Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 5/30/2021 9:50:03 PM
Conant junior Garrett Somero became an unlikely state champion at Wednesday’s NHIAA Division III track and field championships at Gilford. Somero, a baseball player recruited by Conant track coach Bill Edson to try his hand at some field events, had only practiced the shot put twice this spring before tossing a qualifying distance at Conant’s last chance meet. On Wednesday, Somero took on the best of DIII – many of whom had been training for years – and hurled the shot put a personal best 45 feet to win the state title.
“It feels amazing,” Somero said. “Even though I didn’t put many hours in, I feel as though with some more training, I can turn some heads and put my name out there for this sport.”
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Conant hosted Mascenic and Monadnock for a track meet on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Conant hosted Mascenic and Monadnock for a track meet on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Conant hosted Mascenic and Monadnock for a track meet on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Conant hosted Mascenic and Monadnock for a track meet on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Staff photo by Ben Conant
Conant hosted Mascenic and Monadnock for a track meet on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Staff photo by Ben Conant
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It was the morning of the 9/11 attacks, and John Mormando was watching Barney & Friends with his kid. Not 10 minutes later, he switched channels and watched the towers come down on live television.
Normally he would have been working downtown as a trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange, only a few blocks from the World Trade Center. But his wife was on a business trip, so he stayed home with his 2-year-old son. Six days went by, and Mormando was ordered to go back to work.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the air was safe to breathe at Ground Zero. Later a 2003 report from the Office of Inspector General found that the EPA did not have enough information to make that claim.