Gary Chadwick Wilton Girls Gymnastics Years as head coach: 23 Full-time profession: Physical Education Teacher (retired); Girls Gymnastics Teacher About the coach: Played Football in High School and College, Married to wife JoAnne for 42 years, and had a son and a daughter. His hobby is riding dirt bikes.
Three teams from the FCIAC each placed second in their respective state class championship meets in girls gymnastics, which ended up being the last winter sport which got to complete state championships before the coronavirus pandemic caused the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 high school winter sports season. Fairfield Ludlowe was runner-up in … Read more
When the final two weeks of 2019-20 winter high school sports season were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, what was assured was that four of the eight sports sanctioned by the CIAC had teams win state championships and the other four sports were unable to finish their state tournaments or championship meets. The winter … Read more
First Team Ava Mancini, Ludlowe Schuyler Tomey, St. Joseph Caroline Garrett, Warde Olivia Mannino, Wilton Tess Vincent, Warde Olivia Perkins, Darien Caitlin Vozzella, St. Joseph Tara Chomienne, Ludlowe Bailey Petrizzi, Westhill Hannah Chuckas, Westhill Katherine Ginsburg, Wilton Lindsay Capobianco, St. Joseph Lana Schmidt, Darien Lily Byrnes, Wilton AnNa Hughes, St. Joseph Second Team Kristie Alianiello, … Read more
STAMFORD — At previous FCIAC gymnastics championship meets, Ludlowe coach Kim Longobucco had a habit of trying to follow scores and figure out where her team stood throughout the competition. This year, she followed the less complicated path of staying in the moment, and the results were spectacular for her Falcons. With junior Ava Mancini … Read more
Whatever it was that Ro Carlucci did – and she did so many things as an educator, coach, meet director and gymnastics judge – she was a true leader and she excelled at virtually everything she was involved in for 35 years from the 1970s into the first decade of this century. So many of … Read more
Eleven teams from the FCIAC won a total of 13 state championships to highlight the success the conference achieved during the 2018-19 high school winter sports season which concluded in late March. The Norwalk High School and Trinity Catholic High School girls’ basketball teams each won their respective state class tournaments while New Canaan won … Read more
Girls Indoor Track and Field Class LL – Danbury Hatters Wrestling Class LL, State Open and New England – Danbury Hatters Gymnastics Class LL – Greenwich Cardinals Class M – Wilton Warriors Girls Ice Hockey New Canaan Rams Final: New Canaan 3, Darien 1 Cheerleading Class LL – Danbury Hatters Boys Swimming & Diving Class … Read more
MILFORD — In an afternoon full of numbers, the numeral that meant the most to the Greenwich High School girls gymnastics team was four. As in the Cardinals earned their fourth consecutive Class L championship team title Saturday at Jonathan Law High gym. “It is an amazing accomplishment,” Greenwich senior Kelsey Fedorko said. “Everybody was … Read more
By nature, Gary Chadwick worries at gymnastics meets. By the time his Wilton team got down to its final floor exercise routine in Saturday’s Class M championship, Chadwick believed a second consecutive state title was a distinct impossibility. “I thought we were done,” Chadwick, Wilton’s head coach, said. “I knew we were down by a … Read more