Author: Tom Faranda

UPDATE: The record for CHSAA freshman in this event s 143'9", so Tim would have needed another 10 feet or so to break it. Having won the NYCHSAA (That's Catholic High School Athletic Association) javelin on Wednesday, yesterday he won at the biggest meet, which includes not just Manhattan and Westchester, but also Long Island,…

A Catholic thing – the rosary of course. These were the mysteries introduced by JP 2 in 2002, as a way of filling in the time between the Joyful Mysteries (birth of Christ) and the Sorrowful Mysteries (death of Christ). I always presumed John Paul put them together but evidently he took them from this…

Today's NYCHSAA freshman/sophomore sectionals, out on Staten island. His third throw 130', passing the Fordham Prep boy, who finished second at 117'. Tim's previous best javelin throw at the Randall's Island meet eight days ago was 120'5". The same Fordham Prep boy came second in that one also. Tim also made the finals in the…

Luckily, Tim has not done this – or had it done to him. Long ago – 1981 – when I was working my last year in the Caribbean, half my teaching schedule was “gym”. Pretty neat living in Cayman and wearing gym togs to work! Anyway, on “Field Day” toward the end of the school…

Two more yesterday, in a big meet in Somers, NY. Easily a couple of thousand people from dozens and dozens of schools. Tim raised his shot put best from 33 feet to 34 feet 5 inches. If you look at the video, you may just see that as he turns away from me (the camera!),…

As in personal best, or personal record. It’s been a good seven days. Last week he hit a new best on the bench press at 250, then did a PB with the 12 lb shot put of 32’11” at a meet in Beacon, NY. And the next day squatted 335 lbs – another PB. On…

Here it is – co-written with Judy Anderson. And with a picture from our recent live streamed forum, which you can also reach through the link. Community view: Clinic law aims to restrict speech

Good feature in the NY Times. Not a quick read, but well worth the time. For more than a decade, neuroscientists and physiologists have been gathering evidence of the beneficial relationship between exercise and brainpower. But the newest findings make it clear that this isn’t just a relationship; it is the relationship. Using sophisticated technologies…

Ahhh, my college roommates granddaughter, who was born four months premature. You can read a bit about that here, A new – and tiny – baby or here Baby Emma goes home!, or simply type Emma in the search box to the right. Go here to see how she’s doing (GREAT!) at one and a…