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July 29, 2021 | AppenMedia.com | An Appen Media Group Publication | Ser ving the community since 1976
Dunwoody freestyler takes Olympic gold in 4x100 relay By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com
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Prior to the Peachtree Junior Wildcats softball club tryouts, which were held on Monday, organizers held an open practice that drew about a dozen prospective players. About 20 are expected to try out for the team, according to organizers.
Strong community support boosts school softball club BY CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody resident Jeff Cantwell saw a gap in opportunities for middle school girls’ softball, and with the help of the several organizations, has started a club at Peachtree Middle School. “I saw that a lot of girls who had played at Murphey Candler (Softball Association) were headed to travel teams, or had joined programs at their schools, like Sandy Springs and Cham-
blee Middle School,” Cantwell said. “While my daughter (Molly, a rising sixth grader at Peachtree) and I were looking at travel teams, I thought that it was important that Peachtree have a league that was both developmental and competitive that would feed into the Dunwoody High School team.” Through Facebook and other social media channels, Cantwell, along with team coach Matt Rosenkoff, promoted the idea of fielding a softball program
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Brooks Curry, the 20-year-old underdog, earned a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics as a member of the 4x100 freestyle relay team. Curry swam in the preliminaries, winning first place in the second heat. He swam alongside Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple and Bowe Becker. Although he did not swim in the finals, each member of the relay team receives a medal and Curry’s performance is credited with helping carry the team to the finals.
At the event’s medal ceremony, Caeleb Dressel, who took Curry’s place in the finals, threw his medal to Curry in the stands. In the Olympic Trials, Brooks swam the fourth fastest time in the 100-meter freestyle finals to secure a position on the 4x100-meter men’s relay team. Curry, who grew up in Dunwoody Club Forest and attended Vanderlyn Elementary and Peachtree Charter Middle School, had been a standout during his freshman and sophomore years at LSU, but few thought he had a chance to make the elite team out of the 65 or so invited swimmers that competed last week for the coveted slots.
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Brooks Curry celebrates after he finishes fourth in the 100-meter freestyle in Omaha, Neb., which qualified him for the U.S. Olympic team.