On the weekend of March 2nd-March 5th, the Sharks competed at the New England Swimming Age Group Championships at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley, MA. We had 14 athletes from across Our Y of the North Shore Association come together and put forth a stellar performance over the course of the four days. 45 teams from across New England had scored in this meet, the Sharks placed a combined 11th. The boys and girls placed 10th and 14th respectively. Over the course of the weekend, we had 76% best...

Greetings YNS Families, As we approach the end of our Short Course Season (September-March) and aim towards the beginning of our Long Course Season (April-July), it is important to let you know of a few key dates and other things that we are planning for our Sharks Swimmers. Last Day of Short Course Season Practice PreTeam: The goal of our PreTeam is to mirror our Competitive Team as closely as possible. This includes following Season Plans that are created for all groups. After every season, it is important for the...

Good Afternoon YNS Families, As we head into our Summer Long Course Season, we wanted to let everyone know that during the month of April, Coach Cindy will be retiring from YNS. For anyone who knows Cindy, she has given many years to the profession of coaching swimmers and certainly over the last five years at YNS she has made an enormous contribution to the Ipswich site as well as many other swimmers on our YNS Team. Cindy came to YNS at a time, five years ago, when we very...

Save the Date! YMCA of the North Shore Sharks Annual End-of-Season Banquet Join us to celebrate an amazing 2022-2023 swim season with swimmers and coaches from all YNS sites, including a special celebration of our graduating seniors Thursday May 4, 2023 Danversport, Elliot St, Danvers All swimmers and families are invited We can’t make this happen without your help- click below to volunteer! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F45A5AF23A75-ynsbanquet

Save the Date! YMCA of the North Shore Sharks Annual End-of-Season Banquet Join us to celebrate an amazing 2022-2023 swim season with swimmers and coaches from all YNS sites, including a special celebration of our graduating seniors Thursday May 4, 2023 Danversport, Elliot St, Danvers All swimmers and families are invited We can’t make this happen without your help- click below to volunteer! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F45A5AF23A75-ynsbanquet

Over the weekend, twelve of our youngest Sharks traveled to the University of Rhode Island for a 3 day Championship Age Group swim Meet for 10/Under’s starting on Friday, February 17th and ending Sunday the 19th. This Meet consisted of the fastest 10/Under swimmers from all over New England, 52 teams in total. Our YNS Sharks have been working hard leading up to this Competition and they definitely showed that they are rising stars. Out of the 52 teams, the YNS Boys and Girls combined for a 17th place finish...

Greeting YNS Shark Family, In this January Edition of our Monthly Newsletter, we have a wide variety of topics to cover. Each of which, we are sure will help guide you with more information. Parent Meeting Zoom Call This past Wednesday, January 4, we held a Parent Zoom Meeting for all members of the Team to review a few things coming up between now and the end of the season, as well as review the team website, and answer any questions submitted in the survey. Here is a link which...

Greeting YNS Families, As we have entered into 2023, many of your Swimmers’ USA Swimming Registration/Memberships have expired, and some of you that are new to the Team (who moved up from PreTeam to Bronze) need to create your USA Swimming Account and get the Registration/Membership for your Swimmers. This Account is mandatory in order to participate in Swim Meets, including our Home Meet in two weeks! It is important to keep in mind that you will technically have 3 different Accounts as a member of the swim team: YMCA...

Dear YNS Family, It is the most wonderful time of the year! We wish you and your families the happiest holiday and New Year! We love being a part of this big happy family! Sincerely, Your YNS Coaching Staff

Good Afternoon YNS Families, When we competed in our October IMX/IMR Challenge, it also counted as results for the YMCA Virtual Championship Meet which is a virtual meet (and counts towards YMCA eligibility requirements for our Y District Championship and Y New England Championship) country-wide. By participating in this Virtual Meet we were ranked and scored amongst other Teams who entered in the country. We placed 9th for Men, 11th for Women, and 10th Overall...out of 68 Teams that entered! Every Swimmer that participated can print out a Certficate with...