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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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Athlete Rides, Runs to National Title Norwalk Athlete Rides, Runs to National Title Norwalk Athlete Rides, Runs to National Title
Norwalk Athlete Rides, Runs to National Title Eneas Freyre won his third straight age group title in last month's Duathlon National Championships. Now, the 34-year-old Norwalk resident hopes for better fortune at the world championships in September. Freyre, a Greenwich native who helped open and runs the Fitness programs at Targetraining in Westport, won the 35-39 age group title last month in Arizona. He covered the distance in 1:27:03 and finished third overall in a field of 473 contestants. The race consisted of a 5K run, a 35K bike ride and a 5K run. (Freyre turns 35 in the summer, putting him in the 35-39 age group). The victory …

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Norwalk Pitcher Wins Big East Honor Norwalk Pitcher Wins Big East Honor Norwalk Pitcher Wins Big East Honor
Norwalk Pitcher Wins Big East Honor Norwalk's Matt Iannazzo, a junior pitcher for the University of Pittsburgh baseball team, was named the Big East Pitcher of the Week on Monday. The left-hander threw a complete game on Friday against West Virginia as the Panthers swept the weekend series to clinch a Big East tournament berth. "Matt has been solid for us all year," head coach Joe Jordano said on the Pitt website. "Each time he takes the mound, you know he's going to give a competitive effort." In Friday's series-opener, Iannazzo allowed just six hits and one unearned run while walking two and striking out a career-high e…

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Norwalk Woman Receives Top Honor at Colgate Norwalk Woman Receives Top Honor at Colgate Norwalk Woman Receives Top Honor at Colgate
Norwalk Woman Receives Top Honor at Colgate Norwalk's Kiki Koroshetz, a standout on the Colgate University women's soccer team, received the 1819 Award at the senior awards convocation last Saturday. The award is the most selective and prestigious gives to a graduating senior by the university. President Jeffrey Herbst presented her with the award. "Kiki's positive energy and passion for learning was evident from the first time I met her," women's soccer coach Kathy Brawn said on the Colgate website. "Her unassuming, selfless nature, combined with her ability to excel in all facets of life, made everyone and everything around her bet…

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Darien, CT
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Darien Football Players Clean Up at Car Wash Darien Football Players Clean Up at Car Wash Darien Football Players Clean Up at Car Wash
Darien Football Players Clean Up at Car Wash The Darien High School football team washed cars Saturday at Middlesex Middle School. The money raised will go toward new road jerseys for the team. Darien opens spring football practice June 10, and the annual Blue-White game is scheduled for June 19. Darien opens its 2011 season Sept. 16 against Fairfield Ludlowe. Darien won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship game last year, defeating Trumbull, 17-7. The Blue Wave also reached the semifinals of the Class L tournament. Do you have pictures from your team working at a fundraiser? Send them to trenner@mains…

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New Canaan, CT
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New Canaan Boys Crush Relay Record New Canaan Boys Crush Relay Record New Canaan Boys Crush Relay Record
New Canaan Boys Crush Relay Record New Canaan's 4 x 800 relay team crushed the meet record to win the event at Saturday's Loucks Games at White Plains High School in New York. The team of Alexia Spinu, Patrick Daly, Brant Hoffman and Hensen Orser ran 7:58.84, shattering the previous mark of 8:04.49 set in 2010 by Byram Hills. The time is also a school record. The Rams won the race by more than eight seconds ahead of runner-up St. Anthony's of New York. The time earns the Rams the No. 1 time among Connecticut schools in the event for the outdoor season, according to the web service dyestat.com. In the 800 open race, Daly fini…

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Darien, CT
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Darien Rugby Stops St. Peter's Prep Darien Rugby Stops St. Peter's Prep Darien Rugby Stops St. Peter's Prep
Darien Rugby Stops St. Peter's Prep The Darien High School rugby team defeated a strong St. Peter's Prep side, 31-14, in Jersey City Sunday to finish 4-0-1 and first in its division in the New York Metropolitan League. Following hard on the heels of notable victories over Keio, Xavier and Delbarton–schools with long-established and strong rugby traditions–Sunday's victory marks a crowning achievement for Darien in only its fourth season of competition. Having made a significant mark on the regional scene over the recent past, Blue Wave Rugby looks set to become a powerful force over the years ahead. Darien started slowly ag…

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New Canaan, CT
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Battle of Barges Highlights New Canaan Sprints Battle of Barges Highlights New Canaan Sprints Battle of Barges Highlights New Canaan Sprints
Battle of Barges Highlights New Canaan Sprints The highlight of the New Canaan Sprints Spring Regatta is definitely the Battle of the Barges. Used to teach beginners how to row, the barge is a 43-foot vessel with sweep rowers sitting side by side with space to allow a coach to walk down the center. It is never seen in competition; except twice a year when the Maritime Rowing Club stages the race to give its middle schoolers a sense of competition and to celebrate the end of the club’s learn-to-row program. It takes 12 rowers, a cox and a coach to power the barge down the 1,000 meter course. As the barge reaches the finish line the crowd e…

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Norwalk Ace Talks About No-Hitter Norwalk Ace Talks About No-Hitter Norwalk Ace Talks About No-Hitter
Norwalk Ace Talks About No-Hitter Norwalk High pitcher James Cooksey talks to the media after his no-hitter Monday against archrival Brien McMahon. The Bears won, 6-0. Were you able to watch Cooksey's no-hitter? Start the discussion below!

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CBC Rowers Cream Kent Contestants CBC Rowers Cream Kent Contestants CBC Rowers Cream Kent Contestants
CBC Rowers Cream Kent Contestants Connecticut Boat Club rowers tuned up for this weekend's Northeast championships by winning all four races it entered Saturday at the Kent Invitational. CBC's first boat with coxswain Katherine Isaza, Rosie Grinalds, Lucy Grinalds, Abby Stevenson, Maria Lycouris, Maddie Stearns, Christine Bragg, India Knight and Heather Oudheusden cruised home in 4:55.5, six seconds ahead of Kent. CBC's second boat included cox Ali Hornung, Lexie Lynn, Abbie Frey, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Tori Babchak, Meg Galloway, Emily Crump, Caroline Cochrane and Alex Enzor. They finished in 5:04.6, nearly 12 seconds ahead …

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Norwalk High's Cooksey No-Hits McMahon Norwalk High's Cooksey No-Hits McMahon Norwalk High's Cooksey No-Hits McMahon
Norwalk High's Cooksey No-Hits McMahon Norwalk High baseball pitcher James Cooksey said he had never pitched no-hitter in any level of baseball. The senior right-hander picked a prime spot Monday to get his first one. Cooksey no-hit archrival Brien McMahon, 6-0, at the Senators' home field. He walked one, struck out seven and put the Bears in the driver's seat in the race to qualify for the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference playoffs. "When we were on the bench I was thinking, after the fourth inning, 'Hey, I have a no-hitter,''' Cooksey said. "Then I thought, wait, it's a perfect game. Then I went out and walk…

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