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| The Canada Cup is the premiere senior event for this time of the season and draws athletes from all over Canada. This year England sent a contingent of their 18 and under swimmers to gain from this very fast event. Many meet records were set and a new Canadian LC record was also set in the womens 100 Fly (57:34) by Katarine Savard of CSQ in Quebec. Read more... | ||
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Success for the NYAC Tri-Kids August 2011 Meet report by Lisa Papas | |
| The NYAC Tri-Kids competed in a number of Kids of Steel races this summer with great success. | ||
 | Jacqueline Douglas remained undefeated placing first in her age category at the Caledon, Huronia, Ottawa, Barrie and Orillia KOS races. She had a tremedous race in Orillia, having beaten all of the boys and girls in her age category (12-13) out of 60 participants. She competed in an adult race in Ottawa, placing 6th overall including men and women of any age. | |
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McBain also remained undefeated in his age category (10-11 year old boys) placing
first at Barrie and Orillia. It was a NYAC Tri-Kids sweep in the Orillia KOS race for the (12-13 year old girls) with Jacqueline placing first, Sasha Kennedy placing 3rd, Kiana Webber placing 4th and Molly McBain placing 5th. Haley Sturrock won the girls 10-11 age group and Claire, her sister, finished 3rd in the 8-9 age group. Claire also finished 3rd in the Caledon race. | ||
 | Katy Goren qualified at the Barrie KOS for the Ontario Summer Games for kids aged 14 to 23 taking place in Toronto next summer. Katy placed first in her age category in Orillia. | |
The
Kennedy clan were well represented in Orillia, with Rei competing in the 6-7 year
old girls category, Julian in the 8-9 year old boys category and Sasha competing
in the 12-13 year old girls category. Sasha had a successful triathlon summer,
having placed 2nd in Caledon and 3rd in Orillia. Younger brother, Julian, was
also successful placing 3rd at Caledon and 4th in Barrie. | ||
| 2011
Junior LC Provincial Champs June 30 – July 3, 2011 Etobicoke Olympium Meet report by Lisa Papas | ||
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many NYAC families spent the Canada Day long weekend outside with BBQs and fireworks,
43 of NYACs swimmers were competing in the long course Junior Provincial Championships
at the Etobicoke Olympium. Congratulations Qualifying for this meet is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations to all NYAC swimmers, coaches and to head coach Murray Drudge for their dedication and commitment. This is a very large meet, with 990 swimmers attending and plenty of tough competition. Well done NYAC! Top 8 at Provincials 11 year old boys: Taila Brown: 50 Back (8th) 12 Year old girls: Jacqueline Douglas: 800 Free (6th), 200 Free (7th), 400 Free (5th) Allison Martin: 200 Free (2nd), 100 Free (5th), 400 Free (6th) 12 year old boys: Jacob Lee: 200 Breast (1st), 800 Free (2nd), 400 IM (1st), 200 Free (1st), 200 IM (1st), 400 Free (1st) Matti MacLachlan: 100 Back (6th), 200 Back (7th) Ryan Tong: 100 Back (8th), 100 Fly (1st), 100 Free (8th), 13 year old girls: Katy Goren: 100 Back (8th) Geneva Mason: 100 Fly (8th), 100 Free (6th) Keira Michailoff-Russell: 100 Fly (5th), 50 Free (3rd), 200 Free (5th), 100 Free (1st) 13 year old boys: Michael Min: 400 IM (3rd), 200 Fly (3rd), 200 IM (3rd), 200 Back (4th), 400 Free (3rd) 14 year old girls: Joyce Leung: 400 IM (7th), 200 Free (8th) Claire Lockridge: 100 Fly (6th), 100 Free (6th) Donna Nguyon: 100 Free (7th) 14 year old boys: Jonathan Brodie: 200 Free (6th), 100 Back (8th), 100 Fly (4th), 200 Back (5th) Yuon Ho Choi: 400 IM (1st), 100 Back (4th), 200 Butterfly (8th), 200 Back (3rd) Alexander Jin: 400 IM(4th), 200 Free (4th), 100 Fly (1st), 200 Butterfly (1st) Teddy Kalp: 50 Free (2nd), 200 Free (1st), 1500 Free (1st), 800 Free (1st) 16 year old girls: Madelaine Duff: 50 Free (8th) Kathryn Martin: 100 Free (8th) 16 year old boys: Alex Mierzynski: 50 Free (4th), 100 Back (8th), 200 Back (4th) Mackenzie Smith: 200 Breast (3rd), 100 Breast (4th) | ||
Coach Murray | Training
in High Gear There are only a few meets in the Long Course Season, so this means that there is less chance to prepare for the Championship Season. This means that focus is extremely important, so that you maximize each racing and training opportunity. As always, it's not how fast you're swimming, it's how you're swimming fast! Read more... | |
Murray Drudge | What
I've Learned as Coach on the UK Tour Team Coach's Report: Canadian Youth and Junior Team to the UK Dec 27, 2010 - Jan 17, 2011 | |
| As many of you know, I recently returned from Great Britain where I toured with the top youth and junior swimmers from Canada. I’d like to share with you some of my thoughts regarding my experience on this tour team. First, I’ll start off by providing an overview of the three week tour. Read more... | ||
Top
3 Tips Head
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| Swimming coaches describe the efficiency of great stroke technique by using examples from various walks of life. I have heard coach Bergen in Etobicoke talk about horses when he tried to match stroke length and stroke rate. Later he went on to race them professionally. In the past, Russian coach Gennadi Touretski, used the analogy of a fish to describe the rigidity in Alexander Popov's slippery smoothness through the water. Recently, the renowned physiologist, Dr. Bob Treffene used a cheetah to illustrate the relaxed motion of the paw recovery at 100 mph before he put up his graphs and charts on training design at the Toronto Lecture Series that I attended. Read more here... | ||
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| For the past 27 years, NYAC has hosted the Youth Cup swim meet, an international caliber meet for competitive swimmers aged 11 to 17. This year the meet runs from December 2 to 5 at the Etobicoke Olympium. This is a short course racing opportunity, which allows NYAC to simultaneously host the Mega City swim meet at the same venue. Read more... | ||
 | Caitlin
Hodge talks about her experience on the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Team Meet Report October 2010 | |
| Q3
What were you feeling when you got the news that you had been selected to the
team? I was so excited and relieved. I had had my eye on this team since the beginning of the year and I knew that my competition was going to be tough. I tried not to focus on it too much as Murray always tells us to focus on our times rather than the team. Read more... | ||
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My
Experience on a Canadian
Tour
Team October 2010 | |
| Racing for team Canada I would have to say is the coolest and most interesting thing that young athletes in this modern day and age can do in the world of swimming. This summer I had the opportunity to go to California with Swimming Canada, where our team competed against three American teams and one Mexican Team. Read more... | ||
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World Triathlon Championships Meet Report Budapest, Hungary September 2010 submitted by Dave Douglas | |
| Dave
Douglas (NYAC triathlete and father of NYAC swimmers Nathalie and Jacqueline)
was the top placing Canadian in the 45-49 age group at the 2010 World Triathlon
Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Dave achieved a personal best time of 2:01.24
to place top 25 in his age group. Congratulations Dave!
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| Tereza Macel wins THE toughest Ironman in the world |  | |
| Haute
Alpes, France - August 15, 2010 Read
the Cervélo News item here.. | ||
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| Highlights
of the 2010 Age Group Nationals submitted by Murray Drudge July 2010 |  | |
 Team NYAC placed 12th which is our best ever team placing at Age Group Nationals. 11 of the 18 swimmers from three different NYAC training groups scored points. On the 3rd night of competition NYAC swimmers won gold in 5 events and captured special recognition from Swimming Canada. And, at this meet alone, NYAC swimmers achieved 20 personal best times, 9 new club records and one provincial record. Read more... | ||
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| Highlights
of the Provincials submitted by Murray Drudge July 2010 | | |
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by Andrea Hamilton June 2010 | Q
+ A with Murray Drudge and new coach Danica Milosevic about the newly created National Development Group - ND2 | |
| Q1:
What is the new group that has been added to the NYAC Model and how does it fit
within this model? We created the new group for two reasons: Read the interviews here... | ||
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| NYAC
TriKids Participate in the East End Kids of Steel Triathlon | ||
 Wade, Will and Jack display their hardware. | ||
| On Saturday, June 5, the NYAC TriKids decended on Birchmount pool\stadium in the Beaches area of Toronto to participate in their second triathlon event of the season.The East End Kids of Steel Triathlon is one of the largest in the province with over 400 participants. The NYAC TriKids had 14 participants representing our club at this event. All of the kids competed hard in the event and looked like real pros after attending our clinic last week where they learned some basic triathlon skills. Read more ... | ||
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| Head
Coach's Message for Long Course Season May 2010 | Murray Drudge NYAC Head Coach | |
| With the 2010 Team Champs just over, NYAC is now in full swing for the LC season. Our Team Champs performance was outstanding with great cheering and support from swimmers, coaches and parents. This summer we have exciting opportunities for each level within our club. Below are the three categories that outline the approach to each of these levels: Read more... | ||
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| Intro2
Group
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May 2010 | |
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| There
are four Intro groups in NYAC. Upon successful completion of the Waves program,
the swimmers are then promoted to the Intro level of swimming which now offers
opportunities to participate in competition. From all four groups the swimmers
are aiming for an E cut or above and ultimately to qualify for Central Regions.
The majority of the swimmers in Intro are within the age range of 8 - 12. When
coaching swimmers within this age range, it is essential that the kids have FUN.
Kids at this age need to enjoy what they are doing and do it out of their passion
and love for the sport. Read more... | ||
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National
Development
Group's Championship Meets: Meet
Report: National
Development Group | |
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Swimmers must have a rock solid belief in themselves and their ability to perform. They need to have others believe in them - coaches, parents, teammates, and friends. This becomes contagious and gradually builds enthusiasm, resilience and all of the other psychological and emotional skills needed to move on to become a successful national level swimmer. | ||
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all Opportunities with the right Skills Provincial 1 Group Short Course Report March 2010 | |
One cannot take advantage of any opportunity if the proper skills and knowledge were not acquired beforehand. Our Provincial 1 swimmers have experienced this throughout the past 6 months. Every swim meet is an opportunity. But they have yet to find the right 'equipment' to conquer the meet. Read more... | ||
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Senior
Group 2009 Meet Report Downtown Sprint, Harvest/Autumn, Mega City/Youth Cup and Marilyn Bell Classic December 2009 | |
| NYAC's
Senior group kicked off the season with a sprint meet at University of Toronto
hosted by TSC. Witnessing some seriously fast swims from the UofT varsity squad
must have given a boost of confidence to our swimmers as personal best times were
swam by over half of the group in their first competition and only five weeks
into their training schedule. Read more... | ||
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Julia Wilkinson Carries Olympic Torch
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| Recently Julia Wilkinson, former NYAC swimmer and member of the 2008 Canadian Olympic team which competed in Beijing, was honored when she carried the Olympic torch into the City of Stratford. Read more... | ||
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 | Building Stepping Stones National
Development Group December 2009 | |
| There is really the only genuine stepping stone to high achievement. The risk is great, for failure can bring with it many burdensome and highly toxic consequences. You can lose your nerve, your focus, your confidence, and your competitive spirit. However without challenge, the truth is you never really discover or develop the toughness, the determination, the persistence, the resilience to become a truly fierce competitor. Read more... | ||
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| Michelle Williams to Become a Buckeye in 2010 |  by Andrea Hamilton December 2009 | |
| NYAC is pleased to announce that Michelle has accepted an athletic scholarship to join the Ohio State University Women's Swim Team in the Fall of 2010. We are so very proud of her for a number of reasons, but most particularly because she is a home grown talent who has risen up through the ranks of NYAC. Currently Michelle is the longest serving swimmer of the club. Read more... | ||
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 | "Q
+ As" with Caitlin Hodge who recently returned from a training camp hosted by Swimming Canada by Andrea Hamilton December 2009 | |
| I enjoyed training with the best long distance swimmers in Canada. As a long distance swimmer I am often the last one to leave the pool, as the long distance events are often at the end. So, it was fun being with girls who understand how that feels. Read more... | ||
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 | Tereza Macel Fourth in the Ford Ironman World Championships October 2009 | |
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NYAC triathlon
coach, Tereza Macel, placed fourth in the Ford Ironman World Championships
in Kona, Hawaii on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Her splits were 00:53:29 for the
3.8km swim (first place), 05:04:17 for the 180km bike section (second place) and
03:21:11 for the 42km run for a final time of 09:23:43. NYAC
also congratulates triathlete Paul White who qualified for and successfully
completed the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Paul trains with the NYAC
Tri-swimming program. | ||
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| Julia Just Off World Record | ||
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| Julia
Wilkinson came within 0.48 of the world record winning the 100m IM at the 2009
British SC Grand Prix in Leeds UK. However, her time of 59:28 set a new Canadian
record. ‘’I’m happy but not satisfied,’’ said Wilkinson.
‘’I was gunning for the world record and just missed it by less than
a half second. My turns were a lot better in the final and my breaststroke to
freestyle transition was very strong. I probably needed just a bit more training.’’
Wilkinson underwent
shoulder surgery last fall and only returned to training this spring. Michelle
Williams placed 2nd in the B final and set a new NYAC record for the 100m Fly
with a time of 1:00.49. This improves the previous record of 1:02.31 held by Mich
MacPherson since 1982. See meet results here... See Swimming Canada meet reports here... | ||
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| NYAC
Tri-athletes July 2009 |  | |
| Congratulations to Tereza Macel for winning the Ford Ironman at Lake Placid on Sunday, July 26, 2009. Tereza is one of the coaches of NYAC's Triathlon Swimming Program and she is also the daughter of Olga Macel, NYAC's Office Manager. Tereza lead the race from start to finish. She was even the leader out of the water, beating all of the male athletes in the process. Her bike split was a 5:13 and she completed the marathon in 3:20. In the end, she captured gold with a finish time of 9:29.36 and an eleven minute lead on her closest competitor. Read more... | ||
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Meet
Report 2009 Canadian Age Group Championships July 2009 |  | |
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15 to 20, 2009, Swimming Canada hosted the Canadian Age Group Championships at
Park Jean Drapeau in Montreal. The meet was host to clubs from all over Canada
and also included three international teams. Read more... | ||
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National
Development Group Long Course Season a Great Stimulus for Future Achievements July 2009 | | |
| This past long course season the National Development Group moved from a state of vast potential to a new role of dynamic competitors and consistent winners. These accolades are not easily achieved and more importantly are daunting to maintain and sustain. The achievements were many, and below is a list of some of the season's highlights. Read more... | ||
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NYAC
Salutes our Senior National Competitors July 2009 | | |
 | NYAC
salutes Julia Wilkinson, Michelle Williams, Caitlin Hodge
and Kyungsoo Yoon! These fine NYAC athletes just finished competing at
Swimming Canada's flagship event of the summer: the World Championships Trials
and Senior Nationals. Read more... | |
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Thanks
for
July 2009 |  | |
| First of all a big congratulations to our athletes who represented NYAC at the 2009 Junior Provincial Long Course Championships in London! Well done! It was an exciting four days of swimming and a pleasure to see so many of you have personal bests, medal finishes and achievements as relay teams. Congratulations to all of our coaches for preparing our swimmers so well and for their dedication throughout the year. Read more... | ||
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Our
Swim Season Comes to an End | | |
| As
our swim season comes to an end, many parents and swimmers will happily move to
summer activities, fun in the sun, holidays and become familiar again with fresh,
not chlorinated air! We thank-you for your support as members, and wish you a
well deserved break! Read more... | ||
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| NYAC to Compete at the Charlotte UltraSwim | ||
| Three
NYAC swimmers are getting ready to compete at the Charlotte UltraSwim meet in
North Carolina later this month. Michelle Williams, Kyle Resnick and Kyunsoo Yoon, will be competing in Charlotte, Thursday, May 14-17, 2009. They will gain valuable international racing experience when they compete against teams from across the US, which will include past Olympians and current world record holders. NYAC wishes all three swimmers the best of luck! You can keep an eye on how they are swimming fast, by clicking on the link below for live results: charlotteultraswim.com | ||
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| Our
Pools Have Been Saved April 2009 |  Photo: Enzo Lomonaco | |
| What
exciting news we have today! All four of NYAC's TDSB pools at risk of closing have been saved! I would like to thank all of the following people and organizations for their outstanding efforts, time and dedication! Read more... | ||
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A
Big Thank-You to the Province of Ontario April 2009 | | |
| Latest
Development to Keep Our Pools Open Final
"Save Our Pools" Rally Watch your email inbox for more information from your pool rep! Afternoon and evening practices are shortened and/or cancelled for Wednesday April 22nd. | ||
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Welcome
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| Welcome back NYAC and welcome to Long Course Season! We are entering an exciting time of year as a lot is happening within the club and within our region. On April 16th, the City of Toronto will be hearing deputations on behalf of the community of Toronto regarding TDSB pool closures. We will be speaking on your behalf to ask the City of Toronto and the TDSB to work together as well as with the Province of Ontario to keep our pools open! Many of you have written letters and sent emails to city councilors, MPPs, Ministers and the Mayor. Thank-you for your time and heartfelt words! | ||
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| Save
Our Pools Campaign |  | |
| To express your concern about imminent swimming pool closures, please attend the meeting of the City of Toronto Community Development and Recreation Committee. When:
April
15, 2009 - 9:00am - Toronto City Hall
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2009 Spring National Championships Meet Report March 2009 |  | |
| NYAC
was proud to co-host the 2009 Spring National Championships with the Toronto Swim
Club at the Univeristy of Toronto pool. Most exciting was watching the women's
200m breaststroke where Annamay Pierse broke a world record on the last night. NYAC swimmer Michele Williams made her first top 8 swim in the 100m freestyle swimming with a best time of 54:86. This time also earned her a spot on Team Ontario for the Canada Games to be held in PEI this summer. We all are greatful to our volunteer NYAC parents who helped to make this event a big success. NYAC should be proud of a job very well done. | ||
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| March:
Time to March 2009 | | |
| This
month, in harmony with the CS4L
Parents Guide and Swimming Canada, Swim Ontario has deemed March a "Refocus
and Revitalization Period". In swim parent language this means that there
is not a single sanctioned swim meet for our swimmers outside of Spring Nationals.
During this time of reflection, let's remember why our kids swim; to have fun,
to make and develop friendships, do something they are good at, to feel good about
themselves, to feel accepted, and to improve and learn new skills. Read more... | ||
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Optimism
Short Course Season Wrap-Up March 2009 | | |
| The real goal for a coach is to build in each swimmer a ship that will sail sturdily through the most troubled waters and will emerge from the darkest clouds ready to continue the voyage. The National Development group strengthened their ships and surpassed their defined goals to create a genuine feeling of optimism for their future goals. The picture of an exhausted swimmer, arm raised in victory, with a knowing smile across their face repeated itself many times at the Provincials and the Central Region Champs. Read more... | ||
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| About Swim Suits | ||
| Swimming
Canada has a just released a position statement on Swim Suits for competitive
swimmers. They make specific reference to both the competitive Age Group and Elite
Swimmers. NYAC's Head Coach, Murray Drudge supports this philosophy and suggests that technology racing suits should be reserved for national level swimmers. Prior to achieving at this level, he believes that swimmers need to focus on fundamentals. Read Swimming Canada's position statement here ... | ||
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| 2009 Junior SC Provincial Championships Meet Report March 2009 | | |
| Exciting
racing and swimmer breakthroughs highlighted this year's Junior SC Provincial
Championships. How good it is to see our up and coming stars of the future win
medals, earn points and break club records. We even had some meet records set
that pave the way for future results. The 13-14 girls and boys age groups were
the big point winners scoring 608 individual points. Relays were outstanding with
the boys 12-13 winning all four relays. Read more... | ||
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Western
Canadian Championships Meet Report February 2009 | | |
| The NYAC swim team was made up of some veterans in addition to some young swimmers that will benefit tremendously from having attended this level of competition. This is a first step for those who are chasing Senior National times. Read more... | ||
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Message from the President January 2009 | | |
| Happy New Year NYAC! Welcome back and it's good to write to all of you again! NYAC has lots to celebrate with many of its athletes having a fantastic team travel meet at the Baltimore Christmas Classic held at the Annapolis Naval Academy in December. As Coach John Calnan states in his article on our website, it was full of "magical moments". Read more... | ||
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| NYAC congratulates Michelle Williams on her selection to swim for Team Canada at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Guam. 26 Canadian athletes and 11 officials and coaches are in Guam to represent Canada at the championships on January 8 to 12, 2009. Read more... | ||
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Moments for the National Development Group at Youth Cup and Baltimore Xmas Classic December 2008 |  | |
| In life there are many very small signs on the road that tend to go unnoticed in our hectic daily lives. It's not that we have our eyes shut and miss the obvious. It is more a matter of not using our analytical eyes and pausing to take in the details. The National Development Group has been working extremely hard everyday in practice since September and this total dedication and commitment paid immense dividends Read more... | ||
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President's
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| Congratulations NYAC! The 26th Youth Cup and 10th Mega City Meets have finished and you are to be thanked! As the host club for Youth Cup, we have provided over 1000 age group swimmers to compete with clubs from across Canada and as far as the Cayman Islands. Mega City also saw new and returning swimmers produce personal bests and provincial times! Congratulations athletes and thank-you to all the volunteers for giving us your time! Read more... | ||
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President's
Message November 2008 | | |
| Our
swim program is well under way with all swimmers racing in at least one meet so
far! Congratulations to the NYAC swimmers who participated in Brantford this past
weekend earning the Small Teams High Point Award. Also, a special congratulations
to all of our new competitive swimmers who dove off the blocks for their very
first time in their first race! BRAVO! Read more... | ||
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| President's
Message September 2008 | | |
| Welcome back to all of our returning families and a big hello to our new members! It was so nice to see you at our BBQ on September 15th! We hope you enjoyed yourselves and had time to catch up with friends and your coach. I would like to thank the Lui Family for organizing such a fantastic event and to the NYAC Board of Directors for their help. Read more... | ||
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| The 2008 long course season finished with some standout performances for NYAC swimmers. NYAC is proud to have Julia Wilkinson represent this club with her four Gold medals and Canadian record for the 50 Back (28.53) at the 2008 Nationals in Winnipeg, and her seventh place finish in the 200 IM at the Beijing Olympics. Read more... | ||
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| Greetings
to all new and returning families to NYAC’s 2008-2009 swim season. I’m
very excited to welcome you all as our club continues to grow in all levels of
swimming. As the Head Age Group Coach, I have the privilege to work with all the
coaches from Wave, Intro, Age, Youth and Provincial levels in standardizing a
progressive program across all groups that swim at 7 different pools within North
York. A lot of work has been done last year to create a unified and consistent
program structure that our swimmers have benefited in. They were able to experience
different styles of coaching and develop a variety of skills taught by different
coaches. The unity of the groups generates cohesiveness that translates to a sense
of belonging in our big NYAC family. This
year, we will continue in standardizing our programs at different levels and locations.
My goal is to develop a structure where all our swimmers will fit appropriately
within a hierarchy that they can work towards becoming provincial contenders.
I
wish you all a great season. Sabrina
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| Season
Kicks Off with Welcoming BBQ September 2008 | ||
 | NYAC's new season kicked off with a welcoming BBQ on Monday, September 15, 2008. New members had a chance to meet their coaches and mingle with the old crowd. See some pictures here... | |
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Latest News... 2008
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