CHELSEA PIERS TEAM MEMBERS RECRUITED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

June 25, 2018

(Stamford, CT – June 25, 2018) – Chelsea Piers Connecticut is proud to announce that athletes competing under the umbrella of the Chelsea Piers Athletic Club will continue to compete in their respective sports at the collegiate level this fall.

Chelsea Piers Connecticut is home to high-level competitive teams in eight sports. Since opening in 2012, the competitive team program has gained local, regional and national recognition for its elite level coaches and competitive athletes.                     

In addition to college commitments, other CP-AC athlete accomplishments include18 players from the CP-AC Water Polo team who were sent to the Olympic Development National Championships; five were selected for the USA National Team Selection Camp.  The CP-AC Swim Team won the 2018 Speedo Sectionals Championship Series in Ithaca, NY, with a total of 1,205 points, sent two swimmers to compete at the Phillips 66 Nationals Championships, and was awarded the 2018 designation of “Silver Medal Club” for the second straight year on the USA Swimming Club Excellence List. Chelsea Piers Squash team members (and sisters) Lucy and Marina Stefanoni won National Championships in the Girls U15 and Girls U19 divisions. For Marina it was her 3^rdconsecutive U19 National Championship.

Athletes who will continue to pursue excellence as student-athletes at top colleges and universities in the fall include the following:

CP-AC Swimming

Isabel Blaze – Darien, CT – Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Mary Christensen – Darien, CT – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Alexander Clark – Darien, CT – Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Lillian Clisham – Greenwich, CT – Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Rebekah Lockery – Stamford, CT – Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

Kelly Montesi – Greenwich, CT – Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Carly Rutledge – Darien, CT – Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Amelia Sicignano – Fairfield, CT – Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Alexandra Truwit – Darien, CT – Yale University, New Haven, CT

CP-AC Water Polo

Jake Florio – Stamford, CT – Connecticut College, New London, CT

Jack Lewis – Wilton, CT – Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Bailey O’Mara – Darien, CT – Fordham University, Bronx, NY

Jenna Polidoro – Tolland, CT – Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA

Isaac Salinas – Spring City, PA – United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Stephen Salle – Chads Ford, PA – Brown University, Providence, RI

John Steele – Old Greenwich, CT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

CP-AC Volleyball

Carson Allsteadt – New Canaan, CT – Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Ava Campano – Redding, CT – University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA

Tara Ford – Greenwich, CT – Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Andrea O’Connor – Stamford, CT – High Point University, High Point, NC

Ali Wheeler – Darien, CT – Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Nicole Wood – Greenwich, CT – Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

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