This weekend we are hosting the YMCA CT State Championships at our pool. The 9-10 year old session is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. On Deck Time: NO LATER THAN 11:45am Warm Up: 12:00pm Meet Starts: 1:15pm Anticipated Finish: 3:45pm All swimmers and spectators should enter the pool deck through the observation deck. Team suit, team cap, team apparel must be worn. 9-10 SWIMMERS WILL BE SITTING IN STUDIO C FOR THE MEET. PLEASE BRING A DECK CHAIR. We will have an apparel vendor onsite selling t-shirts and sweatshirts (main level...

This weekend we are hosting the YMCA CT State Championships at our pool. The 11-12 year old session is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. On Deck Time: NO LATER THAN 2:15pm Warm Up: 2:30pm Meet Starts: 3:50pm Anticipated Finish: 6:20pm All swimmers and spectators should enter the pool deck through the observation deck. Team suit, team cap, team apparel must be worn. 11-12 SWIMMERS WILL BE SITTING IN STUDIO C FOR THE MEET. PLEASE BRING A DECK CHAIR. We will have an apparel vendor onsite selling t-shirts and sweatshirts (main level...

This weekend we are hosting the YMCA CT State Championships at our pool. The 8 and under session is scheduled for mid-day on Saturday. On Deck Time: NO LATER THAN 11:00am. Warm Up: 11:15am Meet Starts: 12:15pm Anticipated Finish: 1:45pm All swimmers and spectators should enter the pool deck through the observation deck. Team suit, team cap, team apparel must be worn. NO deck chairs for the 8/Under session. We will have an apparel vendor onsite selling t-shirts and sweatshirts (main level past the cafe) The meet will bel livestreamed...

Championship Mania and our own version of March Madness kicks off this weekend with The CT Regional Championships. Feels as though it is here in a blink of an eye. We have done a great deal since September to instill great effort in execution and overall training. Each swimmer’s “Tool Box” should have more than when the season started and feel confident with their ability to step-up and RACE. We look for each swimmer to get up on the blocks and do the best they can. Focus on what each...

Hello Everyone! As you know this Saturday is our annual Pancake Breakfast which will run from 8:30am-11:30am. This is one of the highlights of our season and we are looking forward to seeing everyone there! In order to prevent the entire team from showing up at once, we will be making the following changes to practice in order to allow everyone to attend this event in waves... Challenger 1+2: Practice 7:30-9:00 Pancakes AFTER practice Discovery 1+2+3: Practice 9:00-10:00 Pancakes AFTER practice Blue + Red Practice 10:00-11:00 Pancakes BEFORE practice

Congratulations to Westport Water Rat National Team member Bryce Keblish for making national news with his college decision. Best of luck to Bryce on his journey to the University of Virgina! Please click on the link below to read the SwimSwam article highlighting Bryce. http://swimswam.com/uva-picks-up-verbal-from-fast-rising-multi-talented-bryce-keblish/

Dear Water Rat Age Groupers, The SAG, TAG, JAG1, JAG2, and JAG3 squads will be given a goal setting packet at some point this week to take home and complete. The packet can also be found here. The Age Group coaching staff is asking that all swimmers in teh squads above please complete and return to the coaches by Tuesday, October 14th. There are a total of 4 Goal Setting Worksheets to be completed and returned. If you are a returning swimmer and would like to look up your best...

Swimmer of the Week - Week 4 Regan Ryan Regan is in her first year with the Water Rats this season and has already made a huge impact on the SAG training group. Regan is currently in the 7th grade at Madison Middle school in Trumball, CT. Regan's fondest memory in this sport was making her first Age Group Championship cut in the butterfly events as a 9 year old. Regan has the ability to swim any race and qualify for Age Groups in every Butterfly, Freestyle, Backstroke, and Individual...

This link will take you to a SwimSwam article highlighting the 2015 USA Swimming National Championships time standards and 2015 USA Swimming Junior National Championships time standards. http://swimswam.com/usa-swimming-announces-time-standards-2015-nationals-junior-nationals/ This link will take you to the 2015 YMCA Swimming National Championships time standards. This meet will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina for a 4th year in a row. http://www.pfyswim.org/meets/standards/2015SC-Nats.pdf This link will take you to the Connecticut Age Group Championships qualifying times from 2014. When the 2015 qualifying times get posted we will relay them onto you. CT Age Group...

Senior News October 5, 2014 We finally made it to Mahackeno!!! This past week was monumental in so many ways and to see and hear the excitement from all the swimmers was priceless. Pictures from Day 1 are up on the website. We still have a few kinks to work out but nothing that interferes with practice or the functioning of the pool. A couple of items of note involve the locker rooms. Swimmers under the age of 18 may not use the adult locker room. For the family locker...