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Dr. Ross Henshaw, medical director for Sports Medicine at Danbury Hospital, has taken his school-days love for athleticism into the world of coaching and from there into the world of triathlons.
"I'm an orthopedic surgeon," said Henshaw. "I've been athletic all of my life; in college I played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins, which is a Division 1 school."
Henshaw grew up in Waccabuc, N.Y.
"I went to the Harvey School and then went away to school where I played hockey and lacrosse, said Henshaw. "I actually played soccer too, that's my favorite sport."
When Henshaw went to Hopkins he wanted to make the soccer team, but because he was able to attend pre-season was not allowed to enter the team. Henshaw walked on instead as a lacrosse player.
"Lacrosse is really a year round sport," said Henshaw. "And I didn't know I wanted to go to medicine at first. I did pretty well well in grades, but I really wasn't scientifically inclined."
At Hopkins, a friend's father, an orthopedic surgeon invited him to watch a hip replacement.
"He was a really happy guy and everyone seemed so...