the top eleven players in the
country (and the only one from New
England). “This is an incredible
honor for an outstanding athlete,”
said Coach Fran Bisselle. In Emily’s
three years starting on Taft’s varsity
squad, the team is 40-7-3. She scored
20 assists and 15 goals this year alone.
The senior mid-fielder is described by her teammates as “one of the best field
hockey players ever to attend Taft.” Emily traveled with teammates Katie Putnam,
Keeley Murphy, and Jana Gold over Thanksgiving to compete at the Field Hockey
Festival for the Houston Field Hockey Club. In addition, Emily has been invited
to try out for the National Field Hockey Team over winter break.
Photo by The Taft Papyrus
Kyme Wins International
Squash Award
Nick Kyme ’99 from Bermuda was honored with the
first Mark Talbott International Junior Squash Fair Play
Award at the final awards dinner for the 1998 World
Junior Men’s Championships. The award is given to
the player who “exemplifies the spirit we are seeking to
instill in all players,” said Ted Wallbutton, World Squash
Federation’s chief executive. “Nick Kyme, in each of
his four appearances at these world championships, has
earned the respect of his opponents and the admiration
of all the tournament officials for his outstanding
sportsmanship.”
The Squash Player magazine said, “Not only a fair
player, Kyme is a legend in his own right; the only player
ever to play in four world junior championships. His
first appearance was at age 11.” He hasn’t fared poorly
at Taft either, where he is captain for the second year of
a team that is favored to win the New Englands for the
3rd time in Nick’s four years. His individual record in
Taft matches is 43 and 1. Nick also plays varsity soccer
and was the anchor man on Taft’s school record-breaking
4x400 meter relay team last spring.
Taft Bulletin 31