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2 Northern Westchester HS Seniors Join Division I Programs: 'Remarkable Opportunities' 2 Northern Westchester HS Seniors Join Division I Programs: 'Remarkable Opportunities'
2 Northern Westchester HS Seniors Join Division I Programs: 'Remarkable Opportunities' Two talented high school seniors from Northern Westchester have committed to joining Division I college programs and are being recognized for how far their hard work has taken them.  Both Anastasia Byrnes and Elsa Rolfs, who attend Byram Hills High School in Armonk, have committed to Division I college athletics programs, school staff announced on Monday, Nov. 20. Byrnes will go on to play lacrosse at American University in Washington, DC, while Rolfs will join the rowing team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, school officials said, adding that both athletes were c…

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by Ben Crnic
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These Hudson Valley Athletes Will Be Competing At Olympics These Hudson Valley Athletes Will Be Competing At Olympics
These Hudson Valley Athletes Will Be Competing At Olympics Some of the Hudson Valley's top athletes will be wearing the red, white, and blue in Tokyo as they represent the country at the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Japan. The summer games will include more than two dozen athletes from New York - featuring a group of prominent players from the Hudson Valley - who are looking to etch their marks in history with an Olympic medal. Athletes from the region set to compete for medals are: Patrick Kilvehan, age 31, of West Nyack, who will be making his Olympic debut after playing baseball and football at Rutgers University before being drafted by t…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Native Glenn Florio, Olympian, Champion Rower At Fordham, Dies At 53 Westchester Native Glenn Florio, Olympian, Champion Rower At Fordham, Dies At 53
Westchester Native Glenn Florio, Olympian, Champion Rower At Fordham, Dies At 53 A former Olympic rower from Westchester who was as comfortable on the water as he was on land died unexpectedly at the age of 53. Rye native Glenn Florio, a member of the 1988 United States Olympic Rowing team in the double scull who won a bronze medal in the 1986 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight single scull died on Monday, Oct. 26 of unknown causes. Florio earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Fordham University where he was a gold medalist in the single scull at the Collegiate National Championships.  He was a four-time United States high school champion in the s…

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by Zak Failla
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Rower From Westchester Gets National Attention Rower From Westchester Gets National Attention
Rower From Westchester Gets National Attention Robby Schetlick, a senior at Bronxville High School, received a silver medal on Sunday, June 10 as part of a four-man crew team at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships. Schetlick, who competed in the A finals of the Men's Varsity Quad (4x) with the GMS Rowing Center of New Milford, CT, plans to row at the University of Virginia in the fall. Last weekend's competition was at Lake Natoma, Calif. More details about the national championships can be found by clicking here. 

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by Jon Craig