New England Swimming
Level 3

February Recap

Jack Van Meter

Greetings YNS Families,

 

As we continue our Championship and End of Season push, we have seen a lot of hard work during practices, improvements during meets, sportsmanship after races, and great teamwork to push each other to continue to achieve our swim goals. One of the most important things to remember as we reach the end of our Short Course Season, is to continue being the best teammate you can be! As you may not qualify yourself for some of these Championship Meets, your presence, support, and competitive spirit at practice do not go unnoticed!

 

Thank you to all of our amazing parents and supporters for helping our young swimmers participate in a sport that we all love. From family logistics to transportation to practice or hotel stays at away meets, to being there for that proud moment of success, none of this is possible without you!

 

If you read further, you’ll see all of the amazing things that our Swimmers have accomplished at our latest two Championship Meets. I can speak on behalf of our entire YNS Coaching Staff when I say, we are SO proud of you all! This season has been a fun ride so far, and we are looking forward to seeing what the end has in store for each of you and the Team.

 

Continue working hard, continue supporting each other, continue achieving, and continue succeeding!

~ Coach Dave


 

10 & Under Age Groups

Over the weekend of February 16th - 18th our 10 & Under Championship Team competed at the New England Swimming 10 & Under Championships at the UVAC pool in Vermont.  This is the highest level meet offered for 10 & Under Swimmers in New England. 

 

Congratulations to our Championship Team of Niamh Higgins, John Matook, Teddy McLaughlin, Ellie Mitchell, Nick Roberts, and Ally Ziskind! 

 

The weekend was a great success for the Sharks.  The swimmers had a 70% of lifetime best times throughout the meet, new time standards met, and plenty of swims placing in the 20 to score points for the team. 

 

Congratulations to Teddy McLaughlin for earning the 50 Fly Zones cut!

 

Excellent job Sharks! 

 

11-14 Age Groups

Over the weekend, a group of 12 Sharks competed at the New England Swimming 11-14 Age Groups Championships in Wellesley. This is the highest level meet offered for 11-14 year olds in New England. 

 

Congratulations to our Championship Team of Henry Chemel, Caroline Curtin, Aubrey Dwyer, Declan MacDonald, Charlie McLaughlin, Stella McLaughlin, Porter Mulgrew, West Mulgrew, Bennett Powers, Kelly Sandford, Morgan Sullivan, and Hazell Wright. 

 

Over the weekend, the Sharks brought home a whopping 499.5 points for a 14th place finish of 54 scoring teams at the meet! The swimmers also boasted 65% lifetime bests between prelims and finals. 

 

Along with best times and Age Group cuts met, swimmers saw several team records broken, two high-point finishers, and two swimmers added to our YMCA National Team.

 

Congratulations to Henry Chemel and Porter Mulgrew for setting new Team Records in the following: 

  • 11-12 Boys 100 Butterfly - Henry Chemel (1:00.76)

  • 11-12 Boys 200 Butterfly - Henry Chemel (2:18.76)

  • 11-12 Boys 200 Backstroke - Henry Chemel (2:14.47)

  • 13-14 Boys 400 IM - Porter Mulgrew (4:14.84)

  • 13-14 Boys 1650 Free - Porter Mulgrew (16:29.82)

 

Henry and Porter also received high-point awards at the meet finishing 8th and 3rd, respectively. 

 

Congratulations to Porter Mulgrew and Caroline Curtin for earning YMCA Short Course National Cuts! YMCA Nationals is the highest level YMCA meet offered in the country and is hosted semi-annually in both short course and long course. 

 

Porter earned himself a Y Nationals Qualifying Time in the 400 IM and Caroline earned Y Nationals Qualifying Times in the 100 Butterfly and 200 Butterfly. They will both be some of the youngest competitors in the country!

 

We are very proud of our championship team and we look forward to the remainder of championship meets and events in the 2024 season! In case you are receiving an error for accessing our newest published event “Swim Tuff- Guest Speaker Ben Tuff” for March 19th, please click here. 

 

Thank you for your continued support and GO SHARKS! 

 

~Your YNS Coaches