The Loomis Chaffee School 2010 Fall Athletic Awards Ceremony ...

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*elected captains #All-Founders League Team @All-New Englands
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MOST VALUABLE RUNNER MOST IMPROVED
RUNNER
Ryan Palm David Balise
FOUNDERS LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE COACHES’ AWARD
RUNNER
Michael Curtin Alec Schwab
COACHES
ANDREW BARTLETT & PETE GWYN & SALLY KNIGHT & JOE NEARY
2010 LOOMIS CHAFFEE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
SUMMARY
With a team that typically runs 60-strong, leadership is vital, and every
single one of our seniors steps up to lead in the Pelican harriers. This year,
in addition to sharing leadership with their fellow seniors in daily practices
and particularly in our intra-squad mock meets, our elected tri-captains—
Michael Curtin, Ryan Palm, and Alec Schwab—have distinguished themselves as
some of the best leaders LCXC has ever seen. Each of them is honored with
an award tonight:
Michael, who is one of just three four-year Pelican runners, we recognize as
LCXC’s greatest ambassador and the Pelican who best represents all that
LCXC is about. This year, we honor him with the Founders League All-League
Award, and we thank him for all the time and energy he has invested in not
only his own cross country successes, but also those of his teammates and of,
too, his Founders League competitors.
Ryan, we recognize as the team’s incomparably Most Valuable Runner. In
addition to running number one for the team in every race of the season,
Ryan garnered Founders League All-Star status for the third year in a row
by way of his overall 6 th place finish in the championship race held at Choate
the week before the New England championships.