GCY's Holiday Practice Schedule - NOVEMBER: Below is our Thanksgiving week holiday schedule! Between Wednesday, November 26th, and Saturday, November 29th, we will offer 5 practices that we hope you can attend! Our seasonal groups will practice on Monday and Tuesday only, then our new session starts Monday, December 1st. Sign-up seasonal before we fill-up! GCY Year-Round Team, we have highlighted what we will be doing for dryland at each practice in order to set your expectation, be ready! Groups are also mentioned - if you are levels Senior Prep...

CONGRATULATIONS to GCY's Alex Kreager and Jake Ennis! Both earned Division 1 scholarships and signed this week with 2 great schools with fantastic swim programs! ALEX KREAGER: Alex chose East Carolina University over the University of Houston and Towson University in what was a very hotly contested recruiting battle! Alex became known in "the swim heard around the world" when she won the semi-finals heat at the NC 4-A State High School Championships in an impressive 500-yard free time of 5:01.11. Showing her versatility, she also finaled at YMCA Nationals...

GCY still has limited spaces available for our seasonal groups at most of our locations! Our Mako Swim League coaches are on-deck teaching swimmers all 4 competitive strokes, starts, and turns. Classes are offered 2 days/week for 1-hour time slots. Classes also marketed as “Spring tune-ups”, “Home-School”, or “Car Rider” depending on season, time, and location. CLICK HERE FOR SEASONAL CLASS TIMES - MAKO SWIM LEAGUE GCY also has in-water coaches teaching very young competitive swimmers! Target audience are those future swimmers in his or her final year of preschool,...

Due to the Garth Brooks concert and anticipated traffic problems, the GAC wants ALL swimmers checked in by 5:00pm. We have made the Va Tech Champ Camp correspond with this event on Wednesday and Thursday because we do not get access to the pool until 6:30pm. Wednesday and Thursday, November 19-20, CHAMP CAMP is 5:00pm-8:00pm: All Va Tech entered swimmers please attend these practices - if you are NOT entered in the Va Tech meet, please do not attend, we have 75 swimmers entered and it will be tight. CLICK...

GCY will have normal practices at normal sites Friday morning and afternoon, as well as Saturday morning! We will not be having a GAC option however due to coaches traveling to the swim meet tomorrow in Salisbury, NC. Good luck to those competing and see you in the pool! *National and Senior Team at Bryan - Remember if you are not competing tomorrow it's 5pm-7:30pm at Bryan on Fridays, Coach Smiley will be heading things up! National, Seniors, and National Prep if you're not at the meet PLEASE PRACTICE Saturday...

GCY has scheduled 2 Olympians to visit the team this Friday and Saturday! THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM SWIMMERS WHO'VE SEEN IT ALL - FROM SUMMER ONLY SWIMMING TO USA SWIMMING THROUGH THE OLYMPIC GAMES! It's still not too late to sign-up, here are the links (open now to ALL swimmers ANY team): Essentials Clinic (swimmers 11 and younger): - ONLY $79 http://fitterandfaster.com/swim-clinics/essentials-of-efficient-freestyle-and-butterfly-greensboro-nc/ High Performance Clinic (swimmers 12 and older) - ONLY 8 SPOTS LEFT! http://fitterandfaster.com/swim-clinics/high-performance-freestyle-and-butterfly-greensboro-nc/ OUR COACHING STAFF highly recommends this - IT is not a large...

As we do traditionally on Halloween due to attendance and driving situations, we will offer early practice only options for Halloween Day, Friday, October 31st. THESE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS for the AFTERNOON, we still have normal morning before-school practice (swimmers, please try and stay at home sites, but if you need another option for this day, you have the green light as long as we are hosting your level there). Bryan YMCA Options: 3:30-4:45pm: AG1, AG2, Senior Prep, Senior, and National Groups (no dryland with this group) 4:30-6:00pm: AG1,...

11 GCY Swimmers in 19 events showed up on the FINAL YMCA NATIONAL TOP 16 LIST for the 2013-2014 Season! This includes 4 individuals on the Top 10 list, one as high as 2nd! Congratulations to ALL of these young ladies for a fantastic accomplishment, we have your certificates in the Pool Office at Bryan YMCA! YMCA NATIONAL RANKINGS FOR THE GCY MAKOS SWIM TEAM Alaina Joyce - 2nd - 200 Yard Breastroke - 2:26.59 - 13-Year Old Girls Heather Sigmon - 7th - 100 Yard Backstroke - 56.99 -...

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! The dates have us leaving Sunday, December 28th (10:00pm, loading at 9:30pm) then returning on Saturday, January 3rd (7:00am) both from Bryan YMCA. We will be staying at the Comfort Inn Cocoa Beach this year, and practicing at the Cocoa YMCA, and competing against YCF, now coached by Rowdy Gaines! RSVP available now, registration and fees: $325, deposit of $100 (EXACT SAME FEES AS LAST YEAR, this time with BREAKFAST INCLUDED Tuesday - Friday!) Limits: Swimmers: 44 Coaches: 4 Chaperones (above fees, 4) Hotel: Comfort Inn 3901...

GCY Makos will NOT be offering a Flexible Friday this week (Friday October 3rd) due to a college competition at the GAC this weekend. Several swimmers with GCY ties will be competing, including 2 coaches! Swimmers should practice at normal sites, normal site times - GAC swimmers please go to Bryan YMCA, Spears, or Ragsdale time slots for your groups (whatever is most convenient). GOOD LUCK to GCY coaches Regina Robertson (Greensboro College) and Victoria Orr (NC A&T) who are also competing! Admission is free if you'd like to watch,...