Steve Hergenrother

 Remember the painted sneakers lining Ridgefield's Main Street this summer?  Here is one in front of CVS, painted in the orange-and-black stripes of Ridgefield High School's Tigers.  Across the Tiger paw insignia, the sneaker bears the name Steve Hergenrother.  Hergenrother just graduated from RHS after a stellar running career. 

Last month Hergenrother set the Connecticut high school record for the mile at 4:03.46 (sixth in the USA this year) and with teammates set a new Connecticut record in the 4x800 meter relay.  He finished first academically in his high school class and will attend Princeton in the fall to study physics.  His father, mother, sister, grandfather and aunts and uncles all graduated from Princeton . . . same colors and Tigers!