~SUMMER 2007~

The summer of 2007 was another successful swim season for the Barracudas. The NMY swim team swam themselves to a very rewarding finish at the 2007 Summer Yankee Cluster Championship, a 2nd place victory! The 15-18 year olds took first place in the boys division as well as the girls and boys combined division.  Most every swimmer swimming a personal best time and many great races contributed to the overall success.  

The team also had swimmers qualify for both the USA Swimming CT Age Group State Championship and USA Swimming CT Senior Open Championship.

 

~WINTER 2007~

Throughout the 2006-2007 fall/winter season, the team achieved an immeasurable number of best times leading the Barracuda’s to an astounding finish.  The Barracudas won 3 of the 15 age groups at Yankee Cluster Championships.  The NMY boys placed 3rd and the girls placed 4th, with a combined finish of 3rd place! 

The team qualified 41 individuals to swim at the New England Area YMCA Championships, with an additional 36 swimmers attending to participate on relay teams.  The barracudas swam their hearts out, leaving them with very impressive results.  With 72 teams competing, the NMY team placed in the top 10 in 10 of the 15 age groups, in addition the 15-18 boys won their age group title! The boys placed 6th overall and the girls 9th, with a combined finish of 6th place!  The team had 1 individual first place finish and many in the top 6.

In addition, 4 NMY swimmers qualified for short course YMCA Nationals held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.

The team also qualified 6 swimmers for the USA Swimming Connecticut Age Group Championships and 3 of those swimmers qualified and continued onto the USA Connecticut Senior Championships. 

Throughout the course of the season 14 individual records and 3 relay records were broken.