Sports

Watertown Swimmers Make Waves at Boys & Girls Club Nationals

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Members of the Watertown Boys & Girls Club’s swim team, the Wavemakers, competed in the National Boys & Girls Club Championships in St. Petersburg, Fla., and were part of the team that placed third overall, according to the Club. Earlier this month. Watertown Boys & Girls Club attended the 3-day competition as a member of Team New England, the team that came in third place in the national competition! Nineteen swimmers from the Wavemakers attended and many moved on to finals where several swimmers had their personal-best times.

Sports

See the Times for Watertown Runners in the 2016 Boston Marathon

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Once again Watertown had a large contingent running the Boston Marathon in 2016, with 31 residents finishing the full 26.2 miles. The top finisher from Watertown was Christopher Hine, whose time of 2:51:35 placed him 592nd overall. Jason Dunklee also finished in the top 1,000, at 669th and he also finished 64th in the men’s 40-44 division. The top female runner from town was Laurie Nahigian, who ran the race in 3:17:15. She placed 547th among women in the race, and was 18th in the women’s 45-49 division.

Sports

Watertown Hockey Player Continues His Quest to Play in College

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Tyler Gardiner, one of the leaders of Watertown High School’s successful boys hockey team, will keep his dream of playing in college alive by playing for a year with the Boston Junior Rangers of the Eastern Hockey League. Gardiner recently signed with the Junior Rangers’ Premier team, the higher of the two levels. He said this is a typical path to playing hockey in college. “Most colleges don’t take kids under 21. They go to the juniors or have a year of prep school,” Gardiner said.

All-Scholastic

Watertown Girls Basketball Player Named All-Scholastic, Winter All Stars Revealed

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Just a junior, Watertown High School center Shannon Murphy has earned her second All-Scholastic honor this year, as she made the top team of Boston area high schoolers for both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald. 

Murphy and the Raiders fought all the way to the State Final this year before falling to Longmeadow in Springfield. Murphy also made the Middlesex League All-Stars. Verbally committed to play at Holy Cross, Murphy will be back at WHS for one more year. This year she averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds, according to the Globe. The Herald noted that Murphy and a core of seniors helped Watertown’s girls basketball team win its first ever Eastern Mass.

Sports

Baseball League for Children with Special Needs Holding Sign Ups

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The Watertown Challenger Division, sponsored by Mount Auburn Hospital, is a division of Watertown Youth Baseball especially designed for boys and girls age 8-18 with special needs, announced Watertown Youth Baseball. Join us in our fourth year providing this wonderful opportunity for everyone to be part of a team and a community! Along with their baseball skills, all children will work on social pragmatics, team collaboration and much more! Training and support will be provided to children at their level of need. We have trained volunteers and buddies that will help make your child an MVP!

Charity

Watertown Woman Joins Mount Auburn Hospital’s First Ever Marathon Team

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This April, Mount Auburn Hospital’s first-ever Boston Marathon team will be completing the world-famous race in support of the Hoffman Breast Center, including a woman from Watertown, the hospital announced. Thanks to a generous donation of three invitational entries from Chris Connolly, General Manager of Herb Connolly Acura of Framingham, the following Mount Auburn employees have been given the chance to fulfill personal dreams and raise money for the hospital:

Kathleen Forde, Director of Health Information Management who lives in Watertown, will be trading in her long-time spectator status in order to complete her first Boston Marathon. Kathleen will be running to support her coworkers “who live the mission of Mount Auburn.”
Melissa Brangwynne is a nurse at Mount Auburn who made it a personal goal to complete the marathon before her upcoming 30th birthday. In addition to supporting the hospital, Melissa will be running to honor a late friend and soccer teammate who survived the 2013 marathon bombing but unexpectedly passed away earlier this year. Phoebe Matthews is a nurse in Mount Auburn’s operating rooms who, despite the cold, has been training by running to and from work every day.

Around Town

Police Host Watertown Strong 5K; World Marathon Champ Will Attend

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Sign up now for the third annual Watertown Strong 5K Run/Walk hosted by the Watertown Police, and meet the World Marathon Challenge Champion. The Watertown Police Supervisor’s Association will commemorate the anniversary of the events that led to the capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects by inviting the community to fill the streets of Watertown in a celebratory 5K road race. World Marathon Challenge champion Becca Pizzi, of Belmont, who ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days and won them all, will be at the Watertown Strong Race. The event will be Sunday, April 17, 2016 beginning at Tufts Health Plan, 705 Mt. Auburn St.

Around Town

Belmont Savings Hosting Fun Run With World Marathon Challenge Runner Becca Pizzi

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Belmont Savings Bank announced its sponsorship of the first-ever Becca Pizzi Family Fun Run on Sunday, April 10. The 5K race is in recognition of Belmont native Becca Pizzi’s accomplishment as the first U.S. woman to complete the World Marathon Challenge, in addition to serving as a special sendoff celebration for Pizzi and other runners competing at this year’s Boston Marathon. The race will begin and end at Belmont High School track. Registration and bib pick-up begins at 7:30 a.m., with the 5K beginning at 9 a.m., with the 1-mile kid’s race starting at 9:05 a.m. T-shirts will be given to the first 200 runners participating in the 5K with all proceeds from the event going to the Becca Pizzi Scholarship Fund, via the Belmont Boosters. “Becca is a remarkable role model to young Belmont residents through her tireless drive and emphasis on hard work and healthy exercise,” said Bob Mahoney, president and chief executive officer, Belmont Savings Bank.