CHICAGO, Ill—The last chapter to retire an Olympics Cup was the Philadelphia AYF in 2008. This year the Sebouhs tried to repeat that feat but ran into a deeply talented Greater Boston team that racked […]
Softball at AYF Olympics is a happening. All day Saturday, folks gather from other cities for an old-fashioned Armenian picnic with kebab, traditional live music and action-packed games of this American pastime. It is the […]
The pentathlon events were won by a junior transfer in her first Olympics and 23 year old veteran competing in this event for his fourth time. In the women’s competition, Greater Boston’s Lori Ganjian scored […]
The Friday night swimming events were dominated by two triple gold medal winners from Providence and New Jersey while four teams battled to win the meet. Before the final coed relay, Jersey, Philly, Boston and […]
Golf at the AYF Olympics is a special event. There are certainly some very good golfers playing both as AYFers and even more so as alumni. Talent is in no way a prerequisite to play […]
This is always the very last article I pen. It’s an homage to Angel Perethian, who wrote “Angel Over the Olympics” for many years. Tom Vartabedian would always say that her piece was the first […]
AYF Olympic Basketball? Wait, basketball isn’t an AYF Olympic sport. It is a late winter/early spring event in the National Athletic Tournament (NATS). What’s basketball doing at the Olympics on a late August Friday? The […]
Maireny Soulakian is the “Mother Figure of Chicago” who mirrors the essence of the AYF Varadian Spirit award for giving back to the community and “making it better.” She has been a lifelong dedicated supporter […]
Early Friday morning at the AYF Olympics, you see young folks with golf clubs and tennis bags gathering in the lobby waiting for the bus to the golf and tennis events. Friday morning has traditionally […]
The Killian family certainly has a respected place in the Chicago community scene. Following in the footsteps of his father Ara and grandfather Arshag, Raffi was named this year’s Olympic King. Like Ara, he was […]
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