Water Rat Swim Team

Water Rat Swim Team in the News!

January 7, 2017/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

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

December 14, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

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 13, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

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

December 5, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

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

December 2, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

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 […]

Barbara Wiederecht Receives USA Swimming Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award

November 6, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

Barbara Wiederecht Honored with the USA Swimming Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award On November 6, 2017, at the CSI Annual Banquet, Barbara Wiederecht,, a former Water Rat parent, received the USA Swimming Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award. The Outstanding Service Award was established in 1981 to recognize volunteers for their invaluable contribution to USA Swimming. […]

Water Rats Excel at the Fairfield YMCA Open Water One Mile Swim

September 24, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

Congratulations to the Water Rats for great swims last Saturday at The Fairfield YMCA One Mile Open Water Swim. The team placed first among all the other teams who participated in the race. In addition, five Westport Water Rats swam out front. Delaney Walsh and Jack Gray placed 7th and 5th overall, respectively. Both were […]

4 Water Rats Listed as 2015-2016 CT Scholar Athletes

September 9, 2016/in WRAT News /by WRAT Website Editor

Four Water Rats from the 2015-2016 Swim Year were named as CT Scholar Athletes. They include – Monica Koubeck Caroline Sargent Elizabeth Sargent Kay Begg Each of the above listed swimmers has been invited to the Connecticut Swimming Awards Banquet on November 6, 2016 at the Aqua Turf Club. The Awards Banquet is held to recognize […]