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Age Group News

Monday, October 25, 2010

QUAG

"Questions and Answers @ a Glance"
Last week the Age Group teams stepped up the intensity a little as they began to get ready for the IMX meet at Cheshire.

o The JAG groups did their first...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Start/Turn Clinic For AG Teams on 10/29

We will be holding a special Start and Turn Clinic on Friday, October 29th. Swimmer's won't want to miss it! Practices that day will be as follows:

•5:15-6:15 pm: SAG, TAG I&II
•6:15-7:15 pm: JAG I&II and Blue

Regular practices will resume on Saturday, October 30th. And just a reminder, the WRAT v. Wahoo Spooktacular Dual...

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Age Group Practice Changes 10/23-24

Practice Schedule for Swimmers Not Attending IMX Cup
Coaches will hold a modified practice schedule for Age Group swimmers who are not going to the IMX Cup in Cheshire. The JAG I & II groups will have practice as regularly scheduled. (The 8/Under Red and Blue groups are not affected by the schedule changes.)

Any members of the TAG group, who are not swimming in Cheshire, can practice with...

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Monday, October 18, 2010

A Busy Week for the AG Team…

...And There's More to Come!
We had a busy week getting ready for our first meet!

We started the week off with our Columbus Day,...

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Friday, October 15, 2010

NC Y Pentathlon—Go Wrats!

This is an exciting weekend for the Water Rats. We have our first meets of the season for the Age Group 12/Unders at New Canaan and our 8/Unders at home at the Westport Weston Family YMCA. All the coaches are very excited to see our swimmers perform. Everyone has been working very hard at practice and we are very pleased with the progress so far....

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Age Group “PK” and Pentathlon

We continued our technique drills for the second week of JAG, SAG, and TAG practices. This week we concentrated more on the short axis strokes--butterfly/breaststroke, as compared to the long axis strokes-- freestyle/backstroke.

We also introduced a new drill into our repertoire which everyone loved! It is called POWER KICK or PK for short. The first part of the drill is done by kicking...

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Monday, October 04, 2010

Welcome Back AG Team

Get Ready for a Fast and Fun Short Course Season!
This past summer the Water Rats posted fantastic results. The highlights included:

* Mia Bullock: Top 15 ranking in the country for 11 year old girls in the 50, 100, 200m Breaststroke and Age Group Champion in 50,100,200m Breaststroke
* Ed Stolarski: New Connecticut state record in the 50m Backstroke
* Daniel Williams: New Connecticut state record in the 200m Butterfly
* 16 swimmers...

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