Entries by WRAT Website Editor

March 2018

Minutes for the Meeting of March 1, 2018 Board Members: Martha Corneck (Co-President), Dan Lacugna (Co-Treasurer), Kerry Steele-Rubin (Co-Treasurer), Lorraine Kennedy (Secretary), Mark McDermott (Officials Co-Coordinator), Julia Spelman (8U Rep), Cheryl Smiley (SR Rep) and Ellen Johnston (Head Coach). A quorum was achieved and the meeting was called to order. Minutes: Martha Corneck called the […]

February 2018

Minutes for the Meeting of February 1, 2018 Board Members: Martha Corneck (Co-President), Ngassam Ngnoumen (Co-President), Dan Lacugna (Co-Treasurer), Lorraine Kennedy (Secretary), Mark McDermott (Officials Co-Coordinator), John Wang (Officials Co-Coordinator), Candace Twiss (PET WRAT Coordinator), Sylvia Ortega (Ex Officio), Jackie Austin (AG Rep), Tricia Begg (SR Rep), Liz West (Recognition Night), Blake Rainey (Athlete Rep), […]

Water Rats Retain Bronze Excellence Status for the Fourth Year in a Row

    USA Swimming announced today the rankings in the 2018 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 […]

2017-2018 Short Course Mid-Season Recap

  The first half of the 2017-2018 Water Rat Short Course Season has been an excellent one.  Overall, the team has been swimming fast with many personal bests. Some notable performances were Matthew Torres making the ParaOlympic Team USA Team B with his 500 Free swim at the IMX in October.  In November, at the […]

November 2017

Minutes for the Annual Meeting of November 2, 2017   Board Members: Martha Corneck (Co-President), Ngassam Ngnoumen (Co-President), Kerry Steele-Rubin (Co-Treasurer), Dan Lacugna (Co-Treasurer), Lorraine Kennedy (Secretary), Mark McDermott (Officials Co-Coordinator), Adrienne Williams (Escrow Manager), Jackie Austin (AG Rep), Trish Begg (SR Rep), Julia Spelman (8/U Rep), Scott VanKuilenburg (Coach) and Ellen Johnston (Head Coach). […]

October 2017

Minutes for the Annual Meeting of October 5, 2017 Board Members: Martha Corneck (Co-President), Ngassam Ngnoumen (Co-President), Kerry Steele-Rubin (Co-Treasurer), Dan Laguna (Co-Treasurer), Lorraine Kennedy (Secretary), Mark McDermott (Co Officials Coordinator), John Wang (Co Officials Coordinator), Adrienne Williams (Escrow Manager), Candace Twiss (Pet WRAT Coordinator),), Blake Rainey (Student Representative) Jackie Austin (AG Rep), and Ellen […]

Sarah Grinalds To Attend USA Swimming’s National Select Camp

  It is with great pleasure that we announce that Sarah Grinalds has recently been selected to the prestigious USA Swimming National Select Camp.  Sarah along with Head Coach Ellen Johnston will travel to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado from October 19-22, 2017 to share this once in a lifetime experience. […]

41 Water Rats Make the CT Top 16

Forty-one swimmers who swam with the Water Rats during all or part of the 2016-2017 Swim Year were named as Top 16 Connecticut Swimmers.  They include: Kate Murray Annam Olasewere Ayaan Olasewere Jude Gussen Andrew Berkowitz Shawn Chang Michael Ivanov Caroline Begg NouNou Chang Jacob Lee Riley Twiss Regan Ryan Nathan Wang Stanley Yarmoussik Nick […]