Potential Change for Yankee Clusters in 2011

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Andy Scherer

I will keep everyone posted as this process moves forward, but the dates of the YMCA Yankee Cluster Championships are in question from the originally discussed dates. This change was generated from two primary reasons:

Other teams commenting that the original date didn’t work for their families
Change in the dates for New England Regionals

With all that said, the new dates for Yankee Clusters are February 25, 2011 to February 27, 2011. I know that a lot of you have already started planning your vacations so I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Please, as always, let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

-Coach Andy

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!

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.