Yankee Cluster Championships & New England Regional Championship Updates

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Andy Scherer

With the Championship season approaching, it’s important that I get out as much information as soon as possible to all of you. That said, please feel free to ask questions via e-mail, phone, or before/after practices.

Yankee Cluster Championships

All swimmers participate in Yankee Clusters as this is the last regular season meet and is truly a lot of fun for the swimmers and the coaches. The coaching staff is currently brainstorming some theme ideas so that we can have a little more fun as well! Here are some more details:

February 25 – February 27 @ Kennedy High School in Waterbury
$25 flat entry fee per swimmer – must be paid on/by February 11th or the swimmer(s) will not be able to participate
Friday 25 @ 5:00pm – 11 and up distance events
Saturday 26 @ 7:30am – 8 and under swimmers (need at least 3 parent “workers”)
Saturday 26 @ 12:30pm – 9 and 10 swimmers (need at least 3 parent “workers”)
Sunday 27 @ 7:30am – 11 and 12 swimmers (need at least 3 parent “workers”)
Sunday 27 @ 12:30pm – 13 and over swimmers (need at least 2 parent “workers”)
Individual events will be selected by the coaching staff
Relays will be selected in terms of “A” and “B” relays as based off our New England Regional selection process (described below)

New England Regionals

Participants in the YMCA New England Regional Championships are either individual qualifiers (Qualifying Times) or swimmers on a relay team. Here are some more details for this meet:

March 25 – March 27 @ Harvard University (Boston, MA), Blodgett Pool
Please make accommodations at the Double Tree on Soldier’s Field Road, Cambridge, MA
$6.00 per event entry fee
Relay teams are narrowed down to top 6 swimmers by the end of this week (January 18). Four of those swimmers are then selected based on practice work ethic, overall meet performances throughout the season, and other “intangible” factors. Those four swimmers will be notified no later than the first week of February, and will be considered our “A” relay for both Yankee Clusters and New England’s.
Friday, March 25 @ 5:00pm – Swimmers 15 to 18
Saturday, March 26 @ 6:15am – Swimmers 11 and 12
Saturday, March 26 @ 3:00pm – Swimmers 8 and under
Sunday, March 27 @ 6:15am – Swimmers 9 and 10
Sunday, March 27 @ 4:00pm – Swimmers 13 and 14

As always, if you have any questions or need anything at all, please feel free to let me know!

Go Typhoons!

YMCA Yankee Cluster Championships 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Andy Scherer

The regular short course season for 2009 and 2010 has officially ended on an extremely high note with the YMCA Yankee Cluster Championships this past weekend! I want to congratulate all of the swimmers, parents, Coach Kait, and Coach Nicole for their accomplishments, achievements, and improvements throughout this year!

Here are some of the overall highlights from the meet:

8 and under boys took 7th overall
9 and 10 boys finished 3rd overall
11 and 12 girls brought home 6th overall
11 and 12 boys took 8th overall
13 and over boys took 5th overall

Not bad for being the second smallest team that participated in Clusters – a total of 39 swimmers from our team that attended the meet!

If you want to see the results for this past weekend, please check: Yankee Cluster Championships.

1 More Day For Yankee Clusters 2009

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Andy Scherer

With the first day of the 2009 YMCA Yankee Cluster Championship done, I have to say that we are extremely proud of every swimmer in that competed today and throughout this year in the 8 and under & 9 and 10 Age Groups! Each and every one of our Hamden North Haven Swim Team swimmers has improved significantly over the past Short Course Season, and I can only hope that they continue to get better and have fun while learning!

With that said, I do not have official times today, but I can tell everyone that we did have a few record-breaking performances, and several personal best times today! It’s great to see a swimmer’s hard work payoff with the best times! We also had several of our swimmers win their heats and win a Yankee Cluster Waterbottle!

We are looking forward to seeing the 11-12 and 13 and Over Age Group swimmers compete tomorrow, and hopefully we will have a couple of record-breaking and New England Championship qualifying times! Good luck to everyone tomorrow (I will see you on deck), and absolutely Great Job to everyone that swam today!