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Volunteers are still needed for 12/U Y States. Please help.
WAC Saturday warm up time changed to 8:45 am (meet start 9:45). Sr. Team Saturday practice will be 7:45-10:30 am.

8/Under News

Monday, November 28, 2011

8/U News, November 28

Greenwich meet information
I hope everyone had a fantastic feast on Thanksgiving! On Saturday Dec 3rd we have a swim meet down at the Greenwich YMCA (make sure you do not go to the YWCA because we will not be there).

Swimmers should arrive and check in by 11:40AM. There will not be benches at the meet so all swimmers should bring a folding chair to sit...

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Monday, November 21, 2011

8/U Practices for Thanksgiving Week

Here is our practice schedule for thanksgiving week/weekend

Monday - Regular Blue Practice
Tuesday - Regular Red Practice
Wednesday - Regular Blue Pratice
Thursday - NO PRACTICE - GOBBLE GOBBLE!
Friday - No Practice - Gobble leftovers
Saturday - Turkey Burn Both Groups 10:15 - 11:30

Coach John...

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

8/U Turkey Burn & Winter Practices

Practice session II begins November 28
Hi Red & Blue Parents,
On Saturday Nov. 26th the 9/Overs do a “Turkey Burn” which is a combination run / swim to help them burn off the extra Thanksgiving Calories up at Staples High School! The 8/Unders will do a similar activity at the YMCA from 10:15 – 11:30. Both Red and Blue Groups will meet during this time for a mini practice and...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Zeus Meet Update

We will be in the 2nd session of warm up on Friday evening so Swimmers should check in by 6:40pm. Folding chairs are allowed.

We need 5 timers for the meet. Please sign up to time through Super Meets.


Norwalk High School
55 County Street
Norwalk, CT

1. Head west on Post Rd E/State St E toward Main St
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Monday, October 31, 2011

8/U All Star & Practice Award Winners

Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
Water Rat 8/Under Meet All Stars as well as our October Practice Award winners are listed below.

When picking Meet All Stars I consider many factors including: Best times, total time dropped in all events as well as each individual event, Team Spirit & support of teammates, and the week of practice leading into the meet. For our 8&under meet I chose one male...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

8/U Meet Recap

I wanted to let everyone know how well the little wrats swam this past weekend at our 8/Under meet! We had 39 swimmers compete and everyone made it to every race, which is always a big success. Our backstroke finishes looked fantastic and we had many brave swimmers compete in their first butterfly races without a single tear. We are still busy compiling results...

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Monday, October 24, 2011

No 8/U Blue Practice on Monday 10/31

There will be no 8/Under Blue Team practice next Monday 10/31 in observance of Halloween. Have a Ghould time! Get it, Ghould!

Coach John...

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Thank You, Volunteers!

Thank you to all who volunteered at our 8/Under Meet yesterday. Our first meet of the season was a big success and we could not have run it without you. We appreciate everyone's effort, especially since we were able to fill all of our volunteer positions from within our Water Rat family. Thank you, too, to our JAG swimmers who gave their...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

8/Under News October 20, 2011

Recap of Coaches Meeting and New Information
Below is a recap of the parents/coaches meeting we had last Saturday as well as a couple things I forgot to mention at the meeting. First I'll mention the new stuff and then repeat the old for anyone who was not at the meeting.

Closed practices: In case anyone didn't know we hold what are called closed practices meaning that Parents are not allowed...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

8/Under Weekend Practice Changes

There will be no Blue Team practice on Friday July 1, due to the Westport fireworks, or on Monday July 4. There will be no Red Team practice on Monday July 4....

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