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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

The Big Meets Are Here!

The month of February is the start of our BIG MEETS!

The weekend of February 12-13 is the Connecticut YMCA Swimming Championship. 11&12-year-olds swim on Saturday the 12th and 9&10-year-olds swim on Sunday February 13.
In this meet, swimmers are only allowed to enter 3 events and they cannot swim a 50/100 of the same stroke, except for freestyle. There are...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

AG Practice Changes This Weekend

Coach Mark and Coach Betsy will be at the AA Wilton Invitational this weekend 1/29-1/30. However, there are still practices Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, JAG II will be moved to an earlier time. Practice will be 4:00-5:15 for JAG I, JAG II and SAG.
TAG I and TAG II will have their regular practice from 5:15-6:45pm

On Saturday,...

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Monday, January 24, 2011

New 11&12 WRAT records & Age Group Cuts!

The 12/Under WRAT Age Groupers rocked a long distance long weekend at the White Plains YWCA MLK Distance Meet.

A total of 23 12/Under Water Rats swam in one or more of the distance events offered at the Martin Luther King Day meet. The events included the 500 & 1650 yard freestyle, 400 IM and 200...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

QUAG for Age Group Championships

1) What is the Championship season?
The championship season is the months of January, February, and March. This is the time when the age group team has meets where swimmers may have to qualify to enter the championship meet.

2) Which meets are Championship meets?

Wilton AA Invitational: Jan. 28-30
Y States:...

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Friday, January 14, 2011

New Warm Up Time for Middie’s Meet

8 am Warm Up for Morning Session
The warm up time for the MLK "Going the Distance" swim meet at the White Plains YWCA on Monday January 17 has been changed.

Morning Session:
WARM UP: 8:00 am
Start: 9:00 am
(Please check in with your coach no later than 7:45 am.)

The afternoon session...

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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Start of the Championship Season
We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! Thank you to our WRAT...

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Fine Tuning for the Age Group Team

Last week the Age Group team got ready for their big weekend at Harvard and Southern Connecticut by...

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Friday, December 10, 2010

No JAG, SAG TAG Practice This Weekend

Please Note New Dryland Times
Due to the Harvard and Hutch meets this weekend, there will be no JAG, SAG and TAG practices this weekend. Good luck everyone--swim fast!

Also, please note changes in dryland times on the winter schedule.

•There will be NO dryland for TAG I on Mondays
•SAG dry land on tuesday is 4:45-5:15
•TAGI dryland on Tuesday is 5:45-6:30
•JAG I+ II...

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Monday, December 06, 2010

The Season is in Full Swim!

The holiday season is now upon us and so is the heart of the swim season! For the next several months the level of training and competition is going to increase. It is more important than ever that all swimmers participate in as many practices and meets as they can. We will be working toward meets that have qualifying standards, such as Regionals, which requires...

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Friday, December 03, 2010

Harvard and Hutch Classic Entries

The server for TMO hasn't been working, so until it is fixed you can review entries for the Harvard meet here. Click here to see entries for the Hutch Classic....

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