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6 Regis Alumni News Regis Athletics: A Year In Review by Brad Serton, Athletic Director The 2004-2005 school year was certainly a banner one for Regis athletics. Some teams enjoyed unprecedented success, while many studentathletes collected individual achievements. While we are quite proud of our state championships and post-season honors, we are even more proud to continue our tradition of producing studentathletes who are successful both on and off the field. As we look back on all we have accomplished over the past year, let us remember that our success is not judged by wins and losses but by the effort we put forth on the playing field. A number of teams brought home championships this season. In the fall, the Varsity Cross Country team won meets on consecutive weekends; The Mayor’s Cup All-City Cross Country Championships and the Sacred Heart 5K Invitational. The team finished in the top 5 in the highly competitive New York section of the CHSAA (Catholic High School Athletic Association) and in the top 10 in the ultracompetitive CHSAA Intersectional Championships, which includes schools from all five boroughs and Long Island. The Junior Varsity Soccer team won the CHSAA New York Archdiocesan championship in route to the semi-finals of the intersectional tournament. This winter the basketball program had tremendous success on both the Junior Varsity and Varsity levels. The Junior Varsity finished the regular season as CHSAA Division “B” champions. Unfortunately, the Raiders lost the City Championship game to Blessed Sacrament, a team they had beaten twice during the regular season. These sophomores certainly seem ready for a move up to the varsity after enjoying so much success on the JV level. The Varsity Basketball team had a season to remember. Not only did they successfully defend their 2004 CHSAA City Championship, after being crowned regular season Division “B” champions, but they captured the CHSAA State Championship and the New York State Federation Championship as well. This was the schools first Federation Championship since 1993. With a 20-9 record and the most post-season hardware of any Catholic school in New York City, the basketball program has established itself as one of the premier programs in any division in the CHSAA. Both coaches and players were honored with post-season awards. They included but were not limited to; Head Coach Kevin Cullen, New York Newsday Manhattan Coach of the Year, Daily News Manhattan Coach of the Year; Rob Quinn ’05, CHSAA All Division; Noel Mangan ’05, New York Newsday All Manhattan Second Team, New York Daily News All Manhattan First Team; Andrew Calcagno ’05, New York Daily Star (Oneonta, NY) All State Fourth Team, New York Daily News All Manhattan Honorable Mention; Joe McBride ’06, New York State Federation Tournament MVP, New York Daily Star (Oneonta, NY) All State First Team. During the spring the Junior Varsity Baseball team finished its regular season at 12-5 and took home the Bronx/Manhattan Division Championship. While the Varsity did not enjoy the same level of on the field success as the JV, it was honored by the North Shore Baseball Umpire’s Assignors with its Sportsmanship Award for the third consecutive season. Some of the more impressive individual achievements this season included; Brendan Hannon ’07, Matt Talbot ’05, and Rory Donnelly ’05 all qualified for the New York State Cross Country Championships, Kevin Cullinan ’05 was named to Newsday’s All City Soccer Second Team, Brian Li-a-Ping ’06 set indoor track records for the 400m and 600m, Rob Ranieri ’06 set indoor track records for 55m and 100m high hurdles, Mike Manfred ’05 qualified for CHSAA state golf championships for the fourth consecutive year. At the athletic dinner in May senior Mike Gorynski was awarded the Sean Mannion award for outstanding student-athlete. Mike was a three year varsity letter winner for baseball and soccer. He also played point guard for this year’s state champion basketball team, was named All Division in soccer, and was awarded the MVP of the baseball team. His individual accomplishments are more impressive in that Mike’s teams were always competitive and more often that not contended for championships. He is one of the best athletes Regis has seen in recent years and his talents will be missed. The athletic program at Regis has never been stronger. Our student-athletes are talented and hardworking and our coaching staff is the most dedicated in the CHSAA. While we will miss the class of 2005 and their talents that brought about so much of the success we had this year, a group of eager underclassmen is ready to take their place. These talented student-athletes will help insure success in the Regis Athletic Department for years to come. To The Right: 2005 New York State B Division Federation Basketball Champions.
Summer 2005 7 Regis Repertory: A Year In Review by Kevin Bowles ‘05 It has been said that the Regis Repertory is an activity that gives everyone the chance to shine, to be a star, be it on the stage, in the ticket booth, designing programs, applying makeup, building sets, or performing in the orchestra, and Regis audiences are continually given extremely professional and superlative performances that never fail to satisfy even the greatest theatergoer’s hunger for good drama. In another spectacular year the Repertory proved all of these statements true with its lavish production of “The Scarlet Pimpernel” and the powerfully heartrending and evocative performance of “Romeo and Juliet.” The gifted directorial duo of Tom Kenney and Laurie Haller, both heading to new jobs this fall, made their debut with “The Scarlet Pimpernel” working side by side with the exceptional creative team of veterans Jim Phillips, Kris Cupillari, Cristie Tursi, and George Watson. The roof-raising orchestrations and singing, phenomenal acting—particularly of stars Jeffrey Morris and Lacey Gutekunst, and the professional costumes, sets and lighting astounded students, faculty, friends and family as “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, a breathless adventure story filled with love, sacrifice, loyalty, and deception and set in the dark time of the French Revolution, was brought to the Regis stage. In a grand directorial finale, the exceptionally accomplished Meg Sturiano brought the words of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to life in a magical and innovative way in the round, performing on the theater’s floor. The tragic drama of star-crossed young lovers, starring the gifted underclassman Tully McLoughlin and the beautiful Caroline Giuliani, supported by an incredible cast of players, brought the audience laughter and tears and later brought them to their feet in heartfelt standing ovations during each of the five performances. The year marked many sad curtain calls for the Regis Rep, as the school bids farewell not only to the incomparable Meg Sturiano after her sixth show, but also directors Tom Kenney and Laurie Haller, as well as a group of particularly talented and dedicated seniors, including Jeffrey Morris, Kevin Bowles, David Grunner, Matt Barbot, Fiore Mastroianni, Dani Abatelli, and Emily Lirag. These farewells are made with the proud confidence that the Regis Repertory will continue to thrive as it offers students and teachers a place to come together and create a world of magic, music, drama and dreams on stage. Above: Juliet (Caroline Giuliani) and Romeo (Tully McLoughlin) look out over fair Verona (the Regis auditorium) in a scene from the Regis Rep’s Spring production of Romeo and Juliet. Regis News & Notes Kevin McCarthy, Regis class of 1985, was recently selected by the Wall Street Journal Best of the Street Survey as the number one chemical-industry analyst. When the Regis Alumni News staff contacted Kevin to congratulate him he was very modest saying, “Broken clocks are right twice a day. In my business you’re lucky to be right twice a year.” Well Kevin was indeed right twice this year – in a very big way. The following is the text from the Wall Street Journal article which cites Kevin for his achievement. The top performing chemical-industry analysts in this year’s Best on the Street survey made a good bet: Strong demand for commodity chemicals would more than offset the high cost of energy, which the industry uses for feedstock and to power its plants. Kevin W. McCarthy of Bank of America Corp.’s Banc of America Securities unit in New York made a smart call on Lyondell Chemical Co., a maker of plastic resin, rating it a “buy” from July through the end of the year. Lyondell returned 77% for the period. Westlake Chemical Corp., which Mr. McCarthy recommended in September, returned 59% between then and the end of the year. “Chemicals are a cyclical commodity,” says Mr. McCarthy, the No. 1 chemicals analyst in this year’s rankings. “The question is, at what point do manufacturers gain pricing power?” Mr. McCarthy watches utilization rates -- how much manufacturing capacity chemical companies use. Last year manufacturers were producing at more than 90% of capacity; two key plants had closed the year before, and the remaining operations were ramping up to meet booming demand. Those high rates signaled to Mr. McCarthy that the chemical companies had the upper hand with their customers. The 37-year-old analyst made an even better call on niche player Monsanto Co., which he recommended for the entire year, as it returned 96%. The company achieved significant price increases for its corn and soybean seeds in 2004, he says. In addition, Brazil took big steps to allow its farmers to use Monsanto’s genetically modified soybeans. For 2005, with growth in the demand for commodity chemicals expected to slow a bit, Mr. McCarthy is again looking to Monsanto; he expects its earnings to grow at an average annual rate of 20% over the next five years. “There’s a rich pipeline of products,” he says.
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