Entries by WRAT Website Editor

March 2017

Minutes for the Ordinary Meeting of March 7, 2017 Board Members Martha Corneck(Co-Pres), Sylvie Ortega(Co-Pres), Cheryl Smiley (Senior Rep), Trisha Begg (Senior Rep), Adrienne Williams(USA Escrow Manager), John Wang (Co Officials Coordinator), Tracy Keblish (Co Officials Coordinator), Candace Twiss (Pet WRAT Coordinator), Lorraine Kennedy (Ex Officio), Lori Blessey(AG Rep), Adrienne Johnston (Meet Manager), John Belpedio […]

Former Head Coach Bill Krumm Has Passed Away

It is with great sadness that we announce that Bill Krumm, the former head coach of the Water Rats, has passed away. Bill was the Sports Development Consultant for the Western Zone of USA Swimming, which he joined in 2007 after 27 years as Head Coach of the Westport Weston Family YMCA Water Rats. While […]

January 2017

Minutes for the Ordinary Meeting of January 12, 2017 Board Members Sylvia Ortega (Co-Pres), Martha Corneck (Co-Pres), Eileen Brown (Secretary), Adrienne Williams (Escrow Manager), Ellen Johnston (Head Coach), John Belpedio (Co-Treasurer), John Wang (Officials Chair), Ngassam Ngnoumen (8/U Parent Rep), Lorraine Kennedy (Ex Officio), Hannah Arman (Athlete Rep), Sean Paul Stolarski (Athlete Rep) Tracy Keblish […]

Water Rat Swim Team in the News!

The Water Rat Swim Team is in the news! Click here for a nice article from SwimSwam on the team’s holiday care packages for soldiers stationed in Afganistan.

Water Rats Retain Bronze Club Excellence Status

USA Swimming announced today the rankings in the 2017 Club Excellence Program. The Water Rat Swim Team has retained its Bronze Level status as one of the top 200 teams in the country. This program recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to performance excellence and strives to meet the following objectives: Promote the development […]

Grinalds, Woods, and Ortega Break Long-Standing WRAT Team Records

      December has been a busy time for the Water Rats. The senior swimmers traveled to Nashville for the Music City Invitational, other senior swimmers attended a meet at Chelsea Piers, the age group swimmers swam at the Canterbury School, and the 8 & under swimmers swam in Cheshire. There was some very […]

Nico Ortega Breaks 17 Year Old Record in the 1650 Yard Freestyle

  It was a big weekend for our Water Rat Swim Team. The entire team swam fast in locales all across the state and in Nashville, Tennessee. In Nashville, Nico Ortega broke Matt Yacco’s 17 year old record in the 1650 yard Freestyle in a time of 15:37.18 at the Music City Invitational. Nicely done! […]

Chad Le Clos To Swim an Exhibition Race at the Y

    As many of you know, over the last few days Olympian Chad Le Clos has been training at the Westport Weston Family YMCA. Chad is a South African swimmer, Who is an Olympic, World and Commonweath Games Champion, as well as the current world record holder in 100M Butterfly (SCM) with a time […]