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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.

Senior News

Monday, June 20, 2011

Senior Team Practice Schedule Week of 6/20

Just a reminder, due to the renovations at the Staples pool, the Senior I team will practice at the Hunt Club this week from 5:30-7:30 am. The Senior IIs will join them on M, W, Thurs and Friday and will have their regular practice at the Y on Tues evening (6:15-8:15 pm,). There will be no Thursday evening practice due to...

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Senior Team Championship Meet Packet

Click here for the order of events sheets with qualifying times for the following CT Championship meets: Regionals, Seniors an Age Groups.

Please check qualifying times and order of events carefully

If you are unsure about your qualification status you can go to the following link and insert the needed info to see which Water Rats qualify for any...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

TAG I & Senior II Weekend Practice Change

The Senior II and TAG I swim practice for Sunday, June 19th has been canceled. All swimmers are invited to attend practice on Saturday, June 18th at the Y from 6 to 8:30 am.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Ellen...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Senior News, June 10, 2011

We have had a tremendous week of training. We stepped it up – BIG TIME!! – and the response has been improvement through the week. We continue through the weekend and then we have some practice schedule changes which are stated below. Re-vamping this training cycle a bit due to the upcoming changes will occur. Let’s keep the momentum going everyone and...

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Monday, June 06, 2011

Ellen’s 25th Anniversary Dinner

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This Saturday (6/11) we will celebrate Ellen's 25 years of coaching at the Westport Weston Family Y with a dinner at The Ridge Clubhouse at 7:00 pm.

Invitations were sent to the parents of current Senior Water Rats, alumni and their parents. If you did not get an invitation and you wish to attend, please contact
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Thursday, June 02, 2011

Senior News 6/2

Hope everyone was able to acclimate to the extreme summer like weather we have been having. Fortunately, a respite seems to have arrived. Phew!

We head up to Wesleyan this weekend for our second meet of the season and we are broken down. Our training intensity in this phase has about another week before we shift gears. I look for everyone...

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

WAC Meet/Friday Session Time Change

There has been a slight time change for the Friday afternoon session of the WAC meet at Wesleyan this weekend. Warm up will now begin at 4:00 and the meet will start at 4:45....

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Senior News 5/24

The “unofficial/official” start to summer kicks off this upcoming Memorial Day weekend. The calendar may show the holiday weekend but the weather is telling us something entirely different.

The temperature in the pool is definitely heating up as we have kicked up our training. Seeing where we were after the Senior Spring Invitational – or for some, what they need to...

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Thank You, SSI Volunteers!

Thank you to all our volunteers this weekend. The Senior Spring Invitational was a big success and we could not have run it without you. We appreciate all your efforts especially because we know it was a busy time for many of you and there were a number of conflicting events this weekend. Thank you, too, to our many senior team members that took over...

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Friday, May 13, 2011

Senior Team Update 5/13

Warm-Up Time Reminders & Practice Schedule Changes
A quick note before the weekend officially kicks in and gets crazy.

Senior Spring Invitational:
· Friday Evening Session: on Deck at 3:45pm
· Saturday and Sunday AM: On Deck at 7:15
· Saturday PM: On...

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