Kristi Kirshe "Paris Olympics Conversation" - (video)

Franklin TV broadcast the celebration on the Town Common Tuesday, Aug 23, 2024 to welcome home Olympic women's rugby medalist, Kristi Kirshe.

The video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID6Y8kDV89U

Other photos captured during the event can be found in one album ->

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MZQZLUA4aykoK16B8

State Rep Jeff Roy with Kristi Kirshe

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, August 20, 2024?

Tuesday, August 20

9:00am Fallen Hero: Edward C. Dailey (Veterans Walkway, Franklin Town Common)

11:00am Community Closet (Franklin Federated Church)

6:00pm Kristi Kirshe - Welcome Home Event (Franklin Town Common)

6:00pm Table Top (Franklin Public Library)

7:00pm Musical Bingo (Raillery Public House)

7:30pm Voice of Franklin, part of Toastmasters International (Franklin TV Studio)

**   Town Meetings today   **

• Community Preservation Committee Meeting (Council Chambers & Franklin TV broadcast)

Event Date:  Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 7:00pm

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/_2024-08-20_cpc_agenda.pdf

• Sustainability Subcommittee (3rd Floor Trng Room & Zoom)

Event Date:  Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 7:00pm

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/sustainability_-agenda_2024-8-20_0.pdf

What's happening today in Franklin? 

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Why are there multiple calendars?

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/upcoming

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars

Friendly Reminder: the Kristi Kirshe Celebration - Aug 20 at 6 PM on the Town Common

Via Franklin Recreation:

"We can’t wait to celebrate with Kristi Kirshe next Tuesday, August 20 at 6 PM, Franklin Town Common."

Friendly Reminder: the Kristi Kirshe Celebration - Aug 20 at 6 PM on the Town Common

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Update on the Kristi Kirshe Celebration - Aug 20, 2024 at 6 PM on the Town Common

An update from Franklin Recreation:

"Franklin's own Olympic hero, Kristi Kirshe, will be returning from Paris to Franklin, MA on Monday, August 19.  

We invite you to join us for a welcome home celebration on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 6:00 PM at the Franklin Town Common, located at 200 Main Street. 

The evening will feature a police escort by the Franklin Police, followed by a brief ceremony where Kristi will be honored with citations from State Representative Jeffrey Roy and the Franklin Town Council. 

Residents will have the opportunity to hear Kristi share her inspiring journey from Franklin Youth Sports through Franklin High School, Williams College, and her achievements with the United States Women’s Rugby Team during a question and answer session hosted by Myfm 101.3 Ray Auger.  

• Franklin TV will broadcast the whole ceremony on their YouTube channel 
• A photo session will follow immediately after the event

Please join us in welcoming home Kristi.

Update on the Kristi Kirshe Celebration - Aug 20, 2024 at 6 PM on the Town Common

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Olympic Recognition: Kristi Kirshe, Tuesday, August 20 at 6 PM on the Town Common

Via Ryan Jette, Franklin Recreation Director:

Wanted to give you ... a heads up as you've always been a huge supporter of recreation and youth sports. Tuesday, August 20 at 6:00 PM, we are putting on a huge welcome home celebration for Kristi Kirshe on the Town Common. 

Working out all the detail with the family now. But we'll invite the whole community and her family is so happy. Flowers and hopefully a proclamation from the Council and a Q&A for the young athletes to ask her about her experience. 

Should be a fun night. Please spread the word.  

Thanks again"

~Ryan Jette
https://www.franklinma.gov/recreation-department

Olympic Gold Recognition: Kristi Kirshe, Tuesday, August 20 at 6 PM on the Town Common

NCAA shared video of Kristi Kirshe touting her development through Division 3

NCAA (@NCAA) posted  on Thu, Aug 01, 2024:

The @NCAADIII experience helped @KirsheBar balance education and sports, taking her all the way to an Olympic bronze medal with @USARugby! 🏉👏

#OlympiansMadeHere x #WhyD3

Shared from ->  https://t.co/sNa3zsHJ2k

Direct YouTube link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlScx42_BF4

Kristi Kirshe recognized with banner on railroad bridge

SPECIAL OLYMPIC shout out to Franklin’s own Kristi Kirshe!

Kristi Kirshe recognized with banner on railroad bridge

Kristi Kirshe highlights through the years (Franklin Matters archives)

• 2012 led the FHS girls to the State Championships in soccer https://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/11/franklin-high-school-girls-soccer-2012.html
• 2013 named Top Student Athlete for Hockomock League https://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/06/hockomocksports-top-student-athlete.html
• 2014 playing for Williams College  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/12/its-amazing-to-be-in-national.html
• 2019 profile in Pantherbook (saved via the Internet Archive)   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WP4VLiSB5NBDkGp6k2G105CwgjFmEKnc/view?usp=drive_link
• 2019 profile in HockomockSports.com (subscription required)   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/02/in-all-sports-and-no-matter-what-stage.html
• 2021 Boston Globe reported on Kristi being named to the Olympic roster  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/06/the-boston-globe-franklins-kristi.html

Senior Center happenings for the week of June 10-17, 2024

Via the Franklin Senior Center:

"The SENIOR OLYMPICS kick off Monday at 10 AM!!

What are you signed up for? Plus Drumming, guided meditation, board games and so much more!

We are not your average senior center. Come visit and see what’s happening at the #franklinseniorcenter

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Senior Center happenings for the week of June 10-17, 2024

Senior Center events for the week of June 3 - 7

JUNE REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!!!

Stop by or call to sign up for June events.

The SENIOR OLYMPICS starts on June 10th! What are you signing up for?!?!

Senior Center events for the week of June 3 - 7

 

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Check the Franklin Senior Center page for additional info on these events

https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

Register today for the Senior Center Olympics next week June 13-17

Calling All Seniors- Come Participate in our First Annual Senior Olympics!! From a 1/2 mile walk to a Bocce Tournament to even a Watermelon Carving Contest- we have a lot of opportunities for you to compete while having fun! Get out of your comfort zone, athlete or not, and join us June 13-17, 2022! 

Register Now - Online Form to Register: https://forms.gle/oJVU7BwLZCkqybbj6

Or Call the Senior Center 508-520-4945!

$5 to compete in any and all events (includes T-Shirt)
$10 to compete and join us for the GO FOR THE GOLD MONTHLY PARTY on Friday June 17th

Additional information in the newsletter -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/franklin_senior_center_june_2022_newsletter_final.pdf

Olympics at the Senior Center

Senior Olympics at the Senior Center

"I do think it’s a dance. It’s poetry. It’s balance. It’s grace. It’s power"

"The throwers at her school had an annual spaghetti dinner, and they said that anybody who tried their discipline could come to the dinner. “Weirdly, food was my incentive,” Allman remembered, and when she went to throw the discus, she had discovered how familiar it felt to dancing.

“I think it’s a second-and-a-half dance that you do hundreds of times and it’s really repetitive, but gosh-darn, I do think it’s a dance. It’s poetry. It’s balance. It’s grace. It’s power,” Allman said, and all of those virtues together are what defined her performance Monday night to give the U.S. track and field team its first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics — and its first gold in women’s discus since 2008."

Continue reading the article online (subscription maybe required)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/08/02/valarie-allman-discus-olympics/

Watch a brief video of her winning toss -> https://youtu.be/silrPLJrvFU
   

Team USA's Valarie Allman reacts while competing in the women's discus final. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)

Keeping wits and hope alive

For the runners among us:

"For the first third of his preliminary race at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Sean McGorty ran comfortably, keeping pace near the front of a heap of 14 runners. He had started running the 3,000-meter steeplechase — a middle-distance event that requires competitors to hurdle high, hard barriers, sometimes over 2½-feet-deep pits of water — in May, but already he had achieved the qualifying standard.

McGorty, a Fairfax native and Chantilly High graduate, entered Oregon’s Hayward Field hopeful to reach the Tokyo Olympics. To secure his place in the final, he would need to finish in the top five. Everything was going to plan one kilometer in, until it wasn’t. A runner stepped on the back of McGorty’s right foot, ripping down the heel of his shoe.

“I got a flat tire,” McGorty said."

Continue reading the article online (subscription maybe required)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/06/22/sean-mcgorty-olympic-trials/

Sean McGorty finished ninth in his preliminary heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

The Boston Globe: "Franklin’s Kristi Kirshe named to US women’s rugby Olympic roster"

"Kristi Kirshe starred in soccer at Franklin High, and only picked up rugby in her first year at Williams College, but now the 26-year-old is headed to the Tokyo Olympics as a center/wing for the US women’s rugby sevens team.

Kirshe is one of 12 starters on the roster, announced Thursday, which also includes three reserves and 10 coaches, trainers, and health experts. The 5-foot-5-inch, 160-pounder is one of 10 starters headed to their first Olympics, with Lauren Doyle and Alev Kelter the returners from the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

The US finished fifth at the 2016 Games, but claimed five medals in six tournaments to end 2019 ranked No. 2 in the world. The US was ranked fifth in 2020 when the World Rugby Sevens Series was disrupted by the pandemic."

Continue reading the article online (subscription maybe required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/18/sports/franklins-kristi-kirshe-named-us-womens-rugby-olympic-roster/

Kristi Kirshe runs with the ball during an international tournament in February.DAVID RAMOS/GETTY