Upcoming Meet Against Waterbury YMCA

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Andy Scherer

I hope everyone enjoyed their day off today from swimming! As a quick update on last weekend’s meet, we did have one swimmer qualify for New England’s in all 3 individual events that he swam. We also had several swimmers come within 1 second of qualifying which is outstanding news that was completely unexpected for our first meet of the year. So, again, congratulations to those swimmers!

These upcoming couple of days will be another peak yardage (around 6,000 yards for Seniors, 5,000 yard for Juniors, and 3,000 yards for the Gold group). I would highly encourage everyone in the Junior and Senior groups to attend Friday’s practice(s) as we are primarily working on stroke and racing technique prior to the meet. The Gold group had a great turnout last Friday so thank you parents and swimmers for that!

I cannot describe how proud I am of everyone’s improvement thus far, and cannot wait to see how well we do at this weekend’s meet against the Waterbury YMCA Swim Team!! So, until tomorrow….Go Hamden North Haven YMCA Typhoons!!

Mystic YMCA Swim Meet

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Andy Scherer

I just wanted to let everyone know that there has been a time change in the warm ups for our dual swim meet against Mystic YMCA Swim Team. What we thought was going to be an early start time has changed to a 1:15pm start time at the Mystic YMCA. I have heard from almost all of our Hamden North Haven Swim YMCA Swim Team, but still need to hear from a few more families prior to submitting meet entries. So, swimming warm ups at 1:15pm with a potential start for the meet at 1:45pm (give or take). We will be swimming an 82 event meet (just as an FYI).

Aside from that, I will be posting yesterday’s swim workout for the Seniors on this blog later today. If anyone needs anything, or you would like to see the practice please e-mail me for the password. Happy swimming!

Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Andy Scherer

Last night’s Senior practice was unfortunately cut shorter than expected due to an unforseen circumstance. Fortunately, though, we were able to get back into the pool and modify our practice a little bit to fit everything in. The Silver group focused on their IM’s last night with almost everyone swimming them legally right now. Coach Elaina and I are definitely very proud of their progress with (what really is) the most difficult event for that group.

Getting back to our Juniors and Seniors, if you would like to see their practice, I have posted it on here but have placed a password protection on the post. If you would like the password please feel free to e-mail me at ascherer@cccymca.org. Or, you can find all of our contact information on our Hamden North Haven Swim Team mainpage. It wasn’t particularely the hardest practice with regard to the yardage (due to not having the pool for about 30 minutes), but it definitely raised the bar from where we were with regard to intensity of the swims.

Tonight, I will not be in attendance for the later practices as I have to attend a YMCA Yankee Cluster League meeting at the Middletown YMCA at 7:30pm. However, I hope everyone is having fun getting ready for their first meets coming up on November 8, 2008 where we will be swimming against the Mystic YMCA Swim Team! Go Typhoons!

Swim Meet Cancelled

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Andy Scherer

As a quick reminder to all parents and swimmers that were planning on attending the Autumn Classic in Middletown this upcoming weekend, we (unfortunately) have to cancel the meet. Next year, this meet will be a mandatory meet for Juniors and Seniors and an optional meet for the Gold group. Moving forward, our YMCA swim team will have our first meet in Mystic, CT on November 8, 2008. We are still waiting for a definite start/warm-up time from the Mystic swim team, but will hopefully have that by the end of this week.

So, let’s have a great week of practice (since we have Halloween off this year), and let’s have fun!

Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Meet (Waterbury YMCA)

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Andy Scherer

Title: Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Meet at Waterbury YMCA
Location: TBD
Description: Our second swim meet will be held on November 15, 2008. We will be swimming with the Waterbury Baracuda’s at home (site to be determined). All groups (Silver, Gold, Junior, and Senior) are welcome to attend!
Start Time: TBD
Date: 2008-11-08