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Age Group News

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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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

JAG News

Ho, Ho, Ho.....the season is upon us! And to help you survive the holiday, here is a quick update!

1) We had an OUTSTANDING meet at Hopkins on Sunday December 4. I have not received the official results yet, but I am sure EVERYONE went at least 2 best times!!!!!! We had a number of new swimmers qualify for events at AGE GROUPS...

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Thursday, December 01, 2011

Age Group Schedule Reminders

Just a quick reminder about the upcoming schedule:

New Warm/Up times for HMST Meet on Sunday:
11+12 year olds is session 3: Warm up time 3:45 pm
13+14 year old session 1: Warm-up at 7:15AM

ALSO:

TAG
FRIDAY PRACTICE - Regular Practice
SATURDAY PRACTICE - 9:45-11:00AM
NO SUNDAY PRACTICE (Meet at Hopkins)

SAG
FRIDAY PRACTICE - Regular time
SATURDAY...

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New Warm Up Times for Dec 4 Hopkins Meet

1)The Age Group Qualifier this Sunday (December 4) at Hopkins School has NEW warm up times!

9/10 year olds is session 2: Warm up time 11:30 am
11/12 year olds is session 3: Warm up time 3:45 pm


Remember to be on deck, ready to swim 20 minutes BEFORE warm up begins!

2) The meets for December, January,...

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Next JAG Meet on December 4

Our next JAG meet is a one day meet at Hopkins School this Sunday Dec 4.

The entries are posted on TMO on our website. Click here.
Directions and details for the meet are here.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

JAG Meet Recap

The JAG swimmers have now competed in 4 very different types of swim meets.

ยท Our first meet of the season, was the IM TOUGH PENTATHLON at the New Canaan YMCA. At that meet all the swimmers competed in 50 yards Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle. They were supposed to swim the 100 IM too,...

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Monday, November 21, 2011

JAG Turkey Burn November 26

8:00 am at Staples High School
Our 2nd Annual Turkey Burn workout will be this Saturday, November 26 at Staples High School. The activity includes running and swimming events.

TIME: The JAG teams should meet at the track at 8:00 am
WHAT TO WEAR: They should wear warm comfortable running clothes and running sneakers. They should also wear their bathing suit UNDER their running clothes.
WORKOUT: The workout...

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