Yankee Cluster Championships: A Great Meet To End The Season!

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Andy Scherer

The YMCA Yankee Cluster Championships for the 2010 long course season was held this past weekend by the Northern Middlesex YMCA. This YMCA swim meet marks the end of the Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoons swim season (the next season’s registration starts August 1st), and all of the swimmers in attendance did a phenomenal job in their events! Here is a quick synopsis of the two day meet which was attended by a total of 10 YMCA swim teams:

Out of 17 total swimmers, there were 16 events that the Typhoons scored points
9 total place winners (4th through 12th)
7 total 1st through 3rd place finishes
88% of swimmers achieved personal best times
Several individual team records broken

Overall, it was a great meet for all of the swimmers as we had a fun time on the pool deck both Friday and Saturday. This has been a great season for the Typhoons, and I greatly look forward to the upcoming short course season which starts in September with our pre-season clinic. Have a great August, rest up, and we will see you on deck in September!

Last Week of the Summer Season

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Andy Scherer

As we enter the final week of this summer season, I want to thank all of the Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoon parents and swimmers for their 3 1/2 months of hard work and dedication! You have all done a great job this season as parents have supported both the swimmers and the team, the swimmers supported each other and gave it their all throughout practices, and the coaches who put their time and effort into helping the swimmer attain great results.

With all of that said, Thursday will be our last day of practice as the 13 and over swimmers will be in competition on Friday evening, and Wednesday evening’s practice is canceled for the Senior group to get down to the yardage (well, more-so the rest) that we need this week. If there are any questions about this, please let me know.

The coaches and I are looking forward to an outstanding performance from all of the Typhoon swimmers! We wish all of you the best throughout this week as well as going into Yankee Cluster Championships this upcoming weekend.

Go Typhoons!

Yankee Cluster Championships – Summer 2010

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Andy Scherer

Going into the next week, we will be dropping the hammer with the Hamden/North Haven Typhoon swimmers. Each individual swimmer will be focusing on race technique and overall meet performance as we near closer to Friday and Saturday.

For Friday evening, the arrival time for 13 and over swimmers at the Northern Middlesex YMCA is 4:45pm. Warm-ups will start at 5:00pm, and the meet will start as soon as possible following warm-ups and one-way starts.

For Saturday, the arrival time for the 12 and under swimmers at the Northern Middlesex YMCA is 6:45am. Warm-ups will start at 7:00am, and the meet will start (as long as all goes to plan).

So, in the coming week, practices will be a bit shortened for the Juniors and Seniors as we will be decreasing our total yardage by 100 yards per day until we reach our max taper at 1350 yards per hour. The intensity of practice will maintain, and hopefully we will see an ideal 4 – 6% drop in times for our sprint/stroke events, and around a 2 – 4% drop for the distance events.

As always, if you have any questions about the meet or practice times, etc, please contact me at any point!

Check Reminder For Yankee Clusters

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Andy Scherer

Parents, I wanted to shoot a quick reminder blog post out there for all of you. This week Thursday (July 15th), the check for Yankee Cluster Championships is due in the amount of $12.00 made out to the Hamden/North Haven YMCA Typhoons. If I do not receive a check, I am assuming that your swimmer is not attending and will not be entered into the meet.

With that said, I am absolutely looking forward to a great two weeks of taper time with the Juniors and Seniors (one week for Gold and Silver)! For those of you who have not gone through a taper period before, please make sure that you try to have your swimmers rest before the meet, eat well, and just relax! They will be filled to the brim with energy over the next two weeks, and its important that they conserve that energy.

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me!