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Fall/Winter 2008-2009
The 2008-2009 winter season was very successful at the Northern Middlesex YMCA. At several inter-association meets through out the course of the season many best times were set. During the course of the season it is often difficult to set best times. Usually they occur at the end of the season after a swimmer has tapered. The Barracudas proved this wrong setting personal best times in the middle of the season.
At championships, the Barracudas once again stepped up and put in their finest effort to achieve best times. Overall 70 % of the swims at championships were personal best times. The team came in 5th place overall with the boys coming in 6th and the girls coming in 5th. The best finishes for the boys were 3rd place by the 11&12 year olds, and 4th place by the 9&10 year olds. The best finishes for the girls were 4th place for the 13&14 year olds, and 5th place for the 15 & over and 8 & under age groups. Individual champions included Jenny Hawkins in the 8 & under 50 yard freestyle and Haylle Reidy in the 13&14 girls 50 yard free.
At the New England Championships, NMYB once again were able to have some very impressive performances. The team finished 19th overall out of 76 teams. The boys finished 14th overall and the girls took 25th overall. The best finishes that the boys had were 7th place in the 15 & over age group and 8th in the 11&12. The girls took 25th overall. The best finish for the girls was 8th place for the 13&14 year old age group. Top 10 individual finishes were Ben Gilliland who got 3rd in the 9 &10 100 yard backstroke, Ben Gilliland 9th in the 100 IM, Robert Baran 7th in the 11&12 100 free, Robert Baran 5th in the 200 Free, Matthew Dagenais 10th in the 11&12 100 fly, Matthew Dagenais 7th in the 200 IM, Amber Murphy 10th in 13&14 200 freestyle, Amber Murphy 9th in the 500 freestyle, Haylle Reidy 9th in 13&14 50 freestyle, and Austin Kelly 6th in the 15 & over 500 Freestyle. Jackie Otake broke the 11-12 girls 100 yard Butterfly Record.
Best times and records were beaten at the YMCA short course National Championships. Austin Kelly took down three individual records in the 500 yard Freestyle, the 1000 yard Freestyle, and the 1650 yard Freestyle. Sam Nowack and Dylan Heer also broke individual records with Sam breaking the 200 yard Individual Medley and Dylan breaking the 200 yard Breastroke. There was also one relay record broken at short course nationals. The team of Austin Kelly, Dylan Heer, Sam Nowack, and Peter Horton broke the 400 yard medley relay.
Summer 2008
The summer season was a very successful season for the NMY Barracudas. The team went through a transition in coaches and responded very well to the new coaches. The team took 3rd place overall for at the summer championships for both the boys and girls and also 3rd in the overall catagory. The 11-12 year old boys, girls and overall captured first place. Individual Champions included Scott Romeyn, Clair Strom, Michal Ciebielski, and Russell Weeks. Relay winners included Tim Meskill, Dylan Heer, Peter Horton, Alicia Holzer, Clair Strom, Stephanie Sousa, Scott Romeyn, and Jenny Hawkins. In addition to the Yankee Clusters NMY had 3 individuals representing us at the Universtiy of Maryland for YMCA Long Course Nationals. Tim Meskill, Dylan Heer and Peter Horton were the 3. At Nationals Dylan Heer broke the 100 Breast Stroke record with a converted time of 59.85.
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