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Dear Stingray Parents and Swimmers, Congratulations to all of our swimmers who swam at the Halloween Town USA Meet this weekend! They swam fast! ____ MEET UPDATE Flint YMCA Fall Classic - November 2 Brandon High School, Ortonville, Michigan This is a YMCA meet. 2025 BBA Fall Quack-Tack-Ular Invite - November 8-9 Seaholm High School, Birmingham, Michigan This is a USA Meet. 2025 RAYS TYR Thanksgiving Classic - November 15-16 Zeeland West High School, Zeeland, Michigan This is a YMCA Meet! Entry Deadline: November 3, 2025 2025 DRD Winter Solstice...
Dear Stingray Parents and Swimmers, We have TWO YMCA meets open for entry. Please note the entry deadlines. ALL swimmers* should swim these meets! We also have several practice changes this week that affect Senior, Gold, and Silver. Bronze and Miniray are “normal” all week. *If you have a MiniRay or a first-year Bronze swimmer, please check in with a coach before signing up for events for the first time. ____ MEET UPDATE 2025 BA Halloween Town USA Open - October 25-26 Brighton High School, Brighton, Michigan This is a...
Dear Stingray Parents and Swimmers, Congratulations to all of our Stingrays who swam at the HVP IMX Challenge Meet. They swam fast!! ____ STINGRAY WEBSITE If you have not had a chance, be sure to check out our Stingray Website. There is a plethora of information about practices, meets, social events, hotel information for travel meets, team records, and more! You can even sync our practice calendar with your Google Calendar or the calendar on your iphone. Go to the Parent Info: Athlete Calendar for directions to sync your calendar....
Dear Stingray Parents and Swimmers, The Flint YMCA Fall Classic on Sunday, November 2nd at Brandon High School is our first YMCA Meet of the year. Registration opens soon! ALL SWIMMERS SHOULD SWIM THIS MEET! The 2025 RAYS TYR Thanksgiving Classic, our second YMCA Meet of year, is open for registration. This is a travel meet. The meet is at Zeeland West High School in Zeeland, Michigan on November 15-16. It is a great meet at an amazing pool, and is a lot of fun to attend. If you are...
Dear Stingray Parents and Swimmers, We have great news! Our first YMCA Meet of the year has been confirmed! It is called the Flint YMCA Fall Classic and it will be on Sunday, November 2nd at Brandon High School. ALL SWIMMERS SHOULD SWIM THIS MEET! Meet entry information will be shared very soon. Be sure to mark your calendar to save the date! HIGH SCHOOL BOYS - Mark your calendars now! You need to attend these meets: 11/2 - Flint YMCA Fall Classic @ Brandon High School 11/15-11/16 - RAYS...
Dear Stingray Parents and Swimmers, You have probably already figured out that you will get many, many updates to keep you connected with all the great things happening with our team. Please read these communications thoroughly. Otherwise it is possible that you or your swimmer might miss out on something important! Who are these emails coming from? They are coming from the FFYS Booster Board. The FFYS Booster Board is made up of parents who understand competitive swim and enjoy sharing their experiences with new swim parents. The FFYS Boosters,...
Dear Stingray Nation, We have a few reminders and updates to share! ____ PRACTICE REMINDER Please note TIME AND LOCATION changes. TODAY - Friday, September 19 Senior - 5:00-6:30pm YMCA Gold - 5:30-6:45pm YMCA Silver - 6:30-7:30pm YMCA Bronze - 7:15-8:00pm YMCA Miniray - 6:45-7:15pm YMCA _____ STINGRAY MERCHANDISE UPDATE If you missed our Merchandise Expo, no need to worry, all orders are placed through our store link: https://ffys2025.itemorder.com/shop/sale/ You can order your swimmer’s required cap, suit, and anything else that you would like to show your Stingray spirit! Check...
Dear Stingray Nation, We are excited for Week #2 in the pool! We already have some events and deadlines coming up. Read on to find out more! ____ MEET UPDATE You may have heard that we are a dual-affiliated team. What does this mean? It means that in addition to being able to swim YMCA meets, our swimmers have the potential to also swim USA meets. How does that work? Each month we try to offer one YMCA and at least one USA meet. All swimmers are STRONGLY encouraged to...
Dear Stingray Nation, What a great first week in the pool! Our coaches worked hard to get swimmers comfortable with how practices run. They evaluated strokes, worked with swimmers on listening skills, and taught swimmers some in the water “do's and don'ts” at practice. Some of the major things that were introduced this week and will continue to be worked on in our Miniray, Bronze and Silver practices include: 1. Ready Position (one hand on wall, other arm behind, head/eyes looking at hand that is on the wall, both feet...
