Field Improvements, Live TV Described in New Canaan Athletics Program Presentation

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Renovations for Dunning Field, proposed new turf fields and live TV streaming of New Canaan and other FCIAC high school sports games are what the New Canaan High School athletics department will be planning for in the upcoming school year.

That’s according to the school’s Athletic Director Jay Egan, who gave a presentation about the athletic program at a Board of Education meeting on Aug. 17.

This selection of Power Point illustrations from Egan’s presentation to the board (not in the order Egan gave them):

Egan’s presentation also described the values that the athletic program tries to instill in student sports players and compared the budget of the athletic program with those of Darien and Wilton.

Jay Egan Athletic Director Presentation

Jay Egan, athletic director for New Canaan Public Schools, gave a presentation last week to the Board of Education on the athletic program in the district.

Egan also listed numerous victories and awards school athletes and teams achieved in the last  school year:

  • New Canaan High School was the only high school in Connecticut to win four state championships during the 2015 spring season. No High School won more (Weston and Bloomfield each one three.)
  • The Girls Field Hockey team won the FCIAC Championship, beating Darien for the first time in 10 years.
  • The football team won the CIAC Class MM Championship, defeating Darien and avenging their Turkey Bowl loss.
  • Girls Swim and Dive: Kylie Tobin won the state Open Diving Championship and set a new state record for total points.
  • Boys Tennis: CIAC Class L champions.
  • Girls Swim: 400 Free Style relay set a new state record at the Open Meet. They beat Darien, which had just broken the record three days earlier at a different state meet.
  • Zach Allen was named the 2014 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year for football and is an honor student.
  • Boys Golf: FCIAC and Division 2 CIAC champions
  • Boys Lacrosse: CIAC Class M champions
  • Girls Lacrosse: CIAC Class M Champions
  • New Canaan was awarded the FCIAC Cup for the fourth time in five years. This is “symbolic of the finest athletic program in the league,” according to Egan’s presentation, which added: “The criteria for this award includes: percentage of the student body participating in athletics, number of coaches/administrators who volunteer as league officials or sport committee chairpersons, sportsmanship and competitive results.”

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