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TORRINGTON - Sara Brewer, Torrington's new athletic director, played three sports while attending the MacDuffie School in Massachusetts, but her No. 1 athletic love was always equestrian.
She took her first horse-riding lesson at age 6, got her first horse at 12 and competed in horse shows along the Eastern Seaboard from New England down to Virginia until she left for college. The then Suffield resident won her circuit championship several times and was even high-point champion in Massachusetts and reserve high-point champion in Connecticut.
"I was successful," Brewer said, "but it wasn't about the ribbons, though I do love blue. It was about the camaraderie. It was about working with this 2,000-pound animal and trying to convince him that he wanted to do what I wanted him to do. It was a lot of fun."
She will bring the lessons learned in the horse ring, along with plenty of others gleaned from years in sports, to the new position she took over July 1 from retired Torrington athletic director Mike McKenna. Certainly, she has already shown a knack for adaptability in 15 years at the high school.
After graduating from MacDuffie, Brewer earned a degree in athletic training from Endicott College in Massachusetts and a teaching certificate from Central Connecticut (and later advanced degrees online from Canisius and the University of New England). Like McKenna before her, she was originally an athletic trainer for Torrington before joining the faculty as an allied health and sports medicine teacher.
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She took her first horse-riding lesson at age 6, got her first horse at 12 and competed in horse shows along the Eastern Seaboard from New England down to Virginia until she left for college. The then Suffield resident won her circuit championship several times and was even high-point champion in Massachusetts and reserve high-point champion in Connecticut.
"I was successful," Brewer said, "but it wasn't about the ribbons, though I do love blue. It was about the camaraderie. It was about working with this 2,000-pound animal and trying to convince him that he wanted to do what I wanted him to do. It was a lot of fun."
She will bring the lessons learned in the horse ring, along with plenty of others gleaned from years in sports, to the new position she took over July 1 from retired Torrington athletic director Mike McKenna. Certainly, she has already shown a knack for adaptability in 15 years at the high school.
After graduating from MacDuffie, Brewer earned a degree in athletic training from Endicott College in Massachusetts and a teaching certificate from Central Connecticut (and later advanced degrees online from Canisius and the University of New England). Like McKenna before her, she was originally an athletic trainer for Torrington before joining the faculty as an allied health and sports medicine teacher.
#Athletic #torrington #sports
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FuelCell Energy reported a wider fiscal Q2 loss after a $42.6 million non-cash impairment tied to its Groton Navy project, even as adjusted EBITDA improved year over year. Revenue fell 5% to $35.6 million, with weaker service and generation revenue partly offset by higher product and advanced technology revenue.
Management highlighted a rapidly expanding sales pipeline, which grew to 4 gigawatts and is now about 89% tied to data center opportunities. The company also introduced a new 12.5-megawatt modular fuel cell product aimed at AI and grid-constrained customers.
FuelCell Energy raised its planned Torrington manufacturing expansion to 500 megawatts annually from 350 megawatts, with an estimated cost of $200 million to $275 million. The company ended the quarter with $440.9 million in cash and said it remains essentially debt-free, while continuing to finance growth through project and equity options.
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FuelCell Energy reported a wider fiscal Q2 loss after a $42.6 million non-cash impairment tied to its Groton Navy project, even as adjusted EBITDA improved year over year. Revenue fell 5% to $35.6 million, with weaker service and generation revenue partly offset by higher product and advanced technology revenue.
Management highlighted a rapidly expanding sales pipeline, which grew to 4 gigawatts and is now about 89% tied to data center opportunities. The company also introduced a new 12.5-megawatt modular fuel cell product aimed at AI and grid-constrained customers.
FuelCell Energy raised its planned Torrington manufacturing expansion to 500 megawatts annually from 350 megawatts, with an estimated cost of $200 million to $275 million. The company ended the quarter with $440.9 million in cash and said it remains essentially debt-free, while continuing to finance growth through project and equity options.
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