News and Announcements
Dear Parents and Swimmers,
Our swimmers had a very busy and eventful weekend. We had a small contingent at the RAYS Meet who dropped time like crazy!
Our older girls, representing their high schools, had a great weekend. Congratulations to the Seaholm swimmers (many of whom are BBDers) who won the Division 2 State Meet and to our Coach Chris Bagley who led Cranbrook-Kingswood to a second-place finish at the Division 3 State Meet.
At D2s, Carly Burry qualified for the National Meet in the 50 free. The next day at the “Day-After” Meet, Bella Vaughan qualified for the National Meet in the 100 back. Welcome to the National Team Carly and Bella!
As we approach the holiday season we want to maintain our momentum. We will be offering many practices while the swimmers are out of school. If you are away for more than a couple of days, please make arrangements to train. Other teams usually welcome guests, as we certainly do, but you need to plan ahead. Find a club where you will be and ask. If that doesn’t work, our coaches will be glad to supply workouts if you can find a pool. Consistency is the key to success in swimming and extended breaks can play havoc with our goals.
Speaking of goals, 12 and under swimmers should have received their goal sheets by now. (the seniors will receive theirs electronically.) Please fill them out completely and put them in a zip-lock bag with a pen and bring them to practice to review with a coach. It’s great motivation.
Our team has sponsored two meets and we have two more to go. We are the host team for the YMCA Eight and Under State Championships/District Meet on February 15 as well as the second “Day-After” Meet in early March. We need you to plan to help on those dates. Every parent is needed to step up to help in some way. More information will be forthcoming after the first of the year.
At our last board meeting, there was discussion about what to do when parents don’t fulfill their volunteer obligations. We know, that compared with other organizations, we do not ask much, but we need everyone to help. As a Y team we have values that we try to instill in our swimmers…..and our adults. I do not like the idea of fining parents. I believe that parents volunteer because it’s the right thing to do and they are modeling that good and appropriate behavior for their children…so please step up when you are asked.
It’s all good news! We have much for which to be grateful…..happy, healthy swimmers, supportive parents, a great board, and renewed commitment from the Y. Keep that in mind as you celebrate Thanksgiving. Enjoy every minute with your family and friends.
Coach Kevin
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Dear Parents and Swimmers,
The competitive season got off to a great start this weekend with a great meet. Our swimmers were stellar, and our parents, led by the board did an outstanding job running the meet. Thank you to our executive board for acting as meet managers and to all of our parents for lending a hand. There is no way we could run a meet without all of you. All of our swimmers need the feedback from the competition. The income from the meet helps us run the type of program we value.
We are waiting for US Swimming to establish the time standards for the US State Meets and then we will provide the swimmers with goal sheets to help them set meaningful goals. Many of our swimmers already achieved Y State and Zone times.
We are off to a great start.
Again, thank you for a great weekend.
Kevin
Dear Parents and Swimmers,
The season has gotten off to a fine start. Swimmers are learning a great deal at every practice and making a lot of progress.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES FOR OUR FALL MEET!
We had some great news recently. Every season the YMCA National organization compiles a list of the fastest times recorded by YMCA swimmers, eleven and up, during the previous season. There are 526 Y teams, 25,586 swimmers and 215,043 swims in the database. We have many swimmers and relay teams in the rankings. Individuals are recognized by their age and relays by the age-group. Congratulations to all of these swimmers.
11 year old boys
Jack Higgins
3rd 100 free 56.53
AJ Farner
6th 100 IM 1:05.84
8th 200 IM 2:23.52
Evan Tack
9th 100 breast 1:14.36
9th 100 free 57.55
5th 100 IM 1:05.59
8th 200 free 2:06.27
4th 200 IM 2:21.21
9th 50 breast 33.53
4th 500 free 5:36.53
11-12 year old boys relays
11-12 200 Medley Relay 16th (Stebbins, Wiater, Farner, Higgins) 1:56.68
11 year old girls
Mariana Becharas
7th 100 breast 1:14.25
11-12 year old girls relays
200 Medley Relay 14th (McKinley, Hassett, Stanley, Rivard) 2:00.61
200 Free Relay 6th (Stanley, Hassett, Rivard, Higgins) 1:45.80
13 year old boys
Angus MacDonald
7th 100 back 56.53
3rd 100 breast 1:02.5
3rd 100 back 1:58.53
1st 200 breast 2:12.76
5th 200 free 1:48.94
3rd 200 free 1:48.94
3rd 200 IM 2:00.50
2nd 400 IM 4:14.38
4th 500 free 4:52.88
14 year old boys
Ethan Schwab
6th 100 breast 1:03.44
5th 500 free 4:55.42
13-14 year old boys
200 Medley Relay 12th (Jordan Bouchillon, Schwab, Higgins, Hassett) 1:46.59
13 year old girls
Sam Clifford
9th 100 back 58.45
6th 1650 free 17.55.90
7th 50 free 24.30
10th 500 free 5:11.39
14 year old girls
Lauren Louwers
4th 100 breast 1:06.48
2nd 200 breast 2:22.84
Kate Stanley
2nd 100 breast 1:05.80
8th 200 breast 2:24.66
13-14 girls relays
200 Medley Relay 8th (Vaughan, Stanley, Clifford, Dekervorkian) 1:49.54
200 Free Relay 6th (Dekervorkian, Burry, Helmick, Clifford) 1:39.56
16 year old girls
Megan Clifford
8th 200 fly 2:05.56
We are really proud of you!
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