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Dear Stingray Nation, The time has come, the time is now! 2025 EASTERN CLUSTERS YMCA CHAMPIONSHIP Friday Evening: Northville High School Warmup - 4:30 P.M. Meet Start: 5:30 P.M. Saturday/Sunday: Trenton High School A.M. Session Warmup: 8:00 A.M. Meet Start 9:00 A.M. P.M. Session Warmup: 11:30 A.M. Meet Start 12:30 P.M Volunteers please check the time that you need to be at the pool to begin your volunteer job. Some start at the same time as warmup, others begin 30 minutes before. Please be on time! Swimmers are encouraged to...
Dear Stingray Nation, Congratulations to all of our swimmers who swam this weekend at the LCSC Polar Plunge in Livonia, the Flint Ottertastic 50s Classic in Ortonville, and the Sturgis Invite in Sturgis. There were so many great swims and time drops! Our Stingrays are locking it in for championship season! _________________________ MEET UPDATE YMCA EASTERN CLUSTERS - February 7, 8, and 9, 2025 There are some changes to our warmup and start times for Saturday and Sunday, both morning and afternoon sessions. Please see the new times below. Friday...
Dear Stingray Nation, What a whirlwind of a weekend! Our Stingrays had a weekend full of fast swims, huge time drops, new state cuts, and more zone cuts in Indianapolis. What an incredible experience to swim in an Olympic-class pool! Parents had a great time cheering on our swimmers. Coach Rich and Coach Matt worked ALL weekend, 14-15 hours each day, to support our swimmers! Congratulations to Maryn Varga, who brought home the 10 and Under Girls High Point Award from the 2025 Circle City Classic! Maryn finished 1st in...
Dear Stingray Nation, Here it is, the news you have been waiting for, the complete guide to Championship season, also known as the “Championship Digest.” Grab a cup of coffee, maybe a snack too, put your feet up, and read this entire email, it contains A LOT of information! _________________________ MEET UPDATE LCSC Polar Plunge - January 31-February 2, 2025 at the Livonia Rec Center Sturgis Invitational - February 1, 2025 Sturgis, MI This is a YMCA meet. Coaches will NOT be attending this meet, as they will be at...
Dear Parents, Championship SWIM season is on the horizon! It begins this weekend in Indianapolis and continues February 7-9 at the Eastern Clusters Championship, February 15 at the 8 & Under State Meet, and February 21-23 at the 9 & Up YMCA State Championship Meet. There will be a LOT more information to come, but for now, it's Championship t-shirt time! If you would like to order a t-shirt for your swimmer or swim fans in your life, please act now. T-shirts are Gildan softstyle unisex, black, $17 each or...
Dear Parents and Swimmers, As we know, schools now close for "cold days" when the actual temperature + wind chill factor reach a certain temperature. When school is canceled for cold days or snow days, FFYS does not practice. With there being no school on Monday, even if it is very cold, we hope to be able to run Senior and Gold practices at Northville High, but it is possible that the high school may not let us run practices. Please check your email or the Band app frequently before...
Dear Parents, Have you signed up for your TWO volunteer slots for Eastern Clusters? Yes? Thank you!! No? Click here: Volunteer Signup ___________________________ PRACTICE UPDATE Looking ahead... Monday, January 20 - NO SCHOOL Senior - 10am-12 noon Northville Gold - 10-11:30 A.M.Northville No practice for Silver, Bronze, Miniray Tuesday, January 21 Senior - 6:00-8:15pm NF Gold - 5:45-7:15 NF Silver - 5:45-6:45 NF Wednesday, January 22 Senior - 5:45-7:45pm NF Gold - 6:45-8:15pm NF Silver - 7-8:15pm Y Bronze - 6-7pm Y Miniray - 5:50-6:30pm Y Thursday, January 23 Senior...
Dear Parents, What a great weekend! There was so much energy on the pool deck at Waterford High School. There were many great swims, time drops, new Indy, State and Zone cuts and more importantly, there was so much team spirit! So many of our Stingrays were cheering their teammates on from behind the blocks, the side of the pool, and at the ends of the lanes. Thank you to our volunteer timers: Brent Scully, Amanda Blanchard, Eric Stricher, Erika Myers, Jensen Killgrove, Andrew Stricher, and Erika English, and our...
