Staples Swimmers Celebrate 500th Meet

The Staples boys 500th swim meet Wednesday (they lost to Darien 112-74) was the occasion for a reunion of former Staples swimmers. Among them ( l to r): Mike Laux, Matt Johnson, one of the team’s original three coaches, Rich Rollins, now a Bedford Middle School math teacher, retiring this June, who coached both Staples boys and girls for more than 25 years—not at the same time, Joe Brophy; Mike Krein; Rob Nathan; and Jake Gulick, who was team captain in 1977. Bob Knoebel is partially hiden. Emily Laux Roche for WestportNow.com