The training camp is going well. The kids were up bright and early this morning for dryland and we'll be heading over to the ropes course in a few minutes. Everyone is doing a nice job! Just a reminder for those of you attending the cookout following the training camp on Sunday. The time of the cookout is now 12:00. Thanks, Dave

Congratulations to all of the GCY swimmers, parents and coaches who participated in the Women's Only 5K Run last weekend. Katelyn Steadman won the the 7-13 yr old age group with a time of 25:01. Great job everyone!!

Practice schedule update due to meets this weekend: Friday, Oct 8th - Senior and National squad, No Practice at Bryan (Ragsdale will hold their Senior practice) Saturday, Oct. 9th - All squads except Masters, No Practice (Masters/Tri will have practice at Bryan)

GCY Swimmers and Parents, A few reminders for everyone: Saturday, September 4th. All practices will be at the Bryan YMCA. Monday, September 6th. No practice for all squads. This includes all groups and all practices in the morning, afternoon and evening. Enjoy the holiday! Saturday, September 11th. Bryan YMCA 8:00-10:00am, Team Fitting 10:00am Parent Meeting. All practices will be at Bryan as well. Have a great weekend!

GCY Swimmers finished up the season with very strong performances at Tar Heel States and the Southern Zone Championships. The following swimmers had top 8 finishes at Tar Heel States: Mckenzie Campbell Stuart Moffitt Mckenzie Cole Matthew Tomlin Ryann Reid Clara Wynn Mitchel Cole Libby Seay Randy Chen Wyatt Guthrie Spencer Jordan Alec Hider Joanna Williams At the Southern Zone Championships, Isaac Klinger represented NC Swimming very well with top 4 finishes in 8 events: 100 back - 1st 100 fly - 2nd 200 fly - 2nd *NC Record!* 100...

Congratulations to our following Masters swimmers for their US Masters Top 10 rankings! Don Gilchrist 55-59 age group 400 IM - 2nd, 200 IM - 3rd, 200 breast - 4th, 100 IM - 8th, 100 fly - 9th 200 Free Relay - 8th 200 Medley Relay - 7th John Riley 45-49 age group 200 Medley Relay - 6th 200 Free Relay - 7th Frances McEachran 45-49 age group 50 back - 10th 200 Free Relay - 1st 200 Medley Relay - 1st 200 Mixed Medley Relay - 2nd 200 Mixed...

The YMCA National rankings for individual swimmers was released recently and GCY was well represented. Congratulations to the following swimmers for their outstanding performances: Chad Burton 17 yrs, 100 free - 9th Isaac Klinger 14 yrs, 100 free - 8th, 100 back - 4th, 100 fly - 3rd, 200 free - 3rd, 200 back - 4th, 200 fly - 4th, 200 IM - 7th, 400 IM - 10th Pieter Brower 13 yrs, 200 back - 7th, 100 back - 6th Safiyyah Abdullah 13 yrs, 200 breast - 8th 13-14 boys...

We will have an adjusted practice schedule over the next few days while City Meet is going on. Wednesday - regular schedule for afternoon at Bryan and evening at Lindley Thursday - regular morning practice at Bryan - no evening practice at Lindley Friday & Saturday - 7:00-8:00am warm-up/practice open to all GCY swimmers. (For those going to City Meet this is a warm-up option as long as your summer team coach approves) No afternoon practice at Bryan on Friday We will resume our regular practice schedule on Monday, July...

Despite the hot temperatures, GCY swimmers had great swims on the 2nd night of finals of the Eastern Invite at Lindley Pool. Isaac Klinger set a new meet record in the 13-14 boys 200 meter fly with a time of 2:15.9 and Stuart Moffitt followed by winning the 13-14 boys 200 meter breast with a time of 2:47.5. Both swims are YMCA National qualifying times! Stuart also won the consolation heat of the 50 free (28.2) to finish 9th overall. Clara Wynn finished 11th in the 200 breast (3:04.1) Issac...

Please review the following information regarding the 2010 Eastern Invitational: Eastern Invite psych sheet Revised Time Schedule: Morning Preliminaries: Warm-ups: 6:00 am to 6:50 am Competition: 7:00 am Afternoon timed finals: Warm-ups: After the completion of morning session but not sooner than 12pm (noon) and ending minutes afterwards Competition: One hour after warm-ups begin, but not sooner that 1pm Evening finals: Warm-ups: Not before 4:30 PM, but after the afternoon session. Competition: One hour after warm-ups begin.