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!

Last Day For Accepting Cluster Checks

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Andy Scherer

Please make sure that you turn in your Yankee Cluster Championship checks ($12 per swimmer) by Thursday, July 15th if you are planning on having your swimming attend the meet. Remember that 13 and over swimmers are Friday evening while 12 and under swimmers are competing on Saturday morning).

Again, please make sure you get the checks and/or money into me no later than tomorrow or your swimmer(s) will not be entered into the meet. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to let me know!

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!

Travelling to Boston!

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Andy Scherer

As the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team – The Typhoons – head into their last week of taper practice prior to New England’s, here is a quick run-down of how the 2009/2010 short course season went:

43 of 66 team records broken
10 individual swimmers qualified for New England’s
7 relay teams (a total of 28 swimmers) competing in New England’s
13 and 14 year old boys placed 5th overall in Cluster Championships
9 and 10 year old boys placed 3rd overall in Cluster Championships
13 and 14 year old girls placed 7th overall in Cluster Championships

To say the very least, it has been a great season so far with the final meet coming up in Boston, MA! For those swimmers in the meet, swim hard and fast!

For results, I will be trying to post each evening which events were swum and how each swimmer (and relay team) did with their swims! So, check back for more information, and more records broken in a week!

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.

National YMCA Virtual Swim Meet

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Andy Scherer

I want to congratulate all of our Typhoon swimmers that participated in today’s National YMCA Virtual Swim Meet! Everyone did a phenomenal job in their events and truly started the season off with a splash!

Thanks to one of our swimmer’s mom we were able to capture a few photos to share with you from the meet. I hope everyone had a great time today, and I cannot wait for the November 7th and 8th at the Autumn Classic! Enjoy the slide show!

Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team – Year End Summary

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Andy Scherer

As the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team has officially ended our Regular Season for 2008/2009 Short Course, I would like to look back on this year’s happenings. However, before that I would just like to thank all of the swim team parents, swimmers, and everybody else that has been involved with this past season! Without your support, involvement, and commitment the we wouldn’t have been able to accomplish a majority of these achievements this year! So, thank you, and I truly hope to see you at the Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team banquet on April 5^th, and April 27^th for the Spring Swim Clinic!

And now on to the Hamden North Haven YMCA Typhoon Happenings of the 2008/2009 Short Course Season in no particular order (and please feel free to let me know if I have forgotten something):

Addition of an up and coming coach for the Silver and Gold groups – Alisse DeAngelis
Renovated swim team website with blog and networking forum for parents and swimmers
25 New Typhoon Swimmers!
Home meets hosted at Albertus Magnus College
Hosted 4 (smoothly run) home meets
Tabitha Vincent, Naomi Sakamoto and Jen Fox joined the Parents’ Board
The Typhoons swam at 10 dual/tri YMCA swim meets
Over 59% of the events we swam in 2008/2009 were Personal Best times!
Record-setting year: 51 of 66 records broken!!
Out of 13 teams, overall Boys’ ranking of 6^th in the Yankee Cluster Championship
Out of 13 teams, overall Team ranking of 9^th in the Yankee Cluster Championship
4 swimmers qualified during the regular season for New England Regional Championships
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, Every Single One Of Us Involved In This Growing Program Had FUN!!!

I, honestly, cannot thank everyone enough for a great regular season; I am absolutely looking forward to the pre-season clinic in April, and the Summer Season!!! Let’s all wish the New England Qualifiers and their Relay Teams the best for their competition at the New England Championship swim meet in March! Go Typhoons!!