Tom Renner

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No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Sterling Farms Hosts Ping Demo Day Sterling Farms Hosts Ping Demo Day Sterling Farms Hosts Ping Demo Day
Sterling Farms Hosts Ping Demo Day Sterling Farms Golf Shop is hosting a Ping demo day Friday, April 24, from 3 to 7 p.m. The Ping Tech Van will be on site with its launch monitor and Ping-fitting technicians. For more information or to schedule a fitting, call the golf shop at 203-329-2067. Send us information about your golf event! Send details and a picture to [email protected].

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by Andrew Dominick
Norwalk, CT
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Connecticut Challenge Bike Event Keeps Growing Connecticut Challenge Bike Event Keeps Growing Connecticut Challenge Bike Event Keeps Growing
Connecticut Challenge Bike Event Keeps Growing The Connecticut Challenge keeps getting bigger and better. That's good news for both bike riders and for the cancer survivors that benefit from the event. Registration opened Wednesday at CTChallenge.org. The rides will be held July 30 at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport, a new venue, with 10-, 25-, 50-, 75- and 100-mile rides. Executive Director Bob Mazzone is hoping to have 1,000 riders for the event. Last year, more than 700 riders took part. "It's not about the bike,'' Mazzone said at a press conference Wednesday at Butterfield 8 in Stamford. "It's about why you get on the bik…

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by Tom Renner
Darien, CT
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Intercontinental Couple Runs to Boston Intercontinental Couple Runs to Boston Intercontinental Couple Runs to Boston
Intercontinental Couple Runs to Boston Heidi and Keith Mitchell are running's intercontinental couple. Both have a lot of experience running the Boston Marathon and will make the 26.2-mile journey from Hopkinton to Boston together again Monday. The Darien couple, who met at Waveny Park in New Canaan, made their first trip together for the 105th Boston Marathon in 2001. (Although Heidi has been running the race since 1997.) They have made it most years since then but not every one. Two children and Heidi's battle with breast cancer forced her to miss the race several times. Keith travels to Japan often for business and stays for …

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by Tom Renner
Norwalk, CT
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Zeus Swimmers Take 2nd at N.C. Meet Zeus Swimmers Take 2nd at N.C. Meet Zeus Swimmers Take 2nd at N.C. Meet
Zeus Swimmers Take 2nd at N.C. Meet The Norwalk Zeus swim team finished second in the recent Junior/Senior Championship at the Mecklenberg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, N.C. The meet is also known as the Sunkissed Invitational. "It was a total team effort," head coach Omar Cruz said. "This is our third year at the meet and to have already gotten to second place just shows how hard the swimmers have worked and how excited they are when they get to this meet." Empire Aquatics of White Plains won the meet. The team was led by its three graduating seniors, Jillian Carter, Meredith Pramer and Rachel Smolensky. All three pl…

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by Tom Renner
Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Woman Skates for U.S. National Team Fairfield Woman Skates for U.S. National Team Fairfield Woman Skates for U.S. National Team
Fairfield Woman Skates for U.S. National Team Fairfield's Julie Chu will play for the U.S. Women's National team when it begins play in the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship. The tournament runs from April 16 to 25 in Zurich and Winterthur, Switzerland. Team USA will be looking to defend its back-to-back world titles from 2008 and 2009. The U.S. squad was chosen after a 30-player selection camp in Ann Arbor, Mich., earlier this month. Chu, 29, has played on three Olympic teams that have won medals. The 2002 and 2010 teams won silver medals, and the 2006 team captured a bronze. As a member of the U.S. …

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by Tom Renner
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Arena Gymnasts Win Level 7 State Crown Arena Gymnasts Win Level 7 State Crown Arena Gymnasts Win Level 7 State Crown
Arena Gymnasts Win Level 7 State Crown Stamford's Arena Gymnastics dominated the USA Gymnastics Level 7 State Championships in Bristol, tumbling, balancing and vaulting its way to 14 state titles out of the possible 20 events. Arena gymnasts swamped the winners' podium by coming away with three all-around state champions and sweeping first place finishes in all four balance beam age groups. In total, Arena took a staggering 14 gold, five silver and eight bronze medals. Arena's Level 7 squad ran away with the team title last week, posting a total score of 188.2. Second place went to Deary's Gymnastics of Danielson with 184.125 and…

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by Dave Rich
Stamford, CT
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Arena Gymnastics Team Wins Level 7 State Crown Arena Gymnastics Team Wins Level 7 State Crown Arena Gymnastics Team Wins Level 7 State Crown
Arena Gymnastics Team Wins Level 7 State Crown Stamford's Arena Gymnastics dominated the USA Gymnastics Level 7 State Championships in Bristol, tumbling, balancing and vaulting its way to 14 state titles out of the possible 20 events. Arena gymnasts swamped the winners' podium by coming away with three all-around state champions and sweeping first place finishes in all four balance beam age groups. In total, Arena took a staggering 14 gold, five silver and eight bronze medals. Arena's Level 7 squad ran away with the team title last week, posting a total score of 188.2. Second place went to Deary's Gymnastics of Danielson with 184.125 and…

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by Dave Rich
Norwalk, CT
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Next Generation Divers Head to Nationals Next Generation Divers Head to Nationals Next Generation Divers Head to Nationals
Next Generation Divers Head to Nationals Nine young divers representing the Norwalk YMCA will compete this weekend at the YMCA National diving meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. These divers train year round to qualify to compete on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at national level meets. Head coach of Next Generation Diving is Chris Bergere, who is also the head diving coach at Yale University. Bergere has experience coaching on the national and international levels, having coached at the World University Games in 2009 and at the Olympic Trials in 2004. Bergere's expertise has led him to be chosen often as a judge at world class meets…

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by Tom Renner
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Dahl, Duff Run Away With Point Wins Dahl, Duff Run Away With Point Wins Dahl, Duff Run Away With Point Wins
Dahl, Duff Run Away With Point Wins Victor Dahl was the overall winner and Shannon Duff won the women's race Sunday at the B*Cured Point Perspective cross-country race at Tod's Point in Old Greenwich. Dahl, 18, led the field of 286 finishers in the 5-kilometer race with a time of 16:30 that was 12 seconds ahead of runner-up Peter Geithner, 17, from Larchmont, N.Y. Geithner attends Brunswick School in Greenwich. Dahl is a star senior runner for the Greenwich High School cross-country and track teams. George Buchanan, 52, a Stamford native and Shelton resident, placed third in 17:20. Duff, from Greenwich, won the women's divisi…

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by Tom Renner
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Cancer Can't Stop Old Greenwich Triathlete Cancer Can't Stop Old Greenwich Triathlete Cancer Can't Stop Old Greenwich Triathlete
Cancer Can't Stop Old Greenwich Triathlete Karen Newman tackles breast cancer the same way she approaches triathlons: with a smile on her face, courage in her heart and determination in her soul. Newman, a 50-year-old resident of Old Greenwich, proves a positive attitude overcomes all. "Cancer entered our family, and we've turned it into love,'' says Newman, who got her competitive season off to a flying start by winning her age group in the Race for DARE 5K earlier this month in Easton. "I get to go and speak to cancer patients. I'm able to do things I've never been able to do. Your greatest challenges are your greatest lessons. I a…

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