Starting tomorrow two of our swimmers, John Whiteside and Sarah Grinalds, will be swimming at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Austin, Texas, alongside the likes of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and more. The Arena Pro Swim Series encompasses several highly competitive meets. The meets are swum in Long Course Meters. This […]
USA Swimming announced today the rankings in the 2016 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 […]
December has been a busy time for the Water Rats. Ten days ago a group of seniors went down to Nashville for the Music City Invitational, the age groupers attended a meet at Chelsea Piers, and the 8/unders swam at Hamden Hall. There was some very fast swimming with four team records broken. Sarah Grinalds […]
Coach Scott and the Water Rat Swim Team are featured in Team Unify’s promotional video about The Crazy Big Swim. Click here to view the video. The Crazy Big Swim is a nationwide swim event sponsored by Team Unify. Participating teams have their swimmers swim the 50 yard freestyle and raise money for pediatric cancer […]
Congratulations to Water Rat Sarah Grinalds, who recently became one of the top ranked swimmers in the nation for girls 18 and under in the 50 yard freestyle. Grinalds, a sophomore at Fairfield Ludlowe High School, posted a record time of 22.97 in the 50 free in the FCIAC high school swimming championships, held Nov. 5 […]
Congratulations to Water Rat National Team member John Whiteside for making national news on his college selection. John has verbally committed to join the Cavaliers Men’s Swimming and Diving Team at the University of Virginia. John will be joining Water Rat alum Bryce Keblish who is a freshman at UVA. Best of luck John and […]
Twenty-seven Water Rats from the 2014-2015 Swim year were named as Top 16 Connecticut Swimmers. They include – Jude Dequeljoe Caroline Begg Katherine Begg Ella Alpert Shealeigh Crombie Riley Twiss Max Peel Ashleigh Piro Kate Killian Sarah Grinalds Willow Woods Michelle Kennedy Nick Killian Dashiell Hunter John Whiteside Aileen Coyne Bryce Keblish Michael Deluca Justin […]
The Westport Weston Family YMCA’s Water Rat Swim Team has named Scott VanKuilenburg as its new Head Age Group Coach and Assistant Director of Competitive Swimming. Scott will begin his new duties on Monday, August 31, as the team holds its annual tryouts for new swimmers interested in joining the Water Rats for the upcoming […]
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