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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.

Age Group News

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Age Group News

Y States in Cheshire; No Sunday TAG practice on 2/12
This weekend will be the YMCA State Championship at Cheshire for 12 & Under swimmers. This is technically the second session of the Y State meet that began with the 13&Over swimmers on January 7, 2012. Therefore, any swimmer who turned 13 after January 7th is still eligible to swim as a 12 & Under for this meet. Please check the online entry here.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

JAG Reminders

Just a few notes and reminders!

1. Wednesday, Feb 8: Tomorrow is GIANT WACKY WEDNESDAY at practice! YEA GIANTS!

2. Thursday Feb 9: Last day to opt out of the Regional Meet

3. Saturday Feb 11: NO Practice for JAG I and II

4. Saturday Feb 11: 11/12 Y States...

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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Just JAG, February 1

Upcoming team events and meets
There are A LOT of events happening in February!

ð Thursday Feb 2: Photo Day
Individual shots beginning at 5; Group shot on deck at 5:45. Wear your TEAM SUIT

ð Thursday Feb 2: NO PRACTICE for any group!

ð Saturday...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Age Group Practices This Weekend

Practices this Friday and Saturday
There are changes to the AG practice schedule this weekend:

Friday January 27
SAG and TAG regular practice 4:00-5:30
JAG I...

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Wilton Invitational Information

New warm up times for Friday session
Below is the coaches letter with important information about this weekend's meet at the Wilton Y. Please note that the warm up time for the Friday session is now 5:00. Let me know if you have any questions.

Coach Mark

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Welcome to the 2012 Wilton Y Wahoos Winter Invitational

Coaches Information


*Please note a change has been...

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Officials Still Needed for Pentathlon

Calling all officials! We still need help at this weekend's Pentathlon. This is the last home meet of the short course season and one of the most popular! Please sign up for a sessionn or two. We especially need volunteers for the 11/12 Boys and Girls session on Saturday afternoon....

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Just JAG: WRAT Warrior Weekend!

WOW! What a weekend we had at the Branford meet! The challenge for the JAG swimmers was to swim Warrior Wrat (W) Races and they did! Without having the official results in front of me right now, I can positively say that everyone went a BEST TIME at least once. We also had a number of swimmers make Age Group cuts and Y New...

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Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Branford Meet Warm-up Times

Warm up times for this weekend's Branford Stingray Meet are as follows:

11&12-year-olds Warm UP at 6:45AM - be there no later than 6:35AM to get ready to get in on time.
10/Under Warm Up at 10:30AM - Check in at 10:20.

Also, we will need 2 timers for each session. Please sign up online.

Coach Mark...

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Just JAG—Holiday Edition

Just a quick recap of the meets we had in December!

It was fun going to a ONE day meet at the Hopkins School the beginning of December. We had the largest group of swimmers there and we showed them why the WATER RATS are FAST! We had 5 swimmers that went BEST TIMES in all three events and almost all the other swimmers...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Age Group News, December 13

A few quick things: First, the hot water at the Y is not working tonight. It will be fixed by tomorrow but showers will probably be cold tonight.

Second, we have the dual meet with New Canaan this Saturday, December 17. All 13&Overs will be on deck at 8:15AM. All 12&Unders on deck at 10:15AM. There will be no Sunday practice for TAG....

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