Through late December and early January it is not uncommon to see a lot of former Newtown High School athletes – with their collegiate teams on winter break hiatus – visiting their ol’ alma mater, visiting with friends and taking in a game or two.

Here is what those NHS alumni have been doing this winter …

 

Catherine Maher

Trinity College women’s basketball

The senior guard scored 11 points and pulled down five rebounds as the Lady Bantams, in its home opener, posted a 59-45 win over Albertus Magnus College last month.

Maher followed up with a 16-point performance – managed entirely in the second half – as the Lady Bantams smashed Westfield State, 61-49. Fourteen of her points, coming with the aid of four three-pointers, fueled a pivotal 20-9 run that allowed the Lady Bantams to erase a three-point deficit.

Maher then scored 19 points and dished off five assists as Trinity won its third game in a row, 66-54, over Clark University and improved to 6-2.

For the year, Maher – a graduate of St. Margaret’s-McTernan in Waterbury (now known as Chase Collegiate) has averaged 29.5 minutes a game while shooting 29-of-70 from the floor (12-of-39 from three-point land). She has scored 78 points, averaging 9.8 a game, with 15 rebounds, nine steals and 18 assists.

Kacy Foehrenbach

Keene State women’s basketball

A freshman guard for the Keene State women’s basketball team, Foehrenbach has appeared in two games for the 5-1 Lady Owls. She has spent five minutes on the floor and tossed up a shot with a steal, assist and rebound.

Tim Lux

Middlebury College swimming & diving

The Middlebury College men’s swimming and diving team picked up an impressive road win at Springfield last month, earning a 151-149 decision as senior Tim Lux was a double winner.

After helping lead the 200 medley relay ‘A’ team to a second-place finish (by a mere .14 seconds), Lux went on to win the 50 breaststroke at 28.17 (edging teammate Peter Bell by .20 seconds) and the 100 breaststroke at 1:01.75 (edging Ryan Mahoney of Springfield by .20 seconds). In the 100 individual medley, Lux claimed third with a 56.81 mark.

Middlebury will return to the pool on Saturday, January 6, against Colby.

Abby Atkinson

Bucknell University swimming and diving

The Lady Bisons dropped to 1-3-1 with a 129-106 loss to UMBC (University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Atkinson finished fifth in the 200 backstroke at 2:15.20 and fifth in the 200 breaststroke at 2:33.61, earning two points for the cause.

Atkinson was also seventh in the 200 individual medley at 2:15.56.

The Bisons will return to the pool after the holiday break on January 3 for a meet at Princeton University in New Jersey.

Tierney Carey

St. Michael’s College swimming & diving

The sophomore diver was named ECAC Division II Women’s Diver of the Week last month after her performance in dual meets against Skidmore and Potsdam.

In a 161-132 loss to Skidmore, Carey finished first in the one-meter diving with 187.80 points and finished second in the three-meter diving with 167.92 points (less than seven points behind Lauren Bloomenthal of Skidmore). In a 137-95 win over Potsdam, Carey was first in the first one-meter diving event with 143.70 points and first in the second one-meter diving event with 180.80 points.

CJ Maurer

St. Bonaventure swimming & diving

The St. Bonaventure men’s swimming and diving team broke four Koessler Athletic Center Pool records in a 169-64 victory over Canisius last month.

The Bona men took first place in every event and started strong when they claimed gold in the 200-yard medley relay. With the win, St. Bonaventure advanced to 2-3 on the season in dual meets and will return to the pool on January 14 when the travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, to compete against Georgetown and West Virginia.

Amy Robinson

University of Vermont swimming & diving)

The Lady Catamounts will return to the pool on Wednesday, January 10, with a visit to Dartmouth and will be in Connecticut next weekend when they take on Bridgeport and Sacred Heart on Saturday, January 13 and Holy Cross and Central Connecticut on Sunday, January 14.

Amber Butler

Bucknell University cheerleading

Butler is co-captain of a squad that has been cheering on the men’s basketball team (6-7) and women’s basketball team (8-5).

 

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