By Elle Fair '19
His legs begin to ache, his arms begin to feel sore and his mouth and nose fill up with the cold, chlorine-filled water of the Staples pool. Treading water for more than one minute...
Greenwich High School hosted the annual Cardinal Tournament for boys’ water polo on October 14 and 15. The competition was fierce as many talented teams participated: Staples, Greenwich, Brunswick, and...
While many think the Staples’ pool is empty after swim season in the winter, they are wrong. The girls’ water polo team takes over the pool, vigorously sprinting back and forth and working on passing...
In a school that features nearly 2,000 unique students, it is easy to be forgotten by some of your peers. Reece Armstrong ’16 is not one who has to deal with that problem regularly.
During his three-and-a-half...
Every swim class there are at least three students who come up with some reason to not participate. Common excuses consist of being “allergic to chlorine” or magically having “cramps” every day.
The...
“It looks easy right? It’s not,” Sydney Sussman ‘15 said.
Try it: treading water without using your hands, all while palming off your opponents and simultaneously wrestling a few others,...
Kit Epstein, Web Opinions Editor
• October 18, 2014
Yesterday, the varsity boys’ water polo team wore their blue Speedo swimsuits over leggings to school to celebrate the last home game of the season, Senior Day.
However, by the first lunch wave, several...
Have you ever tried treading water in a six-foot deep pool for an hour while balls fly toward your face, all the while being attacked by four vicious girls from the opposing team? For the girls on the...
