Electronic Score Board Installed at Yorktown MS/HS Pool

Yorktown Heights, NY -- Yorktown High School and Middle School athletes and students will notice a big change at the

swimming pool allowing them to better track their times in competitions.

The recently refurbished pool now has a state-of- the-art Time System Aquatic Touch Pad Score

Board that will let competing swimmers verify their race times quickly and automatically. And

not incidentally, the new system will allow the district to meet the current standards for high

school swimming competitions.

Yorktown Schools Athletic Director Fio Nardone said the swimming pool is used by several

hundred high school and middle school swimmers each year throughout the Hudson Valley area

and explained that this installation is a great benefit to swimmers who compete and to the

district in hosting competitions.

“Having this Touch Pad Scoring System will have a positive impact on both the boys and girls

varsity swim teams and the entire school community. It shows how serious we are about helping

our athletes pursue their dreams,” Nardone said at the unveiling of the electronic board.

The swimming pool in the Mildred E. Strang Middle School is used by all middle school students

during physical education classes and by high school swim teams.

When the district made numerous upgrades to the pool and filtration system in recent years

funding was not available for electronic scoring pads. The new system had a $20,000 price tag

and was funded through two grants in a project that was completed during the summer.

One grant was from H.W. Wilson Foundation, which provides financial assistance for

educational causes and was established by H.W. Wilson, a resident of Yorktown. A former

company representative James Phelan and his wife Eileen, suggested this grant to the district’s

booster club The Huskers, which coordinated the donation.

The second half of the funding came from a state grant supported by State Sen. Terrence

Murphy of Yorktown.

“I am proud to be a partner of this important project that helps Yorktown's swimming pool move

further into the 21st Century. This equipment will not only enhance our swim teams but will be a

great asset to teach other kids the joy of swimming,” Murphy said as the equipment was

unveiled.

Swim captains Madison Townes, Kendall John and Madelana Wrubel, all seniors, said they

were looking forward to the fall swim season even more now.

“We can see our own times and everyone else’s,” said Kendall John.

“Now when we break records we will know right away!” added Madison Townes.