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LATEST NEWS – Y NATS, etc.

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Greetings fellow Chlorine heads! TGIF! Remember to turn your clocks Ahead this weekend!
Here are some FYIs for y’all:
1) Sat AM workout is 10am-12pm. Stay tuned as I think we have 2 more weekends @this time.. so look for my email next week.
2) Mike needs your entry for Y Nat’s which [...]

Y Nationals and Finance report

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

The financial report on the Ground Hog Meet has been emailed to all members. On the positive side we did well and made the most we have ever made at this meet. On the other side we will probably have to spend most of it for relay entries at Y nationals. There are 8 [...]

Thanks for your help…

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

On behalf of the team, I would like to personally thank the following individuals for volunteering and helping to make the Ground Hog Meet such a success: Y coaches Bill and Marta for setting us set up and keeping us running till the end; Kim for entering all the pre meet entries and Marta for [...]

Westerly YMCA Masters Swim Meet

Monday, November 14th, 2005

The Westerly YMCA Masters Program Swimmers will host a Masters Swim Meet on Sunday, December 11, 2005 at the Fuller 25 yard Pool, Westerly-Pawcatuck YMCA, Westerly, RI. Warm-up at 8:30 AM. Meet starts 9 AM. Electronic timing. Underwater video service also available in adjacent Buckley Pool. Meet director is [...]

Google Maps Pedometer

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

For those of you who also enjoy running/walking/biking you might find this website handy. It allows you to calculate distances traveled by using a neat tool built on top of Google Maps.
http://www.sueandpaul.com/gmapPedometer/

Wetsuits

Monday, July 18th, 2005

For those of you who are interested in purchasing a triathlon wetsuit for swimming in the open water I’ve gathered a few links while researching them that I wanted to share. Please leave a comment if you have any recommendations as well.

Selecting the right wetsuit
Buying a Triathlon Wetsuit for the Swim Leg of a Triathlon
Quintana [...]

Split Calculator

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

I found this neat spreadsheet calculator that allows you to enter cumulative split times and the spreadsheet calculates the intermediate split times for you. This comes in handy if you want to calculate your split times from the One Hour Postal Swim.
There are two other neat Excel tools that could be found on the [...]

Arnie Green Memorial Service

Sunday, December 26th, 2004

There will be a memorial service for Arnie Green on January 14, 2005, at Westport YMCA at 7:30 P.M. I hope those of you who knew Arnie will be able to join us.
Coach Mike

Interesting read

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

Burnett’s NCAA/US Open Record in the 200 Free Highlights Day 2 of the Texas Invite

Sign-up for upcoming meets

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

If you’re planning on attending the Yonkers Masters Yard Fall Swim Invitational entries must be received by Friday Oct. 29th. All 50-100-200 yard events will be swum, including the 200 medley and 200 free relays.