Westport/Weston YMCA


July 21, 2001 - A beautiful Connecticut summer day and warmer water temperatures brought out Point to Point swimmers in droves as a record number of swimmers competed in the 23rd annual event at Compo Beach on Saturday. Staged by the Westport/Weston YMCA, 203 swimmers between the ages of 8 and 83 completed the one mile swimming course.

The swimmers were sent off in fine fashion by Mary Taylor who sang America the Beautiful at the start of the race. Twenty one year old Water Rat swimmer and University of Florida standout Matt Yacco, was the repeat winner this year, adding his title to four others won in previous races. He narrowly defeated 16 year old Brain Carey by one second. The two sprinted out of the water together and it was either one's race until Yacco powered underneath the finish banner.  A former National YMCA champion in the 1650, Matt's time was 16.28 on Saturday. The buzz around local pools this summer had centered on the outcome of this year's race with Water Rat teammates Yacco, Carey and fourteen year old Frisk Driscoll most mentioned as favorites. Driscoll finished fourth, a mere four seconds behind Yacco.

Top female finisher, 18 year old Lindsay Wolf of Fairfield was third overall. Wolf is entering her sophomore year at UCLA Her time was 16:30, two seconds behind Yacco.  24 year old Jessica Knapp of Greenwich was the second fastest female while 16 year old Liz Nugent of Westport was third.  Jessica's time was 16.38 while Liz posted a time of 17:55.

It was a family affair for the Marden-Platow family and the Brink family as four members of each participated in the race. Twelve year old Danny Platow was the top finisher for his family, emerging from the water in 36th place with a time of 19.38. He was followed by brothers Dave, Bart and mother Maura Marden. Sixteen year Robbie Brink led his family in the race finishing 65th with a time of 21.43. He was followed by brother Peter, mother Sandy and father Peter.

This years youngest swimmer was 8 year old Elizabeth Watson of Fairfield while the oldest was 83 year old Al Dupuis of Norwalk. Elizabeth finished in 198th place while Dupuis finished in 202 place. Seven men competed in the most senior category, 75 and older.  Click here for more pictures.

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Place Name Age Time
1 Matt Yacco 21 16:28
2 Brian Carey 16 16:29
3 Lindsay Wolf 18 16:30
4 Frisk Driscoll 14 16:32
5 Jessica Knapp 24 16:38
6 Donnie Stuart 14 17:15
7 Attila Libertiny 22 17:16
8 Elizabeth Nugent 16 17:55
9 Peter Simerman 17 17:55
10 Zachary Dunn 17 17:57
11 Lauren Evanosky 14 17:58
12 Marcia Cleveland 31 18:21
13 Stephen Marcinuk 13 18:26
14 Eric Burns 26 18:30
15 Casey Shufelt 14 18:36
16 Lance Pangutti 19 18:38
17 Gregory Sargent 34 18:46
18 Brian Gibson 39 18:46
19 David Kranz 37 18:47
20 Robert Gary 36 18:48
21 Keenan Koss 13 18:50
22 Sean Fitzpatrick 32 18:56
23 Beth Welsh 24 18:58
24 Lorna C. Morehead 36 18:58
25 Kristin Gary 33 18:59
26 Dave Parcells 43 19:01
27 George Steers 47 19:03
28 Elizabeth Fry 42 19:07
29 Kathryn Roche 17 19:08
30 Rich Callaghan 39 19:15
31 Michael Dunn 13 19:23
32 Jill Looney 34 19:28
33 Michael Parry 37 19:30
34 Jack Geoghegan 59 19:32
35 Jamie Whittendale 13 19:35
36 Danny Platow 12 19:38
37 Chris Rink 18 19:42
38 Bridget Samuel 33 19:45
39 Matt Watson 10 19:48
40 David Platow 14 19:48
41 Tom Meehan 44 20:08
42 Andrew Royster 13 20:13
43 Eric Gordon 27 20:17
44 Claire Nugent 14 20:21
45 Mike Maher 21 20:22
46 Jim Frame 28 20:22
47 Wesley J. Johnson, Jr. 32 20:22
48 Alexandra Jenal 15 20:25
49 Deborah Cashin 30 20:28
50 Dana Haugli 38 20:28
51 James Gatto 42 20:29
52 Ellen Maratea 33 20:37
53 Jay Power 39 20:44
54 Kevin Connors 42 20:47
55 Chet Morton 48 21:00
56 Peter Roche 14 21:02
57 Jack Noonan 44 21:05
58 Sian Nimkoff 37 21:12
59 Robert Skovgaard 48 21:14
60 Kenneth Passero 39 21:16
61 George Hebner 40 21:16
62 Dennis Dressel 50 21:33
63 Matthew McCarthy 34 21:34
64 Dana Laird 39 21:42
65 Robert Brink 16 21:43
66 Mike Laux 59 21:49
67 Gerry McGinley 38 22:00
68 Debbie McGinley 32 22:03
69 Mark Van Summern 44 22:06
70 Anna Smith 12 22:06
71 David Coleman 19 22:08
72 Andrew Ludel 36 22:10
73 David Ofer 45 22:13
74 Frances Gray 28 22:14
75 John Poerinuk 36 22:15
76 David Gunn 33 22:20
77 Gregg Gaulocher 38 22:20
78 Heather Burns 30 22:23
79 Mark Deviney 43 22:26
80 Mike Ronemus 46 22.27
81 John Sullivan 39 22:31
82 Robert Straznitskas 32 22.39
83 Kim Lake 41 23:11
84 Paul Kritemeyer 52 23:25
85 Steve Zambito 47 23:28
86 Dave Samuelsohn 48 23:32
87 Paul Epstein 55 23:34
88 Peter Sinnott 34 23:50
89 Jeff Keith 39 23:53
90 Herve Hamon 39 23:59
91 Peter Moody 58 24:03
92 Peter Crumbine 62 24:03
93 Thomas R. Casey, Jr. 13 24:32
94 Anthony Didio, Jr. 43 24:39
95 Warren Fay 40 24:49
96 Tom Wilkas 40 24:50
97 Fred Gliesing 45 24:50
98 Claudia Steinglass 42 25:01
99 Mary Ann Harmon 45 25:02
100 Amy Salce 10 25:04
101 Jonathan Arceo 28 25:08
102 David Talbot 43 25:16
103 John Cooney 35 25:18
104 Brett Aronow 38 25:20
105 Patrick O’Donnell 27 25:21
106 Peter Brink 14 25:24
107 Michael Sweeney 41 25:24
108 Tommy Mulvoy 24 25:28
109 Patricia Rickart 46 25:29
110 Jim Migliaccio 38 25:32
111 Martin Cashin 29 25:35
112 Bart Platow 10 25:38
113 Rita Caldon 41 25:38
114 Rick Gaenzle 36 25:40
115 Sandy Brink 46 25:40
116 Joanne Frantzis 33 25:44
117 Andrew Coleman 53 25:50
118 Rick Roberts 47 25:53
119 Kerstin Kjellberg 30 25:57
120 Mark B. Mantun 39 25:57
121 Kathleen Savolt 49 25:58
122 Tim Crager 50 26:01
123 Michael F. Barry 45 26:08
124 Thomas Casey 42 26:19
125 Stephanie Bader 15 26:32
126 Heather Traber 35 26:35
127 Rich Moore 46 26:37
128 Terry Brannigan 40 26:38
129 Albert Winslow 40 26:41
130 Julian Niemetz 70 26:44
131 Sue Wilson 49 26:46