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The Devilfish Cocktail Party and Fashion Show has been rescheduled. Please check future posts for the new date!
Twenty Westfield Area Y Devilfish swimmers travelled to Greensboro, North Carolina, April 2-5 to compete at the YMCA Short Course National Swimming Championships. Congratulations to qualifying members of the 2012 WY National Team, the largest in Devilfish history: Caroline Baldwin, Loren Ball, Audrey Bangs, Aram Barmakian, Caroline Basil, Will Beckett, Alex Bond, Matt Daniel, Erika Daniel, Aidan Donadio, Nicandro Donadio, Dan Jones, Brennan Haley, Stephen Husch, Luke McGrory, Abby Pires, Max Shin, Ellie Reinhardt, Brooke Sweeney, Carly Whitmer. At this new venue, the Greensboro Aquatic Center, Baldwin and Whitmer were...
All swimmers and parents are cordially invited to celebrate the 2011-12 season at our ANNUAL AWARDS & SENIOR RECOGNITION BANQUET will be held Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Gran Centurions, Clark, New Jersey 07066 ********* Enter to win Dr. Dre Beats wireless headphones & an iPhone 4S at the door!************ ********** Adults and swimmers 13&Over entrees ($36): chicken parmigiana and string beans sliced steak bordelaise and string beans chicken strips and fries 12/Under Children’s entrée ($20): chicken strips and fries Please mail response form included in...
The Devilfish Swim Team competed at the New Jersey/USA Swimming Junior Olympics held at Rutgers University, March 16-18. There were many outstanding swims and time drops at this very competitive meet. Two swimmers qualified for Y Nationals, Luke McGrory (100 Back) and Brooke Sweeney (200 Back). Top 13&Over finishers include: Caroline Basil, 3rdplace (13-14 200 Back); Kevin Clauss, 7thplace (13-14 100 & 200 Breast); and Sweeney, 12thplace (15-19 200 Back). Caitlin Carroll (15-19 400IM & 200 Fly), Stefan Crigler (13-14 200 Breast), Gwyn Devin (13-14 200 fly), Nicandro Donadio (15-19...
The Devilfish Silver/Bronze Team competed at the NJ USA Swimming 13&0ver Silver/Bronze Camps held at Rutgers University March 10-11. Twenty-four of our thirty swimmers entered achieved at least one personal best time with many breakout swims. Highlights include a first place finish by Noah Stiles (15-19 200 Fly) a 4.71 second improvement, Marina DeCotiis placed third (13-14 100 Free) smashing her best time by 3.72 seconds and Rachel Fan touched third (15-19 200 Back) besting her time by 8.89 seconds.“Top 16” finishes include: 13-14 Boys: Aedan Collins (16th-200 IM); Gavin...
The Devilfish added 4 more athletes to it's National Team this past weekend at NJ States in Lancaster! Congratulations to Audrey Bangs (200 Back), Caroline Basil (100 Back), Aidan Donadio (100 Breast), & Nicandro Donadio (200 Breast). Additional qualifying swims were achieved by Alex Bond (200 Breast), Aram Barmakian (200 Breast), and Caroline Baldwin (200 Back). The team now has 18 National Qualifiers!
The Westfield Area Y Devilfish Swim Team excelled with multiple record breaking swims at the13 and over NJ YMCA State Championships held at Franklin and Marshall College, March 9-11. The 15-18 girls set five Y State Meet records! Caroline Baldwin and Carly Whitmer each set two individual 15-18 records. Baldwin won the 100 Back (56.11) and 50 Free (23.64). Both times reset the Devilfish record board as well. Carly Whitmer won the 100 Fly (56.01) and the 200 Fly (2:05:13) setting Y state meet records and besting her WY record...
Results are in for the SHY 9-12 Invite held March 3 at Somerset Hills YMCA. Sixty-one Devilfish swimmers aged 9-12 competed against four area teams in mixed (all ages/boys&girls) events. Sixty-two percent of swimmers recorded at least one personal best time and several swimmers tried new events to establish a time. Five swimmers qualified for NJ Junior Olympics: Congratulations to Ryan Bebel (11-12 100IM and 50Breast), Aidan Donohue (11-12 50 Breast), Julia McGann (9-10 50Fly), Devyn Tibbals (11-12 50 Fly) and Zach Youssef (9-10 50 Fly). Top 8 finishers include...
Congratulations to Erin McKinney, the winner of the Bear Down for Championships Raffle! Erin and her Group 1 teammates have been working very hard this year. Congratulations to all Devilfish swimmers for the extra effort at practice during the raffle competition and throughout the championship season. Keep up the hard work and dedication!
