Members of the Staples Girls Field Hockey Team ran through their paces today at Westport’s Compo Beach under the watchful eye of Coach Ralph Unker.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Under the sign for the Westport Road Runners, participants prepare for the 5.85 miler at Compo Beach Saturday as part of the 45th annual summer series. Laddie Lawrence, a 1964 Staples graduate and track and field, coach, has been organizing the season for the Parks and Recreation Department for much of that time. The distance increases each week, leading up to a 10-mile race on Labor Day. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Miggs Burroughs for WestportNow.com

The team from the Westport Weston Family Y won today’s 15-mile Swim Across the Sound charity event in record time.

The race began in Port Jefferson, N.Y. and ended at Bridgeport’s Captain’s Cove.

The six-man Y team broke the record by almost half an hour, finishing in 4 hours, 47 minutes, beating the previous best relay team time of 5 hours, 15 minutes set in 1998.

About 250 swimmers participated in the race, which raised money for the St. Vincent’s Foundation.

Sean Mulcahy: Recovering from neck injury. Bengals.com photoFormer Staples and UConn football standout Sean Mulcahy was injured during a training camp practice Monday morning with the Cincinnati Bengals in Georgetown, Ky. But he was back at camp hours later.

“The Bengals suffered a scary moment at Monday morning’s practice when they watched an ambulance drive on the field and take tight end Sean Mulcahy while strapped to a stretcher with a neck injury,” the team’s Web site, bengals.com said. 

“But by the time the Bengals practiced Monday night, Mulcahy was back at camp resting comfortably and ready to meet Tuesday with club doctors about his neck/spinal injury. He’s expected to have a full medical recovery but the continuation of his career will no doubt be discussed.”

The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Mulcahy was running a blocking drill when the injury occurred, Bengals.com said. Public relations director Jack Brennan reported Mulcahy was joking and conversing with nurses at the University of Kentucky Trauma Center a short time after he was admitted, it said. 

The Westport American 10/11 All-Star Team advances to the sectionals beginning on Thursday following Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Fairfield National at Unity Field in Trumbull. It was Westport’s first Little League district win since 2003 and capped an an exciting run through the district tournament in which the team won five of six games with strong pitching, great defense and timely hitting. Team members are pictured celebrating after Sunday’s victory. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo