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USS REGISTRATION FEE CHECK DUE If you have not already submitted your child?s USA fee check of $57, please do so immediately . Checks are payable to M.E. Lyons YMCA and can be either dropped of...

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OHIO JO CHAMPIONSHIPS We had 14 swimmers compete last weekend at Miami University in the annual Ohio JO meet. Our athletes did very well considering their YMCA Championship meet was the prior w...

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SOUTHWEST OHIO CLUSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS (July 9-11 th ) What a great job by our swimmers this past weekend at their championship meet! Congratulations to our 11-12 girls and 13-14 girls for winning...

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TYR MEET RESULTS ABLY placed 2 nd overall at this meet above such teams as Carmel Swim Club, WTRC, GTAC, and Greater Columbus. The results from this past weekend?s meet have been posted to the ...

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TYR SUMMER CLASSIC ( St. Xavier High School : 616 W. North Bend Road ) All pertinent meet information has been posted to the home page of our website. This includes: Psych Sheet, Timeline, W...

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PCY/BASH INVITE RESULTS Great job by our swimmers at this meet last weekend. Way to go AB for winning the meet by scoring over 3000 points!! LAKESIDE OVC CHAMP MEET Several of our older swim...

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PCY SPRINT MEET RESULTS The results for this meet have been posted to the home page of our website. PCY DUAL MEET The annual PCY dual meet warm-ups are scheduled for 5:30pm and the meet starts...

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TRI FOR JOE EVENT We would like to congratulate all the athletes, parents and coaches who competed in either the 5K run or Triathlon last weekend. What a great cause to get together! It was a beau...

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CLIPPER ARCTIC SPLASH RESULTS Great job by our swimmers at their first ?summer? season meet. The coaches were pleased with the progress the athletes are making and look forward to continuing to i...

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CLIPPER ARCTIC SPLASH (May 22 & 23) This weekend is our first meet for many of our swimmers. Please see the HOME PAGE of our website for detailed warmup, shuttle and meet start/finish times. Ple...

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JR CUDA PARENT MEETING There will be a Jr. Cuda parent meeting on Tuesday, May 11 th at 5:30pm. outside. If the weather is bad, the small meeting room downstairs has been reserved. SUMMER FEES ...

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SUMMER COACHING STAFF MINI CUDAS: LISA RUSHMAN AND PATTY KIMUTIS JR CUDAS: SARAH STONE (New) and SY MILLER (returning) BLUE: TIM HART a...

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CLIPPER ARTIC SPLASH MEET DEADLINE The deadline to register your swimmer on line for this meet was today, Monday, April 26 th !! If you have questions as to whether your child is supposed to attend...

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ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT We had a perfect night for this year?s annual awards night. Those who came to volunteer, finished set-up in record time (45 minutes!!). Thank you!! We would also like to thank ...

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2010 YMCA SHORT COURSE NATIONALS Our swimmers had a very successful nationals this year. They placed 7 th in the COMBINED TEAM DIVISION. The Womens Team placed 13 th out of 53 teams and the MENS ...

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2010 YMCA NATIONAL TEAM We have one of the largest teams in several years traveling down to Ft. Lauderdale for the 2010 YMCA SPRING NATIONALS. The 27 swimmers who will be competing April 7-10 th a...

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2010 YMCA NATIONAL TEAM We have one of the largest teams in several years traveling down to Ft. Lauderdale for the 2010 YMCA SPRING NATIONALS. The 27 swimmers who will be competing April 7-10 th a...

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2010 YMCA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!! What an outstanding weekend for our team! To win the meet by over 1500 points was fantastic! Furthermore, to have our younger age groups (8 & under girls and boys, 9 ...

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2010 YMCA SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS This past weekend was quite a success! The meet ran smoothly at our YMCA, many LTB?s were achieved as well YMCA League time standards. Special congratulations to t...

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OHIO HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 16 FINISHERS: Congratulations to the following AB high school swimmers, (see list below), who finished in the TOP 16 at the State Championships in Canton ...

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OHIO HIGH SCHOOL STATE QUALIFIERS Congratulations to the following AB high school swimmers, (see list below), who qualified to compete in the State Championships in Canton this coming weekend! S...

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SPRING Y NATIONALS ROOM RESERVATIONS ? DEADLINE TOMORROW !! Those families who are attending Y Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale and need a room in our hotel block, need to contact Cathi Sander (474-1...

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PRACTICE CHANGE FOR TODAY!! Please note that there has been change to our normal practice schedule due to our YMCA hosting the FAVC (Fort Ancient Valley Conference) High School Championships tonight...

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UPCOMING MEETS We have a two meets approaching this weekend (Feb. 5 th -7 th) , which you might have registered your swimmer to compete in: Teddy Bear Invitational (At Blue Ash YMCA: 5000 YMCA Driv...

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UPCOMING MEETS We have a two meets approaching on the weekend of Feb. 5 th -7 th , which you might have registered your swimmer to compete in: Teddy Bear Invitational (At Blue Ash YMCA: 5000 YMCA ...

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CARMEL SWIM MEET Congratulations to all of our age groupers who competed this past weekend at the Carmel Invitational. What a wonderful opportunity for our swimmers to be able to compete in such a ...

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REVISED PCY INVITATIONAL RESULTS Some of our 12 & unders competed this past weekend up at Miami University in the PCY Invitational. Among achieving LTB?s we had 4 champions in the following events:...

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE PASSED The deadline to register your swimmer for the TYR Marlin meet (Feb. 5-7 th ) was January 1 st !! Please check with your individual age group coach if you have questions ...

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING The deadline to register your swimmer for the TYR Marlin meet (Feb. 5-7 th ) is January 1 st !! Please check with your individual age group coach if you have ques...

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PCY INVITATIONAL AND CARMEL ENTRIES If you would like to view what your child is swimming at either of these meets, just click on ATTEND EVENT under the meet and you can see what events they have been...

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REVISED 12-16-09 MAKO MEET RESULTS Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed this past weekend up at Miami University. Our team placed 6 th out of 36 teams which was an excellent finish sin...

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Mako Meet This weekend is another swim meet for several members of our team. We are still waiting on our exact warmup times for ABLY. Once we receive them, they will be posted to the home page of ou...

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Adopt-a-Troop Event We would like to thank all the families who donated items towards the 120 soldiers of Comanche Troop. Saturday?s event was a huge success! Some of you may have even seen the ev...

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Marlin Meet Results Great job to our swimmers who competed this past weekend at the Kast-a-way Fall Challenge. This was a highly competitive meet with several of the top swimmers participating f...

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Marlin Invitational The weekend of November 19-21 st is the Marlin Invitational. Please check the home page of the website to see the correct warmup/meet start times . To view what your child is sw...

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Larry Lyons Invitational Results Congratulations to our swimmers for winning the team title at this meet! We had a large percentage of LTB?s as a whole. Congratulations to the boys in both Red I...

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Larry Lyons Invitational We will be hosting our annual Larry Lyons Invitational Nov. 6-8 th . We still have openings for items needed for the Cuda Café (fruit, pasta, cookies). Please check the ...

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REVISED Due to omitting the Larry Lyons PM Session warmup times Virtual YMCA National Invitational We would like to thank all of the parents who volunteered at our first meet of the season. Alt...

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Team Pictures Thanks to Paul McDonald for taking on the task of our team pictures again this year. We appreciate all that he does for this team and look forward to seeing him again at our upcomi...

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Winter Season is off to a Great Start Many thanks to the following individuals who made our picnic a smooth success: Shawna Lingo/Cathi Sander, who, in turn, organized their crew of Whitney Camp...

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First Day of Practice for 12 & unders!! Today, Sept. 28 th , is the first day of practice for all of our 12 & unders. All practice times are on our website under PROGRAMS/COMPETITIVE SWIMMING. I...

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Upcoming Parent Meetings *Jr. Cuda Group: Tuesday, Sept. 22 nd 6:30pm (outside weather permitting). If bad weather, big room downstairs is reserved from 6:30-7:00pm. *Mini Cuda Group: Wednesday...

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Upcoming Parent Meetings *Blue Group: Tuesday, Sept. 15 th 6:00pm in the downstairs ?big room? *White I Group: Thursday, Sept. 17th 6:45pm in the downstairs small conference room *Jr. Cuda Grou...

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TEAM PICTURES (just added this schedule to our website) Please see the home page of our website under the events section for the exact time slots for each practice group?s scheduled pictures. EQ...

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SPEEDO SECTIONAL RESULTS Several of our older swimmers competed at this high level USS championship meet last week. Overall, our women?s and men?s team finished eighth! The following swimmers fini...

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OHIO JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Congratulations to the following swimmers for placing in the TOP 16 in either individual events or relays at the Ohio Long Course State Championship ...

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YMCA Long Course Championship Results Congratulations to our swimmers for their 3 rd place finish at Y Champs. Despite us missing about 30 of our senior swimmers, we still managed to have a strong ...

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2009 SOUTHWEST OHIO YMCA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS This weekend is our annual YMCA Long Course Championships held at Miami University. Warmups and timeline will be posted to the home page of our website wh...

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OPEN WATER RESULTS Our team placed a VERY close second to the Mason Manta Rays in this year?s Open Water Champs. The scores were 675 to 664. Nice effort swimmers! Next year we will be looking fo...

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REVISED DUE TO POLAR BEAR WARMUP/START CHANGE KING OF THE HILL CHAMPS Our annual King of the Hill meet was again a success! We had 232 athletes competing this year from several of the local swi...

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* Revised LAKESIDE OVC MEET Our annual trip to Lakeside Swim Club in Louisville this past weekend was another successful event for our team. Although the weather did not cooperate for Thursday n...

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PCY DUAL MEET TOMORROW We will be competing in our annual dual meet against Powel Crosley YMCA on Tuesday, June 9 th . The 12 & unders will swim at our YMCA. The 13 & overs will swim at Powel Crosle...

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MEET RESULTS Our swimmers competed in two meets this past weekend. The results of both of these meets have been posted to the home page of our website. Please note that when these results are no lon...

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UPCOMING MEETS ABLY VS. CY (COUNTRYSIDE) DUAL MEET We will be hosting our first dual meet, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 27 th against Countryside YMCA. Warmups for our team will be at 4:30pm. The meet ...

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Cincinnati Pepsi Marlin IMX Meet Results Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed in this meet. It was a good ?opener" to the summer long course season. Many LTB?s were achieved and the co...

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SPRING PRACTICES BEGAN MAY 4 TH (for 12 & unders) Our 12 & unders started practicing this past Monday. The Jr. Cuda group had their parent meeting so if you missed it, please be sure to contact Co...

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AWARDS NIGHT Our annual awards night is tonight, April 27 th at 6:30 p.m. at Nagel Middle School (1500 Nagel Rd.) Please join us to celebrate your child?s accomplishments. Come enjoy the senior pos...

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Spring Training has started As of Monday, April 20 th , all Red II, White II and Red I swimmers will be practicing at Turpin High School. Please monitor e-mails regarding when these groups will retu...

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Results from 2009 YMCA Spring Nationals We had 27 of our athletes compete in Ft. Lauderdale April 6 th -9 th at Y Nationals. Many lifetime bests were achieved at this highly competitive meet. Our M...

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Good luck to our Y National swimmers We would like to congratulate and wish good luck to the following (27) AB swimmers who will be competing down in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the YMCA Spring Natio...

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M.E. LYONS WINS SOUTHWEST CLUSTER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to all of our swimmers who enabled us to bring home the YMCA Championship title! Special recognition goes to the following AB a...

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YMCA Sectional Championship Results Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed last weekend in the Sectional meet. Our club was the South Sectional Champion! Many LTB?s were achieved along ...

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS Several of our AB swimmers competed in Canton, Ohio, last weekend at the State High School Championships. We are proud of each swimmer who not only qualif...

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS Several of our high school swimmers competed in the District High School Championship meet this past weekend at Miami University. It was an extremely fast...

 Developing An Athlete in the Anderson Barracuda Program

Developing an Athlete With children today starting athletics at an earlier age, one wonders what effects, if any, these have on the child as they develop. What determines if they will continue in ...

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Congratulations to our High School Sectional Swimmers We had several of our high school swimmers compete in the annual High School Sectional Championships this past weekend. We would like to congrat...

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High School swimmers score well at GGCL and GCL Meets Several of our high school swimmers participated in the annual Greater Catholic League Championships on Wednesday, February 4 th held at St. Xa...

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GCL DIVISION II CHAMPIONS Congratulations to Matt Luehrmann for being awarded GCL Division II Swimmer of the Year!!! Matt finished first in both the 500 Free and the 100 Back. Way to go Matt! In add...

 Practices are on as Scheduled!!!!!

Practices for January 29, are on as scheduled!!!!!!

 All Practices Cancelled 1-28-2009

The YMCA is closed. All practices are cancelled for today. Please stay warm and safe.

 Casey Ridge Nominated for LaRosa's MVP of the Week

Casey Ridge , a swimmer in the Red II practice group has been nominated for the LaRosa?s MVP of the Week award. Please cast your vote by using the link http://www.larosasmvp.com/index.htm Co...

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JUNIOR CUDAS FINISH TOP 16 AT CARMEL The following Junior Cuda swimmers finished in the Top 16 at the Thrifty Carmel Invitational Jan. 16-18 th . Peter Breissinger: 50 breast (6 th ), 100 breast (12...

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SOUTHWEST OHIO CLASSIC Congratulations to the following AB swimmers who placed in the Top 16 at the largest high school meet in the nation last weekend: RED II GROUP: Julia Comodeca (100 free-3 r...

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Upcoming Meets Please check the website for our upcoming meets. You can see what events your child has been entered in, meet information, etc. Clipper Mid Winter Classic Jan. 16-18 th Thrifty Carmel...

 Weekly Update Dec. 29th

WEEKLY UPDATE REGISTRATION DEADLINES APPROACHING Please check our website for the approaching deadlines to register your child on line for the upcoming meets: *February TYR Winter Invitational (Marl...

 Spirit Wear pick up this Thursday, December 18

ABLY Spirit-wear orders will be available for pick up this Thursday, December 18 th from 5-7pm in the MELY Dome. Kast-a-Way?s will also have a limited quantity of several items available for...

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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE The holiday schedule has been posted on our website. Please look under PROGRAMS/COMPETITIVE SWIMMING. MIAMI VALLEY AQUATIC CLUB SPEEDO HOLIDAY CLASSIC Swim tags for this meet h...

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING The swim team staff would like to wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Practice changes: Red II: Wed. = 8-10:00am and PM= Normal time Fri. = 8-11:00am and ...

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BLUE ASH INVITATIONAL Several of our groups will be attending the Blue Ash Invitational this coming weekend. Warmups for those competing Saturday and Sunday afternoon are: 12:20-12:35. For those old...

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LARRY LYONS INVITATIONAL This year?s Larry Lyons swim meet was the largest we have had in years! Over 600 swimmers competed this past weekend from 9 teams. Everything went off perfectly from the tim...

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AB vs. Countryside Dual Meet AB hosted our annual dual meet vs. Countryside this past Saturday, Nov. 1 st . Many thanks go out to our Age Group Coordinators of Red I, II, and White II who got up ear...

 Clipper & ABLY Meet Recap

Congratulations to everyone that competed at the Clipper Halloween Express and the ABLY Sprint meets this past weekend. We had over 300 new LTB?s. Way to go Cudas! Paul McDonald was on hand to take ...

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M.E. LYONS SPRINT MEET Our annual Halloween Sprint meet was a great success! Our swimmers had lots of LTB?s according to the coaches and our dome looked fantastic with our new air sock heating sys...

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M.E. LYONS SPRINT MEET We will be hosting our annual Sprint Meet at our YMCA this Sunday, Oct. 26 th . Warm ups start at 7:30am. Meet starts at 8:30am. All meet information, a time line, psych sheet...

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SWIM-A-THON SCHEDULE October 27th Red I & Red II 3:00-4:30 Deep Dome lanes 1-3 Red I & Red II 3:45-5:30 Shallow Dome lanes 1-3 White II ...

 Weekly Update Oct. 5th

SECOND TEAM SUIT-UP DATE Kast-a-Way Swimwear will be conducting our second team suit up. They will be on hand taking orders for team equipment and apparel. They will also have several items of ...

 Weekly Update Sept. 29, 2008

REGISTRATION FOR WINTER SEASON Registration is complete for the 2008-2009 season. If you have not yet sent in your Code of Conduct and Medical Forms, please do so as soon as possible. Swimmers must ...

 Anderson Barracudas Zumba

Members of the M.E. Lyons YMCA/Anderson Barracudas Swim Team added a new twist to their daily dry land program. These 13-14 year old age groupers train 6 days a week in the water and 4 days a week o...

 USA Swimming Bans High-Tech Suits for Youth Competitors

USA Swimming banned the revolutionary, high-tech swimsuits worn by nearly every swimming Olympian in Beijing for athletes 12 years old and younger during its annual convention in Atlanta on Saturday...

 Myths and Misconceptions about Year Round Clubs

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 We are excited to announce, starting this season we will be offering

We are excited to announce, starting this season we will be offering a 12 and under practice group at Campbell County YMCA. Emily Frishkorn will be coaching that practice group. This is a tremendous o...