New Records

We have one more update on team records to announce for this year.  CONGRATULATIONS TO JORDAN KNAPPINS who set the Short Course team records in both the Girls 9-10 100 back with a great swim of 1:27.82 and 100 breast with a time of 1:41.17!  Way to go JORDAN!!!

OK...I Lied...we have one more records update from the Time's A-Wastin' Invitational.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SWIMMERS:

• BRADEN NOLD who broke TWO team records for 8&under boys at the Time's A-Wastin' invitational.  He smashed the prior 50 back record of 43.45 with a great swam of 39.05 and broke the 50 fly record with a swim of 40.82. 

• LAUREN HELLER broke the girls 9-10 50 back record with a swim of 33.29 and set the 500 free record with a swim of 6:18.89.

• JASON McDONOUGH broke his own boys 13-15 1650 free record with a swim of 20:27.62

A BIG WHOOOOO HOOOO to all our recordbreakers!!!

OK... It seems our team is not yet done breaking records!  So I will not say this is the last.

At Silver champs TWO team records fell at the hands of Kelli Harrod and Marty Haas.

Kelli knocked over 3 seconds off her own 400IM record with a fantastic swim of 6:07.24! 

Marty broke Michael Jones' FOUR YEAR OLD record in the 200 breast (well, broke isn't really the right word...SMASHED is more like it!) with a swim of 2:38.24, knocking over 8 seconds off the record!

CONGRATULATIONS TO KELLI & MARTY!

Next Year's Boosters

A great big "thank you" to David for all he's done to help make our organization the best it can be, and all he continues to do in negotiations for our next contract.

In an effort to better communicate (by "spreading the wealth") and improve the overall team experience, we have re-defined the Booster Positions, and we have a great team in place...Our Booster group will be:

Enter our T-shirt Contest

The Boosters have decided to hold a contest for the design of next year's Swim Team T-Shirt.

• Open to all CFYN swimmers

• Entry Deadline is A STRICT April 1st (and that's no joke!)

• Booster's & Coaches will be choosing a winner at the April Booster Meeting.

• Winners will be notified by phone.

Draw out your design (as best you can) and put it (IN AN ENVELOPE) in Christina Moretti's mail box at the Nat.  PLEASE don't forget to put your name on it.

Remember it is the design we are looking for, not an artist!  So, even if you are not a great artist, but you have a great design idea, please enter the contest! 

If you have questions, please email Christina at cmoretti@neo.rr.com

We would also like swimmer or parent suggestions for the inspirational saying that goes on the back of the t-shirt.  Submit those ideas by April 1st to boosters@tsharkswimming.com (include the subject line "Inspirational Saying".) Coach Dale will be selecting the saying.

Zone Relays

Before we post the zone relays, I want to post something about relay selection...This time of year ALWAYS gets confusing for several families (and it confused me at first too.)  I'm not sure this is going to come up, but if it does, I want everyone to be able to understand it.

All year, our relays are divided by age groups (8&under, 9/10, 11/12 and so forth.)  At zones, they are still divided, but they are divided slightly differently.  The first age group is 10 & under, then 11/12 and so forth.

What does this mean?  Well, it basically means that the 2 age groups (9/10 & 8&under) can will be combined and sorted by age.  Then the top times will be determined for what our "normal season" calls the 9/10 relays.

If you have any questions, please contact your coach.

Zones

The Great Lakes zone championship meet will be here before you know it!  Several swimmers have qualified in individual events, and several relays have already qualified...we'll be looking for more GREAT swims at the League Meet.

This seems like a great time to remind parents and swimmers HOW the zone relays are selected.  This is ALWAYS confusing.  So, here goes:

• If a relay has qualified for Zones at or before the league meet, the swimmers that make up that relay will be determined AFTER the USA GOLD CHAMPIONSHIP meet on March 3rd.  Look for names to be posted early the following week.  Times at USA Silver Champs will not be used to secure a spot on a qualified relay, but MAY be used to get a relay qualified.

• If a relay has NOT qualified for Zones by the league meet, complete relay teams or individuals may attend last chance meets to attempt to get the relay qualified.  IF a swimmer's time is used to qualify a relay, that swimmer WILL BE on the zone relay.

If you have any questions, please talk to your coach.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

CONGRATULATIONS TIGERSHARK SWIMMERS AND COACHES ON OUR FIRST PLACE FINISH AT THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET!

CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS

New Records Established

We have had a couple new records established.  Kelli Harrod established a Girls 13-14 record for the 400 IM with a swim of 6:10.41 at the Distance Animal meet on February 10th.  WAY TO GO KELLI!

Andrew Appleby established a Boys 11-12 200 Fly record with a swim of 2:30.73, beating the current BOYS 13-14 record too...although we'll have to wait for next year for that!  WOW!  Way to swim ANDREW!!! A big whoooo hoooo to Andrew!!!!

Fastlane Swim Camp is Back...

Dates have been announced for the summer camp!

Remember the mini-camp we had that sold out so fast?  Well, the full-length version is here!  Well, not exactly here.  Check out the Fastlane Swim camp information on their website at www.fastlaneswimming.net. 

This is a GREAT [reasonably priced] summer swim camp for kids 8 to 18!  You can choose from 4 weeks and three pools for whatever fits into your summer schedule. 

Kids come from all over (multi-state) to attend this camp.  Email Christina (cmoretti@neo.rr.com) for information about SPECIAL TIGER SHARK PRICING for swim camp.  Camp sizes are limited, so register quickly! 

Other Summer Swim Camps

There are SEVERAL great camps this summer.  Visit the Camps and Clinics page for details.

Look out Ft. Lauderdale....here we come

Morgan Lydic  qualified for the YMCA National Meet (held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) in the 50 Free with an fantastic swim of 25.25!

Over 4000 swimmers ages 12 & Up will compete at the National Championship meet this year.  Earlier this year Morgan qualified for the 100 Free with a time of 54.77. We couldn't be prouder to have such a fine athlete to represent our very own Cuyahoga Falls YMCA Tigersharks at the National level. Good Luck Morgan!

Click here for a complete list of zone and national qualifiers!  Congratulations to ALL!

End of year Awards Banquet

This end of year meeting and celebration is for ALL SWIMMERS!  All swimmers and their families are invited to attend.  We will be recognizing participation and achievement on all levels.  We will also conducting our [short] end of year meeting be announcing booster members for next year.

Awards Night at the Riverfront YMCA.  All team presentation 4:30 p.m. in the main gym upstairs.   Age group break-outs 5:15 -6:00 p.m.  Pizza, fruit punch, chips, cookies (Last names A-L - cookies; last names M-Z chips or snacks) served in upstairs classroom where we had registration.  Rock wall, gym and pool open for swim team and families open from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Come and join the fun with the team!
 

The Boosters will be providing Pizza and beverages and we are asking that each family bring something to share according to this schedule:

• Last names A-L please bring a dozen cookies

• Last names M-Z please bring chippy snacks (chips, pretzels, etc.)

Last Chance Meets

Well, we had quite a turnout considering the weather!  We had 70 swimmers from 11 teams and 111 entries.  Not a bad start to our "Zone plus fund."  We will be putting together a "team" (separate from the board) to manage this account.  If you are interested, email the boosters at boosters@tsharkswimming.com

Last Chance Meets

We are holding our second annual Last Chance meet on Friday March 7^th beginning at 3:30 (for distance events) and 5:00 for all other events & relays (flyer is posted on the League Website, or click here for flyer in .pdf format.)  THE MEET WILL END PROMPTLY AT 7:00.  WE WILL ALSO BE CHARGING A $2 SPECTATOR FEE.  This year’s proceeds will be used to set up a fund to help defray the cost of attending championship swim meets at the Zone or above level (including USA Quads, Zones and Nationals.)  If you are parent of a swimmer who is attending this meet in an attempt to qualify for zones, you will be required to volunteer. 

Highlights from West End Pentathlon

Did I make it to Leagues?

Highlights from the Presidential Meet

WOW!  First place!  Way to go Tigersharks!  There were several highlights from this meet!  Were do we begin... I guess we can start with the new zone qualifiers:

• Lauren Tullis qualified in the 100 fly with a time of 1:11.57 in her FIRST EVER 100 fly swim! (what's up with that!  a big whooo hoooo to Ms. Tullis!)

• Ryan Hillyer qualified in the 100 IM with a swim of 1:10.17

• Lauren Heller qualified in the 50 breast with a swim of 39.62

• Marty Haas qualified in the 50 free with a time of 24.53

As far as records go....Lauren Heller bettered her own 50 free record with a swim of 27.89!

Several swimmers also swam their best times!  Click here for the new top times report.

For complete list of zone qualifiers, click here

CONGRATULATIONS TIGERSHARK SWIMMERS AND COACHES ON OUR FIRST PLACE FINISH AT THE DIVISIONAL MEET!

The results are in!  Click on the link below for the complete results from the divisional championship swim meet.

Division 2 Results

Did I make it to Leagues? Click here for relay information or check out the League Meet Psych Sheet

Highlights from Divisionals.

We need "A Few Good Men"

Actually, we need TWO, and it can be MAN or WOMAN!

As our team grows, so grows the Boosters!  We have TWO At Large Booster Positions open for next year:

• At Large - Publicity

  Primary functions are:

  • gathering information/articles from coaches after meets - to be published on the website.

  • Writing and submitting articles to the local newspapers

  • Organizing the team photo

• At Large - Website

  Primary functions are:

  • Maintaining website (which is easy, just takes a bit of time)

  • Publicity person, coaches and Boosters will be submitting information to post

  • Most information will be sent to you to post.

Please consider helping out.  To express interest, click on the At Large Position you are interested in.   If you have any questions, please email us. boosters@tsharkswimming.com

YSU Presidential Meet

As a BIG THANK YOU to all the families for your support with a very successful Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction, and to encourage total team participation at the YSU Presidential Meet, THE BOOSTERS will be paying for all entries into this meet! 

Please get your entries in ASAP! 

Again, THANK YOU!

Up In Smoke

More team records fell at the hands of Lauren Heller at this Saturday's Dual Meet against Wooster!  Lauren managed to bettered her own record in the 100 free with a time of 1:02.18! 

Sarah Yanito's has been the proud record holder for the past 4 years in the Girls 9-10 IM; however, that all changed when Lauren swam a remarkable 1:12.22! 

Congratulations Lauren!  Keep up the great work!

Apparently Lauren took our good wishes and request to heart!  This weekend was an AQUA SPEEDWAY for her!

Lauren managed to better her own year-old 100 free record with a swim of 1:02.89!  Additionally she smashed a FOUR-YEAR OLD record set by Haley Turner in 2004 in the 50 Fly with a swim of 32.06!  Lauren was not the only one tearing up the Aqua Speedway this weekend!

ANDREW APPLEBY CRUSHED a SIX-YEAR old record (set by Kris Brooks) in the 100 Backstroke with a fabulous swim of 1:04.79!

Congratulations to Andrew and Lauren on great swims this weekend.

New Zone Qualifiers

In addition to all the records that fell this weekend, we also had more swimmers qualify for the Zone Championship meet:

The following swimmers have qualified for SEVERAL events, but added new ones at the CCS meet:

• Andrew Appleby has qualified for the 100 Back at the CCS meet with a swim of 1:04.79

• Ryan Hillyer has qualified for the 100 Fly with a time of 1:12.43

A special congratulations to the following swimmers who have qualified for their FIRST zone event of the year:

• Marty Haas in the 100 free with a time of 54.01

• Ross Palazzo in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:20.37

Reverse Raffle

The reverse raffle and silent auction were a huge success!  It seemed like everyone was having fun.  All in all, things ran smoothly!  Please let us know what you think.  Click here to submit feedback.

Look for further updates in the next few days!

A HUGE THANK YOU to ALL who worked so hard to bring it all together!  David and I could NOT have pulled this off without YOU!!!!!!!

The main board prize was split between THREE winners:  Mr. Mikolajczyk (Lisa Coleman's Dad,) Christina Moretti and Martin Haas.  The top 5 in the $5 and $3 sideboards also agreed to split their winnnings.  Congratulations to all the winners!

The Sea Sprite meet was fun!

Congratulations to Macy Trattner and Nathan Moretti who won trophies for their high point scores!

Dual Meet vs. Vermillion

As it stands right now, our dual meet against Vermillion has been cancelled.  If more information becomes available, we will post it.

Volunteers Needed

We still need volunteers for our Wooster meet.  Click here to see how you can help.

Divisional Championships

The divisional Championship meet is just around the corner!  Visit the Meet page for details.  All swimmers swim

at the divisional meet. 

You will need a parking pass for Akron U.

Click here for the Divisional Meet Information packet.

Thank you to the following people who have volunteered for Divisionals:  Please click here for important information (it's long, but PLEASE read it all.)

 Age Group Coordinators

• 10 & under girls: Michelle Marshall & Pam Primovero

• 10 & under Boys: Jen Riter & Carol Hillyer

• 11 & over girls: Melissa Tullis

• 11 & over Boys: Donna Jennings & Carol Hillyer

• Kristan Heller 10 & Under

 Officials

• Christina Moretti – starter, older pool

• Paul Appleby – older pool

• Stavros Androulakakis – older pool

• Mary Heidler – older pool FLOATER

 Timers

• Terri Mullins – older pool

• Beth McDonough – older pool

• David Lydic – older pool

• Al Moretti – Younger pool

• Kurt Houk – younger pool

• Tom Anderson – older pool

• Martin Haas –older pool

• Lenore France/Dan Markowicz - where needed

ATTENTION SWIMMERS!  Test your swim knowledge.   Take Coach Gabriel's Swimming Quiz

Simon Turner

• qualified in the 50 fly at the Green Invitational with a time of 35.08

Kyle Vantrease

• qualified in the 200 free at the Lake West meet with a time of 2:31.42

Green Invitational

Congratulations to the entire team for a job well done!  CFYN finished first at the Green invitational! Visit the meet page for complete results.

On Fire!!!

The Wooster meet was more than just a record breaker!  Several swimmers swam their best times! 

Highlights included the following swimmers who dropped SERIOUS TIME in their events:

• Athena Androulakakis 6.8 seconds in the 50 Fly

• Jessica Bartik dropped 12.01 seconds in the 200 free

• Anna Biasella dropped 7.33 seconds in her 100 IM

• Mary Carter dropped 11.07 seconds in the 100 free

• Mason Gabriel dropped 30.09 in the 200 free

• Parker Gabriel dropped 7.85 seconds in the 50 back

• Jenni Heid dropped 11.52 in her 200 free & 6.96 in the 100 free

• Ellen Hudock dropped 4.39 seconds in her 25 breast

• Annie Kennedy dropped 8.11 seconds in her 50 fly

• Patricia Kinney dropped 12.06 in the 200 free

• Andrew Kovac dropped time in THREE events, including 5.14 seconds in his 50 back!

• Courtney Kozusko dropped 16.65 seconds in the 50 fly...yes, that's a 50 fly!

• Gavin Markowitz dropped 13.36 seconds in his 50 Fly...yup, that's a 50 too.

• Daniella Primovero dropped 10 seconds in her100 free

• Greg Rechner dropped 11.46 in his 200 free

• Milos Tolj dropped time in THREE events, including 8.86 seconds in his 50 breast!

• Kelsey Wenk dropped 6.37 seconds in her 50 free

Check out the complete list here.

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COACH DALE.

TEAM OHIO

What???  Team Ohio?  What's team Ohio?  Until this year, I had no idea, but here's the scoop!

Each year USA swimming has a Quad meet...Ohio and 3 other states.  Each state puts together the BEST TEAM possible.  Swimmers from all over Ohio apply for a chance to be chosen as one of the best in their age group.  This year, we are very PROUD to announce that all THREE of our swimmers who applied were accepted!  This is an unbelievable accomplishment and we send our CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES to:

Lauren Heller

Andrew Appleby

Morgan Lydic

We'll miss you on January 5th at the Lake West meet, but wish you the very best at the Quad Meet! 

GO TEAM OHIO!

Silent Auction/Reverse Raffle

• Next Friday, business casual to dressy, we'll see it all!  And we'll see you there!

  • We will have both a Chinese Auction (where you buy raffle tickets for a chance to win) and a Silent Auction (where you bid to win.)  Cash or check accepted for silent auction winning bids.

  • We will also have side-boards...preferably cash for those

• ALL FAMILIES MUST RSVP - PLEASE RSVP to Christina at cmoretti@neo.rr.com

• RSVP deadline is 1/5/08!

• We will assume that any family that does not RSVP is NOT ATTENDING.

Top Times Report Posted

Back by popular demand....the top times report is posted on the CFYN Records Page.  Please note, this is Top Times for THIS YEAR only!

New Team Records Set

The Mark J Braun Fall Classic was a huge event for Lauren Heller, who set three new records!  She:

• Broke her own 50 Free records with a swim of 28.60...oh wait...she did it AGAIN at the Shaker Shark Invitational!  New record is 27.94!

• Broke the 100 Free record with a swim of 1:03.15

• Broke her own 50 Back records with a swim of 33.92

Did Lauren stop there?  Nah...she broke another of her own records at the Shaker Shark!

• 100 Fly record was 1:27.83, but she swam it in1:19.75!

Congratulations Lauren!!!

Lauren was not the only one breaking team records!  Andrew Appleby knocked a couple more seconds off his 200 Backstroke record with a great swim of 2:23.19!  WAY TO GO ANDREW!!!!

INVITATIONAL UPDATE & ESCROW ACCOUNTS

 CFYN Treasurer Update

As the invitational season gets into full swing, there have been many questions about registering and paying for these events. 

 INVITATIONAL REGISTRATION:

All deadlines are posted on the meet information page.  Please read the details about number of events your swimmers may swim for each invitational.  This does change from meet to meet.  All entries should be emailed to meetentry@tsharkswimming.com.  It is important to send entries to this link, because several individuals are notified (meet secretary, head coach, team president).  When the entry deadline has passed, Coach Dale will put relays together from the swimmers registered for that meet.  Not all swimmers will swim relays.  Coach Dale will compose as many relays as possible with the swimmers attending the event.  You do not have to register your swimmer for relays.  The team is paying for all relay events at invitationals this year.  If you do not want your swimmer participating in relays, please note this on your registration e-mail.

 PAYMENT:

In order to make payment easier for both swimmer families and the treasurer (Martin Haas), an escrow account can be established for each family.  An initial payment (generally $50) will open the escrow account.  This check should be made payable to CFYN.  As invitationals are swum, the entry fees are deducted from this account.  This way, you do not have to pay for each invitational separately.  You may choose not to open an escrow account.  In this case, you are expected to pay for each invitational at the time of registration.  Again, this payment is made to CFYN.  Checks can be sent to the treasurer in the following three ways. 

1. mail to the CFYN PO BOX (P.O. Box 49 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44222)

2. Mail to Martin Haas (2181 Bristol Court Hudson, OH 44236)

3. Leave a check in the treasurer’s mailbox at the NAT

If at any time you wish to have the balance in the escrow account returned, just ask the treasurer.  We will allow the escrow accounts to go negative for a short time. 

Finally, the following families need to add money to their accounts (email Martin if you need details)

Capriola

Fenwick

Kennedy

Simpson

Statton

Wolfe

New Invitationals Added

We have added TWO new invitationals.  A meet for 7th & 8th graders only (open to ALL 7th & 8th grade swimmers, NOT just USA) and AYF Aqua Speedway, which is a YMCA invitational.  

Holiday Practice Changes

Check out the practice schedule for holiday changes.

3.0 & 4.0 Club

REPORT CARDS ARE COMING HOME SOON!  DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR 3.0 & 4.0 CLUBS!

Every year, our Coaches recognize outstanding academic achievement of our swimmers at the end-of-year award ceremony.  We have Swimmers achieving a GPA of 3.0 or above.  If your child has a GPA of 3.0 or higher (O's, S's and other elementary grades count and can be converted!) bring a COPY of their report card to their coach.

A list of students will be posted on the bulletin board at the YMCA, and will be kept updated throughout the year. 

More Team records up in smoke

Congratulations to Lauren Heller for breaking TWO more 9-10 Girls Team Records!  At our Youngstown Dual meet, she shattered the prior 200 Free record with a time of 2:21.15!  At the Battle of Lake Erie, she also broke the 50 back record with a great swim of 34.31!

Team & Individual Photos

This year's Individual & Team photos will be taken at the YMCA on November 17th.  We will be on a tight schedule that day, as photos will be taken BEFORE meet warm-ups.  INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS will begin at 12:30; TEAM photo will be at 2:30!  

In order to keep things moving efficiently, please complete your ORDER FORM (in .pdf) and bring it with you, together with payment) on Photo Day. 

SWIM CAMP INFO

THE CAMP IS NOW FULL.   To be put on a waiting list, in case someone cancels, send an email to cmoretti@neo.rr.com

Cost is $65 per swimmer.  Checks should be made payable to CFYN, and can be given to any Booster Member, or placed in our mailboxes at the Nat.  Checks must be received by November 20th to guarantee your spot.  Who's participating in swim camp?  Check the Camp list

PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED!  FastLanes Swim Camp to come to Tiger Sharks.  We are making plans for Notre Dame Swimming & Diving coach Mike Gallagher and his team will be conducting a 2-day mini-camp, focusing on starts, turns, and drills, for ages 8-13.  If all goes as planned, we will be hosting this camp at Kent Roosevelt Pool DECEMBER 27 & 28 from 1-5 each day. 

Practice Schedule Change

Reminder: Saturday practice times have changed.  Please check the practice schedule.

Laps with Lizards Results

The results from the Laps with Lizards Meet are posted on the Meet Page.  WHAT A MEET IT WAS!  Nine teams competed in this meet...Our team finished in FIRST place!  Congratulations to all the swimmers who helped make that possible!

Individual swimmer highlights included FIVE Zone Qualifiers!  Congratulations to:

• ANDREW APPLEBY who qualified in THREE individual events in the boys 11-12 category: 100 Freestyle with a time of 59.94; 50 Fly with a time of 30.09; and 100 IM with a time of 1:08.51!

• LAUREN HELLER who qualified in the Girls 9-10 50 Freestyle with a time of 29.96

• MORGAN LYDIC who qualified in the Girls 13-14 50 Freestyle with a time of 26.13!

Several of our swimmers earned Top finishes (first place in relays & top three in individual events.)  We don't normally list them all, but thought this would be a nice acknowledgement, so here goes!  If we missed anyone, please send an email to cmoretti@neo.rr.com

Morning Session:

• Girls 11-12 medley relay took First (Krista Sitler, Lauren Tullis, Elizabeth Heidler, Rachael Moretti)

• Girls 11-12 Freestyle relay took First (Lauren Tullis, Krista Sitler, Sarah Wolanske, Rachael Moretti)

• Boys 11-12 medley relay took First (Ryan Hillyer, Ross Palazzo, Andrew Appleby, Jacob Earle)

• Boys 11-12 Freestyle relay took First (Ryan Hillyer, Ross Palazzo, Jacob Earle, Andrew Appleby)

• Girls 9-10 Medley Relay took first (Natalie Hillyer, Jordan Knappins, Macy Trattner, Lauren Heller)

• Girls 9-10 Freestyle Relay took First (Macy Trattner, Jordan Knappins, Natalie Hillyer, Lauren Heller) 

• Sara Wolanske (2nd in the 200 Freestyle; 2nd in 50 Fly)

• Elizabeth Heidler (3rd in 200 Freestyle)

• Rory Capriola (2nd in the 200 Freestyle)

• Rachael Moretti (2nd in 100 IM; 3rd in 50 free; 2nd in 50 back)

• Andrew Appleby (1st in 100 IM; 1st in 50 Fly; 1st in 100 free)

• Macy Trattner (3rd in 100 IM; 3rd in 50 free)

• Lauren Tullis (2nd in 50 free; 2nd in 50 Breast)

• Ryan Hillyer (1st in 50 free; 2nd in 100 free; 3rd in 50 Breast)

• Ross Palazzo (2nd in 50 free; 1st in 50 back; 1st in 50 Breast)

• Lauren Heller (1st in 50 free; 1st in 50 Breast)

• Natalie Hillyer (3rd in 50 Fly)

• Krista Sitler (1st in 100 Free; 3rd in 50 back)

• Jordan Knappins (2nd in 100 free; 3rd in 50 back)

• Colin McNulty (3rd in 50 Breast)

Afternoon Session:

• Chelsea Simpson (1st in 200 Freestyle; 1st in 500 Freestyle; 3rd in 100 Backstroke; 1st in 500 Freestyle)

• Morgan Lydic (1st in 200 IM; 1st in 100 Freestyle)

• Travis Wolfe (1st in 50 Freestyle; 2nd in 100 Fly; 1st in 100 Backstroke)

• Michael Heller (1st in 25 Freestyle; 1st in 25 Fly; 2nd in 25 Breast)

• Tommy Hillyer (2nd in 25 Freestyle; 1st in 50 Freestyle; 1st in 25 Breast)

• Gaby Palazzo (3rd in 25 Fly; 3rd in 25 Backstroke; 2nd in 25 Breast)

• Jason McDonough (2nd in 100 Breast)

New Home Meet Added

Due to a conflict at the Wooster Pool, our Dual Meet with Wooster on January 19th will now be a HOME MEET.  We are asking both WOOSTER and CFYN parents to volunteer for this meet.  Please visit the Volunteer page for that meet to see the available positions.

Quick Survey

Was the Meet & Greet a good season kickoff (was it helpful to you?)

                          Yes                    Somewhat                 No

(You may include brief comments in the body of your email response.)

New Team Records!

Congratulations to ANDREW APPLEBY!  He has the honor of being the FIRST Tigershark swimmer to break a team record!  At the CCS Age Group Invitational, Andrew set a new team record in the Boys 11-12 200 yard backstroke with a fantastic swim of 2:25.64!  Great swim Andrew!!!

Another one bites the dust!  LAUREN HELLER broke the record for 9-10 Girls 50 freestyle at our meet against Ridgewood with a time of 28.82!  Way to go Lauren.  The old record, held by Morgan Lydic was 29.35.

Buddy Update

If you would like a buddy & have not yet signed up, please e-mail Kristan Heller today at sk14heller@aol.com

There are quite a few swimmers who have not signed up, we'd hate to leave you out.

Swimmers interested in Buddies! Please sign up at the YMCA or the NAT this week!

Or you can e-mail Kristan Heller at sk14heller@aol.com 

Please give us your name & age so we can match you up with a buddy! There are already Buddy Relay Teams challenging other Buddy Relay Teams for the Buddy Relays! Join the Fun!

Older Swimmers! We need you to sign up to be Buddies! Thanks!

Time Trial Results

Time trial results are in.  Click here to see results.

TIME TRIAL ENTRIES-in Word,  with heat & lane assignments.  Next to each event there is a heat and lane (1/6.)  The first number is heat, second is Lane.

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COACH DALE

All swimmers need a CF ONE pass picture ID to get into the Natatorium for practice.  The Natatorium staff has our team roster to verify that you are on the team.  If you have one from last year, that should work.  If not, please go to the Nat to get your CF ONE pass BEFORE your first Nat practice.

VOLUNTEERS FROM REGISTRATION

Please click on the links below to see where you signed up to help out, or where we still need help.  GREAT JOB on filling MOST of the spots at registration!  Thank you!!! Many hands make light work! :)

We did our best with spelling...if there is any error (either name or job) please let us know.  Once we have a team roster, volunteer positions will be posted BY NAME.

• November 3rd meet against Youngstown

• November 17th meet against Copley

• January 5th meet against Lake West

• All Away meets

• Reverse Raffle/Silent Auction Committee

• Social/Activities Committee

• Invitational Committee (basically the Last Chance meet in March)

• If you are interested in becoming a BUDDY family for a new family, and have not already signed up, click here.

REGISTRATION:

Registration for the 2007-2008 Tiger Sharks season will be Saturday, September 8th at the Riverfront YMCA. 

NEW SWIMMERS ONLY: from 10:00 am - 11:30 am

10 & Under Swimmers register from 11:30 - 1:00

11 & older swimmers register from 1:00 - 2:00

Volunteer sign ups will be available...Bring your calendars!  Other information will be provided as it becomes available.

We have sent out PRE-PRINTED registration forms to swimmers from last year.  If you are a new swimmer, you can download, complete and print a registration form (in Word) to bring with you to registration.

Practice information will be posted as it becomes available.